THE ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION HAS RELEASED THE DRAFT STATEWIDE TRANSPORATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FEDERAL FISCAL YEARS 2027-2030.. THE PLANS INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS FOR SEVERAL AREA HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING MORE PASSING LANES ON HIGHWAY 62-412.. ALL OF THE PASSING LANES ARE SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2029... A SINGLE PASSING LANE IS PLANED IN FULTON CUNTY TO THE BAXTER COUNTY LINE TO ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 87, A LENGTH OF ONE POINT TWO MILES.. THE ESTIMATED COST IS FIVE POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS... IN BAXTER COUNTY, A MAJOE WIDENING PROJECT IS SCHEDULED THAT WILL WIDEN HIGHWAY 62-412 FROM LAKE NORFORK TO THE EAST FOR THREE POINT ONE MILES AT A COST OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.. HIGHWAY 412 IN ARKANSAS WAS DESIGNATED AS A HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR BY CONGRESS IN THE 1991 INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORATION EFFICENCY ACT.. TWO OTHER PROJECTS ARE SCHEDULED IN IZARD COUNTY, BOTH ALONG HIGHWAY 56... THE FIRST IS PLANNED FOR CALICO ROCK STREET AT CALICO ROCK AND APPROACHES AT A COST OF SIX POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS.. THE STATE WILL REPAIR ROADS AT THE MAMMOTH SPRING NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY THAT WERE DAMAGED BY FLOOD AND STORMS LAST YEAR.. THIS WORK WILL BE COMPLETED IN 2028.. THE STATE WILL REHABILIATE ROUTE 900 AND THE VISITOR PARKING LOT AT THE NORFORK NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT DAMAGE TO SOME COMMUNITIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THERE WAS WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN BLACK ROCK, THE CITY HALL, THE ROOF ON A HOUSE ON BEECH STREET WAS TORN OFF, MANY TREES WERE DOWNED FROM HIGHWAY 361 TO FIRST STREET... IT'S BELIEVED THAT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL CAUSED THE DAMAGE NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED...
THE SECOND MONDAY OF THE MONTH MEANS THERE ARE SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS SCHEDULED TONIGHT.. THE LAWRENCE COUNTY QOURUM COURT MEETS AT 5:30 AT THE COURHOUSE IN WALNUT RIDGE... THE SHARP COUNTY QOURUM COURT MEETS AT 6 AT THE COURTHOUSE IN ASH FLAT... THE IMBODEN, RAVENDEN, HARDY, CALCO ROCK, PINEVILLE, OXFORD AND VIOLA CITY COUNCIL'S ALL MEET TONIGHT... THE CAVE CITY SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET TONIGHT AT 6 IN THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY....
THE FULTON COUNTY FAIR IS UNDERWAY THRU SATURDAY IN SALEM.... TODAY'S SCHEDULE INCLUDES, CREATIVE ARTS CHECK-IN FROM 1 UNTIL 4 THIS AFTERNOON... THE HORSE SHOW IS TONIGHT AT 6 AT THE FAIRGROUNDS ARENA.. THERE IS NO ADMISSION CHARGE.....
A POCAHONTAS MAN WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY ON BATTERY AND ASSAULT CHARGES... 33 YEAR OLD ROBERT YOUNG WAS BOOKED INTO THE RANDOLPH COUNTY DETENTION CENTER BY POCAHONTAS POLICE... YOUNG IS CHARGED WITH BATTERY IN THE THIRD DEGREE, A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR AND ASSAULT, FIRST DEGREE, A CLASS MISDEMEANOR... YOUNG IS BEING HELD IN THE RANDOLPH COUNTY DETENION CENTER AWAITING A BOND HEARING AND COURT DATE...
THERE'S A NEW CONCEPT FOR SENIOR CARE, OPENING THIS WEEK. THE GRAND OPENING OF THE GREEN COTTAGES OF ASH FLAT HEALTHCARE AND REHAB IS TODAY 11 UNTIL 1... MISTI FRENCH TELL US THAT THIS NEW FACILITY IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA. COTTAGES THAT OFFER MORE INDEPENDENT LIVING FOR RESIDENTS, WHILE RETAINING ACCESS TO IMMEDIATE HEALTHCARE ASSISTANCE, IS THE GOAL, WHETHER LONG-TERM OR FOR SHORT-TERM REHAB. THE FACILITY IS OPEN FOR TOURS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL ASH FLAT HEALTHCARE AND REHAB AT 870-994-2341. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO THE GRAND OPENING, MONDAY FROM 11-1.
THE SWIM BEACH AT QUARRY PARK ON LAKE NORFORK HAS RE-OPENED. THE BEACH HAD BEEN CLOSED AFTER ROUTINE TESTS SHOWED A HIGH QUANTITY OF E-COLI HAD SPREAD. THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS 2 NEGATIVE WATER SAMPLES BE TAKEN BEFORE A FACILITY CAN OPEN. QUARRY BEACH PASSED THE TESTS AND IS BACK OPEN FOR SAFE SWIMMING.
A 19 YEAR OLD FEMALE FROM ASH FLAT HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN SHARP COUNTY, IN CONNECTION WITH A DOMESTIC INCIDENT. ARIGIAL STANFORD IS BEING HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. SHE IS AWAITING A BOND HEARING AND COURT DATE.
AN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON FELONY THEFT CHARGES AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY HE TOOK MORE THAN $6,500 FROM A CLIENT FOR A JOB HE NEVER FINISHED. HE THEN TRIED TO PAY IT BACK WITH A CHECK WRITTEN ON A CLOSED BANK ACCOUNT. 29 YEAR OLD JUSTICE JAY HAVEN OWNED HAVEN CONTRACTING IN SOUTHSIDE, AND WAS ARRESTED ON 2 COUNTS OF THEFT OF PROPERTY BY DECEPTION, AND 1 COUNT OF AN ARKANSAS HOT CHECK LAW. HAVEN IS BEING HELD IN THE INDEPENDENCE COUNTY JAIL. THE CUSTOMER HAS YET TO RECOVER THE SIXTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SHARP COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED 57 YEAR OLD KENNETH CAMPBELL OF TRUMANN ON A HOLD FOR ANOTHER STATE. 36 YEAR OLD TONI DEWITT OF CAVE CITY WAS JAILED AND CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT. 45 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY CARTER OF HARRISBURG FOR A HOLD FOR ANOTHER STATE. 39 YEAR OLD TRESSA GREENE OF WORTH WAS ARRESTED FOR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY AND THEFT OF PROPERTY. 61 YEAR OLD ANTHONY JEWETT OF CAVE CITY WAS ARRESTED FOR BATTERY - THIRD DEGREE. 32 YEAR OLD DANNY MUIR OF GLENCOE WAS ARRESTED FOR BATTERY - SECOND DEGREE AND ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR - FIRST DEGREE. 79 YEAR OLD CLAUDE PIERCE OF CHEROKEE VILLAGE WAS ARRESTED FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR, AND 34 YEAR OLD JASON PIERCE OF TUCKERMAN WAS ARRESTED AND PUT ON HOLD FOR ANOTHER STATE.
SHARP COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED A HARDY WOMAN ON DRUG CHARGES... 65 YEAR OLD KATHY DANIELS WAS BOOKED FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, METH AND COCAINE.. DANIELS IS BEING HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, AWAITING A BOND HEARING AND COURT DATE...
THE IZARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WEEKLY ARREST REPORT INDICATES 30 YEAR OLD LOGAN PHELPS OF MELBOURNE WAS BOOKED ON A WARRANT OUT OF IZARD COUNTY FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR, 53 YEAR OLD ERIC KRAHL OF HORSESHOE BEND WAS ARRESTED ON A WARRANT OUT OF FULTON COUNTY FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR.
A WALNUT RIDGE MAN WHO IS BEING HELD IN THE LAWRENCE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AWAITING A TRIAL FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY NOW FACES ADDTIONAL CHARGES AFTER HE ASSAULTED SEVERAL INMATES AND JAILERS AT THE LAWRENCE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER... 30- YEAR OLD DANIEL HONEYCUTT IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE BATTERY, A CLASS D FELONY AND FIVE CLASS A MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF THIRD DEGREE BATTERY AFTER DISTRICT JUDGE ALEX BIGGER FOUND PROBABLE CAUSE TO CHARGE HONEYCUTT... COURT DOCUMENTS STATED HONEYCUTT ALLEGEDLY STARTED A FIGHT WITH ANOTHER INMATE, PUNCHING THEM IN THE FACE.. HONEYCUTT HAD TO BE PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED BY THE JAIL STAFF AND PLACE INTO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.. WHILE IN CONFINEMENT, HE STARTED KICKING THE DOOR AND ATTEMPTED TO CAUSE HARM TO HIMSELF... HE WAS THEN PUT IN A RESTRAINT CHAIR... HONEYCUTT THEN SPAT ON A JAILER AND CONTINUED TO RESIST... HE IS NOW SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN LAWRENCE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT AUGUST THIRD....
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