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I've used quotes from Brooks Blevins' book "A History of the Ozarks: The Ozarkers" a lot in recent columns. Rarely have I run across anything that does such a good job explaining a region and its people.

I've used quotes from Brooks Blevins' book "A History of the Ozarks: The Ozarkers" a lot in recent columns. Rarely have I run across anything that does such a good job explaining a region and its people.

Few people understand the Ozarks and its residents better than Brooks Blevins, who was raised on his family's farm near Violet Hill in Izard County and graduated from Mount Pleasant High School in 1988. Mount Pleasant was known for basketball (its teams were called the Bluebirds), but the school district no longer exists.

Photos: Jeremiah Dale Bates and Joanne Bates. Photos: Courtesy Izard County Sheriff's Office A mother and son wanted in Oklahoma for assault and battery with a

CLASS 6A STATE TOURNAMENT

Several area high school basketball teams got started in state tournament play Thursday, with three of the four girls' teams winning, and three boys' teams

Three of Texas’ Most Wanted Fugitives are back in custody following their arrests last week.

Several area high school basketball teams were in tournament play on Monday. The Class 2A West Regional Tournament held its semifinal round at Eureka Springs.

High school basketball makes up much of the local Monday schedule, as tournament play continues. Four area teams will compete in the semifinals of the Class 2A

Numbers from the Arkansas Department of Health and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. * Numbers in parenthesis indicates change from last Monday