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Horn Lake soldier injured 2012 Horn Lake High School graduate, Army Pvt. Taylor Odom, who currently awaits transfer from a hospital in Colorado home after a tragic incident. Training accident leaves 2012 Horn Lake High School graduate in critical condition in Colorado Published: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:10 PM CST TIM SUMMERS Managing Editor According to his mother, all Army Pvt. Taylor Odom wanted to be was a soldier, and now as a result of a training accident at Fort Carson in Colorado, he awaits approval from military officials for an ambulance ride back home. His mother, Jenniffer Palazola-Herrin, said...

BLOOMER - He left for Iraq with a heart of courage, and came home to Arkansas on Thursday with a Purple Heart. Sgt. Wayne Ireland, 47, returned to Bloomer Thursday night after spending weeks recuperating in a Texas hospital from injuries sustained during a rocket-launched grenade attack on his unit at Camp Cook in Iraq several weeks ago. “It's probably one of the greatest things on Earth,” says Sgt. Irelan of being home with his family. As Irelan sat down in his recliner in his Bloomer home on Thursday, his young grandchildren scrambled up in his lap, glad to have...