Craighead County
Suspects arrested in Galaxy Street murder
A suspect has been named by police in the second fatal shooting of 2019 in Jonesboro. […]
Crittenden County
Craighead County
Fleeing suspect believed to have dropped stolen gun
A foot chase Monday night led to a resident finding a gun in his yard Tuesday morning. […]
Crime
Fatal crash under investigation by Arkansas State Police
Arkansas State Troopers assigned to the department’s Highway Patrol Division and Criminal Investigation Division are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash sixteen miles west of Forrest City (St. Francis County). […]
Crime
Marion coke dealer gets 40 years in prison
On February 26, 2016, West Memphis Police Department conducted a traffic stop on the man and found 25.1 grams of cocaine in his possession.
Crittenden County
I-55 Bridge inspection to require lane closure across Mississippi
Crews conducting a routine inspection of the Interstate 55 Bridge over the Mississippi River between West Memphis and Memphis will require lane closures the next two weeks, according to Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) officials. […]
Crittenden County
Jonesboro exit on I-55 closed after propane-truck wreck Friday
A truck carrying propane lost control and turned over on its side on the Jonesboro Exit of Interstate 55 at Turrell, Arkansas. Now, the exit can’t be used until the overpass is cleared. […]
Crime
Paragould minor killed in hit and run Saturday night
A minor was killed Saturday night in Crittenden County from a hit and run, a report with Arkansas State Police said. […]
Crime
West Memphis man gets 25 years for manslaughter and fleeing
On May 24, 2016 at approximately 10:00 a.m., the defendant got into a fight with Dedrick Meadows, 40, of West Memphis. After a brief scuffle, East pulled a .32 cal. revolver and shot the victim six times. Four of the bullets entered Meadows’s back as he was trying to run away from the altercation. Meadows was unarmed. […]
Crime
19-year-old shot and killed after entering wrong home: Fox 13
A 19-year-old was shot and killed by a homeowner in her late 80s in what is being described as a tragic mistake early Sunday morning in Crittenden County. […]
Crime
Two men guilty of two heinous murders
Two men each took guilty pleas in two separate murder cases on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, a release from Second Judicial Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington said. One suspect was guilty of stabbing his victim twenty-six times, killing her in the same house where her three-year-old daughter was staying. […]
