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Bishop Anthony Mansfield passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the The Meridian Star on 2023-08-23.

There are two newsworthy events scheduled for later this month and early April that pay tribute to the best among us.

I'm in the vehicle with Wayne Cash on this uncloudy day. We're headed from Kingsland to the Cross Roads community in Cleveland County to see the birthplace of Wayne's most famous distant cousin, Johnny Cash.

I regularly receive messages from valued readers wanting to pass along column ideas and offer comments. Occasionally they arrive from prisoners within the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

Arkansas journalism and politics lost a giant last week. Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder, longtime editor and publisher of The Dumas Clarion and influential member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, died Dec. 11. Charlotte was the first woman appointed to the Arkansas Board of Pardons and Parole, and she was the first female president of the Dumas Chamber of Commerce. She was also president of several associations for professional journalists, including the Arkansas Press Women, the Arkansas Press Association, the National Federation of Press Women, and the National Newspaper Association....