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Shooting leaves one dead in Pocahontas

By Stan Morris | NEA Report (Updated Saturday: 5:30 p.m.) POCAHONTAS, Ark. – Police were investigating a shooting said to have killed a man early Saturday in the City of Pocahontas. Local sources both close to the incident and in city operations confirmed to NEA Report Nick Wayne Dawson, 28, of Pocahontas, [read more…]

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Voters cry foul over clerk's rejections

POCAHONTAS, Ark. – Dozens gathered in downtown Pocahontas on Wednesday morning to demand answers from the county clerk. With a Sunday deadline looming for petitions to be ratified and verified, organizers of the Keep Revenue in Randolph County group, seeking to make the county ‘wet’ for alcohol sales, were informed of [read more…]

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House fire reported in Pocahontas

POCAHONTAS, Ark. –  Fire crews responded to a house fire and they could see smoke as they approached Wednesday morning. The Pocahontas Fire Department was paged out according to a dispatch radio call to 1009 Cain Street in Pocahontas Wednesday morning around 6:30 a.m. Police on the scene reported smoke [read more…]