- THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE IS INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING IN IZARD COUNTY THAT OCCURED THIS MORNING... AROUND 9:45AM, IZARD COUNTY DISPATCH RECEIVED A CALL REPORTING A SUSPECT WAS MAKING THREATS WHILE ARMED WITH A KNIFE... DEPUTIES CONTACTED THE SUSPECT AT THE SCENE WHO THEN CONFRONTED THE DEPUTY AND REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH HIS COMMANDS.. THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT AND DIED OF THEIR INJURIES.. SHERIFF CHARLEY MELTON ASKED THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE TO INVESTIATE THE INCIDENT.. NO NAMES HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND NO OTHER INFORMATIN IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.....
- A FATAL MOTORYCYCLE CRASH OCCURED FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN MOUNTAIN HOME... THE ACCIDENT OCCURED AROUND 12:35 AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 5 AND CONE STREET WHEN A MOTORCYCLE AND ANOTHER VEHICLE COLLIDED.. THE MOTORCYCLIST DIED AT THE SCENE, THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS NOT HURT... NO NAMES OR OTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE...
- IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB, THE NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS CAREER FAIR IS MONDAY FROM 10 UNTIL 2 AT THE HICKINBOTHAM-MILLER BUILDING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN SALEM.. THE WORKFORCE CONNECTIONS MEDIA UNIT FROM THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE WILL BE ONSITE TO ASSIST PEOPLE WITH RESUMES AND APPLICATIONS... THE EVENT IS FREE.. THE SHAGGY COW FOOD TRUCK WILL BE ONSITE TO PURCHASE LUNCH..
- BEGINNING MONDAY, THERE WILL BE SPECIAL GUEST READERS EACH DAY, READING TO CHILDREN AT 10 EACH MORNING. IT IS ALSO FINE-FREE WEEK AT THE LIBARY BEGINNING MONDAY AND CONTINUING THRU SATURDAY...
- A NEW TEXT MESSAGE SCAM IS NOW CIRCULATING, TARGETING INDIVIDUALS WITH FRADULENT MESSAGES DESGINED TO TRICK RECIPENTS INTO RESPONDING OR ENGAGING WITH MALICIOUS CONTENT.. LOCAL POLICE REMIND YOU TO NOT RESPOND TO ANY SUSPCICIOUS OR UNKOWN TEXT MESSAGE... ENGAGING WITH THESE MESSAGES CAN CONFIRM YOUR NUMBER AS ACTIVE AND MAY LEAD TO FURTHER SCAM ATTEMPTS.. IF YOU RECEIVE SUCH A MESSAGE, DO NOT REPLY, DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINKS.. BLOCK THE NUMBER IMMEADIATELY AND DELETE THE MESSAGE....
- REPRESENTATIVE TREY STIEMEL SAYS A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE HEARING AT THE ARKANSAS CAPTITAL WEDNESDAY BROUGHT A HALT TO TWO MEASURES AIMED AT LIMITED SPENDING TIED TO THE ARKANSAS LEARNS ACT.. THE JOINT RULES COMMITTEE CONSIDERED TWO PROPOSALS, ONE FOCUSED ON GUARANTEETING FUNDING FOR COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE AND ANOTHER DESIGNED TO CAP SPENDING ON EDUCATION FREEDOM ACCOUNTS OR EFA's TIED TO THE STATE'S SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM.. A HOUSE RESOLUTION WOULD HAVE PROVED A FIXED TWO MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY TO EACH ARKANSAS COUNTY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.. SUPPORTERS SAID THE MEASURE WOULD HELP COUNTIES BETTER PLAN THEIR BUDGETS AS LEARNS EXPANSION INCREASES FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.. REPRESENTATIVE STIEMEL SAYS ALL INDICATIONS ARE THE GOVERNOR WILL CALL A SPECIAL SESSION FOLLOWING THE FISCAL SESSION TO CONSIDER A TWO TENTHS OF A PERCENT CUT IN THE STATE INCOME TAX... IF PASSED, THE PROPOSAL WILL RESULT IN ROUGHTLY ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVINGS TO STATE TAXPAYERS...
- STATE LAWMAKERS ARE DISCUSSING A POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF THE BENNIE MAGNESS UNIT AT CALICO ROCK IN LIGHT OF THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR A 3,000 BED PRISON IN FRANKLING COUNTY STALLING... STATE LEGISLATORS ARE MEETING IN LITTLE ROCK IN FISCAL SESSION.. FUNDING FOR A NEW PRISON IS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND A PUSH BACK FROM STATE OFFICIALS HAS MADE THE PROPOSED LOCATION IN WEST ARKANSAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GAIN SUPPORT... SEVENTY THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN PRISON EXPANSION WAS LISTED IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET REQUESTS, BUT THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY PROJECT... THE STATE PRISON BOARD HAS DISCUSSED THE BENNY MAGNESS UNIT, WHERE APPROXIMATELY 500 ADDITIONAL BEDS COULD BE ADDED.. THE EXPANSION HAS BEEN CONSIDERED BEFORE BEING SET ASIDE IN FAVOR OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY PROJECT... CURRENTLY, THE CALICO ROCK PRISON HAS 800 BEDS.. DISCUSSON OF EXPANDING THE CALICO ROCK PRISON HAS GONE BACK AND FORTH FOR SEVERAL YEARS......
- A CASE OF AVIAN FLU HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN A NEARBY COUNTY ,,,, A POULTRY FARM IN CLAY COUNTY HAS BEEN QUARANTINED AFTER SICK POULTRY ANIMALS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. 191,200 BIRDS WERE FOUND TO BE AFFECTED WITH THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS HPAI.
- THE SHARP COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES MADE SEVERAL ARRESTS THIS WEEK ... 48 YEAR OLD KENNETH ADKINS OF ASH FLAT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR. 33 YEAR OLD BRIENNA ALBEE OF ASH FLAT ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF PROPERTY LESS THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS. 27 YEAR OLD TERRANCE DAVIDSON OF HARDY WAS BOOKED FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE. 42 YEAR OLD JOHNNY FARIS OF CAVE CITY FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR, AND FELONY THEFT OF PROPERTY. 34 YEAR OLD JACOB MITCHELL OF CHEROKEE VILLAGE FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT 27 YEAR OLD TRISTAN PEARSON OF CAVE CITY FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. 57 YEAR OLD BETHANY SIMS OF WEST PLAINS FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR ON THEFT OF PROPERTY CHARGES AND CONTEMPT FOR FAILURE TO PAY RESTITUTION.
- 39 YEAR OLD JOHN WESLEY REED OF EVENING SHADE IS BEING HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AFTER HIS ARREST ON MULTIPLE CHARGES... REED IS CHARGED WITH ESCAPE, A THIRD DEGREE FELONY, FLEEING ON FOOT, RESISTING ARREST, VIOLATION OF A PROTECTION ORDER AND FAILURE TO APPEAR, A FELONY... REED IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, AWAITING A BOND HEARING AND COURT DATE.....
- A RAVENDEN MAN WAS INJURED IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 62 WEST OF POCAHONTAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.. A CAR DRIVEN BY 44 YEAR OLD WENDELL KIRK WAS WESTBOUND WHEN HE LOST CONTROL, RAN OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A TREE.. KIRK WAS TAKEN TO FIVE RIVERS MEDICAL CENTER IN POCAHONTAS FOR TREATMENT....
- WHITE RIVER HEALTH PATIENTS WITH UNITED HEALTHCARE INSURANCE CAN ONCE AGAIN USE THEIR COVERAGE AT THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE TWO PARTIES REACHED A NEW AGREEMENT TUESDAY... WHITE RIVER HEALTH SECURED A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT FOR COMMERCIAL PLANS AND AN EXTENSION THRU DECEMBER 31, 2026 FOR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS... WHITE RIVER HEALTH AND THE FACILITY- BASED SERVICES WENT OUT OF THE NETWORK APRIL 1 AFTER THE TWO PARTIES FAILED TO REACH AN AGREEMENT BY THE DEADLINE... WHITE RIVER CEO, STEVEN WEBB SAYS THE AGREEMENT SERVES AS AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR PATIENTS AND THE WHITE RIVER HEALTH COMMUNITY... PATIENTS WHO RECEIEVED CARE WHILE WHITE RIVER HEALTH WAS OUT OF THE NETWORK WILL BE COVERED AT IN-NETWORK RATES, ACCORDING TO WHITE RIVER HEALTH......
- AN OXFORD MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER PULLING A KNIFE ON A CO-WORKER AND THREATENING TO KILL HIM WHILE ON A WORKSITE IN SALEM... 41 YEAR OLD STEVEN LUKE BURNS STARTED COMPALINING AND ARGUING WITH A CO-WORKER ABOUT THEIR JOB.. BURNS ALLEGEDLY PICKED UP A HOT PART AND THREW IT A THE CO-WORKER, BUT INSTEAD STRUCK ANOTHER MAN... THE MAN BURNS WAS ARGUING WITH STARTED WALKING TOWARD BURNS WHEN BURNS PULLED A KNIFE ON HIM... THE MAN STRUCK BURNS WHILE THE MAN WHO WAS HIT WITH THE OBJECT BURNS HAD THROWN AT HIM WAS ABLE TO GET THE KNIFE AWAY FROM BURNS.. ANOTHER MAN SEPERATED THE MEN.... THE MAN WHO HAD THE KNIFE PULLED ON HIM WENT TO GET A PAIR OF WORK GLOVES WHEN BURNS JUMPED ON HIS BACK.. ANOTHER WORKER PULLED HIM OFF AND BURNS WAS TOLD TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY.... LATER THAT DAY, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MET BURNS AFTER THE WORKDAY TO GIVE HIM A RIDE HOME... BURNS TOLD HER WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THAT HE GOING TO KILL THE MAN HE PULLED THE KNIFE ON AND DESTROY HIS CAR.. HE SAID HE WOULD STAB THE COPS AND ANYONE WHO GOT IN HIS WAY... BURNS IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND ONE COUNT OF TERRORISTIC THREATENING.. BURNS IS FREE AFTER POSTING A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND....
- SHARP COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED A BATESVILLE MAN ON MULTIPLE CHARGES.. 40 YEAR OLD SHANNON BRISTER IS BEING HELD FOR CRIMINAL TRESSPASS ON A VEHICLE OR STRUCTURE AND PREMISIS AND VIOLATION OF A PROTECTION ORDER... BRISTER IS BEING HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AWAITING A BOND HEARING AND COURT DATE.....
- AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURED IN SOUTHERN SHARP COUNTY HAS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF A CAVE CITY MAN... 42 YEAR OLD JOHNNY FARRIS OF CAVE CITY IS BEING HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR, FELONY OF A THEFT OF PROPERTY CHARGES AND THEFT OF PROPERTY OBTAINED BY A THREAT....
- KACEY TOMLINSON OF CALICO ROCK IS THE NEWLY CROWNED MISS WILLIAMS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY.. TOMLINSON WAS AWARDED THE TITLE AT THE CONCLUSTION OF THE MISS WBU PAGENT.. TOMLINSON, AN ENGLISH MAJOR WITH A MINOR IN MUSIC, ALSO TOOK HOME THE PAGENTS TALENT AND MISS CONGENIALITY AWARDS.. MISS CONVENIALITY WAS PICKED BY A VOTE OF THE PAGENT CONTESTANTS... FOURTEEN CONTESTANTS WERE VYING FOR THE TITLE OF MISS WBU... KACEY IS THE DAUGHTER OF SEAN AND CRISTY TOMLINSON OF CALICO ROCK....
- A MELBOURNE MAN IS IN JAIL AFTER THREATENING TO KILL HIS SON... 56 YEAR OLD STEVEN RAY CONYERS OF MELBOURNE HAD SENT TEXTS TO HIS SON AND DAUGHTER, VIOLATING CONDTIONS OF HIS BOND FROM AN ARREST SIX DAYS EARLIER FOR MISDEMEANOR CHARGES OF HARASSMENT... ONE TEXT READ, ''OFF WILL STAND'', NO COPS, WINNER TAKES ALL.. THE NEXT MESSAGE READ ''WHEN I SAY ALL, I WILL KILL YOU.. WINNER TAKES ALL.. WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED AT THE HOME, CONYERS WOULD NOT COOPERATE AND EVENTUALLY HAD TO BE TASED BEFORE THEY COULD TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY... CONYERS IS FACING A FELONY CHARGE OF TERRORISTIC THREATENING AND A MISDEMANOR CHARGE OF RESISTING ARREST... BOND FOR CONYERS IS SET AT $50,000... CONYERS HAS A PREVIOUS FELONY ARREST IN IZARD COUNTY FOR TERRORISTIC THREATENING IN 2024....
- A ONE VECHILE ACCIDENT NORTH OF HARDY HAS PUT A MAYNARD MAN IN THE HOSPITAL... A PICKUP DRIVEN BY 67 YEAR OLD TOM WOFFORD WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 63 WHEN HTE RAN OFF THE ROAD, WENT DOWN AN ENBANKMENT AND STRUCK A TREE... WOFFORD WAS TRANSPORTED TO OZARKS HEALTHCARE IN WEST PLAINS FOR TREATMENT....
- LAST YEAR WAS THE DEADLIEST YEAR FOR BOATERS IN ARKANSAS SINCE 2009... THE ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION REPORTS 17 PEOPLE DIED IN BOATING ACCIDENTS IN 2025.. THERE WERE 73 TOTAL BOATING ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR, THE MOST SINCE 2020.. GAME AND FISH COMMISSION BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATOR, SGT. SIDNEY GRANT SAYS INCREASES IN BOATING ACCIDENTS BY DUCK HUNTERS AS WELL HAS HAZORDOUG CONDTIONS LAST SPRING WERE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PEAK IN ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES... THE GAME AND FISH COMMISSION HAS SEEN INDICATIONS THAT A LEVEL OF OPERATOR INEXPIERENCE WITH THE CRAFT AND THE SETTING HAS LED TO MORE ACCIDENTS.. REMEMER, REGARDLESS OF YOUR EXPERIEINCE ON THE WATER, IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT TO GET INTO A SITUATION THAT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PULL YOURSELF FREE... ALWAYS BE RESPECTFUL OF MOVING WATER AND KNOW YOUR LIMITS...
- A POCAHONTAS MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE ON CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CHARGES... 57 YEAR OLD ELISA TIPPITT IS CHARGED WITH TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, A FELONY, POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DELIVER METH AND COCAINE AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPERHANLIA.. TIPPITT IS BEING HELD IN THE RANDOLPH COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.....
- IT'S SPRING CLEAN-UP WEEK IN HORSESHOE BEND.. ITEMS UNDER 50 POUNDS, ANY NON-HAZORDOUS WASTE, CHEMICALS, PAINT, PROPANE TANKS, ANY OIL PRODUCT OR BATTERIES CAN NOT BE INCLUDED... PICKUP IN HORSESHOE BEND IS ON YOUR REGULAR WEEKLY TRASH PICKUP DAY.. A DUMPSTER IS AVAILABLE AT THE RECYCLING CENTER AND WILL BE OPEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 1 UNTIL 4 AND SATURDAY MORNING 9 UNTIL NOON.. SATURDAY IS CITY-WIDE YARD SALE DAY IN HORSESHOE BEND... THE HORSESHOE BEND GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AT THE UNITIY PAVILLION.. PROCEEDS FROM THE PLANT SALE WILL FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE GARDEN CLUB PARK....
- A VIOLA MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTEDE FOR THREATENING TO KILL HIS STEP-MOTHER AND GOING THRU HER CAR.. 31 YEAR OLD TRAVIS ALLEN McFARLAND IS NOW IN CUSTODY AND BEING HELD IN THE FULTON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.. ACCORDING TO THE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT, McFARLAND'S STEP-MOTHER CAUGHT HIM GOING THRU HER CAR AND TOLD HIM TO STOP.. McFARLAND TOLD HER TO SHUT UP OR HE WOULD SLIT HER THROAT... McFARLAND THEN CAME TOWARD THE VICTIM, CAUSING HER TO FLEE INTO HER HOUR AND LOCK THE DOORS.. WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED, THEY FOUND McFARLAND ON THE PROPERTY.. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, BUT ON THE TRIP TO JAIL, HE THREATENED THE LIFE OF A DEPUTY AND ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE FROM HIS HANDCUFFS.. McFARLAND IS FACING A FELONY CHARGE OF TERRORISTIC THREATENING AND A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS... HE IS BEING HELD IN THE FULTON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WITH BOND SET AT $10,000.....
- STATE REPRESENTATIVE TREY STEIMEL SAYS THE LEGISATLIVE FISCAL SESSION GOT OFF TO A SLOW START LAST WEEK... STEIMEL SAYS LAWMAKERS HAVE FILED RESOLUTIONS TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX CREDIT... DETAILS WILL BE WORKED OUT THIS WEEK, BUT ESTIMATES ARE THE CRDITS WOULD RANGE FROM $50 TO $100... IN HER STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS THURSDAY, GOVETRNOR SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS SAYS SHE PLANS TO CALL A SPECIAL SESSION TO CUT INCOME TAXES, DEPENDING ON LAWMAKERS STICKING TO HER PROPOSED BUDGET AND LIMITED SPENDING... THE SPECIAL SESSION WOULD BEGIN IMMEADITELY AFTER THE FISCAL SESSION... STEIMEL SAYS THE GOVERNOR HAS TOLD LEGISLATORS SHE IS FOCUSED ON CUTTING INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES DURING THE SPECIAL SESSION, BUT NOTED LAWMAKERS ARE ALSO HAVING CONSERSATIONS ABOUT LOWERING THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE../....
- AN ALICIA WOMAN, 26 YEAR OLD EMILY SELLERS WAS ARRESTED BY POCAHONTAS POLICE... SELLERS IS CHARGED WITH HINDERING APPREHENSION OF PROSECUTION, FELONY AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.. SELLERS IS BEING HELD IN THE RANDOLPH COUNTY DETENTION CENTER....
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