- THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE HAS ISSSUED A MISSING-ENDANGERED ADVISORY FOR A WOMAN AND HER TWO CHILDREN WHO WERE LAST SEEN SUNDAY NIGHT NEAR MELBOURNE... 31 YEAR OLD NANNETTE RALPH AND HER CHILDREN, 5 YEAR OLD SCARLETTE ROSE TALLEY AND 10 MONTH OLD DAVID RAY TALLEY WHO ARE BELIEVED TO BE IN A GRAY 2024 FORD EXPLORER WITH ARKANSAS LICENSE PLATE 367694.. RALPH IS DESCRIBED AS AN ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER WOMAN, 5 FOOT 4 AND 200 POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR RECENTLY SHAVED TO ABOUT A HALF INCH... ANYONE WITH INFORMATION, SHOULD CONTACT THE IZARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 870-368-4203.
- MORE DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED REGARDING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF AN INTRUDER AT A HOME ON KATTA DRIVE IN CHEROKEE VILLAGE WEDNESDAY EVENING.... THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 36 YEAR OLD SAMUEL WEST WHO BROKE THROUGH A BACK SLIDING CLASS DOOR... THE HOMETOWNER WHO INSIDE THE HOUSE, THOUGHT HIS WIFE WAS RETURNING FROM CHURCH, THEN REALIZED IT WAS AN INTRUDER.. WHEN THE HOMEOWNER TOLD THE INTRUDER TO STOP, WEST ADVANCED TOWARD THE MAN WHO THEN FIRED MUTLIPLE SHOTS KILLING WEST... WEST HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER JUST A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE SHOOTING.. HE HAD BEEN JAILED FOR VIOLATING A NO-CONTACT ORDER INVOLVING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE... SHARP COUNTY AUTHORITIES SAY WEST HAD A LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY DATING BACK TO 2009... SHERIFF SHANE RUSSELL SAYS ALL EVIDENCE INDICATES THE SHOOTING WAS IN SELF-DEFENSE AND NO ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED...
- A WEST PLAINS YOUTH WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE THURSDAY EVENING ON LANTON ROAD AND THE DRIVER FLED BEFORE AUTHORITIES ARRIVED... WEST PLAINS POLICE RESPONDED TO CALL JUST BEFORE 7 OCLOCK THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE 800 BLOCK OF LANTON ROAD, MISSOURI HIGHWAY 17 AFTER THE REPORT OF A SMALL CHILD BEING HIT... UPON ARRIVAL, OFFICERS LEARNED THE DRIVER HAD FLED THE SCENE ON FOOT.... WEST PLAINS POLICE AND HOWELL COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SEARCHED THE AREA, BUT THE SUSPECT WAS NOT LOCATED.. AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE INDVIDUAL... HE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND AND THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ACTIVE... THE CHILD'S CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED TO PROTECT THE FAMILY'S PRIVACY...
- A POCAHONTAS MAN WAS KILLED IN A CRASH FRIDAY MORNING. THE ACCIDENT OCCURED ON HIGHWAY 328 IN RURAL RANDOLPH COUNTY. 52-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS MOORE DIED WHEN HIS SUV LEFT THE ROADWAY AND OVERTURNED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CRASH OCCURED AROUND 8 FRIDAY MORNING.
- ON SEP 8TH, OFFICERS FROM THE FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND SALEM POLICE RESPONDED TO AN AREA NEAR ASHER ROAD AND HIGHWAY 395 NORTH APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES NORTH OF SALEM REGARDING A DOMESTIC INCIDENT. OFFICERS MADE CONTACT WITH A MALE AND A FEMALE WHO APPEARED UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND WITH BLOOD ON THEM. THE FEMALE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, AND WHEN OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO ARREST THE MALE, HE FOUGHT THE LAWMEN. DURING THE ALTERCATION, THE MAN, IDENTIFIED AS RONALD LEE ADAMS, ATTACKED ONE OF THE OFFICERS, CAUSING INJURIES TO HIS HEAD. WHILE THE OFFICER WAS STUNNED, ADAMS THEN STARTED CHOKING THE OFFICER, PREVENTING THE OFFICER FROM BREATHING. THE OTHER OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO REMOVE ADAMS FROM THE OFFICER. AT THAT TIME HE BEGAN FIGHTING THE OTHER OFFICERS, BITING AND WRESTLING THEM. ADAMS WAS FINALLY SUBDUED, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE FULTON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. WHILE AT THE DETENTION CENTER, ADAMS AGAIN FOUGHT OFFICERS AND THE STAFF AT THE FACILITY UNTIL HE WAS AGAIN SUBDUED AND PLACED IN A HOLDING CELL. ADAMS IS CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, SECOND DEGREE BATTERY, TERRORISTIC THREATENING, THIRD DEGREE DOMESTIC BATTERY, RESISTING ARREST, PUBLIC INTOXICATION, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A VEHICLE, AND AN HABITUAL OFFENDER. ADAMS IS BEING HELD ON A $100,000 BOND.
- THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL ARRESTED A SIDNEY MAN, 25-YEAR-OLD JOHN BATTLES, AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP NORTH OF THAYER. BATTLES IS CHARGED WITH FELONY POSSESSION OF METH AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. BATTLES WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE OREGON COUNTY JAIL.
- AN IZARD COUNTY MAN ALREADY JAILED ON MULTIPLE SEX CHARGES, INCLUDING RAPE INVOLVING AN UNDERAGE FEMALE, HAS NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE SEX CRIMES, INCLUDING RAPE INVOLVING AN UNDERAGE BOY. FIVE MORE FELONY CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST 20-YEAR-OLD JAMES BENNETT POWELL OF MELBOURNE. ACCORDING TO THE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT FROM THE IZARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE MALE VICTIM TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE WITNESSED POWELL ABUSE AND SEXUALLY ABUSE THE FEMALE VICTIM MULTIPLE TIMES. HE SAID THE INCIDENTS INVOLVING BOTH HIMSELF AND THE FEMALE VICTIM HAPPENED PRIMARILY WHEN HIS MOTHER WAS NOT HOME. THE VICTIM SAYS THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS AGAINST HIM HAPPENED MORE THAN TEN TIMES. HE TOLD INVESTIGATORS POWELL TOLD HIM TO NOT TELL ANYONE ABOUT THEIR SECRET. FOR THE LATEST ARREST, POWELL IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF RAPE, ONE COUNT OF SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL INDECENCY WITH A CHILD, ALL FELONIES. RAPE IS A CLASS Y FELONY, THE MOST SERIOUS CRIME IN ARKANSAS NOT PUNISHABLE BY THE DEATH PENALTY. POWELL IS BEING HELD IN THE IZARD COUNTY JAIL, WHERE HIS BOND ON THE NEW CHARGES IS $500,000, BRINGING HIS TOTAL BOND TO $1 MILLION. POWELL WAS ORIGINALLY ARRESTED IN MAY ON EIGHT FELONY CHARGES. LAW ENFORCEMENT LEARNED OF THE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND INTERVIEWED THE VICTIM. INVESTIGATORS SAID POWELL'S ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS CLOSELY MATCHED DETAILS GIVEN BY THE VICTIM. DURING THAT ARREST, POWELL WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF RAPE, THREE COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT, TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL INDECENCY WITH A CHILD, AND ONE COUNT OF EMPLOYING OR CONSENTING TO THE USE OF A CHILD IN A SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BECAUSE A SECOND MINOR WAS PRESENT. HE ALSO PICKED UP A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF RESISTING ARREST.
- A BATESVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT AT A BATESVILLE RESIDENCE. 26-YEAR-OLD RYAN MICHAEL ROSEIR ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A 12-YEAR-OLD FAMILY MEMBER. ROSEIR IS CHARGED WITH FELONY RAPE AND FELONY SEXUAL GROOMING OF A CHILD. HE IS BEING HELD IN THE INDEPENDENCE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. BOND FOR ROSEIR IS SET AT $500,000.
- TRAFFIC WAS BLOCKED FOR TWO HOURS AT 4:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THREE VEHICLES COLLIDED. THE RAVENDEN FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO ASSIST THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE AND LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AT THE SCENE.
- SIX GAMES ARE ON THE SCHEDULE FOR OPENING NIGHT OF THE IZARD COUNTY SCHOOL INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL PROGRAM TONIGHT AT THE COUGAR DEN. IF YOU'RE COMING OUT TO WATCH THE FIRST THROUGH SIXTH GRADERS PLAY, YOU'LL NOTICE SOME NOT-TOO-FAMILIAR ROLES ON THE PART OF THE COACHES AND REFEREES. REGARDLESS, IT'S ALWAYS FUN ACCORDING TO COACH KYLE McCANDLISS. COACH McCANDLISS HAS SEEN POSITIVE RESULTS FROM THE STUDENT ATHLETES COACHING THE ELEMENTARY KIDS AND THE LITTLE ONES BEING COACHED BY THE PLAYERS THEY WATCH IN A REAL GAME. THE FIRST GAME BEGINS AT 5 WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND GRADE GIRLS, FIRST AND SECOND GRADE BOYS WILL FOLLOW. THE THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE GIRLS, FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE GIRLS AND BOYS TO ROUND OUT THE GAMES TONIGHT. INTRAMURAL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AGAIN NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AND ON MONDAY, OCT 6TH AND 20TH.
- SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED TODAY. THE VIOLA AND WALNUT RIDGE CITY COUNCILS BOTH MEET TONIGHT. THE SALEM SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET, AND PRIOR TO THE MEETING, THE SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ANNUAL REPORT TO THE PUBLIC WILL BEGIN AT 6 IN THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY. THE CAVE CITY SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT. THE CAVE CITY SCHOOL'S ANNUAL REPORT TO THE PUBLIC WILL BE GIVEN AT TONIGHT'S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. THE SLOAN HENDRIX SCHOOL BOARD WILL ALSO MEET THIS EVENING.
- THERE WERE OVER 6 ENTRIES FOR THE SPRING RIVER'S GOT TALENT SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT. CAROLYN CARTER TOOK FIRST PLACE HONORS, WINNING THE $1,000 PRIZE. ANGELA SEARCY FINISHED SECOND AND WON $500, AND MIKE OREGANO WAS THIRD, WINNING $250.
- AREA FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAD A BUSY WEEKEND. SEVERAL BURSH FIRES WERE REPORTED DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE DRY CONDITIONS. A REMINDER THAT THE BURN BAN CONTINUES FOR FULTON, IZARD, AND SHARP COUNTIES, MEANING NO OUTSIDE BURNING OR OPEN FLAME IS ALLOWED.
- THE U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, LITTLE ROCK DISTRICT, WILL START A MAJOR ROADWORK, PAVING AND PARK ENHANCEMENT PROJECT TODAY AT BUCK CREEK PARK AND LEAD HILL PARK RECREATION AREAS ON BULL SHOALS LAKE. INITIAL WORK WILL FOCUS ON BUCK CREEK PARK AND LEAD HILL PARK, WHERE CREWS WILL EXPAND BOAT RAMP PARKING LOTS AND ENHANCE OVERALL ACCESS TO THE LAKE. WHILE FULL PARK CLOSURES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THE EARLY PHASES, VISITORS SHOULD EXPECT TEMPORARY IMPACTS TO CERTAIN AMENITIES, PARTICULARLY BOAT LAUNCHING AREAS. THE BOAT RAMP AT BUCK CREEK PARK WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS. THE BOAT RAMP WITHIN LEAD HILL CAMPGROUND WILL ALSO BE CLOSED. HOWEVER, BOATERS WILL STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEARBY RAMP ON SHORELINE DRIVE. THE CLOSURES ARE NECESSARY TO SAFELY COMPLETE THE SCOPE OF WORK AND IMPROVE LONG-TERM FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PARKS. CURRENTLY, CAMPGROUND RESERVATIONS REMAIN UNAFFECTED, ALTHOUGH THEY COULD CLOSE IN THE FUTURE. ADDITIONAL UPGRADES ARE PLANNED FOR A LATER DATE AT TUCKER HOLLOW PARK AND HIGHWAY 125 PARK, CONTINUING THE USACE'S COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING RECREATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND BULL SHOALS LAKE. THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE PART OF ONGOING PLANNED UPGRADES, INCLUDING ENHANCEMENTS TO BOAT RAMPS, ADDITIONAL PARKING IN BOTH NORMAL AND HIGH-WATER AREAS, AND IMPROVED PARK ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS. CORPS OFFICIALS REGRET THE INCONVENIENCE BUT EMPHASIZE THAT THE WORK WILL ENHANCE SAFETY AND IMPROVE THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE.
- A MISSISSIPPI MAN WAS KILLED WHEN HIS MOTORCYCLE STRUCK A DEER ON STATE HIGHWAY 14 NEAR FIFTY-SIX IN STONE COUNTY. 57-YEAR-OLD STEVE GRISHAM OF BELZONI, MISSISSIPPI WAS WESTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 14 WHEN HIS BIKE STRUCK A DEER AND OVERTURNED. GRISHAM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. HIS PASSENGER, 57-YEAR-OLD ANGELA GRISHAM OF BELZONI, MISSISSIPPI WAS TRANSPORTED TO UAMS IN LITTLE ROCK FOR TREATMENT OF HER INJURIES.
- A MAYNARD WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY RANDOLPH COUNTY AUTHORITIES ON DRUG CHARGES. SHERIFF KEVIN BELL SAYS 36-YEAR-OLD JESSICA MORRISON WAS BOOKED FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA; POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, METH OR COCAINE; AND FOR FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD. MORRISON IS BEING HELD IN THE RANDOLPH COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.
- A ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT NORTH OF RAVENDEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HAS PUT A WILLIFORD MAN IN THE HOSPITAL. A TRUCK DRIVEN BY 66-YEAR-OLD CARL LOWE WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 90 WHEN HE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE, RAN OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO OVERTURN. LOWE WAS TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
- A CELLPHONE SALESPERSON ARRESTED AFTER REPORTEDLY TEXTING INTIMATE VIDEOS OF A MALE CUSTOMER TO HERSELF WHILE CARRYING OUT AN UPGRADE ON HIS CELLPHONE APPEARED IN BAXTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT/CRIMINAL DIVISION ON AUG 25TH. 22-YEAR-OLD RILEY MICHAEL SHADE TAPP OF MOUNTAIN HOME PLED GUILTY TO UNLAWFUL USE OF A COMPUTER. THE STATE DROPPED THREE COUNTS OF VIDEO VOYEURISM. TAPP WAS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS PROBATION UNDER PROVISION OF ACT 346, THE FIRST OFFENDER LAW. IF TAPP STAYS OUT OF TROUBLE DURING THE 72 MONTH PROBATION PERIOD, SHE CAN APPLY TO HAVE THE CASE SEALED. THE VICTIM WENT INTO THE STORE WHERE TAPP WAS EMPLOYED TO HAVE HIS PHONE UPGRADED. TAPP IS IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON WHO DID THE WORK. AFTER LEAVING, THE VICTIM NOTICED A SENT MESSAGE ON THE UPGRADED PHONE THAT HE DID NOT RECOGNIZE. ACCORDING TO THE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT, THE MESSAGE CONTAINED A SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VIDEO OF THE VICTIM THAT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ON HIS PHONE. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE NUMBER THE VICTIM HAD SEEN ON HIS PHONE BELONGED TO TAPP, AND AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED. TAPP INITIALLY TOLD INVESTIGATORS THE VIDEO HAD BEEN "AIR DROPPED" TO HER PHONE ACCIDENTALLY. WHEN TOLD THE VIDEO HAD BEEN SENT BY TEXT, TAPP WAS REPORTED TO HAVE HAD NO OTHER EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON TAPP'S PHONE, AND INVESTIGATORS FOUND TWO MORE EXPLICIT VIDEOS OF THE VICTIM THAT HAD BEEN SENT TO TAPP'S NUMBER FROM THE VICTIM'S PHONE. TAPP HAS BEEN FREED ON $5,000 BOND.
- A DISTURBANCE AT A RESIDENCE IN HORSESHOE BEND HAS LED TO THE ARREST OF 37-YEAR-OLD MARY NIERMAN OF SALEM. NIERMAN WAS WANTED ON A WARRANT OUT OF THE IZARD COUNTY DISTRICT COURT FOR TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT. THE MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST SHOWS THE IZARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RECEIVED 435 CALLS FOR SERVICE. DEPUTIES COMPLETED 73 INCIDENT REPORTS AND 18 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORTS. THERE WERE EIGHT NEW FELONY CASES FILED WITH THE IZARD COUNTY CIRCUIT CLERK'S OFFICE. DEPUTIES SERVED 61 CIVIL PAPERS. THE IZARD COUNTY JAIL STAFF BOOKED A TOTAL OF 41 INMATES WITH A DAILY AVERAGE OF 33 INMATES. SHERIFF CHARLEY MELTON SAYS $21,652.17 WORTH OF RESTITUTION FOR VICTIMS, FINES, AND FEES WERE COLLECTED DURING AUGUST BY THE OFFICE ADMINISTRATION.
- A MOUNTAIN HOME MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A BURGLARY AT THE JORDAN GROCERY STORE ON HIGHWAY 177. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWED TWO MEN IN A TRUCK WITH A TRAILER ARRIVING AT THE STORE EARLY ON THE MORNING OF SEP 2ND AND STEALING A GENERATOR. THE STORE OWNER PROVIDED THE VIDEO EVIDENCE OF A MAN MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ONE STOLEN FROM THE JORDAN STORE. THE VIDEO SHOWED THE LICENSE PLATE OF THE TRUCK THAT WAS TRACED TO 45-YEAR-OLD CHAD MICHAEL BLANKLEY, WHO WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE BAXTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHERE HE ADMITTED TO TAKING THE GENERATOR FROM THE JORDAN STORE. BLANKLEY IS FACING TWO COUNTS OF BREAKING OR ENTERING, ONE FELONY COUNT OF THEFT OF PROPERTY, AND ONE MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF THEFT OF SERVICES. BLANKLEY IS BEING HELD IN THE BAXTER COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.
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