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- THERE WILL BE A 911 MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY AT 3:00 AT THE FALLEN HEROES FLAG MEMORIAL ON HIGHWAY 63 AT IMBODEN
- SHARP COUNTY DEPUTIES MADE NUMEROUS ARRESTS THIS WEEK. 42 YEAR OLD JASON SCHULTZ OF CHEROKEE VILLAGE WAS ARRESTED FOR HARASSMENT, DOMESTIC BATTERY, THIRD DEGREE, A MISDEMEANOR... 38 YEAR OLD JOSHUA UPCHURCH OF CAVE CITY WAS ARRESTED ON FAILURE TO APPEAR, FELONY ON A POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, MANUFACTURING METH AND COCAINE.... 40 YEAR OLD DONNA GRAY OF ASH FLAT WAS ARRESTED FOR THEFT BY RECEIVING, A MISDEMEANOR.... 21 YEAR OLD TYLER DEATON OF EVENING SHADE WAS ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. 40 YEAR OLD HELEN MCINTIRE WAS JAILED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION…
A FIRE HAS HEAVILY DAMAGED THE DAWT MILL. THE HISTORIC MILL THAT IS LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH FORK RIVER OFF MISSOURI HIGHWAY PP BETWEEN DORA AND TECUMSEH... FIREFIGHTERS FROM TECUMSEH, DORA, LICK CREEK, GAINESVILLE, CAULFIELD, BAKERSFIELD, WEST PLAINS AND THE HOWELL COUNTY RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ALL ASSISTED IN BATTLING THE BLAZE... THE KITCHEN AREA WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED, THE REMAINDER OF THE RESORT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE.
- MEMBERS OF THE LYON COLLEGE'S TASU KAPPA EPSILON CHAPTER, OR TKE, RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THEY HAD THE HONOR OF JOINING TKE'S PRESTIGIOUS $5,000 CLUB AND WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE TKE CONCLAVE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.. THE LYON COLLEGE CHAPTER WORKED DILIGENTLY OVER THE PAST YEAR TO HELP RAISE MONEY TO DONATE TO THE MAIN PHILANTHROPY, ST. JUDE CHILDREN';S RESEARCH HOSPITAL IN MEMPHIS WITH THE FINAL AMOUNT TOTALING $5,405....
RESIDENTS OF HOXIE GATHEREDTHURSDAYNIGHT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS HANDLING THE HOXIE POLICE CHIEF SELLING A GUN TO PAWN SHOP... HOXIE POLICE CHIEF GLEN SMITH WAS PLACED ON LEAVE AUGUST THIRD AFTER CITY OFFICIALS GOT A TIP ABOUT SMITH SELLING A POLICE DEPARTMENT GUN TO A PAWN SHOP.. SOME 20 PEOPLE ATTENDEDTHURSDAYNIGHTS MEETING, THE MAYOR DID NOT ATTEND AND ONLY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDED THURSDAYNIGHTS MEETING...DURING THE MEETING, FIRE CHIEF GREG DITTO EXPLAINED HOW HE BECAME AWARE OF THE SOLD GUN AND ALERTED LAW ENFORCEMENT.. HE SAID THE TRANSACTION DATES BACK TO JUNE, 2021 WHEN HE ASKED SMITH TO FIND A TACTICAL SHOTGUN TO PLACE IN POLICE VEHICLES.. THE GUN WAS PURCHASED AT A PAWN SHOP IN POCAHONTAS DURING THAT TIME, WHILE THE SAME GUN WAS SOLD AT A DIFFERENT PAWN SHOP IN WALNUT RIDGE A FEW MONTHS LATER, BUT CHIEF DITTO DID NOT FIN OUT THAT INFORMATION UNTIL RECENTLY... DITTO SAID ON AUGUST SECOND, HE SAW THE GUN HELPED SMITH CHOOSE FOR THE DEPARTMENT AT THE PAWN SHOP IN WALNUT RIDGE... RESIDENTS ATTHURSDAYNIGHTS MEETING ASKED WHERE THE GUN IS NOW.. THE CITY COUNCILMAN IN ATTENDANCE COULD NOT GIVE A DEFINITE ANSWER BECAUSE THEY DID NOT KNOW.
- THE ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION IS UPDATING ITS RESERVOIR BLACK BASS MANAGEMENT PLAN AGAIN THIS YEAR TO CONTINUE IMPROVING THE SPECIES POPULATION, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF ANGLERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE... THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN HOLDING A SERIES OF PUBLIC FORUMS TO ALLOW ANGLERS TO GIVE THEIR INPUT... ACCORDING TO THE GAME AND FISH, THE GOAL IS TO USE THE MOST RECENT SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE BASS FISHING OPPORTUNITIES IN ARKANSAS.. THE NEWEST VERSION OF THE PLAN FOCUSES NOT ONLY ON LARGEMOUTH BASS, BUT ALSO SPOTTED BASS AND SMALLMOUTH BASS IN THE STATE'S RESERVOIRS AND LAKES..MORE INFORMATION ON THE PLAN CAN BE FOUND BY GOING TO THE GAME AND FISH'S BLACK BASS PROGRAM PAGE..
THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE ARRESTED A MAMMOTH SPRING MAN FOLLOWING A HIGH SPEED CHASE WEDNESDAY THAT ENDED WITH HIM CRASHING IN CLAY COUNTY... STATE POLICE INFORMATION OFFICER, BILL SADLER SAYS A STATE TROOPER SPOTTED 44 YEAR OLD ANTHONY WASHAM SPEEDING ON HIGHWAY 62 IN CLAY COUNTY.. THE TROOPER ACIVATED HIS LIGHTS AND SIRENS TO STOP WASHAM.. INSTEAD OF STOPPING, WASHAM CONTINUED DRIVING EAST TOWARD McDOUGAL... WASHAM THEN TURNED ON CLAY COUNTY ROAD 329 BEFORE LOSING CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE NORTHWEST OF POLLARD... WASHAM WAS NOT INJURED AND NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH... WASHAM IS BEING HELD IN THE GREENE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, POSSESSION OF METH AND MARIJUANA, FELONY FLEEING ND RECKLESS DRIVING...
- A HARDY MAN IS FACING DRUG CHARGES AFTER SHARP COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED HIM AT A RESIDENCE IN HARDY... 40 YEAR OLD CLYDE GRIFFIN IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA FOR METH AND COCAINE, POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE ONE AND TWO METH AND COCAINE. DRIVING DWI ON A REVOKED LICENSE, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, SECOND OFFENSE AND REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A CHEMICAL TEST... GRIFFIN IS BEING HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY JAIL, AWAITING A BOND HEARING…
- THE CITY OF CHEROKEE VILLAGE HAS RECEIVED APPROVAL FORM THE ARKANSAS CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO PROCEED WITH THE EXTENSION OF TOHI TRAIL. MAYOR RUSS STOKES SAYS THE CITY IS WAITING TO HEAR FROM ARDOT REGARDING AN ENVIRONMENTAL SECTION OF THE PROJECT…
- OZARK COUNTY, MISSOURI AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY RAN HIS OFF-ROAD VEHICLE INTO A CROWD OF PEOPLE AT THE CLOUD 9 RANCH... OZARK COUNTY DISPATCH RECEIVED A CALLSUNDAY, REGARDING A INDIVIDUAL WHO RAN INTO AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WITH AN OFF-ROAD VEHICLE AND THEN FLED THE SCENE... FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE TO FIND INDIVIDUAL UNCONSCIOUS AND ANOTHER WITH INJURIES TO HIS LEGS... POLICE REPORTS INDICATE THE SUSPECT WRECKED HIS OFF-ROAD VEHICLE AFTER THE INITIAL INCIDENT AND NEEDED MEDICAL TREATMENT... AN INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THERE HAD BEEN AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE VICTIMS AND SUSPECT WHICH LED THE SUSPECT, TREVOR WHITE TO ALLEGEDLY RUN HIS OFF-ROAD VEHICLE INTO A CROWD OF APPROXIMATELY 30 PEOPLE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, STRIKING TWO AND RUNNING OVER ONE, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT INJURIES... WHITE IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND IS BEING HELD IN THE OZARK COUNTY JAIL.
- AS HOMETOWN NEWS REPORTED LAST WEEK, THERE;S A NEW SUPERINTENDENT AT THE MAMMOTH SPRING STATE PARK.… A NEW SUPERINTENDENT IN TITLE, BUT A FAMILIAR NAME, ADAM DAVIS WAS PROMOTED TO PARK SUPERINTENDENT FOLLOWING THE RETIREMENT OF LONGTIME SUPERINTENDENT DAVE JACKSON AT THE END OF JUNE.... DAVIS IS HUMBLED AND THANKFUL FOR THE PROMOTION…AS THOSE WHO KNOW HIM WOULD EXPECT, THE NEW PARK SUPERINTENDENT HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH SEVERAL PROJECTS ON THE "" TO DO" LIST FOR THE NEXT YEAR… DAVIS TOLD HOMETOWN NEWS EARLIER, THE MAMMOTH SPRING STATE PARK IS ON TARGET TO BREAK A NEW RECORD FOR VISITORS THIS YEAR... THE STATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MAMMOTH SPRING NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY AND ACQUATIC CENTER IS IS HOSTING FISH FEST, A FISHING DERBY ONSATURDAY,SEPTEMBER 24THFROM 9 TO 3 FOR YOUNGSTERS AGES 15 AND UNDER AT THE NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY.. THE MAMMOTH SPRING STATE PARK WILL HAVE A B-B AND ARCHERY RANGE SET UP FROM 11 TIL 1 WITH A FREE LUNCH FOR THE PARTICIPANTS TO FOLLOW....
- THE STATE LAND OFFICE HAS BEEN BUSY IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA. A TAX DELINQUENT AUCTION CONCLUDEDTHURSDAYIN IZARD COUNTY, THE TAX DELINQUENT AUCTION IN FULTON COUNTY ISTUESDAYAND WEDNESDAYAT THE HICKINBOTHAM-MILLER BUILDING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN SALEM.. THE RECENT AUCTION OF TAX-DELIQUENT PROPERTY AUCTION IN SHARP COUNTY RAISED OVER $362,000… COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS, TOMMY LAND SAYS THE AUCTION DREW 73 BIDDERS, WHO PURCHASED 280 OF THE 3,099 AVAILABLE PARCELS FOR A TOTAL OF $362,020.61 FOR COUNTY AND STATE GOVERNMENT. THE LAND COMMISSIONERS OFFICE HOLDS ONE AUCTION IN EACH COUNTY EACH YEAR TO RETURN TAX-DELIQUENT PROPERTY TO ACTIVE STATUS.. SINCE COVID-19 FORCED THE CANCELLATION OF THE 2020 AUCTIONS AND DELAYED THE 2021 AUCTIONS, THIS YEARS AUCTIONS OFFERS TWO YEARS WORTH OF PROPERTIES... THE TAX DELINQUENT PROPERTY AUCTION IN FULTON COUNTY IS TUESDAYANDWEDNESDAYAT THE HICKINBOTHAM-MILLER BUILDING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN SALEM... THE AUCTION BEGINS AT 10, REGISTRATION OF BIDDERS WILL BEGIN AT 9:30..
- THE SHARP COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE IS ORGANIZING A ZOOM MASTER GARDENER TRAINING SESSION... THE FIRST CLASS IS IN OCTOBER, BUT NEXT THRUSDAY IS THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP ACCORDING TO COUNTY AGENT CODY STROUD.… IT'S EASY TO REGISTER.… THE FIRST TRAINING SESSION ISOCTOBER 5TH,NEXT THURSDAYIS THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP... CALL THE EXTENSION OFFICE IN ASH FLAT AT 994- 7363 OR EMAILcstroud@ua.da.edu.
- THE HIGHLAND SCHOOL BOARD HELD A SPECIAL MEETING TUESDAY TO CONSIDER BIDS FOR MAINTENANCE WORK AT THE A.L. HUSTON CENTER... SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY LEWIS. HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL IS HOSTING A MILITARY AND COLLEGE NIGHT TONIGHT AT 6 AT THE A.L. HUTSON CENTER. REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL COLLEGES AND MILITARY BRANCHES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VISIT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS... THESE COLLEGES WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES TONIGHT, ARKANSAS STATE IN JONESBORO, MOUNTIAN HOME AND NEWPORT, THE , U OF A, OZARKA COLLEGE, HARDING UNIVERSITY, ARKANSAS TECH, WILLIAMS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, LYON COLLEGE, CENTRAL ARKANSAS, BLACK RIVER TECHNICAL COLLEGE, THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND AIR FORCE…
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