A KOSHKONONG MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY OREGON COUNTY AUTHORITIES FOR INCEST AND CHILD MOLESTATION... 41 YEAR OLD GARY COPE, JUNIOR ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A FAMILY MEMBER UNDER THE AGE OF 17... COPE ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO AN OREGON COUNTY DEPUTY TO THE ASSAULT.. THE ADMISSION WAS RECORDED ON THE OFFICERS BODY CAM... COPE IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SODOMY, TWO COUNTS OF INCEST, AND ONE COUNTY OF SECOND-DEGREE CHILD MOLESTATION.... COPE WAS TAKEN TO THE OREGON COUNTY JAIL… HE IS NOW FREE AFTER POSTING A $250,000 BOND...
WALNUT RIDGE AND HOXIE POLICE UNCOVERED A THEFT RING SUNDAY MORNING… WALNUT RIDGE POLICE STOPPED ONE VEHICLE AFTER A SHORT PURSUIT BY HOXIE POLICE.. POLICE GAINED A SEARCH, LOOKING FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT SUSPECTS WERE USING TO ACTIVATE FUEL PUMPS.. TWO SUSPECTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED....BOTH WALNUT RIDGE AND HOXIE POLICE WERE ON ALERT AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF FUEL BEING TAKEN FROM FARM SERVICE IN WALNUT RIDGE...
SHERIFF CHARLEY MELTON SAYS DEPUTIES WERE MADE AWARE OF A POTENTIAL THREAT OF VIOLENCE FRIDAY NIGHT THAT WAS MADE AGAINST THE CALICO ROCK SCHOOL... DEPUTIES WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL STAFF AND INTERVIEWED MULTIPLE PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE SUSPECT.. SHERIFF MELTON SAYS AFTER THOSE INTERVIEWS AND THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE DANGER... SHERIFF MELTON SAYS THE SUSPECT IN QUESTION WAS INFORMED THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED AT THE CALICO ROCK SCHOOL... DEPUTIES WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SCHOOL STAFF AND COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED, THE SHERIFF SAYS THE CASE FILE WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE PROSECUTORS OFFICE FOR A REVIEW OF POTENTIAL CHARGES.. DUE TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE CASE BEING JUVENILES, NO NAMES WILL BE RELEASED...
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS IN THE THIRD WEEK OF THE 2024 FISCAL SESSION… REPRESENTATIVE TREY STEIMEL REPORTS THE HOUSE PASSED THREE RESOLUTIONS TO ALLOW THE INTRODUCTION OF NON- APPROPORATION BILLS DURING THE SESSION... STEIMEL TOLD HOMTOWN NEWS, THE SESSION HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS WITHOUT MANY INTERUPTIONS.. APPROPIRATIONS FOR SEVERAL TWO-YEAR COLLEGES AND VARIOUS STATE COMMISSIONS HAVE PASSED THE HOUSE... IN ADDITION, THE HOUSE HAS PASSED A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPORATION FOR TWENTY NINE MILLION DOLLARS FOR GRANTS TO AID LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR...
40 YEAR OLD TYLER PAUL HUDGENS OF NORFORK HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY AUTHORITIES IN BAXTER COUNTY FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP NEAR SALESVILLE.. HUDGENS IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, SCHEDULE 1 OR 2 METH OR COCAINE, FELONY POSSESSION OF DRUG PARPAHERANLIA, NON=PAYMENT OF FINES AND PAROLE VIOLATION... HUDGENS IS BEING HELD IN THE BAXTER COUNTY DETENTION CENTER....
THE 38TH ANNUAL DOGWOOD DAYS CELEBRATION IS SATURDAY IN HORSESHOE BEND... THERE;LL BE MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE DAY, PROCEEDED BY TWO CELEBRITIES, THE MOUNTAIN MAN FROM DUCK DYNASTY AND A DOGWOOD DAYS FAVORITE LAST YEAR, TURTLEMAN OF ANIMAL PLANET'S "CALL OF THE WILDMAN IS BACK SATURDAY.... HORSESHOE BEND CHAMBER PRESIDENT JEANETTE HILLIKER HAS MORE… LINE DANCERS WILL PERFORM AT 10, ISABELLA LOVE AND THE BELLA BAND AT 11, ERIN WALTERS AT NOON... JEANETTE SAYS YOU DONT WANT TO MISS A NEW TALENT FOR THIS YEARS FESTIVAL, THAT'S CARSICK HITCHIKER WHO IS PERFORMING AT 1… GARRETT AND ASHTON DUNCAN WILL PERFORM AT 2 AND LOGAN PETER WILL ROUND OUT THE ENTERTAINMENT AT 3...... DOGWOOD DAYS WILL BEGIN WITH A 5K FUN RUN, REGISTRATION AT 7 IN FRONT OF THE CHAMBER OFFICE, THE RACE AT 8.. THE HORSESHOE BEND BOATING FISHING AND SPORTSMAN CLUB WILL HAVE A PANCAKE BREAKFAST AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOR A SUGGESTED DONATION OF S6.... THE KIDS KORNER WILL BE OPEN 10 TO 4 ON THE DIAMOND B MALL PARKING LOT, WHICH WILL BE FULL OF VENDORS… THE HORSESHOE BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE THEIR FAMOUS BRATS FOR SALE.... VISIT THE HORSESHOE BEND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON/ FACEBOOK TO GET MORE DETAILS.. HOMETOWN RADIO WILL BE BROADCASTING "ON LOCATION FROM DOGWOOD DAYS SATURDAY.....
THE NORTHEAST ARKANSAS REGIONAL INTERMODAL AUTHORITY (INTERMODAL) AND OZARKA COLLEGE HAVE PARTNERED TO ESTABLISH SHARP COUNTY AS A "WORK READY" COMMUNITY WHICH WILL OFFER NEW SERVICES TO BUSINESSES SEEKING EMPLOYEES. A PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD AT OZARKA COLLEGE IN ASH FLAT RECENTLY TO ANNOUNCE THE PROGRESS AND PLANS FOR THE NEW PROGRAM. GRAYCEN BIGGER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTHEAST ARKANSAS REGIONAL INTERMODAL AUTHORITY SAID STEPS WERE BEING TAKEN PREVIOUSLY BUT SHARP COUNTY REALLY BEGAN THE PROCESS AFTER JUDGE MARK COUNTS SIGNED OFF ON PAPERWORK TO PURSUE THE DESIGNATION FOR THE COUNTY. OTHER STEPS TAKEN PRIOR TO MONDAY'S MEETING INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM OZARKA COLLEGE AND THE INTERMODAL TRAVELING FOR TRAINING, TESTING KIDS WHICH WAS ALREADY BEING DONE BY OZARKA PRIOR TO THE 2021 LEGISLATION AND THE FINAL STEP BEGAN MONDAY, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PROGRAM TO BUSINESSES. BIGGER SAID IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, SHARP COUNTY HAS SEEN GROWTH OF ABOUT 11 PERCENT WHICH ALTHOUGH IS GOOD FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, ALSO MEANS EMPLOYERS ARE COMPETING FOR TALENT. IN ORDER FOR THE COUNTY TO BECOME A CERTIFIED WORK READY COMMUNITY, AREA BUSINESSES MUST PARTICIPATE, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, THERE IS NO COST TO DO SO. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SIGN UP YOUR BUSINESS, VISIT WORKREADYCOMMUNITIES.ORG, VISIT OZARKA COLLEGE IN ASH FLAT, VISIT THE NORTHEAST ARKANSAS REGIONAL INTERMODAL AUTHORITY OR THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE. CURRENTLY, 51 OF 75 COUNTIES IN THE STATE PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
SHARP COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED 45 YEAR OLD BRANDON BURTMAN OF WILLIFORD.. BURTMAN IS CHARGED WITH REFUSAL TO SUBMIT, DOMESTIC BATTERY, THIRD DEGREE, RESISTING ARREST, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND PAROLE-PROBATION HOLD. BURTMAN IS BEING HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.
THE IZARD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A RECIPIENT OF THE NEW 2024 PROJECT LEAD THE WAY GATEWAY GRANT FROM THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.. THE GRANT IS FUNED BY THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION… SUPERINTENDENT FRED WALKER TELLS US THE GRANT WILL HELP FUND THE STEM PROGRAM AT ICC… ICC WAS PLANNING ON ADDING TWO 8TH GRADE PRE-ENGINEERING PATHWAY COURSES NEXT YEAR... IN ADDITION TO THE 8TH GRADE PRE-ENGINEERING PATHWAY COURSES, AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS AND FLIGHT AND SPACE WILL WORK WITH THE 7TH GRADE PRE-ENGINEERING COURSES, DESIGN AND MODELING AND MEDICAL DETECTIVES THAT WILL ALLOW THE SCHOOL TO INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE STUDENTS TO PURSUE CARREERS IN STEM FIELDS... ICC HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVE IN GOING AFTER EVERY GRANT THAT COMES AVAILABLE.… ACCORDING TO SUPERINTENDENT WALKER, ICC HAS RECENTLY ADDED A CARREER COACH TO HELP GUIDE STUDENTS THRU THEIR CARREET PATHWAY...
THE HORSESHOE BEND RECYCLING CENTER NEEDS VOLUNTEERS… ANYONE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING IS WELCOME TO COME BY THE RECYCLING CENTER ANY MONDAY FROM 9 TIL NOON, WEDNESDAY 1 TO 4 OR SATURDAY 9 TO 1 OR PHONE THE RECYCLING CENTER MANAGER, JOHN WATTS AT 502-345-5749...
CONGRESSMAN RICK CRAWFORD'S MOBILE OFFICE WILL MAKE VISITS TO MELBOURNE AND SALEM ON WEDNESDAY, APRIE**... THE MOBILE OFFICE WILL BE IN MELBOURNE FROM 9 UNTIL 11 AT CITY HALL... FOLLOWING THE STOP IN MELBOURNE, THE MOBILE OFFICE WILL BE SET UP IN SALEM FROM 1 UNTIL 3 AT THE FULTON COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE… MEMBERS OF CONGRESSMAN CRAWFORD'S STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH CONSTITUENTS AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE ON CONCERNS REGARDING FEDERAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING MEDICARE, VETERANS AFFAIRS, U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE... CONGRESSMAN CRAWFORD ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO DROP BY AND SHARE THEIR COMMENTS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES... NO APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED...
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