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Several Northeast Arkansas school districts continue to report positive COVID-19 cases among their students and faculty.

Several Northeast Arkansas school districts continue to report positive COVID-19 cases among their students and faculty.

Every year Butterball does a hotline to help people who are baking a turkey. We’ve got something better this year, though. Area school children have stepped up with their ideas on how to make a great turkey for Christmas. Fair warning. You may still need Butterball’s hotline after reading these tips. But these are bound to lift your spirits, even if your turkey isn’t going so well. Rau Elementary School Mrs. Halvorson’s First Grade Class I put it in the oven for 1 minute and 50 seconds and take it out. Put it in the freezer for 2 minutes and then I eat it.

Caroline Lester of Westside High School in Jonesboro received the honor from the Arkansas Farm Bureau. Lester earned the top new ag instructor award for her work at Westside, where she has 208 students involved. Eighty students are also members of the school’s FFA program. “Here at Westside we’re really fortunate to have a lot of community support.” Lester said when receiving the award from Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Senior Education Coordinator Matt Jackson. “I appreciate the support my peers have given me,” she said. Lester, originally from Vilonia, graduated ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: All events in this directory are subject to change or cancellation in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Church Events Athens Lutheran Church: will have Christmas Eve services at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. and a Christmas morning service at 10 a.m.. Follow the church online for more information at athenslutheranchurch.org Church located at 710 Forrest Avenue. Athens Christian Church: will host a parking lot candlelight service on the Dec. 23 from 6-6:30 p.m. There will be singing, communion, and a brief time of remembrance about what Christmas is truly about. Church located at ...