IZARD COUNTY, Ark. — Sixteenth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Drew Smith issued preliminary findings, concluding that an Izard County deputy’s use of deadly force was a lawful response to an imminent deadly threat posed by the suspect. The incident occurred on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at approximately 9:45 a.m., after [read more…]
GAMALIEL, Ark. — The Arkansas State Police (ASP), in coordination with the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, has arrested Michael Raymond Wamser Jr., 61, of Gamaliel, following an investigation into child exploitation offenses. Special Agents with ASP Criminal Investigation Division executed a search warrant at [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A routine lottery ticket purchase landed one Arkansas player his biggest win yet. Jamie Mann, a Mountain Home resident, won $120,000 in the April 3 Natural State Jackpot (NSJ) drawing. He claimed his prize at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center on April 7. The winning [read more…]
LAKE CITY, Ark. — The Lake City city employee seen in a widely shared video kicking a chihuahua has been arrested on what are apparently unrelated charges, according to jail records. Cameron Casey, 34, of Lake City, was arrested Friday, Jan. 2, in Baxter County on charges of first-degree criminal [read more…]
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — A woman is facing murder and other charges in the death of an infant child in Baxter County. According to the probable cause affidavit, at about 3:14 PM on August 29, 2025, dispatch advised of an infant barely breathing at the 7100 block of Highway 126 [read more…]
FAYETTEVILLE – Six individuals federally indicted, and 5 individuals charged by the State of Arkansas, are in custody after federal and state authorities made a series of arrests [Thursday] morning as part of the Department of Justice’s Operation Take Back America and an FBI initiative designated Operation Summer Heat. The [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — A registered sex offender facing probation revocation continues to delay his case while seeking treatment, but his alleged behavior online may have complicated his case. Jonathan Enoch Bricker, an ex-MMA fighter who was convicted of possessing child sexual abuse material depicting victims as young as what appeared [read more…]
GASSVILLE, Ark. — The Gassville Police Department (GPD) has requested the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) to investigate a fatal shooting that occurred in their city. On Monday, January 20, 2025, GPD responded to a shooting on Mountain Loop Road in the Baxter County city of Gassville. [read more…]
Draft Day to provide career and training opportunities to students in participating school districts LITTLE ROCK — Be Pro Be Proud, a workforce development initiative led by the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas, has announced dates and locations for the upcoming 2025 Draft Day Series. Between Feb. 27 [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A $3 lottery ticket turned into a $100,000 win for one lucky Arkansas lottery player. Mountain Home resident Jeff L. won $100,000 with a Powerball® ticket ordered through the Jackpocket app for the Dec. 7 drawing. He claimed his prize on Dec. 10. The winning numbers were 1, [read more…]
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