Two Winning Tickets Sold for Natural State Jackpot Drawing LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Mid-March brought big lottery wins for three Arkansans. Two lucky players bought jackpot-winning tickets for the March 13 Natural State Jackpot (NSJ) drawing. The winners will receive $75,000 each, splitting the $150,000 jackpot evenly. The winning numbers [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — On March 7, 2025, Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Sonia Hagood informed Arkansas State Police (ASP) that two ASP Troopers were justified in using deadly force during the shooting of Jonathan Mark Robins, 55, of Leachville. The incident occurred on February 26, 2025, after a 9-hour standoff [read more…]
LEACHVILLE, Ark. — Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) are investigating a Trooper-involved shooting that occurred after a 9-hour standoff with a barricaded suspect that began Tuesday evening in Mississippi County. On February 25, 2025, at approximately 5 p.m., officers from the Leachville Police [read more…]
JONESBORO—Robert Wilburn, a multi-convicted felon, will spend the next 100 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down Tuesday by United States District Lee [read more…]
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. — A man is facing a charge of rape after a joint investigation between authorities in Blytheville and Arkansas State Police. Daniel Thompson Jr., 37, of Blytheville, was arrested Thursday and charged with rape following a collaborative investigation by the Blytheville Police Department, the Arkansas State Police Crimes [read more…]
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. —A big win for Leon S. of Mississippi County, who claimed $200,000 after playing the Multiplier Bonus instant game. He purchased the $10 ticket at PJ Express #1 on South Airbase Highway in Blytheville. Leon said he bought the ticket after encouragement from his wife, who “had a [read more…]
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. — Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Sonia F. Hagood announced today that Michael Dewayne Key, 52, was found guilty of sexual assault in the second degree on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. Following the recommendation of a Mississippi County jury, Circuit Judge Skip Mooney sentenced Key to 20 years [read more…]
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. — A missing persons case has come to a tragic end after a body found Saturday was identified as that of a missing woman. On Saturday, December 28, 2024, officers with the Blytheville Police Department responded to the 800 block of Rosemond about the discovery of a body, [read more…]
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. – Police recovered at least one stolen vehicle from a car trailer transport on Monday traveling through Mississippi County, a release from the Blytheville Police Department said. On December 9, 2024, agents with the Second Judicial Drug Task Force were patrolling the area of S. Division near I-55 [read more…]
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. — On Monday, November 18, 2024, Robert Charles Sena, 40, of Bellevue, Nebraska, was arrested in connection to a fatality wreck that occurred in Mississippi County last year and resulted in the deaths of a woman and an 8-year-old passenger. On October 27, 2023, at about 6:15 a.m., [read more…]
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