October 2026 – Page 13 – iSEARK

Fire glows behind the smokestacks of the Zmiiv thermal power plant in Ukraine's Kharkiv region at night after a Russian strike in September 2022

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Zelenskyy Says Russia Kept Hitting Power Plants After Trump’s Energy Ceasefire

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Post published: October 12, 2026
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Russia struck a Kharkiv power plant after President Trump announced an energy ceasefire. Ukraine's embassy said Kyiv was not told of the ceasefire in advance.

A controlled forest burn in Arkansas, with flames along a dirt road and smoke rising through the trees.

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Border Patrol Arrests Fell to About 137,000 in Fiscal 2026, Report Shows

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Unofficial Border Patrol figures show about 8,900 arrests between ports of entry in September and just under 137,000 for fiscal 2026, Breitbart News reported. CBP says no one was released into the interior.

Highway 83 through the Monticello Commercial Historic District in downtown Monticello, Arkansas, with brick commercial buildings along the street.

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Drew County Property Taxes Due Thursday, Oct. 15

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Drew County's 2025 real estate and personal property taxes are due Thursday, Oct. 15. A notice warns that mail dropped in a box that day may not carry an Oct. 15 postmark.

Gibson University Center on the University of Arkansas at Monticello campus, a tan building with an angled metal roof and the center name on the front.

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Monticello Junior Riley Kate Derryberry Crowned UAM Homecoming Queen

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Post published: October 12, 2026
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Riley Kate Derryberry, a junior biology major from Monticello, was crowned 2026 UAM Homecoming Queen on Oct. 10. UAM also named its alumni award winners and Alumni Elite honorees during Homecoming Week.

A bayou with bare trees standing in calm water in the White River National Wildlife Refuge near St. Charles, Arkansas.

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Federal Agents Search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s DC Home in Immigration Fraud Probe

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Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a court-approved search warrant at the Minnesota Democrat's Washington-area home Monday, the Justice Department said. No charges have been filed.

The west front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington under a blue sky, with the dome above the lawn.

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Free UA Guide Explains Arkansas’ Four Statewide Ballot Issues

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Post published: October 12, 2026
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County Extension offices in Drew, Bradley, Desha, Ashley and Chicot counties have free copies of a 28-page guide to the three amendments and one bond issue on the Nov. 3 ballot.