NEWPORT, Ark. – The prosecutor in the case of the murdered Newport police officer expects a decision on charges will “probably happen” next week. Third Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Henry Boyce told NEA Report on Friday, June 23, that his office hasn’t completed the investigation into the death of Lt. [read more…]
NEWPORT, Ark. – As of 4 p.m. Thursday, no charges have been filed against Tyler Calamese, 18, of Newport, in the suspected capital murder of Newport Police Department Lt. Patrick Weatherford, the prosecutor in the case confirmed to The Jonesboro Sun. This is contradictory to a report by a local [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK – President Trump today granted Governor Asa Hutchinson’s request for a major disaster declaration for the state of Arkansas as a result of damages due to severe storms, tornadoes and flooding during the period of April 26 to May 19, 2017. The declaration will allow residents and governmental [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – As a prosecutor asks the public for patience, the suspected killer of a beloved Newport police officer sits in Craighead County. On Wednesday, investigators with the Arkansas State Police and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department continued to review evidence and follow leads in the investigation of Tyler [read more…]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) paid tribute on the Senate floor to the service and sacrifice of Newport Police Officer Lieutenant Patrick Weatherford who was killed in the line of duty on Monday.
NEWPORT, Ark. – With tears coming from many eyes in the room, authorities confirmed several details in the murder of Newport Police Lt. Patrick Weatherford from Monday night. At a press conference Tuesday afternoon at the Newport Municipal Building, Arkansas State Police Spokesman Bill Sadler confirmed an 18-year-old suspect turned [read more…]
NEWPORT, Ark. – Although authorities have not yet released the name of the suspected killer of a Newport police officer, an arrest has been listed in Jackson County Sheriff’s Office for capital murder. Tyler Callamese, 18, of Searcy, was arrested early Tuesday morning, June 13, and booked into Jackson County [read more…]
NEWPORT, Ark. – A man will spend at least 20 years in prison for killing a Newport woman. Henry Boyce, Third Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney, announced today Shaqualen Dewayne Houston, 20, of Newport pled guilty to three counts of committing a Terroristic Act at the beginning of the June 2017 [read more…]
NEWPORT, Ark. – A 17-year-old is being charged as an adult with a felony for a school shooting threat he is accused of. Henry Boyce, Third Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney, announced today the 17 year old juvenile arrested in May for making threats to to commit a shooting at Newport [read more…]
WASHINGTON – A provision authored by U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) that enables Arkansas to designate a portion of Highway 67, from North Little Rock to Walnut Ridge, as “Future I-57” was included in the Fiscal Year 2017 funding that recently became law. “The presence of an official interstate highway [read more…]
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