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  1. First Electric is asking customers to limit electricity usage today. firstelectric.coop/announcements#…
  2. Any damages from May 25 winds in Lonoke, north Pulaski or White counties? The Leader wants to know your accounts...
  3. Read the latest local basketball skinny in tomorrow's Leader.
  4. Mystery of birds falling on Beebe by THOUSANDS http://arkansasleader.blogspot.com/2011/01/top-story-mystery-of-birds-falling-on.html
  5. Thompson jury selection goes slow http://arkansasleader.blogspot.com/2010/12/top-story-thompson-jury-selection-goes.html
  6. Pick up a copy of The Leader Saturday for all your local news
  7. Congratulations to The Leader for it's third consecutive general excellence award from the Arkansas Press Association.
  8. Awaiting election returns. We sit and wait and proof pages. See a visit from a contingency from Kazakhstan interested in elections tomorrow.
  9. Lots of graduation photos from Beebe and Cabot in Wednesday's Leader. Lonoke alas was moved to ASU-Beebe and our photographer was barred.
  10. See tomorrow's Leader for complete election results. Looks like a runoff for Lincoln, Halter. Probably also Elliot and Wills. Lonoke County?
  11. See The Leader for crime rates in Austin, Searcy, Cabot, Lonoke, Sherwood, Ward and Jacksonville. Which city is safest?
  12. Sen. Mark Pryor attends Lonoke Chamber dinner Friday night. Sen. Blanche Lincoln attends dinner at Lonoke Primary Saturday night.
  13. Stubby Stumbaugh announces he will run for Cabot mayor, again! See today's Leader www.arkansasleader.com
  14. See tomorrow's Leader for the scoop on Abundant Life's coach
  15. See tomorrow's Leader for an interview with house speaker Robbie Wills, in the running for the Second District.
  16. Arkansas cuisine http://tinyurl.com/ygvco36 Evokes those olfactory memories of home-cooked cuisine. Rex Nelson's memorable meals.
  17. Can The Leader beat its own interview with Tim Griffin, GOP candidate for Congress? Watch for Wednesday's Leader...
  18. Watch for next week's Spotlight on student achievements. Also, plan to turn out for Thursday's Dakota Hawkins memorial blood drive at CJHS.
  19. What a winter! Pick up a copy of The Leader today for the latest on Campbell trial, Lonoke County jail groundbreaking and more!
  20. Campbell trial set for March http://www.arkansasleader.com/2010/01/top-story-campbell-trial-is-set-for.html