Neighborhood sale

Friday, 7-10 a.m. and Saturday, 6 a.m. to ??

Friendly Hope Estates (off Friendly Hope Road) and Friendly Hope Crossing (off Flemon Road) in Jonesboro

Several households will be selling a variety of items

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Having a yard sale this week?

Let Your Region 8 help spread the word for free!

Just email YourRegion8@kait8.com with the following information:

• Date and time
• Location
• Items for sale

And we’ll do the rest.

Lake Ponder at Crowley’s Ridge State Park is once again open to swimmers.

The lake was closed Friday, June 7, after the water tested positive for E. coli.

According to an email from the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, a family of geese that had settled on the lake was to blame for the increase in bacteria.

Following four clear water samples, the Green County Health Department has declared the swimming area safe for reopening.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) - New southeast Missouri congressman Jason Smith has proposed a balanced budget amendment as his first piece of legislation in Washington.

Smith's proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution would require a three-fifths vote of the House and Senate for federal spending to exceed revenues in any fiscal year. The requirement also could be waived by a simple majority in years in which the U.S. is engaged in a military conflict that poses a threat to national security.