CLAY COUNTY, Ark. – An employee of the Clay County Detention Center finds himself on the wrong side of the law after he was arrested this week for allegedly stealing an inmate’s debit card and using it. Jason Jeffries, 19, of Piggott, was arrested on December 28, a release posted [read more…]
CLAY COUNTY, Ark. – The head jailer at the Clay County Detention Center has been fired and arrested after a strange series of events involving meth late last week. Head Jailer Tammy Miller-Spears of the Clay County Detention Center was taken into custody following an incident observed by detention staff [read more…]
JONESBORO – Each summer, the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott hosts a writer-in-residence position. The residency will take place during the entire month of June and includes lodging at a loft apartment in downtown Piggott. “The writer-in-residence will also have the opportunity to work in the studio where [read more…]
ST. FRANCIS, Ark. — The Clay County Sheriff’s Department has extended its deepest condolences to the Boyster family following the tragic loss of their 8-year-old son, Layton, who drowned while swimming with friends in the St. Francis River. The tragic incident happened around 4:04 p.m. on July 22 at Cottonwood [read more…]
CLAY COUNTY, Ark. – Two people were arrested in a narcotics investigation following a request for a welfare check on a child, a release from the sheriff said Wednesday. The Clay County Sheriff’s Department received a request for a welfare check on an 18-month-old child in St. Francis on July [read more…]
CLAY COUNTY, Ark. – A suspect is in custody after leading authorities on a chase in a back hoe this week in Clay County, a press release from Sheriff Ronnie Cole said. On May 29, 2023, the dramatic incident unfolded in Clay County as law enforcement officers pursued a suspect [read more…]
CORNING, Ark. – A high speed chase ended with two arrested for felony charges Sunday in Clay County. At 9:40 AM February 19, a Clay County deputy was traveling westbound on Highway 328 north of Corning, a release from the sheriff’s department said. He observed a Red Ford Mustang on [read more…]
In November, Northeast Arkansas elected a new district prosecutor to cover Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, and Poinsett counties. She is Sonia Fonticiella and in January, 2023 she takes over one of the most influential roles in area law enforcement. On December 16, as she was packing up her private [read more…]
Paragould, Ark. – A man will spend decades in prison after pleading guilty to murder in a case stemming from earlier this year in Clay County. Heath Hunsaker, 30, pleaded guilty on Monday to the shooting death of Matthew Hale. The circuit court sentenced Hunsaker to 43 years imprisonment (40 [read more…]
Corning, Ark. – On November 21st, 2022, agents with the Second Judicial Drug Task Force were alerted to a large quantity of narcotics within a storage facility near the 400 block of 2nd Street in Corning, which is in close proximity to a child day care within the city. A [read more…]
© 2016-present NEA Report. All rights reserved. The content, including but not limited to text, images, and multimedia found on NEA Report, is protected under copyright laws. Redistribution, reproduction, or unauthorized use of any material without prior written consent from NEA Report is strictly prohibited.
