The Palestine-Wheatley Patriots will host Brinkley on Monday, Aug. 20, for a junior high/senior high preseason jamboree at Patriot Field. The junior high team will take the field at 5:30 p.m., and the high school team will follow.
The Palestine City Council last night continued to discuss an ordinance that would limit the amount of city funds Mayor Becky Dunn is allowed to spend without the council’s consent.
It might not be a key district battle, but bragging rights are involved.
Concerned over continued violence in the Middle East, Israel has urged international community, including India, to help strengthen moderate forces in the region and said it was ready to compromise with Palestinians.
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The 2007 Churchwide Assembly called on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to recommit to the Churchwide Strategy for Engagement in Israel and Palestine, through awareness-building, accompaniment and advocacy activities. The assembly also suggested some possible economic initiatives in its amended action on Aug. 11.
Thousands of Hoosiers have been involved in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. SFC Jeff Mittmann is one of them. A career soldier, Mittmann is still healing from the effects of war.
Ballot positions for contested races in next month’s school board elections in the Forrest City and Palestine-Wheatley school districts were decided Thursday during a meeting of the St. Francis County Election Commission.
Registration continues through Sept. 14, for the Forrest City Recreation Department’s men’s and co-ed fall softball leagues. The sign up process is being held at the Forrest City Multi-purpose and Wellness Center. Fees are $250 per team.
Jabalia, Palestine - With border closures and increased poverty continuously undermining the ability of Palestinian teenagers to get a good education and enjoy their time off, tens of thousands of youngsters are benefiting from United Nations-supported learning centres in the West Bank and Gaza to help them overcome stress and hopelessness.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) plans to introduce reforms to its command in Lebanon and has appointed a new command, the World Tribune said on Thursday.