Friday, May 24 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-24 23:20:30 GMT
BLACK ROCK, AR (KAIT) – Drivers have likely noticed a lot of construction recently beside the Black River bridge at Black Rock. Walter McMillan, the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department's district
Some local drivers have feared that a bridge collapse like the one in Washington State this week could happen closer to home. People have been particularly fearful of the aging Black River Bridge that connects Black Rock and Portia on U.S. 63 in Lawrence County.
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:24 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:24:57 GMT
LEACHVILLE, AR (KAIT) - The Leachville Police Department is reporting a 12-year-old boy died in an ATV accident Thursday afternoon. Leachville police responded to the accident on County Road 142 around
Leachville police responded to the accident on County Road 142 around 5:15 p.m.
Friday, May 24 2013 1:21 PM EDT2013-05-24 17:21:01 GMT
Jonesboro police investigating a reported burglary found a marijuana grow lab instead. Thursday afternoon Officer Jason Bissett responded to a residential burglary call in the 3300-block of South Culberhouse. Click
Jonesboro police investigating a reported burglary found a marijuana grow lab instead.
Friday, May 24 2013 11:31 AM EDT2013-05-24 15:31:28 GMT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Authorities in central Arkansas say a 14-year-old boy has died following a hit-and-run in Pulaski County. Pulaski County Sheriff's Office Lt. James Burk says the teen was walking
Authorities in central Arkansas say a 14-year-old boy has died following a hit-and-run in Pulaski County.
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."
The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water...
WEST MEMPHIS, AR
(KAIT) - The West Memphis Police Department says a murder suspect has
turned himself into police without incident.
According to WMPD, Denarius
Mathew Stallings turned himself into police Sunday night and is currently being
held in the Crittenden County Detention Center.
Stallings is facing multiple
charges, including first degree murder, first degree battery, and
possession of a firearm after police found two men who had been shot lying
outside the Imperial Homes Apartment Complex around 10 a.m. Sunday morning.
The shooting victims,
21-year-old Demyrion Miller and 20-year-old Phillip Jones, were taken by
ambulance to the Memphis Regional Medical Center.
Miller was later pronounced dead and Jones is still
listed in critical condition.
Region 8 news will
continue to track this story and bring you any new details as soon as they
become available.
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