CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has ordered the Arkansas National Guard to provide potable water to McCrory in Woodruff County for up to three days. One, two-person team, from the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will provide support with a 400-gallon water [read more…]
COTTON PLANT, Ark. — The First Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney has determined that a Woodruff County Sheriff’s Office deputy was justified in the use of force during an officer-involved shooting on August 8, 2025. WCSO Deputies responded late on August 7 to an assault call at a residence on Woodruff [read more…]
COTTON PLANT, Ark. — At the request of the Woodruff County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO), Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) have launched an investigation into an officer-involved shooting that occurred in the early morning hours of Friday, August 8, 2025, in Woodruff County. At [read more…]
COTTON PLANT, Ark. — The First Judicial Deputy Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has concluded that the use of deadly force by a Cotton Plant Police Department (CPPD) officer was justified in the shooting of a Missouri man. On Monday, March 24, 2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m., CPPD responded to a shooting [read more…]
COTTON PLANT, Ark. — The Woodruff County Sheriff’s Office has requested an investigation by the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Arkansas State Police (ASP) into an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Cotton Plant. On Monday, March 24, 2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Cotton Plant Police Department (CPPD) responded [read more…]
McCRORY, Ark. — On Saturday, December 21, 2024, the McCrory Police Department requested the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division (CID) to investigate a shooting that occurred in the 200 block of Seaman Street in McCrory. Dennis Wayne Barber, 48, of McCrory was critically injured and remains hospitalized in Little [read more…]
SEARCY, Ark. — A McCrory man who fought the Woodruff County sheriff was sentenced to three years probation after he was found guilty last week of battery on a law enforcement officer. On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, Joseph Rudick, 67, of McCrory, entered a no-contest plea and was found guilty [read more…]
Arkansas State Police arrested Joseph Rudick, 66, of McCrory at 2 p.m. today, charging him with first-degree battery on a law enforcement officer. The Woodruff County Sheriff’s Office requested an investigation by ASP’s Criminal Investigations Division (CID) after an altercation occurred in a beanfield near Three Forks Road in Woodruff [read more…]
Murder suspect has surrendered A manhunt was called off when the suspect surrendered Tuesday after one person was shot and killed in a dispute in Augusta, a press release from Arkansas State Police. Anfernee Neal, 25, of Augusta surrendered to Arkansas State Police this afternoon and has been transported to [read more…]
Arkansas State Police Recruiters are looking for candidates who are interested in enrolling in the 2018 academy class. Thirty-five recruits will be selected to enter the academy early next year.
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