POCAHONTAS, Ark. – Following a presentation on some of the most fascinating elements of local history, a historian was honored Monday night in Pocahontas. Continue reading “Ransom Bettis Award presented to historian Monday in Pocahontas”
Month: August 2017
JONESBORO, Ark. – After a couple broke up, a scorned ex, with a baby, responded with fury with the suspect running her former lover off of the road, getting out of the car, and punching her, as alleged in the police report.
The Jonesboro Police Department incident report begins at 7:08 p.m. Monday, when Officer Jordan Fowler was dispatched to a hit and run accident. Another officer was at the scene of 2200 Matthews Avenue as Fowler was dispatched to search for the suspect, Sequoya Shinice Frazier, 22, of Jonesboro. As the report suggests, Frazier and her girlfriend had broken up, but the alleged victim #1 of the vehicular assault said Frazier has not stopped calling her since. It escalated Monday, when the alleged victim was riding with a female, alleged victim #2. Continue reading “Warrant issued for woman after alleged assault with automobile”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-01) announced today the introduction of the Addiction Recovery for Rural Communities (ARRC) Act, a bipartisan bill that will help rural communities bolster their efforts to fight the opioid and addiction epidemic. Congressman Crawford joined Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Roger Marshall (KS-01) and Dwight Evans (PA-02) in introducing the legislation in the House of Representatives. Senators Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Luther Strange (R-AL) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) also introduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate.
(this is a press release from his office)
Continue reading “Crawford introduces addiction recovery bill”