POCAHONTAS, Ark. – Both Pocahontas and Marked Tree are hosting job fairs from the United States Postal Service this week, a press release said. The USPS is focused on building a more stable and empowered workforce, and is seeking motivated individuals to fill immediate openings for Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) [read more…]
HARRISBURG, Ark. — A man who claims he was falsely arrested has filed a lawsuit alleging several constitutional and civil rights violations by the sheriff’s department in Poinsett County. The lawsuit was filed on June 25, 2024 in United States District Court, in the Eastern District of Arkansas. Travis Davis, [read more…]
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — The Mountain Home School District lost a lawsuit this week that alleged its school board violated open-meetings laws by conducting business through text messages. On Tuesday, July 23, Baxter County Circuit Court Judge John Putman ruled against the district in a FOIA lawsuit filed by Melissa [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A man who was in the Craighead County Detention Center for serious felony charges now faces more charges after suspected fentanyl was smuggled into the jail, resulting in the death of another inmate. It began on July 24 near the intersection of Nettleton Avenue and Red Wolf [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK—Justin Lee Palmer, who “coached” young girls who were anorexic and encouraged them to self-harm and film child sexual abuse material, will spend 30 years in federal prison for production of child sexual abuse material. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the [read more…]
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. – A cop who was originally charged with 35 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material was sentenced to a fraction of the time that the prosecutor requested on Thursday. David Paul Cross, 26, of Blytheville, entered a guilty plea this week to 19 counts of distributing, possessing, [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A man is charged with a felony count of rape involving a minor in Jonesboro. John Steven Walton, 45, of Jonesboro, was arrested this week for a Class Y felony charge of rape. On Wednesday, July 24, Judge David Boling set a $1 million bond, cash/surety, meaning [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — Councilman L.J. Bryant announced his campaign for mayor of Jonesboro on Wednesday. Bryant made the announcement at a news conference Wednesday morning at IV King’s Coffee in downtown Jonesboro. He announced his campaign with a ten point plan. At the top of the list of Bryant’s ten [read more…]
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — On Saturday, July 20, 2024, at approximately 11:36 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) pursued a black 2021 Ford Mustang that witnesses reported driving recklessly and nearly causing collisions. The pursuit occurred as the vehicle disregarded the motoring public, passing through the Broadway Boulevard and Martin Luther [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services has appointed Brookshield Laurent, D.O., to serve on the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD). Laurent, who is the associate dean of population and public health for New York Institute of Technology College [read more…]
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