Pulled from Arkansas lake, 1-year-old boy dies
A 20-month-old child who was reported missing and later found floating in a Cherokee Village lake died Sunday evening, authorities said. The boy's parents, whom police did not name, said their child...
View ArticleSheriff adjusts to life after losing his voice
When Sharp County Sheriff Mark Counts showed up to a house in Cherokee Village to assist other law enforcement agencies with a drug bust on Oct. 7, 2016, he wasn't expecting his life to change. Up...
View ArticleElderly woman found covered with bite marks dies, caretaker arrested
A Cherokee Village man returned home last week to find his mother lying in a pool of blood, covered in bite marks. Now, his mother is dead and the woman hired to care for her is in jail.
View ArticleJoel Edgerton to direct adaptation of former Arkansan Garrard...
Actor/director Joel Edgerton has adapted Garrard Conley's memoir, "Boy Erased," and will direct the story of Conley, who grew up in Arkansas and later survived conversion therapy, Deadline reports ....
View ArticleCaretaker accused of biting elderly woman to death now facing murder charge
Third Judicial Prosecuting Attorney Henry Boyce announced Wednesday that charges against Jennifer Lea Collins, 55, of Mammoth Spring were increased from first-degree battery to second-degree murder....
View Article'It's a bizarre case'; Woman allegedly bit senior woman to death
An Arkansas caretaker who allegedly bit and beat an elderly woman to death is now facing murder charges, cops say. According to Arkansas Online , charges against 55-year-old Jennifer Lea Collins have...
View ArticleRight Time Right Place: Pretty girl at stoplight turns out to be his blind date
Lenice Dean and Jerry Garrison were married on Aug. 26, 1967. They celebrated their anniversary with a garden party, among the river rocks and boulders Lenice likes to collect and around the shop where...
View ArticleGrants announced to support arts and cultural projects
CLARKSDALE, MS - A federal-state partnership has announced grant money will be headed to arts and cultural sectors in and around Region 8. On Wednesday, the Delta Regional Authority stated seed...
View ArticleArkansas sheriff gets voice back over 1 year later
That was the length of time that Sharp County Sheriff Mark Counts found himself unable to speak no louder than a raspy whisper. Thankfully, Counts is once again able to do the simplest things, like...
View ArticleASU System chief gets 2 percent raise
Welch, 44, will now receive an annual salary of $358,500, ASU System spokesman Jeff Hankins said. The 2 percent salary bump is consistent with raises awarded to employees of the Arkansas State...
View ArticleArkansas woman to get second mental exam in murder case
A northeastern Arkansas woman who faces a murder charge in the death of an elderly woman is getting a second mental evaluation. The Batesville Guard reports that the judge granted the evaluation...
View ArticleMurder suspect will get 2nd exam
A woman from northeast Arkansas who faces a murder charge in the death of an elderly woman is getting a second mental evaluation. A judge granted the evaluation Tuesday in Sharp County Circuit Court...
View ArticleArkansas woman to get second mental exam in murder case
A northeastern Arkansas woman who faces a murder charge in the death of an elderly woman is getting a second mental evaluation. The judge granted the evaluation Tuesday in Sharp County Circuit Court...
View ArticleClark appointed to A-State board
LITTLE ROCK, AR - A McCrory native and Arkansas State University graduate was named Friday to a five-year term on the Arkansas State University Board of Trustees, both Gov. Asa Hutchinson and...
View ArticleCherokee Village purchases first tornado sirens
CHEROKEE VILLAGE, AR - The citizens of Cherokee Village will soon be warned when severe weather is headed their way. The city has been working for more than a year to raise enough money to purchase at...
View ArticleThe man behind 'Boy Erased,' an Arkansas experience coming to the screen soon
Ernest Dumas writes this week about Garrard Conley, an Arkansas native whose biography about being the son of a Baptist preacher forced into a church-supported gay conversion program is the basis for...
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Tom Manning died suddenly at his home in Cherokee Village late Saturday. He had lived there since his retirement from Arkansas State University.
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Mark Nichols, formerly of Walnut Ridge, and Stephanie Nichols, formerly of Pocahontas, have been blessed with a recent addition to their family. Samuel Andrew Nichols was welcomed into this world on...
View ArticleMother, daughter charged in beating
A mother and daughter face felony charges after a 68-year-old woman was beaten and robbed in her home in January, according to an affidavit filed earlier this month. The 68-year-old is the mother of...
View ArticleNews, Sports, Classifieds, Businesses and more in Russellville, Arkansas
Ralph Meeker of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Russellville started its first urban deer hunt in 2012. The season begins in September and runs through the end of February.
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