Friday, May 24 2013 11:48 AM EDT2013-05-24 15:48:44 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
Walter McMillan, the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department's district engineer for Lawrence County, says there is no set date for completion of the project, which is valued at more than $39 million.
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."
Federal officials were searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collapsed along the crucial Interstate 5 corridor, but Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cautioned Friday that major disruptions...
BLYTHEVILLE, AR (KAIT) – Blytheville Police have arrested one man and are looking for another in the shooting death of Thomas David Essig.
According to Blytheville Police, Essig, 23, was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds in the yard of True Gospel Missionary Church on West Rose Street, on December 1.
Police interviewed several people identifying 43-year-old Jimmy Northern as the shooting suspect. Police found Northern already in jail on unrelated charges. He was arraigned on murder in the first degree and possession of a firearm by a certain person. His bond was set at $240,000.
Police are also searching for 17-year-old Rodney Willis in connection to the murder.
Anyone with any information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the Blytheville Police Department at 870-763-4411 or 870-762-0400. All tips are kept confidential.
Region 8 News will continue to track this case, and bring you any new details as soon as they become available.
A southwestern Illinois judge whose colleague died of a cocaine overdose while the two were on a hunting trip together has been charged with possession of heroin and guns.
Tennessee has announced that Tim Rogers is stepping down as the university's vice chancellor for student life, less than three weeks after he cited an "intolerable situation" in an email that he sent to chancellor Jimmy...
Jimmy Northern (Source: Blytheville Police Department)
Rodney Willis (Source: Blytheville Police Department)
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