SHARP COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY ON EAST RED BARN ROAD IN EVENING SHADE...DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE LOCATION WHERE THEY SAW A MAN, RICKY NORRIS FLEEING FROM THE PROPERTY… OVER $25,000 IN ITEMS HAD BEEN STOLEN... ANYONE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THE WHEREABOUTS OF NORRIS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SHARP COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 994-7355...
THE HOUR LONG SEPTEMBER MEETING OF THE CHEROKEE VILLAGE CITY COUNCIL WAS SPENT MAINLY ADDRESSING THE LAWSUIT INVOLVING THE CHEROKEE VILLAGESUBURBAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, CHEROKEE VILLAGE WATER FACILITY AND THE CITY OF CHEROKEE VILLAGE... MAYOR STEVE ROSE ADVISED HE HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY THE CITY'S ATTORNEY IN THE LAW SUIT, CLAY STONE, ADVISING HE HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY THE LAWYER REPRESENTING THE SID, INDICATING THE CITY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN WORKING TOWARDS A SETTLEMENT... MAYOR ROSE TOLD THE COUNCIL HE RESPONDED BY EMAIL TO MR STONE INDICATING THAT WASNOT THE CASE AND READ HIS COMPLETE CORRESPONDENCE...MAYOR ROSE ADDED THAT SPLITTING THE COST WITH SID WOULD PLACE A HARDSHIP ON THE CITY.. FOLLOWING MAYOR ROSE COMMENTS ALDERMAN STEVE THOMPSON WAS ASK TO READ HIS RESPONSE TO ATTORNEY STONE THAT INCLUDED THESE STATEMENTS… FOLLOWING THE READING OF THE LETTER THE COUNCIL WAS IN AGREEMENT WITHBOTH MAYOR ROSE AND ALDERMAN THOMPSON AND A MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO CONTACT ATTORNEY STONE AND REQUEST THAT HE FILE A MOTION TOTHE COURT THAT THE CITY BE EXCUSED FROM THE LAWSUIT AND THAT THE CITY BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COSTS INCURRED RELATING TO THE LAWSUIT WHICH HADREACHED $6000 TO DATE... THE LAWSUIT HAS BEEN SET TO GO TO TRIAL NOVEMBER 2.
HOMETOWN RADIO'S NEWS PARTNER THE PACESETTING TIMES REPORTED ON RECENT ACTIVITIES OF THE CITY OF HORSESHOE BEND CODE ENFORCEMENT ADVISED THE CITY HAD MADE A LIST OF PROPERTIES IN THE MOBILE HOME ESTATE LISTING, 23 PROPERTIES, 16 OF WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY BE CONDEMNED FOLLOWING CITY PROTOCOL… MAYOR DUANE DELAIR REPORTED A CLEAN UP DAY WAS SLATED FOR OCTOBER 7 AT THE SHOOTING RANGE AND FOR UNSIGHTLY ITEMS IN RESIDENTS YARDS AND PROPERTY.. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY CREATING MAPS WHERE ELECTRICAL AND THREE PHASE POWER IS LOCATED AND HAS CONTRACTED A SURVEYOR TO SURVEY CITY HALL...THE CITY OWNS 14 ACRES AROUND CITY HALL AND A NUMBER OF PARKS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN SURVEYED NOR DEEDS CREATED.. THE HORSESHOE BEND RECYCLING CENTER ADVISED IT IS STRUGGLING DUE TO THE MAIN RECYCLING CENTER IN CHEROKEE VILLAGE FAILING TO PICK UP RECYCLABLES. IT WAS ALSO ELUDED TO THAT HORSESHOE BEND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT MAY BE BANKRUPT BY DECEMBER AND THAT THE CLOSEST RECYCLING CENTER WILL BE IN HARRISON AND FAYETTEVILLE. THE CITY COUNCIL FINALIZED A BID FOR DOORS, PAINT AND LABOR FOR THE ANINAL CONTROL BUILDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,500.00 AN ORDINANCE WAS PASSED UPDATING THE FEES FOR BUILDING PERMITS AND PROJECTS, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, TO INCLUDE BUILDING, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING AND FIRE CODE INSPECTION FEES.. AN ORDINANCE WAS ALSO PASSED AMENDING BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS. QUOTES FOR THE PAVILION AT HORSESHOE PARK WERE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL WITH DISCUSSION HELD REGARDING BUILDING SMALLER PAVILIONS AT THE LIBRARY TRAIL AND AT THE GATE OF THE AIRPORT. DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE CITY OWNING THE LOT IN FRONT OF FAITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND THEIR PARKING LOT AND SUGGESTED IN EXCHANGE FOR DEEDING OVER THOSE AREA, THE CITY NEGOTIATING WITH THE CHURCH TO MOVE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, LOCATED BEHIND THE CHURCH TO THE FRONT GRASSY AREA WHERE THE CITY WOULD TURN IT INTO A PLAYGROUND.. MAYOR DELAIR ADVISED THE PROPOSED GUN RANGE, OR EASY STREET PARK, WILL TAKE LONGER THAN 30 TO 60 DAYS TO DEVELOP AND THAT THE SURVEY AT CITY HALL WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE EASY STREET PARK.. DELAIR ALSO REPORTED THE CITY IS ORDERING NEW MOWERS FOR THE TRACTORS ENABLING THEM TO MOW VACANT LOTS IN THE MOBILE HOME ESTATES TO IMPROVE THE AREA… THE COUNCIL WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT CITY MEETINGS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON YOU TUBE AND THEN PLACED ON FACEBOOK..
THE IZARD COUNTY QOURUM COURT MEETS TONIGHT AT 6 AT THE COURTHOUSE IN MELBOURNE...
IZARD COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED 55 YEAR OLD WILLIAM BROWN OF WIDEMAN... BROWN IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA... BROWN'S ARREST COMES AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP NEAR BROCKWELLL...
SHARP COUNTY COLLECTOR MICHELLE DAGGETT ADVISES SHARP COUNTY RESIDENTS, THE COLLECTOR'S OFFICE WILL BE OPEN TO COLLECT TAXES ON COLUMBUS DAY, MONDAY OCTOBER 9 AT BOTH THE CAVE CITY LIBRARY LOCATION AND THE OFFICE AT THE SHARP COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN ASH FLAT.. YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TO BRING YOUR TAX STATEMENT WITH YOU.. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION CALL THE OFFICE AT 994-7334..
THE LAWRENCE COUNTY ANGEL TREE PROJECT IS NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS FROM FAMILIES TO AVE THEIR CHILDREN PLACED ON THE TREE... THE PROJECT PROVIDES CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO ELIGIBLE CHILDREN WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY… APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AT THE COURTHOUSE IN WALNUT RIDGE AND AT THE LAWRENCE COUNTY PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY OFFICE AT 118 EAST MAIN IN WALNUT RIDGE... THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS IS NOVEMBER 30TH...
BAXTER HEALTH ANNOUNCED THE BAXTER REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC, A LOCAL PROVIDER OF OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, CLOSE ITS DOORS OCTOBER 13. OFFICIALS STATE THE CLINIC IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUING ITS HIGH STANDARD OF PATIENT CARE UNTIL THE CLOSURE DATE. BAXTER HEALTH STATES ALL CURRENT PATIENTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A LIST OF COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS AND HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO ESTABLISH CARE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. ASSISTANCE WITH MEDICATION REFILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DECEMBER 31. OFFICIALS FOR BAXTER HEALTH STATE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE ITS INPATIENT ADULT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT AND ITS INPATIENT GERIATRIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT. THEY SAY THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE OUTPATIENT CLINIC WAS MADE DUE TO & OPERATING IN A CHALLENGING HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT DUE TO POST-COVID SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGES, HIGH INFLATION, A SUSTAINED HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE DRIVING LABOR COSTS, ALL WHILE REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES CONTINUE TO STAGNATE AND, IN SOME CASES, DECREASE. BAXTER HEALTH STATES THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO ALLOCATE ITS RESOURCES TO MEET THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN PRIVACY AND COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS, PATIENTS WILL NEED TO COMPLETE A RELEASE FORM AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF THEIR MEDICAL RECORDS. THESE FORMS HAVE BEEN ENCLOSED IN LETTERS SENT TO CURRENT PATIENTS AND ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE CLINIC. THE COMPLETED FORMS CAN BE MAILED TO 624 HOSPITAL DRIVE, MOUNTAIN HOME, AR 72653, AITN MEDICAL RECORDS, OR DROPPED OFF IN PERSON AT BAXTER HEALTH MEDICAL RECORDS.
THE MAMMOTH SPRING SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL HOLD A TOWN HALL MEETING AT 3:45 THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA... DISCUSSION WILL CONCENTRATE ON THIS YEARS SCHOOL CALENDAR CONTINUITY PLAN.
THE LAWRENCE COUNTY BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETS AT 2 THIS AFTERNOON AT THE COURTHOUSE IN WALNUT RIDGE.
THE ASH FLAT CITY COUNCI LWILL MEET TONIGHT AT 6, A WEEK EARLIER THAN THE NORMAL DUE TO OCT. 9 BEING COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAY.
A BLACK ROCK WOMAN IS FACING DRUG CHARGES FOLLOWING HER ARREST AT HIDDEN BEACH ON THE BLACK RIVER.… 48 YEAR OLD KARRIE LEE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY BLACK ROCK POLICE AFTER RESPONDING TO A CALL THAT A TRUCK WAS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN THE BLACK RIVER… WARD WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF METH AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.. SHE IS CHARGED WITH FELONY POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND FELONY POSSESSION OF METH… WARD IS BEING HELD IN THE LAWRENCE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER...
SEPTEMBER WAS A TYPICALLY DRY MONTH…... ONLY TWO AND TEN HUNDRETHS INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED AT HOMETOWN RADIO'S HIGHLAND WEATHERSTATION, TWO AND FOURTEEN HUNDRETHS AT THE SALEM WEATHER STATION... TEMPRATURES WERE ABOVE AVERAGE FROM MOST OF THE MONTH WITH THE HIGH TOPPING OUT AT 92 ON SEPTEMBER 30… THE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 53, RECORDED ON THREE DATES, THE MORNING OF THE 16TH, 17TH AND 19TH.... WARM TEMPRATURES ARE FORECAST TODAY AND TOMORROW, BUT ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTER THOMAS JONES RELIEF FROM THE HEAT IS ON THE WAY...HIGH'S ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 70s AND THE UPPER 60S NEXT SATURDAY.. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT WILLIAMS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY TOOK PART IN THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE RENOVATION OF STARTUP CHAPEL, PRESTINY. THE BOARD, MEETING IN REGULAR SESSION ON THE WILLIAMS CAMPUS, ALSO GAVE ITS APPROVAL TO CREATION OF WBU'S CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES, WHICH WILL FOSTER A CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES.BOARD MEMBERS, ALONG WITH DONORS AND OTHER FRIENDS OF WBU, TOOK UP CEREMONIAL SHOVELS TO OFFICIALLY LAUNCH CONSTRUCTION AT STARTUP CHAPEL. THE HISTORIC CHAPEL, DATING BACK TO WORLD WAR II, IS GOING TO BE THOROUGHLY RENOVATED, INCLUDING A REFURBISHED AUDITORIUM AND A NEW ADDITION AT THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE. CONSTRUCTION IS SLATED TO BEGIN THIS FALL ON THE $1 MILLION PROJECT. STARTUP CHAPEL IS NAMED IN HONOR OF LONGTIME ACADEMIC DEAN AND HISTORY PROFESSOR KENNETH STARTUP. THE CHAPEL, IS ACTIVELY USED FOR THEATER PRODUCTIONS AND OTHER EVENTS. THE CHAPEL PROJECT IS TO BE FULLY FUNDED BY DONORS, INCLUDING A $200,000 GIFT FROM THE J.E. & L.E. MABEE FOUNDATION. IN OTHER MATTERS, TRUSTEES VOTED TO APPROVE THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES, TO BE STARTED THIS YEAR AT WILLIAMS. THE STATED PURPOSE OF THE CENTER IS "TO COLLECTIVELY BUILD HEALTHY COMMUNITIES IN WHICH RESTORATION IN THE AREAS OF INTELLECT, EMOTION, SPIRIT, AND VOCATION ARE IN LINE WITH THE CREATOR'S INTENT FOR HUMAN FLOURISHING." THE CENTER WILL BE LED BY DR. STEPHEN & TRACY BELL OF THE WILLIAMS FACULTY. STEPHEN BELL IS DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, AS WELL AS PROFESSOR OF FAMILY STUDIES AND SOCIAL WORK. TRACY BELL IS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FAMILY STUDIES AND SOCIAL WORK. FACULTY WITH THE WILLIAMS TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM (WTEP) WERE RECOGNIZED FOR A RECENT HONOR BESTOWED UPON THE PROGRAM. THE COUNCIL FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF EDUCATOR PREPARATION (CAEP) RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT WTEP IS A RECIPIENT OF THE 2023 FRANK MURRAY LEADERSHIP RECOGNITION FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED TO DR. CHARLOTTE WHEELESS, CHAIR OF WTEP; DR. CHRIS HAIR, CHAIR OF THE DIVISION OF ARTS & SCIENCES; CAROL HALFORD, CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION; AND LYNN PENNINGTON, INSTRUCTOR OF MUSIC EDUCATION. ALL FOUR WERE INVOLVED WITH THE SUCCESSFUL CAEP ACCREDITATION VISIT. AND THE BOARD OFFERED ITS APPRECIATION TO FOUR TRUSTEES WHO ARE ROTATING OFF THE BOARD THAT INCLUDED LANCE BREWER, JEFF DIAL, JOHNNY HUTCHISONAND JAMES MILLER HAVE COMPLETED TWO TERMS ON THE BOARD.
THE DEADLINE IS DRAWING NEAR TO PAY YOUR 2022 REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE TAXES IN ARKANSAS… PAYMENTS ARE DUE MONDAY, OCTOBER 16TH AND CAN BE PAID IN PERSON, BY MAIL OR AT THE COLLECTORS OFFICE AT YOUR HOME COUNTY COURTHOUSE.... ANY REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY NOT PAID BY OCTOBER 16TH IS CONSIDERED DELIQUENT AND A TEN PERCENT PENALTY WILL BE APPLIED.. PROCESSING FEES WILL APPLY FOR BOTH ONLINE PAYMENTS AND USING THE QR CODE.THE AMERICAN RED CROSS CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE A NATIONAL BLOOD SHORTAGE AND ASKS THE PUBLIC TO BOOK A TIME TO GIVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DONORS OF ALL BLOOD TYPES ARE URGENTLY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY TYPE O BLOOD DONORS AND THOSE GIVING PLATELETS. THE RED CROSS OFFERS THREE WAYS TO MAKE A DONATION APPOINTMENT THAT CAN HELP SAVE LIVES: DOWNLOAD THE RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR APP VISIT REDCROSSBLOOD ORG CALL 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) TWO RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES WILL BE HELD IN THE AREA THIS WEEK, TUESDAY FROM 9 UNTIL 2 AT THE A.L. HUTSON CENTER IN HIGHLAND AND WEDNESDAY AT THE IZARD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER IN CALICO ROCK BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 12:30 AND 5:30. PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING THE GIFT OF LIFE.. AS A THANK-YOU, THOSE WHO COME TO DONATE BLOOD BETWEEN OCT. 1-20, WILL RECEIVE A $15 AMAZON.COM GIFT CARD BY EMAIL. DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE AT REDCROSSBI.OOD.ORG/TOGETHER,
THE MAMMOTH SPRING CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONITE.. ALDERMAN WILL CONVENE AT 6 AT CITY HALL..
RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONIES WERE HELD FOR THE NEWLY RENOVATED CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FRIDAY.… CONSTRUCTION BEGAN OVER A YEAR AND HALF AGO, EVEN THOUGH ITS BEEN A LONG DRAWN OUT PROJECT, HIGHLAND SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY LEWIS BELIEVES IT WAS WELL WORTH IT… SUPERINTENDENT LEWIS A BELIEVER IN A STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SURVEY THAT INDICATES A NEW OR NEWLY RENOVATED SCHOOL BUILDING PROVIDES A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIORNMENT FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY… SCHOOL PATRONS WERE ABLE TO TOUR THE FACILITY FOLLOWING FRIDAY'S RIBBON CUTTING…..THE CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY BUILDING OPENED IN 1968....
POCAHONTAS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF FLOWERS FROM THE MASONIC CEMETERY ON PYBURN STREET IN POCAHONTAS... POCAHONTAS POLICE SAYS THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENTS.. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION THAT WOULD ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION IS ASKED TO PHONE THE POCAHONTAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 870-892-9867....
43 YEAR OLD JASON JONES OF CHEROKEE VILLAGE APPEARED BEFORE JUDGE ROB RATTON AT A SESSION OF LAWRENCE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT LAST WEEK... JONES WAS SENTENCED TO 24 MONTHS AT THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FOR POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY CERTAIN PERSONS... JONES WAS ORDERED TO PAY A $275 PUBLIC DEFENDER FEE.... 37 YEAR OLD JORDON SKYE DAVIS OF MAMMELLE WAS SENTENCED TO 84 MONTHS IN THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION AND 156 MONTHS, SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR THEFT OF PROPERTY, 72 MONTHS AT THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FOR BREAKING OR ENTERING.. DAVIS WAS ORDERED TO PAY A $1,000 FINE, A $250 PUBLIC DEFENDER FEE AND $1,165 IN RESTITUTION... THE TOTAL TIME FOR DAVIS TO SERVE IS 156 MONTHS... 29 YEAR OLD WHITNEY NICHOLSON OF CHEROKEE VILLAGE HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY SHARP COUNTY DEPUTIES AND CHARGED WITH BATTERY, THIRD DEGREE.. NICHOLSON IS BEING HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.... IN AN UNRELATED CASE, 21 YEAR OLD LANCE STEPHENSON OF HORSESHOE BEND WAS ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC BATTERY, THIRD DEGREE.. 34 YEAR OLD BRANDY VANDERBERG OF WILLIFORD WAS ARRESTED ON HOLD FOR ANOTHER COUNTY AND STATE...
ANGIE KINDER OF WEST PLAINS HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE HEAD START PROGRAM IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... CENTERS BASED IN THAYER, WEST PLAINS, WILLOW SPRINGS, ALTON, BAKERSFIELD, AVA, CABOOL, GAINESVILLE, GROVESPRING, LICKING, MANSFIELD, MOUNTAIN GROVE AND MOUNTAIN VIEW ARE INCLUDED....KINDER HAS A B-A IN CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT FROM MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY AND HAS BEEN WITH OZARK ACTION 15 YEARS... OZARK ACTION IS A NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 1965...
BALTZ LAKE IN POCAHONTAS IS CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE.. THE CLOSURE COMES TO ENSURE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE LAKE... CITY OFFICIALS SAY THE CLOSURE COULD CONTINUE FOR UP TO TWO YEARS... THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE DAM AND LEVEE... THE LAKE IS BEING DRAINED... THE PUBLIC SHOULD AVOID THE AREA OF THE LAKE LEVEE ...
THE ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION HAS ROLLED OUT ITS NEW MOBILE APP TO ALLOW HUNTERS TO CHECK THEIR HUNTING LICENSE OR ELECTRONIC GAME TAGS NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE HUNTING FOR.. THE APP PROVIDES MAPS AND WEATHER FORECASTS. THE APP IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON THE APPLE APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY STORE....
A NORFORK MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR DRUG VIOLATIONS... 45 YEAR OLD NATHANIEL BENJAMIN SPEAK IS CHARGED WITH FELONY POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, FAILURE TO APPEAR, NON-PAYMENT OF FINES AND PAROLE VIOLATION... SPEAK WAS ARRESTED AS AN HABITUAL OFFENDER...
THREE WOMEN WERE INJURED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 63 AT BRANDSVILLE, MISSOURI WEDNESDAY.... THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS A CAR DRIVEN BY 37 YEAR OLD NICOLE TYRIAN OF WEST PLAINS CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND INTO THE PATH OF A CAR DRIVEN BY 52 YEAR OLD DAWN ENGEL OF RAVENDEN.. TYRIAN, A PASSENGER IN HER CAR, 72 YEAR OLD SANDRA MARTIN AND ENGEL WERE ALL TRANSPORTED TO OZARKS HEALTHCARE IN WEST PLAINS FOR TREATMENT.....
LEADERS IN BATESVILLE AND INDEPENDENCE COUNTY ARE TEAMING UP TO FORM SEVERAL ADVISORY TEAMS THAT WILL PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE CITY'S FUTURE.. ACCORDING TO A RELEASE FROM THE BATESVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE MOVE FOLLOWS THE AUGUST SPECIAL ELECTION WHERE BATESVILLE RESIDENTS APPROVED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AND QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENTS.... THE CITY OF BATESVILLE AND IMPACT INDEPENDENCE COUNTY ARE PARTNERING FOR THESE INITIATIVES, SPANNING DIVERSE AREAS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT... PROJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE AN EVENTS CENTER, CHILDREN'S NATURE DISCOVERY AND PLAY AREA, COMMERCIAL COMMONS, SPORTS COURTS, WATER PLAY, AN INCLUSIVE PLAY SPACE, A SKATE AND CYCLE PARK AND A DOWNTOWN PLAZA... THERE WILL BE AN OPEN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON PROJECTS VIA AN ONLINE SURVEY UNTIL OCTOBER 9TH...THE FEEDBACK FORM CAN BE FOUND AT projects.betterbatesville.info
A SALEM WOMEN SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT MONDAY AFTERNOON IN HOWELL COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, THE DRIVER, 24-YEAR-OLD DAWNISHA HAYSLIP OF SALEM WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON MISSOURI HIGHWAY 142 SIX MILES EAST OF MOODY WHEN SHE SWERVED TO MISS A DEER, TRAVELED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY WHERE SHE STRUCK A POST MARKET AT A BRIDGE BEFORE STRIKING A TREE. HAYSLIP WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE FULTON COUNTY HOSPITAL BY PRIVATE VEHICLE FOR TREATMENT OF HER INJURIES.
AN IZARD COUNTY MAN WHO HAD A BULGE IN ONE OF HIS SOCKS, FLED FROM A DEPUTY WHO WAS TRYING TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY, BUT WAS THEN APPREHENDED AFTER A SHORT PURSUIT. FIFTY-TWO- YEAR OLD LUCAS SHANE JOHNSON OF MELBOURNE IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES FROM THE SATURDAY NIGHT INCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT, A DEPUTY WAS DISPATCHED TO A BUSINESS IN MELBOURNE FOR A SUSPICIOUS PERSON. THE DEPUTY FOUND JOHNSON AT THE BUSINESS, AND DURING QUESTIONING, NOTICED A BULGE IN THE MAN'S RIGHT TUBE SOCK. WHEN ASKED WHAT WAS IN HIS SOCK, JOHNSON PULLED SOME BASKETBALL CARDS FROM THE LEFT SOCK. WHEN THE DEPUTY ASKED ABOUT THE OTHER SOCK, JOHNSON PUSHED THE BULGE DOWN FARTHER DOWN INTO HIS SHOE, THEN SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN HIS SOCK. WHEN QUESTIONED FURTHER BY THE DEPUTY, JOHNSON SAID IT WAS WEED AND HE HAS A MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD. HE THEN ADMITTED IT WAS "CRYSTAL" AND REMOVED A BAGGIE FROM HIS SOCK.AS THE DEPUTY TRIED TO TAKE JOHNSON INTO CUSTODY, HE PULLED AWAY AND STARTED RUNNING. THE DEPUTY DEPLOYED HIS PHAZZER, BUT JOHNSON CONTINUED TO FLEE. HE JUMPED OVER THE BRIDGE BARRIER OF MILL CREEK AND TUMBLED DOWN THE EMBANKMENT. HE THEN WENT UP THE EMBANKMENT AND FLED ON THE SIDEWALK ON ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 69. ANOTHER DEPUTY ARRIVED AND WAS ABLE TO BLOCK JOHNSON WITH HIS VEHICLE AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. JOHNSON IS CHARGED WITH A FELONY COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF FLEEING AND REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO ARREST. HIS BOND IS SET AT $5,000.
A CAVE CITY MAN IS BEING HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AFTER BEING ARRESTED AT THIS HOME... 37 YEAR OLD DENVER MORGAN IS CHARGED WITH POSESSION OF AN INSTRUMENT OF CRIME, PROBATION, FAILURE TO APPEAR, FAILURE TO PAY TIME PAY, TIMES TWO ON DIRECT CONTEMPT OF COURT CHARGES.
IT'S A BIG WEEKEND IN HARDY.. HOMESTEADERS DAY HOEOWN TONIGHT, HOMESTEADERS DAY SATURDAY AND THE WILSON MASONIC LODGE ANNUAL FLEA MARKET AND INSIDE YARD SALE... WE GET THE DETAILS FROM MASON GREG BESS.. THATS 9 TO 4 SATURDAY, THE ANNUAL WILSON MASONIC LODGE FLEA MARKET AND INSIDE YARD SALE SATURDAY 9 TO 4 AT THE HARDY CIVIC CENTER ON WEST MAIN STREET.. PROCEEDS FROM THE SALEM OF BOOTH SPACE AND CONCESSIONS WILL GO TO SUPPORT MASONIC CHARITIES.
WERE WRAPPING UP THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF FALL, WE CALL ON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTER JEFF HOOD FOR A PREVIEW OF THE FALL FORECAST.. MANY PUT A LOT OF FAITH IN THE PERSIMMON METHOD OF FORECASTING HOW THE WINTER WEATHER WILL SHAPE UP..PERSIMMON TREES ARE LOADED THIS YEAR.. ACCORDING TO THE FARMERS ALAMANC, YOU SPLIT THE PERSIMMON OPEN, YOU FIND A SPOON, IT MEANS A WINTER WITH HEAVY SNOW. A FORK MEANS A MILD WINTER AND A KNIFE MEANS FRIGID COLD... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PREFERS MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND RELAYS ON THE NATIONAL CLIMATE DATA CENTER… HOOD ADDS THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR COULD SEE MORE PRECIPITATION THAN NORMAL… SHORT TERM, OUR WEEKEND FORECAST IS CALLING FOR SUNNY SKIES AND HIGHS IN THE 90S.
MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN EVENING SHADE WILL BE CLOSED FROM 10 TO 10 SATURDAY TO MAKE ROOM FOR ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL, SPONSORED BY THE FRIENDS OF EVENING SHADE. A GREAT TIME AWAITS YOU ACCORDING TO NANCY FRENCH… THE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT IS $30 PER TEAM WITH A 60/40 PAYBACK... PRE- REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED BY CALLING 870-897-2865.. THE FALL FESTIVAL PARADE IS AT 1, ANY AND ALL ENTRIES ARE WELCOMED. … THE LEADER OF THE PARADE WILL BE A MAN WHO HAS SERVED HIS COUNTRY WELL.. THERE'S MUSIC ALL AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING FOR A STREET DANCE.. THE SILVER EDGE BAND PERFORMS AT NOON, FOLLOWING THE PARADE AT 1, LANDON FARRIS WILL SING AT 1:30, THE SIMPLY SOUTHERN CLOGGERS WILL TAKE THE STAGE AT 2:15, THE KIDS CASH CUBE WILL OPEN AT 3, PENNY, SHANNON AND MARK WILL PERFORM AT 3:15, MORLEY'S MAGIC SHOW IS SCHEDULED FOR 4:30, ITS OPEN MIC AT 5:45 AND THE SILVER EDGE BAND IS BACK TO PLAY FOR THE STREET DANCE FROM 7 UNTIL 10 AT SATURDAY'S FREINDS OF EVENING SHADE FALL FESTIVAL.
ITS A STEP BACK IN TIME AT HARDY HOMESTEADERS DAY SATURDAY… THE CITY CELEBRATES ITS FOUNDING BACK IN 1883 WITH MANY OLDEN DAY EVENTS THAT WILL LITERALLY TAKE YOU BACK IN TIME… CRYSTAL GRAY IS AGAIN SERVING AS THE CHAIR OF HOMESTEADERS DAY.. HOMESTEADERS DAY IS FREE, THE MAIN ACTIVITES WILL BE CENTERED IN LOBERG PARK, BUT THERE'LL BE EVENTS AND MUSIC ON MAIN STREET IN HARDY AS WELL..MUSIC WILL BEGIN AT 9:30 SATURDAY MORNING AT LOBERG PARK AND AT 10:30 SATURDAY AT THE GAZEBO AT DR. THOMPSON PARK ON MAIN STREET AND AT 10 ON MAIN AND SPRING STREET.. SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY TAKES PLACE TONIGHT, ITS THE HOMESTEADERS HOEDOWN SOUARE DANCE FROM 7 TIL 9 AT THE HARDY CIVIC CENTER... DOORS WILL OPEN AT 6, FOOD TRUCKS WILL BE OPEN AT 6.. ADMISSION FOR THE SQUARE DANCE IS BY DONATION. HOMETOWN RADIO WILL BE 'ON LOCATION' IN HARDY AT HOMESTEADERS DAY SATURDAY
WHITE RIVER MEDICAL CENTER IN BATESVILLE IS ONE OF ONLY EIGHT ARKANSAS COMPANIES THAT WON 2023 GOVERNOR'S QUALITY AWARDS. THE ORGANIZATIONS WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE 29TH ANNUAL AWARDS CELEBRATION AT THE CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CENTER IN LITTLE ROCK. WHITE RIVER MEDICAL CENTER WAS HONORED WITH AN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.. THE GOVERNOR'S QUALITY AWARD PROCESS DRIVES ORGANIZATIONS TOWARD QUALITY PRINCIPLES… ... THE PROGRAM IS COORDINATED BY THE ARKANSAS INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AFFILIATED WITH THE ARKANSAS STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE...
OUTDOORSMAN WILL BE CONVERGING ON THE ASH FLAT FIRE STATION SATURDAY FOR THE ANNUAL SPORTSMAN SWAP… THIS IS A BUY, SELL, TRADE, SWAP SHOW WHERE EXHIBITORS WILL BE SELLING THEIR USED HUNTING AND FISHING GEAR AND SUPPLIES...A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS, ROB SIMERS… THERE;LL BE TABLES SET UP INSIDE THE FIRE STATION, BOATS, TENTS, ATV'S AND SUCH OUTSIDE... DOORS OPEN AT 8, THE SWAP WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE CROWD QUITS COMING... A FOOD TRUCK WILL BE SERVING BREAKFAST ITEMS IN THE MORNING AND LUNCH IN THE AFTERNOON… THERE IS NO ADMISSION... PROCEEDS FROM THE BOOTH SALES AND CONCESSIONS BENEFIT THE EAGLES LADIES AUXILLARY AND THEIR SUPPORT OF THE ASH FLAT FIRE DEPARTMENT... HOMETOWN RADIO WILL BE "ON LOCATION" AT THE SPORTSMAN SWAP SATURDAY...
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO A RIBBON CUTTING AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT 9 THIS MORNING….. THE RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING WHICH OPENED IN 1968 BEGAN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO… SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY LEWIS INVITES EVERYONE TO ATTEND THE RIBBON CUTTING AND TAKE A TOUR OF THE BUILDING… THE RIBBON CUTTING BEGINS AT 9, FOLLOWED BY TOURS OF THE BUILDING.. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED...
THE OZARK ACRES SID WILL MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION THIS EVENING AT 6:00 AT THE OZARK ACRE CLUB HOUSE... THE MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC..
INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES AND BAXTER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, OPERATING AS AN INTEGRATED ENTERPRISE IN MOUNTAIN HOME VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW WHEN THEY FIRED AN EMPLOYEE FOR RESPONDING TO BAXTER'S INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.. THE U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION HAS CHARGED IN A LAWSUIT THAT IPMA, A DEPARTMENT BAXTER PROVIDES MEDICAL SERVICES FOR PAIN CARE, RECURITED HILLARY PAIGE-POTTER AS A PHYSICAN ASSISANT ..POTTER'S ASSISTANT COMPLAINED TO HER THAT ONE OF THE TWO DOCTORS WORKING AT IMA WAS SEXUALLY HARASSING HER.. THE ASSISTANT COMPLAINED TO BAXTER.. AFTER THE MEDICAL CENTER INVESTIGATED, THE DOCTOR WENT ON A SABBATICAL...A FEW MONTHS LATER, POTTER'S MANAGER TOLD HER SHE MUST RESIGN WITHIN A MONTH BECAUSE OF ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH BAXTER, IPMA AND THE DOCTOR, ADDING SHE COULD NOT WORK WITH THE DOCTOR DUE TO THE ALLEGATIONS... SUCH ALLEGED CONDUCT VIOLATES THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.. THE SUIT IS SEEKING MONETARY RELIEF IN THE FORM OF BACK PAY, COMPENSATION FOR LOST BENEFITS AND AN INJUNCTION AGAINST FUTURE DISCRIMINATION..
LYON COLLEGE'S SERVE OUR STUDENTS FOOD PANTRY RECENTLY CELEBRATED ITS GRAND OPENING WITH A RIBBON CUTTING IN THE EDWARDS COMMONS ON THE LYON CAMPUS IN BATESVILLE… THE SOS FOOD PANTRY IS A VITAL RESOURCE FOR THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY, RECENTLY RECIEVED GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM A WALMART FOUNDATION GRANT... THE SOS FOOD PANTRY OFFERS LYON STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO CANNED GOODS, DRY GOODS, A STOCKED REFRIGERATOR AND FREEZER, BASIC HYGIENE SUPPLIES, COOKBOOKS AND BUDGET-FRIENDLY RESOURCES FOR MEAL PLANNING AND MORE....
SHARP COUNTY IS IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE SHARP COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.. PUBLIC INPUT IS IMPORTANT… THE PURPOSE OF THE MITIGATION PLAN IS TO PLAN FOR FUTURENATURAL DISASTERS. THE FOCUS IN ON MITIGATING THE PROBLEMS BEFORE THE HAZARD OCCURS... COMMENTS MAY BE EMAILED TO carrie@wrpdd.org OR CONTACT CARRIE McINTOSH AT 870-793-5233...IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE FINAL PLAN, IT CAN BE EMAILED
45 YEAR OLD MELISSA FARRARI OF HARDY WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, METH AND COCAINE… .20 YEAR OLD BROOKE BOYBLE OF ROSEBUD WAS ARRESTED FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR, MISDEMEANOR ON POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.. 45 YEAR OLD LESTER HAMAKER OF HOT SPRINGS WAS ARRESTED FOR FORGERY, SECOND DEGREE AND VIOLATION OF A RESTRAINING ORDER...
HARDY MAYOR ETHAN BARNES WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY AT THE ARKANSAS STATE FOOTBALL GAME IN JONESBORO.. BARNES IS CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT... MAYOR BARNES ISSUED A STATEMENT REGARDING THE INCIDENT…... MAYOR ETHAN BARNES.. FOLLOWING HIS ARREST SATURDAY, HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE CRAIGHEAD COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WHERE HE WAS LATER RELEASED...
LAST WEEK, IMBODEN MAYOR CHRIS JONES WAS ON HOMETOWN RADIO, TELLING US ABOUT THE NEW SONIC DRIVE-IN THATS COMING TO IMBODEN… NOW COMES MORE GOOD NEWS FROM THE CITY, SLOAN HENDRIX SUPERINTENDENT CLIFFORD ROREX ANNOUCES THAT CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BASEBALL-SOFTBALL COMPLEX IS STARTING THIS WEEK.. THE COMPLEX WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS HIGHWAY 115 FROM BILL McCURLEY GYMNASIUM… THE NEW COMPLEX WILL ENABLE SLOAN HENDRIX TO HOST BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS AND PROVIDE MORE FIELDS FOR THE SUMMER BALL LEAGUES… THE LEGENDARY IT. HILL FIELD THAT HAS SERVED GENERATIONS OF SLOAN HENDRIX STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE UTLIZED.....
HARDY POLICE CHIEF SCOTT ROSE SAYS THE JACO TRAVEL TRAILER THAT WAS STOLEN FROM A STORAGE UNIT IN HARDY SATURDAY AFTERNOON HAS BEEN RECOVERED IN SARA, MISSISSIPPI. NO OTHER DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE.
THE SHARP COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET FRIDAY MORNING AT 9:00 IN THE COURTROOM OF THE SHARP COUNTY COURTHOUSE.. IN THE EVENT THE COURTROOM IS OCCUPIED THE MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE ANNEX COURTROOM..
THE SALEM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL MEET TODAY AT NOON AT THE FULTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN SALEM...THE AGENDA INCLUDES A RECAP OF THIS PAST WEEKENDS CITY WIDE YARD SALES, DISCUSSION OF TRUNK OR TREAT; THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE; THE 2024 ECLIPSE PLANS AND THE 75 ANNUAL FULTON COUNTY HOMECOMING FESTIVAL..
THE SALEM CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET TONITE AT 7 AT CITY HALL.
HARDY POLICE CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH FOR THAT 32FT. JACO TRAVEL TRAILER THAT WAS TAKEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM A STORAGE UNIT IN WOODLAND HILLS ON THE HIGHWAY 63 BYPASS.. POLICE CHEIF SCOTT ROSE SAYS A WHITE SINGLE CAB CHEVROLET PICKUP WITH A MOTORCYCLE IN THE TRUCK BED TOOK THE TRAILER TRAILER AROUND 4PM SATURDAY. THE TRAVEL TRAILER IS WHITE WITH LARGE BLUE STRIPES ON THE SIDE. A SURVELLIANCE VIDEO CAPTURED THE TRUCK DRIVING AWAY FROM THE STORAGE SITE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION THAT WOULD ASSIST HARDY POLICE IN THEIR INVESTIGATION IS ASKED TO PHONE SHARP COUNTY DISPATCH AT 870-994-2211.
IT WAS A BUSY WEEKEND FOR THE IZARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPRTMENT. 52 YEAR OLD LUCAS JOHNSON OF MELBOURNE WAS ARRESTED, PENDING FORMAL CHARGES RELATED TO POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. 32 YEAR OLD BLAKE CHADWICK OF HAMBURG WAS ARRESTED FOR POSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND BEING AN HABITUAL OFFENDER. 27 YEAR OLD LOGAN PHELPS OF MELBOURNE WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. 34 YEAR OLD STEPHEN WHAPLES OF MOUNTAIN HOME WAS ARRESTED ON WARRANTS FOR BEING A PAROLE ABSCONDER..
A THAYER MAN HAS BEEN JAILED AFTER HIS ARREST FRIDAY.. 32 YEAR OLD SPENCER AMEL LANGSTON WAS PLACED ON A 24 HOUR HOLD, LATER CHARGED WITH FELONY ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD, THIRD DEGREE DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND FELONY RESISTING AND INTERFERING WITH THE ARREST FOR A FELONY. BOND FOR LANGSTON WAS SET AT $50,000...
UPON TAKING OFFICE IN JANUARY, SHARP COUNTY SHERIFF SHANE RUSSELL REINSTATED A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM. SHERIFF RUSSELL TELLS HOMETOWN NEWS, THIS PROGRAM HAS AIDED THE COUNTY, CITIES AND LOCAL INSTITUIONS IN ALL AREAS OF SHARP COUNTY. THERE WERE 184 ACCUMULATIVE HOURS WORKED LAST WEEK, COMPLETING SEVERAL PROJECTS INCLUDING CHEROKEE VILLAGE ANIMAL CONTROL, THE CITIES OF POUGHKEEPSIE, ASH FLAT AND HARDY, TRI COUNTY RECYCLING AND THE SHARP COUNTY COURHOUSE.. INMATES WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SHARP COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATOR BRIAN WATSON.
FLU SEASON IS UPON US AND LOCAL HEALTH UNITS ARE NOW OFFERING WALK-IN FLU SHOTS.. THERE IS NO OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE FOR THE FLU SHOTS, BUT YOU ASKED TO BRING YOUR INSURANCE CARD. LOCAL HEALTH UNITS WILL BE HOLDING MASS CLINICS NEXT WEEK, OCTOBER 2ND THRU 6TH WITH MOST HEALTH UNITS OPENED EXTENDED HOURS TO ACCOMODATE CLIENTS IN ORDER TO HELP VACCINATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AGAINST THE FLU. TO RECIEVE YOUR FLU SHOT OR FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT OR CALL YOUR LOCAL COUNTY HEALTH UNIT. THE FULTON COUNTY HEALTH UNIT IN SALEM AT 895-3300, THE IZARD COUNTY HEALTH UNIT IN MELBOURNE AT 368-7790, THE LAWRENCE COUNTY HEALTH UNIT IN WALNUT RIDGE AT 886-3201 OR THE SHARP COUNTY HEALTH UNIT IN ASH FLAT 994-7364. MANY AREA PHARMACIES AND DOCTORS OFFICES ALSO OFFER THE FLU VACCINATIONS. THE FLU CAN CAUSE MILD TO SEVERE ILLNESS WITH OLDER PEOPLE, YOUNG CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH CERTAIN HEALTH CONDTIONS BEING AT HIGHER RISK FOR SERIOUS FLU COMPLICATIONS. ACCORDING TO THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO PREVENT THE FLU IS BY GETTING THE FLU IS BY GETTING VACCINATED EACH YEAR. MOST AREA COUNTY HEALTH UNITS REPORT THEY ARE ALSO RECEIVING THE COVID-19 VACCINE WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE LIHEAP SUMMER PROGRAM IS ABOUT TO CLOSE. ANYONE WHO NEEDS ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR WINTER FUEL WHO QUALIFY NEEDS TO CONTACT YOUR HOME COUNTY NADC OFFICE TODAY. THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE TAKEN UNTIL FUNDS ARE DEPLETED.. IN FULTON COUNTY, PHONE THE SALEM OFFICE AT 895-3628, IN SHARP COUNTY 994-7353 AND IZARD COUNTY AT 368-4329.
42 YEAR OLD BRIAH BELL OF CHEROKEE VILLAGE HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY SHARP COUNTY DEPUTIES AND CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, SECOND DEGREE AND DOMESTIC BATTERY, SECOND DEGREE... THE CHARGES STEM FROM AN INCIDENT AT A RESIDENCE IN CHEROKEE VILLAGE... BELL IS BEIND HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.…
A BLACK ROCK MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A SEARCH WARRANT WAS SERVED AT HIS RESIDENCE ON FIRST STREET SATURDAY AFTERNOON… ACCORDING TO BLACK ROCK POLICE CHEIF BRYAN ARCHER, THE BLACK ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT, LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND AGENTS WITH THE THIRD JUDICIAL DRUG TASK FORCE SEIZED AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF ILLEGAL MARIJUANA INCLUDING PASTE, GUMMIES, VAPE CARTRIDGES, CASH AND PARAPHERNALIA SUCH AS SCALES AND PACKAGING MATERIALS FROM THE RESIDENCE...
THERE HAS BEEN AN UPTICK IN COVID-19 CASES IN ARKANSAS… THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS 2,214 NEW CASES OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS... THERE WERE NO DEATHS AND NO HOSPITALIZATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASES.… SO FAR THIS YEAR, FULTON COUNTY HAS THE LOWEST CASE COUNT IN THE AREA WITH 113 CASES, IZARD COUNTY HAS CONFIRMED 216 CASES, SHARP HAS 379, LAWRENCE 558, RANDOLPH 404, BAXTER 549, STONE 254 AND INDEPENDENCE COUNTY HAS REPORTED 696 CASES.. NEW VACCINE IS TO COMBTAT COVID-19 IS EXPECTED TO AVAILABLE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK... KSAR'S MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR, DR. HOMER BROOKS FROM THE NORTH ARKANSAS FAMILY CLINIC IN SALEM ADDRESSED THE NEW VACCINE AND THE IDEA OF GETTING YOUR COVID AND FLU SHOT SIMULTANEOUSLY.… THERE ARE TWO VARRIANTS OF COVID ACCORDING TO DR. BROOKS.. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COUNTY OFFICES WILL HAVE COVID VACCINE, AS IN THE PAST, CONTACT YOUR PERSONAL DOCTOR OR PHARMACY FOR MORE INFORMATION.....
CAVE CITY SUPERINTENDENT STEVE GREEN REPORTS ON THIS MONTHS MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD... PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING, CAVE CITY ADMINISTRATORS PRESENTED THEIR ANNUAL REPORT TO THE PUBLIC… THE SCHOOL WILL MOVE FORWARD IN APPLYING FOR STAE FUNDING FOR THE ELEMENTARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT... THE STATE WILL INFORM THE SCHOOL BY MAY, 2025 IF THE FUNDING IS APPROVED.. THAT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROJECT WILL MOVE FORWARD.. THE BOARD ADDRESSED SEVERAL ISSUES DURING THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING… SUPERINTENDENT GREEN REVIEWS PERSONNEL MATTERS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.. CAVE CITY SUPERINTENDENT STEVE GREEN…
GOVERNOR SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS HAS APPOINTED A FORMER SALEM RESIDENT TO A STATE COMMITTEE... ZACH HARBER OF BATESVILLE WILL SERVE ON THE ARKANSAS APPRENTICESHIP COORDINATION STEERING COMMITTEE... HARBER'S TERM WILL EXPIRE DECEMBER FIRST, 2026...
A CLEBURNE COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A FATAL CRASH IN STONE COUNTY LAST YEAR.. 25 YEAR OLD PAYDEN BIRAM STEWART OF PRIM WAS BOOKED INTO THE STONE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AND LATER WAS RELEASED ON BOND..
OVER TEN VEHICLES WERE REPORTED TO BE TAMPERED WITH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... THAYER POLICE BEGAN GETTING CALLS AROUND 6 OCLOCK FROM RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF TOWN WHO HAD DISCOVERED THEIR VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH... THAYER POLICE HAVE STEPPED UP NITELY PATROLS ON CHESTNUT STREET TO LOCUST STREET AND SECOND STREET TO TENTH STREET... RESIDENTS ARE ASKED TO LOCK YOUR VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES, REMOVE ANY VALUABLES FROM YOUR VEHICLE, ENSURE ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS ARE LOCKED AT YOUR RESIDENCE….. IF YOU FEEL ANYTHING IS SUSPICIOUS ON YOUR PROPERTY, CALL THE THAYER POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 417-264-3819..
A FORMER SHARP COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS PROBATION IN A NEGOTIATED PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS… CIRCUIT JUDGE ROBERT EDWARDS SENTENCED 49 YEAR OLD CALVIN HARRELL TO SIX MONTHS PROBATION AFTER HE ENTERED A NEGOIATED PLEA OF GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF HARASSMENT... HARRELL HAD BEEN ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY WENT TO A WOMANS HOME IN CHEROKEE VILLAGE AND REPORTEDLY STRUCK THE WOMAN MULTIPLE TIMES... THE WOMAN WHO ISHARRELL'S EX-WIFE SUFFERED A CONCUSSION, BROKEN ARM, FINGER AND RIB… HARRELL WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC BATTERY AND RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, BOTH FELONIES BUT THE CHARGES WERE LATER REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR HARASSMENT...
A TRAFFIC STOP IN CLAY COUNTY HAS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF A WALNUT RIDGE MAN.. CLAY COUNTY DEPUTIES STOPPED A PICKUP PULLING A TRAILER FOR NO LIGHTS OR LICENSE PLATES AT CASEY'S IN CORNING...WHILE THE DEPUTY WAS DEALING WITH ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE TRUCK, ANOTHER MAN WAS TRYING TO HIDE AND DESTROY A SMALL BAGGY THAT WAS LATER TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAPHETAINE...A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE TURNED UP OTHER ILLEGAL ITEMS...58 YEAR OLD GORDON CROSLAND OF WALNUT RIDGE IS CHARGED WITH POSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, METHAPHETAMINE, FELONY POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPERNALIA... 45 YEAR OLD KELLY CLOSSEN OF CORNING IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, METAPHETAMINE, FELONY POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND FELONY TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE...
HARDY POLICE ARE ASKING FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING A THIRTY TWO FOOT WHITE JACO TRAVEL TAILER WITH LARGE BLUE STRIPES THAT WAS STOLEN SATURDAY FROM THE STORAGE UNITS ON WOODLAND HILLS ON THE HIGHWAY 63 BYPASS... A SURVELLIANCE CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS A WHITE SINGLE CAB CHEVROLET PICKUP WITH A MOTORCYCLE IN THE TRUCK BED PULLING THE TRAILER AWAY FROM THE STORAGE UNITS AROUND 4 OCLOCK SATURDAY AFTERNOON… ITIS NOT KNOWN WHICH DIRECTION THE VEHICLE TOOK ONCE IT REACHED THE BYPASS... ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL SHARP COUNTY DISPATCH AT 870-994-2211..
THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS REMINDS MOTORISTS ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 177 OVER NORFORK DAM WILL BE CLOSED TODAY THRU SATURDAY FROM 6:30 UNTIL 5 EACH DAY TO DEPLOY EQUIPMENT USED TO PERFORM ROUTINE MAINTENCE ON THE DAM... THE CLOSURE HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES... MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE...
THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD STEPHAN RICHARD WHALES, WHO WAS DECLARED AN ABSCONDER SEPT. 11 AFTER HE STOPPED REPORTING TO HIS PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICER, HAS BEEN JAILED IN IZARD COUNTY. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE DETENTION CENTER AT 4:28 A.M. ON SEPT. 19 AFTER TURNING HIMSELF IN. HE IS BEING HELD ON A PAROLE HOLD, ACCORDING TO THE IZARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. A MOUNTAIN HOME MAN WITH A LONG HISTORY OF COMMITTING CRIMES AND RUNNING FROM THE LAW WAS DECLARED AN ABSCONDER MONDAY AFTER HE STOPPED REPORTING TO HIS PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICER. IN SEPTEMBER 2021, 34-YEAR-OLD STEPHAN RICHARD WHAPLES PLED TO CHARGES IN OPEN CASES THAT WERE ALL FILED THE YEAR BEFORE. SINCE HIS INITIAL CRIMINAL CASE WAS OPENED, WHAPLES HAS SPENT TIME IN THE BAXTER COUNTY JAIL AND THE STATE PRISON SYSTEM. THE CHARGES IN THOSE OPEN CASES INCLUDE ALLEGEDLY STEALING ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES TO SELL SO HE COULD PAY FINES LEVIED IN EARLIER CASES AND POSSESSION OF DRUGS. ACCORDING TO THE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT IN THE ATV THEFT CASES, WHALES IS ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKEN TWO OF THE MACHINES - A HONDA PIONEER SIDE-BY. SIDE AND A SUZUKI KINGQUAD - IN EARLY 2020. THEY WERE BOTH FOUND CONCEALED IN THE WOODS AND BOTH WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN "HOTWIRED." VIDEO FROM GAME CAMERAS IN THE REMOTE AREA WHERE THE HONDA HAD BEEN HIDDEN PICTURED A WHITE CHEVROLET TRUCK DRIVEN BY A PERSON IDENTIFIED AS WHAPLES. A FEMALE, 31-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY HENSON OF MOUNTAIN HOME, DESCRIBED AS WHAPLES' GIRLFRIEND, WAS A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN HENSON WAS QUESTIONED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ATV THEFTS, SHE TOLD INVESTIGATORS SHE HAD BEEN WITH WHALES WHEN HE WENT TO THE AREA WHERE THE HONDA WAS HIDDEN. SHE MAINTAINED SHE DID NOT KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WHALES HAD STOLEN IT. WHAPLES RAN AFOUL OF THE LAW AGAIN WHEN AN ARKANSAS STATE POLICE TROOPER PULLED HIM OVER FOR A MINOR TRAFFIC INFRACTION ON MARCH 8, 2020. THE PICKUP TRUCK WHAPLES WAS DRIVING WHEN THE TROOPER STOPPED HIM WAS ALLEGED TO BE THE SAME ONE PICTURED ON THE 'GAME CAMERAS BEING DRIVEN IN THE AREA WHERE ONE OF THE STOLEN ATV'S WAS HIDDEN IN THE WOODS. THE TROOPER REPORTED SEARCHING THE TRUCK AND FINDING A GLASS-SMOKING PIPE WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED RESIDUE, AND A CONTAINER WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED GREEN RESIDUE. IN ADDITION, A SET OF DIGITAL SCALES COVERED IN A SUBSTANCE FIELD-TESTING POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE AND A SYRINGE WERE LOCATED. WHAPLES HAS AN ESTABLISHED HISTORY OF FLEEING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NOT SHOWING UP IN COURT. HE WAS THE SUBJECT OF FOUR MANHUNTS IN LESS THAN A YEAR DURING A PERIOD IN 2011-2012. AT ONE POINT, HE WAS DESCRIBED AS A "MOST WANTED FUGITIVE" BY THE BAXTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE MANHUNTS HAVE INVOLVED OFFICERS FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES, ROADBLOCKS, TRACKING DOGS AND THE BAXTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HELICOPTER. HIS FIRST CRIMINAL CASE WAS FILED IN OCTOBER 2011 WHEN WHAPLES WAS 22-YEARS-OLD. SINCE THEN, HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS, FLEEING, THEFT OF PROPERTY, REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO ARREST, BREAKING OR ENTERING, COMMERCIAL BURGLARY, BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AND POSSESSION OF DRUGS AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
THE ANNUAL SPORTSMAN SWAP IS SATURDAY AT THE ASH FLAT FIRE STATION.… THIS IS A BUY, SELL, TRADE AND SWAP SHOW AS WE HEAR FROM ROB SIMERS.. BRING OUT YOUR HUNTING, FISHING, CAMPING, RELOADING AND TRAPPING EQUIPMENT, GUNS, BOWS, FISHING RODS, TACKLE, TRAPS, AMMUNITION, CUTLERY AND CLOTHING, BOATS, ATV'S THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE... THERE WILL BE OUTSIDE EXHIBIT SPACE AS WELL AS INSIDE... THE SPORTSMAN SWAP BEGINS AT 8 AND CONTINUES UNTIL THE CROWD QUITS COMING IN... HOMETOWN RADIO WILL BE THERE, BROADCASTING "ON LOCATION" SATURDAY...
HIGHLAND SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY LEWIS REPORTS ON LAST WEEKS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE PUBLIC AND THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF THE HIGHLAND SCHOOL BOARD. THE HIGHLAND SCHOOL BOARD NORMALLY MEETS THE THIRD TUESDAY NIGHT OF EACH MONTH...
THE FULTON COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD WILL HOLD THEIR MONTHLY MEETING AT 5:30 THIS AFTERNOON IN THE BOARD ROOM OF THE HOSPITAL IN SALEM. THE HORSESHOE BEND CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT AT 6 IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL. THE SLOAN HENDRIX SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ANNUAL REPORT TO THE PUBLIC IS TONIGHT AT 6:30 PRIOR TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SLOAN HENDRIX SCHOOL BOARD...
THE WINGS OF HONOR MUSEUM AT THE WALNUT RIDGE REGIONAL AIRPORT WILL CELEBRATE HISTORY, CAMARADERIE AND GRATITUDE TODAY WITH AN ALL DAY PROGRAM FROM 9 TIL 8... THE WINGS OF HONOR MUSEUM WILL BE OPEN 9 TIL 5 FOR SELF GUIDED TOURS, FEATURING THE HISTORIC BT-13 USED TO TRAIN WORLD WAR TWO PILOTS IN WALNUT RIDGE… THERES A MEET AND GREET FROM 2 UNTIL 3 ... AN AIRLIFT PREVIEW WITH EDDIE IDE AND STORIES ABOUT THE WORLD WAR TWO AIRLIFTS FROM 3 UNTIL 4.. A SHRIMP BOIL DINNER WILL BE SERVED AT 5... VETERANS CAN EAT FREE.. AN INSIGHTFUL PROGRAM ON THE BERLIN AIRLIFT WILL BE HELD FROM 6:30 TIL 8.... THE WINGS OF HONOR MUSEUM AND THE WALNUT RIDGE REGIONAL AIRPORT HAVE A STORIED HISTORY AS WE HEAR FROM THE MUSEUM FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR HAROLD JOHNSON..EVERYONE IS INVITED FOR ANY AND ALL OF THE TODAY'S ACTIVITIES ROM 9 TIL 8 AT THE WINGS OF HONOR MUSEUM AT THE WALNUT RIDGE REGIONAL AIRPORT… VISIT THE WINGS OF HONOR MUSEUM ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION..
A FORMER SHARP COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS PROBATION IN A NEGOTIATED PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS.. CIRCUIT JUDGE ROBERT EDWARDS SENTENCED 49 YEAR OLD CALVIN HARRELL TO SIX MONTHS PROBATION AFTER HE ENTERED A NEGOTIATED PLEA OF GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF HARASSMENT... HARRELL HAD BEEN ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY WENT TO A WOMAN’S HOME IN CHEROKEE VILLAGE AND REPORTEDLY STRUCK THE WOMAN MULTIPLE TIMES... THE WOMAN WHO IS HARRELL'S EX-WIFE SUFFERED A CONCUSSION, BROKEN ARM, FINGER AND RIB... HARRELL WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC BATTERY AND RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, BOTH FELONIES BUT THE CHARGES WERE LATER REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR HARASSMENT...
A TRAFFIC STOP IN CLAY COUNTY HAS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF A WALNUT RIDGE MAN.. CLAY COUNTY DEPUTIES STOPPED A PICKUP PULLING A TRAILER FOR NO LIGHTS OR LICENSE PLATES AT CASEY'S IN CORNING...WHILE THE DEPUTY WAS DEALING WITH ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE TRUCK, ANOTHER MAN WAS TRYING TO HIDE AND DESTROY A SMALL BAGGY THAT WAS LATER TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE... A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE TURNED UP OTHER ILLEGAL ITEMS...58 YEAR OLD GORDON CROSLAND OF WALNUT RIDGE IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. METHAMPHETAMINE, FELONY POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA... 45 YEAR OLD KELLY CLOSSEN OF CORNING IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, METHAMPHETAMINE, FELONY POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND FELONY TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE...
U.S. SENATOR JOHN BOOZMAN HAS A PLAN TO EXPAND INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PROSTATE CANCER SCREENINGS... SENATOR BOOZMAN SAYS THE BIPARTISAN PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN SCREENING FOR HIGH RISK INSURED MEN ACT WOULD REQUIRE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS TO COVER PREVENTIVE PROSTATE CANCER SCREENINGS... IT WILL ALSO PREVENT THESE PLANS FROM IMPOSING ANY COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS FOR MEN WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK OF DEVELOPING PROSTATE CANCER... ONE IN EIGHT AMERICAN MEN ARE AFFECTED BY PROSTATE CANCER.. INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE AT LEAST ONE CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE ARE AT LEAST TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED THEMSELVES...
ON THURSDAY, THE US EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC) FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES (IPMA) AND BAXTER HEALTH CLAIMING BOTH ORGANIZATIONS VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW WHEN THEY FIRED AN EMPLOYEE FOR RESPONDING TO BAXTER HEALTH'S INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT, IN APRIL 2019, AN EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO HER SUPERVISOR, A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, AND TO BAXTER HEALTH THAT ONE OF THE TWO DOCTORS WORKING AT IPMA AT THE TIME WERE SEXUALLY HARASSING HER. AFTER BAXTER HEALTH INVESTIGATED THE ALLEGATIONS, THE DOCTOR WENT ON A SABBATICAL. IN MARCH 2022, THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STATED SHE WAS TOLD TO RESIGN NO LATER THAN APRIL 29, 2022 DUE TO ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH BAXTER, IPMA, AND THE DOCTOR ON SABBATICAL ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HIS RETURN TO IPMA. SHE STATED SHE WAS TOLD THE DOCTOR AND HER COULD NOT WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE OF HER INVOLVEMENT IN THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT INVESTIGATION. BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO RESIGN, SHE WAS TERMINATED ON APRIL 29. THE EEOC FILED SUIT IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS, AFTER FIRST ATTEMPTING TO REACH A PRE-LITIGATION SETTLEMENT THROUGH ITS CONCILIATION PROCESS. THE SUIT SEEKS MONETARY RELIEF IN THE FORM OF BACK PAY, COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES, COMPENSATION FOR LOST BENEFITS, AND AN INJUNCTION AGAINST FUTURE DISCRIMINATION. IN A STATEMENT FROM BAXTER HEALTH, OFFICALS STATE "AT BAXTER HEALTH, WE ARE DEDICATED TO CREATING AND MAINTAINING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SAFE, RESPECTFUL, AND FREE FROM ANY FORM OF HARASSMENT. WE CONSIDER THIS COMMITMENT NOT JUST AN ETHICAL IMPERATIVE BUT A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS AN ORGANIZATION. AS SUCH, WE ARE COMMITTED TO A COMPREHENSIVE AND IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION OF ALL ALLEGATIONS, AND COOPERATED WITH THE EEOC'S INVESTIGATION. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO FILED THIS COMPLAINT WAS NOT, AT ANY POINT IN TIME, AN EMPLOYEE OF BAXTER HEALTH, AND BAXTER HEALTH IN FACT HAD NO INVOLVEMENT IN OR INFLUENCE OVER IPMA'S DECISION TO TERMINATE THE INDIVIDUAL'S EMPLOYMENT." EDMOND SIMS, ACTING DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF THE EEOC'S MEMPHIS DISTRICT OFFICE, WHICH HAS JURISDICTION OVER ARKANSAS, TENNESSEE, AND PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI STATES "AN EMPLOYER CANNOT PUNISH AN EMPLOYEE FOR OPPOSING TREATMENT THAT THE EMPLOYEE REASONABLY BELIEVES CONSTITUTES DISCRIMINATION. TERMINATING AN EMPLOYEE FOR THIS ACTIVITY CREATES A CHILLING EFFECT IN THE WORKPLACE AND DISCOURAGES OTHERS FROM COMPLAINING." IPMA IS AN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT OF BAXTER HEALTH.
AFTER GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT LOSING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, LAW ENFORCEMENT SHUT DOWN AN ILLEGAL GAMBLING GAME AT THE STONE COUNTY FAIR IN MOUNTAIN VIEW LAST WEEK AND ARRESTED THE GAME'S OPERATOR, FIFTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD DONALD PATRICK TOMPKINS OF ALVIN, TEXAS IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE GAME ACCORDING TO THE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT IN THE CASE, THE STONE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE GAME AT THE FAIR MANY SAID THEY HAD LOST AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY WITH SEVERAL SAYING THEY HAD LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, VICTIMS REPORT TOMPKINS ENTICED THEM TO KEEP PLAYING BY OFFERING LARGE CASH RETURNS AND FLASHING LARGE ROLLS OF CASH. THE GAME WAS CALLED "RAZZLE". INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED THE GAME SOMETIMES IS FOUND AT FAIRS AND CARNIVALS. THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS MANY STUDIES ABOUT THE SCAM. THE GAME HAS VAGUE, COMPLICATED RULES WITH A CONVERSION CHART USED TO DISTRACT THE PLAYER AND GETTING THEM TO DOUBLE THEIR BETS AND LOSE MORE MONEY. INVESTIGATORS SENT AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER TO THE FAIR TO PLAY THE GAME. WHILE PLAYING THE GAME, DETECTIVES CONDUCTED SURVEILLANCE AND NOTICED A TRUCK PARKED NEXT TO THE GAME WITH A TEXAS LICENSE PLATE. THE PLATE RETURNED TO TOMPKINS. THEY ALSO LEARNED TOMPKINS HAS MULTIPLE FELONY CONVICTIONS OUT OF NEW YORK, FLORIDA, MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN INCLUDING INTENTIONALLY CAUSING BODILY HARM TO A CHILD AND FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS. TOMPKINS IS CHARGED IN STONE COUNTY WITH A FELONY COUNT OF KEEPING A GAMBLING HOUSE, A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF HAVING A GAMING DEVICE AND FOR BEING A HABITUAL OFFENDER. HE IS FREE AFTER POSTING $40,000 BOND.
A FORMER IMBODEN MAN, NOW LIVING IN LITTLE ROCK HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON... 58 YEAR OLD DAVE MCCLEOD WAS ARRESTED WITH 30 PIECES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY... McCLEOD PLEADED GUILTY TO SIX COUNTS OF POSSESSING MATTER DEPICTING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT IN EXCHANGE FOR THE 60 YEAR SENTENCE IMPOSED BY PULASKI COUNTY CIRCUIT JUDGE KAREN WHATLEY... EACH COUNT IS A CLASS C FELONY THAT CARRIES A 10 YEAR MAXIMUM... UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF HIS PLEA AGREEMENT. NEGOTIATED BY DEPUTY PROSECUTOR HANNAH JOHNSTON AND DEFENSE ATTORNEY, HEATHER BRYN HERSH OF SPRINGDALE, THE 24 COUNTS WERE DROPPED... MCCLEOD HAD CHALLENGED THE LEGALITY OF THE EVIDENCE LITTLE ROCK POLICE OBTAINED TO GET A SEARCH WARRANT TO RAID HIS HOME IN JANUARY, 2020, SEIZING THREE COMPUTERS, FOUR PHONES, FIVE IPADS AND A FLASH DRIVE... MCCELOD WAS ARRESTED THEN WHEN A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF A LAPTOP TURNED UP IMAGES INVESTIGATORS RECOGNIZED AS VERIFIED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.. MCCLEOD, CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF POLICE IN 2019 DURING THE INVESTIGATION INTO A TIP ABOUT POSSIBLE ILLEGAL MATERIALS POSSESSION BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN BASED ON INFORMATION THE AGENCY HAD RECEIVED FROM MICROSOFT SKYPE, THE INTERNET BROADCASTING APPLICATION...
FOR THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, FNBC BANK HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO WORK IN ARKANSAS IN 2023... FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS, ARKANSAS BUSINESS PARTNERED WITH THE WORKFORCE RESEARCH GROUP TO BRING THIS SURVEY AND AWARDS PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY, RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE BEST EMPLOYERS IN ARKANSAS, BENEFITING THE STATE'S ECONOMY, WORKFORCE AND BUSINESSES... EACH YEAR, THE LIST INCLUDES 50 COMPANIES THROUGH THE STATE... TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PARTICIPATION, COMPANIES MUST BE A FOR-PROFIT, NOT FOR PROFIT BUSINESS OR GOVERNMENT ENTITY, BE A PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY HELD BUSINESS, HAVE A FACILITY IN ARKANSAS, HAVE AT LEAST 15 EMPLOYEES IN ARKANSAS AND HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS A MINIMUM OF 1 YEAR... FNBC WAS HONORED AT THE ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY IN LITTLE ROCK ON SEPTEMBER 12TH..
THE FULTON COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL AWARDS NIGHT RECOGNIZED SEVERAL CONTRIBUTORS FOR THIS YEARS FAIR.. FRIEND OF THE FAIR AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO LEE ANN MCHENRY AND THE SALEM HIGH SCHOOL BETA CLUB... NEW FAIR AMBASSADORS WERE RECOGNIZED, KAILYN ARNOLD AND BLAKE SMITH... THE DON CRAWFORD AWARD FOR HIGH POINT LIVESTOCK EXHIBITOR WENT TO ASHLEY NEAL, THE TOMMY BASSHAM MEMORIAL AMBASSADOR AWARD TO JONAH SAVELL.. THE SHIRLEY BLACK CREATIVE ARTS AWARDS WENT TO THE FULTON COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS, THE HIGH POINT ADULT AWARD.. THE VIOLA LOYAL LONGHORNS 4-H CLUB RECEIVED THE HIGH POINT ADULT AWARD... EMMA VANOVER WAS THE HIGH POINT ADULT EXHIBITOR.. MALLIE GIBON WAS THE HIGH POINT YOUTH, JUNIOR EXHIBITOR... HERDSMAN AWARD WINNERS INCLUDE, ALLIE RISNER FOR BEEF, AVA BLANCHARD FOR DAIRY, LESLIE HALL FOR GOATS, GRACIE HARMON FOR SHEEP, CALLIE HALL FOR SWINE, CALEB MCCORD FOR POULTRY AND HADASSAH GARNER FOR RABBITS... HORSEMANSHIP AWARDS WERE GIVEN TO BAYLOR WRIGHT FOR THE JUNIOR DIVISON, ELLA NEWMAN FOR THE SENIOR DIVISION AND JENNA HURTT FOR THE RESERVE SENIOR DIVISION...
A SALESVILLE MAN IS ACCUSED OF BREAKING INTO A RESIDENCE AND LUNGING TOWARD A FEMALE WHILE SHE WAS HOLDING AN INFANT. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JESSE FOSTER JR. HAS BEEN IN THE BAXTER COUNTY DETENTION CENTER SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH BOND SET AT $15,000. ACCORDING TO THE INCIDENT REPORT FROM THE BAXTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, A FEMALE CALLED 911 FROM HER RESIDENCE ON FARMERS CIRCLE IN SALESVILLE AND CLAIMED A MALE KICKED HER DOOR OPEN AND BROKE INTO HER HOUSE. AS TWO DEPUTIES RESPONDED, THE FEMALE TOLD 911 HE WAS LEAVING IN HIS VEHICLE INTOXICATED AND WOULD BE DRIVING UP PINE STREET. NEITHER DEPUTY MET THE SUSPECT WHILE EN ROUTE. THE VICTIM CLAIMED AFTER THE MALE ENTERED THE RESIDENCE, HE LUNGED TOWARD HER AS SHE WAS HOLDING A CHILD, AND SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO BE ATTACKED. SHE ALSO ACCUSED THE MAN OF KICKING HER VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE LEAVING. THE DEPUTIES LATER LEFT TO CONFRONT THE MALE, IDENTIFIED AS FOSTER, AT HIS RESIDENCE ON WILSON DRIVE. FOSTER WAS REPORTEDLY LOCATED IN HIS RUNNING VEHICLE AS IT WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. FOSTER'S PROBATION OFFICER WAS NOTIFIED AS HE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE DETENTION CENTER, AND A PRELIMINARY BREATH TEST WAS REQUESTED. AS FOSTER WAS BEING BOOKED, HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL READING WAS .15. THE LEGAL LIMIT IN ARKANSAS IS .08. FOSTER IS FACING FELONY COUNTS OF RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY AND FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT ON A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER AND THIRD-DEGREE ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR.
A RASH OF MAILBOXES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED THE PAST WEEK IN RANDOLPH COUNTY... A REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION THAT WOULD ASSIST AUTHORITIES IN APPREHENDING THOSE RESPONSIBLE WHO HAVE VANDALIZED APPROXIMATELY 40 MAILBOXES ON BLACK FERRY ROAD, CLEAR SPRINGS AND HIGHWAY 90… SHERIFF KEVIN BELL SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT RECIEVED A REPORT THAT A WHITE GM PICKUP WITH A MISSING LIGHT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS INVOLVED... SHERIFF BELL ASKS THAT ANYONE WITH INFORMATION THAT WOULD ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 870-892-8888 OR LEAVE A TIP AT tips@randolph-county sheriff.org....
U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT HAS RANKED WILLIAMS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY AS AMONG THE TOP COLLEGES IN THE SOUTH, AS WELL AS RANKING AMONG TOP SCHOOLS ON SOCIAL MOBILITY AND AMONG THE BEST VALUE SCHOOLS LIST FOR REGIONAL COLLEGES IN THE SOUTH... WBU WAS AMONG THE HIGHEST RANKED SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS FOR BEST REGIONAL COLLEGES IN THE SOUTH, RANKING AHEAD OF FOUR OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE... "BEST REGIONAL" RANKINGS ARE CALCULATED THRU A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING GRADUATION AND FIRST YEAR RETENTION RATES, GRADUATION RATE PERFORMANCE, SOCIAL MODILITY, PELL GRADUATION RATES AND PERFORMANCES AND MULTIPLE OTHER MEASURES OF ACADEMIC QUALITY... BRETT COOPER IS TS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AT WBU…... UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS FEEL BLESSED WITH THE RECOGNITION… WBU WAS ONE OF ONLY TWO INSITUTIONS IN THE STATE TO MAKE THE LIST OF BEST VALUE SCHOOLS FOR REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES IN THE SOUTH… TO SELECT INSITUTIONS FOR THIS LIST, U.S. NEWS FACTORS THE ACADEMIC QUALITY AND COST FOR EACH SCHOOL AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR TOTAL EXPENSES AND FINANCIAL AID... WBU WAS ALSO RANKED ON THE LIST FOR SOCIAL MOBILITY AMONG REGIONAL COLLEGES IN THE SOUTH...
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