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 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 behind him....
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These two have lots of plans now that school is out. "Going out to my Grandma Cricket's and seeing my big brother a lot." Cason and Noah Stinson were visiting Crowley's Ridge Nature Center where they
In 2012, more than 900 cases of tick-related illnesses were reported.
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WALDENBURG, AR (KAIT) - A small Poinsett County town is coming together to help a man who was injured at a local business. Wednesday, a tire ruptured in David Newsom's face while on the job. Now his coworkers,
Wednesday, a tire ruptured in David Newsom's face while on the job. Now his coworkers, along with members of the community are coming together to help him out.
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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.
JONESBORO, AR
(KAIT) – A longtime banking official in Jonesboro has died this week.
Jonesboro native Frank
W. Oldham Jr. passed away Tuesday morning at UAMS, according to Emerson Funeral
Home.
Mr. Oldham was the chairman
and chief executive officer of American State Bank until the bank merged with
BancorpSouth Bank in 2005. He then
became the regional president for Northeast Arkansas of BancorpSouth until his
retirement in 2008.
In 1990 to 2000,
Mr. Oldham served on the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees. He became the chairman of that board in the
last two years.
The longtime banker
was also a finalist for the University of Arkansas System presidency in 2011.
More information
about Mr. Oldham's funeral arrangements can be found here.
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...
Frank W. Oldham Jr. (Source: UAMS)
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