A Great “Lil Fishing Hole†Located Just Down The Road
Living in Northeast Arkansas is a fisherman’s paradise, but one place we’ve driven past a thousand times turns out to be a great place to “wet your hookâ€. Portia Bay…
Level 2 Sex Offender Captured By Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office
On June 10, 2011 the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Dept. arrested Jonathan Gustafson (01/20/85) of Portia for failure to register as a sex offender. The arrest came after Investigators were working…
Bad Driving Leads To Arrest Of A Powhatan Man With Components Of Meth In Vehicle
On June 08, 2011 the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Dept. arrested Ronnie Lee Moore Jr. (08/26/76) of Powhatan for possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture meth and illegal sales of…
Black River Flooding Moves Into Lawrence County Causing Major Travel Problems *Photo
Several agencies including the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, Arkansas State Police and several fire departments in the Hoxie/Walnut Ridge area are out in full force with rising waters flooding roadways…
A Call To Sheriff Dotson Results In A Water Rescue In Clover Bend By Joe Chappell
Around 9am Thursday a family in Clover Bend got word to Sheriff Dotson that were trapped by the flood waters in the Clover Bend area. Sheriff Dotson knew the only…
Black River At Pocahontas Breaks The 1915 Record And Is Still Rising
The National Weather Service at midnight on April 27th observed the Black River at Pocahontas at 28.24 feet, the record set back in 1915 was 27.9 feet. For reference, the…
Lawrence County Officer Responds To Shots Fired
Sheriff Jody Dotson of the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a 17 year old male from Black Rock for commercial burglary, theft of property, criminal mischief, criminal…
Lawrence County Deputies and Arkansas State Police Busy With Monday’s Ice On The Roads
Shortly before 7am calls began coming into the Lawrence County Dispatch with reports of wrecks on Hwy 63 from Imboden to Hoxie. Deputies worked more than 6 vehicles and several…
Theft Suspect Flees And Runs Into A Walnut Ridge Police Car
Captain Jody Dotson of the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department reports the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department with assistance from the Walnut Ridge Police Department arrested Andrew Ring of Pocahontas for Residential…
Elvis Sighting in Portia, Arkansas?
An Elvis Sighting in Portia? It’s just one of those things that makes you say, “What The?”. Well, We’ve seen it and we love it! Elvis is alive and on…
Facebook Page Leads Lawrence County Deputies To Theft Arrest
*UPDATED*Captain Jody Dotson of the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department announced that on Friday April 16th 2010 two arrests were made for theft of property and criminal mischief. Arrested were Adam…
*VIDEO*Candidates Give Replies to Lawrence County Fire Departments
Thursday evening candidates from State Representative, County Judge and Sheriff met with Fire Departments from Lawrence County. Letters were sent to gather questions from the departments to ask the candidates,…
Lawrence County Fire Departments Meet To Form New Association
March, 25th at 7pm Fire Departments from the entire county attended a meeting at the Lawrence County Meeting Room in the library in Walnut Ridge. The meeting was hosted with…
Attempted break in at Imboden Medical Pharmacy
Around 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning residents of Imboden were awakened by the alarm at the Imboden Medical Pharmacy. The Lawrence County Dispatch Center recieved calls stating a subject was seen…