Smithville Homicide Victim’s Name Released
61 year old James Sartorelli has been identified as the victim in last weeks homicide that occurred outside Smithville. Investigators allegedly have a person of interest and have conducted interviews.…
Money Is Motive In Linda Collins Murder According To Prosecutors
Information is slowly being released in the case of former State Senator Linda Collins murder investigation. Recently what prosecutors are describing at a motive has been released and it points…
Criminal Investigation Division And Coroner Called After Body Discovered Outside Smithville
Details are still coming in, here’s what we know. Around 10 am Thursday the Lawrence County Dispatch was advised of a body discovered in a camper located on a private…
Man Arrested After Fleeing Scene Of Domestic In Walnut Ridge
On Tuesday at 6:13 pm the Lawrence County Dispatch received a 911 call from the 300 block of Old Pocahontas Road in Walnut Ridge reporting a male subject attempting to…
Pursuit Ends With Crash Outside Ravenden Monday Night
At 9:32 pm the Ravenden Police Department reported being in a pursuit up Hwy 90 out of Ravenden. According to reports a blue minivan was seen throwing some type of…
Spike Strips Deployed To End High Speed Chase Through Lawrence County
At 12:28 am Sunday the Ravenden Police observed a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe driving erratically southbound on Hwy 63. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle but the driver refused to…
Randolph County District Judge John Throesch Resigns
On Thursday April 30 Randolph County District Judge John Throesch sent a signed letter to Governor Asa Hutchinson. The resignation stems from allegations that he committed violations against the code…
Three Deaths at Walnut Ridge Nursing and Rehab, Numerous Residents and Staff COVID-19 Positive
State Representative Fran Cavenaugh gave an update today on Walnut Ridge Nursing and Rehab. She stated as of this morning 42 positive residents in the facility at this time, 3…
Sedgwick Man Charged With Kidnapping In Craighead County Court
43 year old Jammy Doyle Rhodes of Sedgwick was charged in Craighead County District Court today in connection with the disappearance of 13 year old Kendra Trammel of Jonesboro. Kendra…
Governor Hutchison’s daily update on COVID-19 in Arkansas 4/17/2020
Governor Hutchison’s daily update on COVID-19 in Arkansas The Governor recognized Chief Petty Officer Charles Robert Thacker Jr. who lost his life due to COVID-19. He was on the…
Outbreak of COVID-19 at a Lawrence County Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility
22 residents housed in the building of a nursing facility in Walnut Ridge are positive for COVID-19. One person was sent to a hospital and one person has passed away.…
18 Deaths in Arkansas Related to COVID-19
Governor Asa Hutchinson and Secretary of Health Dr. Nate Smith delivered an update about COVID-19 from the Capitol today . Here is a summary of that update. 946…Positive cases of…
Minor Injuries Only Are Early Reports From Jonesboro
At 7:45 pm Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott stated that only minor injuries had been reported and no deaths in Saturday’s tornado. Shortly before 5pm the city of Jonesboro took…
Lawrence County added to list of counties with confirmed cases of COVID-19
Status Update as of March 23, 2020 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas…..197 Lawrence County was added today to the confirmed list of counties with COVID-19 cases. The COVID-19 case…
Arkansas COVID-19 Update
Status Update of 118 positive COVID-19 cases in Arkansas as of March 21st, 1:40pm. 13 of the current positive patients are hospitalized at this point. Over half of these are in…
Additional Covid-19 case reported in Northwest Arkansas
On Wednesday morning an additional Covid-19 case was reported in a joint release from County and City Officials in the Fayetteville area. The identity of the person has been withheld…