Betty Jo Bost, 88, of Pine Bluff, formally of Altheimer, passed away Thursday August 17, 2017.
She was born March 19, 1929 in Saline County to the late Joe and Cara Mooney Bailey. She was a Baptist and homemaker.
Betty is preceded in death... View Obituary & Service InformationA new study from the University of Indianapolis to be published in the American Journal of Public Health finds that citizens living in states with the weakest gun laws are more than twice as likely to be fatally shot by law enforcement compared to those living in states with the strongest gun laws.

Aaron Kivisto, assistant professor in the College of Applied Behavioral Sciences at the University of Indianapolis, conducted the research along with doctoral student Peter Phalen, in collaboration with Brad Ray, IUPUI assistant professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The American Journal of Public Health will publish their study, "Firearm legislation and fatal police shootings in the United States," on May 18.

Kivisto, lead author of the study, says he and his colleagues utilized data