HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THRU 9AM THIS MORNING. TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HIGH WINDS HAVE PLAYED HAVOC OVER NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS MORNING.. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. NAEC REPORTS APPROXIMATLEY 1,000 MEMBERS WERE WITHOUT POWER. THE COOPERATIVE'S PHONE SYSTEM AND OUTAGE VIEWER A WERE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND ARE NOT IN SERVICE AT THIS TIME.... NAEC LINEMAN ARE RESTORING POWER IN THE AFFECTED AREAS.
A TRUCK DRIVER WAS FLOWN TO A HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A ROLLOVER CRASH FRIDAY MORNING IN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE CRASH OCCURED ON STATE HIGHWAY 117 NEAR DENTON, WEST OF BLACK ROCK. THE HIGHWAY WAS CLOSED FOR A TIME AS EMERGENCY CREWS WORKED TO GET THE DRIVER OUT OF THE TRUCK. HE WAS AIRLIFTED FROM THE SCENE. LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF TONY WALDRUPPE SAYS THE TRACTOR-TRAILER WAS HAULING SAND. WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL, HE OVERCORRECTED, AND THE TRUCK FLIPPED OVER.
A ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT NORTH OF OXFORD FRIDAY MORNING RESULTED IN NO INJURIES TO A HORSESHOE BEND MAN. A PICKUP DRIVEN BY 59-YEAR-OLD RUSS TAYLOR WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 9 WHEN HE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE, RAN OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A TREE. TAYLOR ESCAPED INJURY.
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE FOLLOWING ALLEGED THREATS MADE AT CALICO ROCK HIGH SCHOOL. IZARD COUNTY SHERIFF CHARLEY MELTON SAYS A JUVENILE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND IS FACING CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT FOLLOWING AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION. SINCE THE PERSON ARRESTED IS A JUVENILE, NEITHER THEIR NAME NOR THE CHARGES FILED HAVE BEEN RELEASED. NO DETAILS ON THE TYPE OF THREATS MADE HAVE BEEN RELEASED. SHERIFF MELTON SAYS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH THE CALICO ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICERS AND JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS AND TO QUICKLY SOLVE THE CASE.
BLACK ROCK POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A CHEROKEE VILLAGE MAN WHO IS SUSPECTED OF AN ASSAULT IN THE CHEROKEE VILLAGE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLACK ROCK POLICE INTERCEPTED DAVID ALAN STANSBURY ON THE BLACK RIVER BRIDGE. CHIEF BRIAN ARCHER CONDUCTED A FELONY TRAFFIC STOP. STANSBURY WAS DETAINED AND MIRANDIZED BY AUTHORITIES. DURING A SEARCH OF STANSBURY'S VEHICLE, A LIQUID SUBSTANCE THAT FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR METH AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WAS CONFISCATED. STANSBURY WAS TAKEN TO THE LAWRENCE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AND THEN TRANSFERED TO THE CHEROKEE VILLAGE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE WILL BE ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES IN SHARP COUNTY.
POCAHONTAS POLICE RESPONDED TO A RESIDENCE WEDNESDAY IN CONNECTION WITH A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY. DUE TO A PROACTIVE PATROL, A SUSPECT WAS APPREHENDED QUICKLY AND WAS TAKEN TO THE RANDOLPH COUNTY JAIL. WITH THE HELP OF VIDEO SURVEILLANCE, POLICE BELIEVE THERE WAS ONLY ONE SUSPECT INVOLVED. POCAHONTAS POLICE REMIND RESIDENTS TO CHECK THEIR VEHICLES AND OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THE MARION COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED THE CAUSE OF DEATH OF A WOMAN WHO WAS RECOVERED FROM THE WELCOME RIDGE BOAT LAUNCH ON BULL SHAOLS LAKE EARLIER THIS MONTH. ACCORDING TO MARION COUNTY SHERIFF GREGG ALEXANDER, THE AUTOPSY FOR 80-YEAR-OLD SHARON ROSE HARRIS OF ROCKWALL, TEXAS DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF DEATH TO BE AN ACCIDENTAL DROWNING. HARRIS' BODY WAS RECOVERED JUST OFF THE SHORELINE ON APRIL 11TH AFTER AREA RESIDENTS REPORTED A BODY SEEN IN THE WATER. INVESTIGATORS LEARNED THE WOMAN HAD BEEN MISSING BY A FAMILY MEMBER IN TEXAS. HER BODY WAS IDENTIFIED BY A FAMILY MEMBER THE NEXT DAY.
OREGON COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRRESTED DEREK PROTONENTIS OF THAYER AFTER AN INCIDENT IN THAYER. PROTONENTIS IS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT, THIRD DEGREE, A CLASS E FELONY. HE IS BEING HELD IN THE OREGON COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BOND.
WHILE FIREFIGHTERS WERE WORKING TO EXTINGUISH A BLAZE, A FULTON COUNTY MAN WAS WORKING ON CATCHING FELONY CHARGES. ACCORDING TO AN AFFIDAVIT FOR WARRANT OF ARREST FOR 65-YEAR-OLD RUSSELL SCHUH FILED APRIL 22, ON APRIL 14, DEPUTIES WITH THE FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WERE DISPATCHED TO A RESIDENCE ON LITTLE GUT CREEK REGARDING AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEY SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM WHO SAID AFTER HE HAD NOTIFIED SCHUH THAT HIS SHED WAS ON FIRE, SCHUH CAME TO THE VICTIM'S HOME AND POINTED A FIREARM AT HIM SAYING HE WAS GOING TO "BLOW HIS HEAD OFF". SCHUH LEFT THE RESIDENCE AND THEN RETURNED TO HIS OWN AFTER MAKING THE THREAT. WHILE WATCHING THE HARDY FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FIRE, SCHUH MADE SEVERAL STATEMENTS IN THE PRESENCE OF HARDY FIRE CHIEF JOSH MOORE THAT HE INTENDED TO SHOOT THE VICTIM BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THE VICTIM HAD STARTED THE FIRE. AS A RESULT, SCHUH HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, A CLASS D FELONY AND TERRORISTIC THREATENING IN THE FIRST DEGREE, A CLASS D FELONY. BOND FOR SCHUH WAS SET AT $10,000.
IF YOU HAVE A CLASSIC CAR, BRING IT TO THE ASH FLAT FIRE DEPARTMENT CLASSIC CAR SHOW ON SATURDAY... SHAINA MANNING IS A MEMBER OF THE ASH FLAT FIRE DEPARTMENT AUXILLARY. NO PRE-REGISATION IS NECESSARY… YEAR CLASSES, SPECIALITY CLASSES WILL BE FEATURED.… THE ENTRY FEE IS $20... THE SHOW IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC… THE ASH FLAT FIRE DEPARTMENT CLASSIC CAR SHOW, SATURDAY, REGISTRATION FROM 9 TO 11 IN ASH FLAT BY THE AMERICAN VETERANS MEMORIAL
A COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR, HOSTED BY THE SHARP COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE AND SHARP COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS GOING ON TODAY AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN CAVE CITY... WE GET DETAILS FROM SHARP COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT FOR FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES CHELSA CONWAY.. EVERYONE FROM AROUND THE AREA, NOT JUST SHARP COUNTY IS WELCOME TO THE HEALTH FAIR, 9 TIL 2 TODAY AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN CAVE CITY. FREE LUNCH PROVIDED BY FIRST COMMUNITY BANK...
24 YEAR OLD JAKE LAFEVE OF OXFORD HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN IZARD COUNTY ON WARRANTS OUT OF CLARE COUNTY, MICHIGAN FOR TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT, FIRST DEGREE WITH A MINOR AND TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT, SECOND DEGREE WITH A MINOR... LAFEVE WAS TAKEN TO THE IZARD COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WHERE HE WAS BEING HELD FOR MICHIGAN AUTHORITIES..
WHOSE READY FOR PIE? THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER, THE ARKANSAS PIE FESTIVAL IS SATURDAY AROUND THE TOWN CENTER IN CHEROKEE VILLAGE… ARKANSAS' PIE LADY, KAT ROBINSON IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS, SHE WILL BE AT THE FESTIVAL ALONG WITH THE STATE'S BEST PIE BAKERS FROM ALL AROUND THE STATE.. THE ARKANSAS PIE CHAMPION PIE BAKER WILL MOVE ON TO THE NATIONAL PIE BACKING CHAMPINSHIP IN DALLAS IN JUNE...IN THE MEANTIME, ON SATURDAY, THE PIE DAY 5K REGISRATION BEGINS AT 8:30 SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE RACE AT 9.. THE FESTIVAL STARTS AT 10 WITH THE PIE TASTING, PIE SHOP OPENS WITH THE SILENT AUCTION, LIVE MUSIC, THE KIDS ZONE AND FOOD TRUCKS… PIE JUDGING BEGINS AT 11, PHOTS WITH MISS ARKANSAS WILL BEGIN AT 11, THE CUTIE PET PARADE AT 1:30 AND THE AWARDS CEREMONY AT 2:45.. A BIG DAY COMING UP AT THE ARKANSAS PIE FESTIVAL IN CHEROKEE VILLAGE… JOIN HOMETOWN RADIO FOR ON LOCATION: REMOTE BROADCAST FROM THE ARKANSAS PIE FESTIVAL.
HARDY RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN NEXT WEEKS SPRING CITY-WIDE CLEANUP SHOULD CALL CITY HALL TODAY AT 870-856-3811 TO MAKE SURE YOUR ITEMS WILL BE COLLECTED NEXT WEEK... PICKUP WILL BE ON YOUR NORMAL TRASH DAY.. ITEMS THAT CAN BE PLACED ON THE CURBSIDE INCLUDE: STOVE AND MICROWAVE APPLIANCES, SINKS AND TUBS, OLD ABOVE GROUND POOLS, LAWN FURNITURE AND SWINGS, LARGE CHILDRENS TOYS, ARIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREES, BULKY WASTE SUCH AS SOFAS, CHAIRS, MATTRESSES, COUCHES, ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS AND BOX SPRINGS MAY BE INCLUDED... NO ITEMS THAT USE FREON, TIRES, PAINT CANS, MEDICAL WASTE, AUTO BATTERIES, EXPLOSIVES, CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS OR BUILDING MATERIALS, DEAD ANIMALS, AIR CONDTIONERS OR TV'S CAN BE INCLUDED. THE CITY ENCOURAGES ALL HARDY RESIDENTS TO PI=ARTICIPATE IN THE SPRING CLEAN UP.
OREGON COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED KELLY SHEPHERD OF THAYER FOR DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, A CLASS C FELONY, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, A CLASS D FELONY, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, A CLASS D FELONY, KEEPING AND MAINTAINING A PUBLIC NUISANCE, A CLASS E FELONY AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, A CLASS D MISDEMANOR... SHEPHERD WAS BOOKED INTO THE OREGON COUNTY JAIL AND LATER RELEASED ON BOND...
THE 38TH ANNUAL DOGWOOD DAYS FESTIVAL IS SATURDAY IN HORSESHOE BEND.. SPECIAL GUESTS WILL BE THE MOUNTAIN MAN OF DUCK DYNASTY AND MAKING A RETURN VISIT IS THE TURTLEMAN OF ANIMAL PLANET'S :"CALL OF THE WILDMAN".... THE DAY WILL BEGIN WITH THE HORSESHOE BEND BOATING FISHING AND SPORTSMANS CLUB'S PANCAKE BREAKFAST FROM 7 UNTIL 10 AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.. REGISTRATION FOR THE 5K RUN RUN BEGINS AT 7 WITH THE RACE AT 8 AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERECE OFFICE… THE KIDS KORNER WILL OPEN AT 10 AND THERES ENTERTAINMENT THROUGHT THE DAY BEGINNING AT 10.... THE DIAMOND B MALL PARKING LOT WILL BE FULL OF VENDORS.... DOGWOOD DAYS IS SPONSORED BY THE HORSESHOE BEND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.. PRESIDENT JEANETTE HILLIKER PROMISES PLENTY OF GOOD FOOD FOR FESTVAL GOERS TO ENJOY… HOMETOWN RADIO WILL BE IN HORSESHOE BEND FOR COVERAGE OF DOGWOOD DAYS
THE SPRING RIVER COMMUNITY CHORUS HAS TWO CONCERTS THIS WEEKEND.. TONIGHT AT THE HARDY BAPTIST CHURCH AND A SATURDAY MATINEE AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN HORSESHOE BEND.... WE HEAR FROM ONE OF THE CO-DIRECTORS OF THE CHORUS, BECKY THURMAN WHO TELL US THE THEME OF THE CONCERT IS SPRING FLING.. THE TICKETS ARE VERY AFFORDABLE.. THE CONCERT IS TONIGHT AT 7 AT HARDY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT THE STOPLIGHT IN HARDY AND SATURDAY AT 2 AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN HORSESHOE BEND…
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