🌱 How a 2024 Pocahontas gas station standoff ended in prison time

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• How a 2024 Pocahontas gas station standoff ended in prison time

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Rather cloudy, with a high of 48 and low of 35 degrees.
• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 54, low: 46.
• Thursday: Rain, then a shower, with a high of 60 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Texas Man Sentenced In 2024 Armed Pocahontas Standoff (imbodenlive.com) — A Texas man has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison for his role in an August 2024 armed standoff at the Murphy USA gas station on Highway 67 in Pocahontas. Local police and Randolph County deputies contained the situation after reports of a weapon being brandished and fired, and no injuries were reported.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• House of Prayer Christmas Fundraiser
  Paragould, AR Calendar Paragould, AR 72450
  9:00 am
• Christmas Trunk Show & Santa
  Paragould, AR Calendar Paragould, AR 72450
  1:00 pm
• Boys Basketball @ Rector (7B, JB, SB)
  Rector High School , 604 W 5th St , Rector
  5:00 pm
• Toss-Up Tuesdays - Music Bingo or Trivia
  Paragould, AR Calendar Paragould, AR 72450
  6:00 pm
• Christmas Trivia Night
  Paragould, AR Calendar Paragould, AR 72450
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• 100 Families Initiative of Greene County meeting
  Paragould, AR Calendar Paragould, AR 72450
  10:00 am

Thursday December 18

• Winter Wonderland
  Downtown Jonesboro Alliance , 407 Union St , Jonesboro
  4:00 pm
• Christmas Concert - Collins Community Choir
  Paragould, AR Calendar Paragould, AR 72450
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• American Red Cross Blood Drive
  Paragould, AR Calendar Paragould, AR 72450
  12:00 pm
• Girls & Boys Basketball @ BIC (JG, SG, JB, SB)
  Buffalo Island Central Senior High , 803 Drew Ave , Monette
  4:00 pm
• Friday Nights for Teens — Pilgrimage Christian Center
  Pilgrimage Christian Center , 1002 Lower Guntharp Rd , Ravenden Springs
  6:00 pm

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