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...
NORFORK, AR (KAIT) - A Baxter County man will face a murder charge in a shooting death that occurred in November.
According to Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery, Johnnie Carl Baker of Salesville, AR has been charged with second degree murder in the death of Dennis Franklin Chapman also of Salesville.
The sheriff says Baker shot Chapman in the face on November 12 at 29 Major Street in Norfork.
Investigators say Baker told them the shooting was accidental and the gun went off on its own. He said he did not recall having his finger on the trigger. Baker also told them he was trying to shoot a bottle out of the hand of Chapman with a Marlin 30/30 lever action rifle.
However during the course of the investigation, Sheriff Montgomery states the type of rifle used "must be manually manipulated in order for it to fire". The sheriff says Baker had loaded the rifle the day before the shooting and that pointing the gun at Chapman "demonstrated an extreme indifference to the value of human life".
Sheriff's investigators, Arkansas State Police and Norfork Police presented sufficient evidence to the prosecuting attorney which led to the filing of the murder charge. Baker was arrested Thursday and is in the Baxter County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.
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...
Johnnie Carl Baker (Baxter County Sheriff's Office)
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