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Arrest made in alleged shooting threat against businesses in Pocahontas

POCAHONTAS, Ark. – A man who was in Hot Springs is on his way back to Pocahontas to face three felony charges for allegedly making shooting threats. On Monday, June 26, 2017, Pocahontas Police Department was notified by a local staffing agency that they had received a phone call from [read more…]

Izard County

The most meth ever seized in Izard County

PINEVILLE, Ark. – Never in the recorded history of Izard County has a meth bust this big happened. Members of the Izard county Sheriff’s Department, 16th Judicial Drug task Force, Arkansas State Police, Arkansas Game and Fish, Arkansas Department of Corrections and Independence County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant [read more…]

Craighead County

Special meeting to address IT finding

JONESBORO, Ark. – Mayor Harold Perrin has called a special meeting of the City Council for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, to address a decade-old Information Technologies error that could have cost the City significant penalties had it not been for recent internal audits. IT Director Jason Ratliff has identified [read more…]

Greene County

Paragould airport one of 11 to get FAA grant

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman today announced that 11 Arkansas airports will receive $5.5 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support facility upgrades and expansions.  “These investments will strengthen infrastructure in [read more…]