Following a fatal pedestrian accident in downtown Jonesboro, plans to improve pedestrian safety are under review by city leadership.
19-year-old Namarion Jerome Rodgers is behind bars on two bonds totaling $1.5 million after agents found drugs and prescription pills at his home.
The entire state has been designated at a high wildfire risk through March 29, and more than half of all counties are currently under burn bans.
Increases in boating accidents by duck hunters, as well as hazardous conditions last spring on many streams and rivers from flooding, were contributors to the peaks in accidents and fatalities last year.
First responders from multiple agencies traveled down Interstate 57 and into Jonesboro Wednesday afternoon for a procession honoring the life of deceased Bay volunteer firefighter Capt. Kolby Belcher.
Police said he repeatedly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and threatened to kill her.
Court documents show that an Earle man was arrested in Craighead County for beating a pregnant woman in his car and preventing her from escaping.
The Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division is investigating an officer-involved fatal shooting involving the Department of Corrections K-9 team.
The burn ban prohibits all outdoor burning until further notice.
Police said the suspect held a kitchen knife to the throat of a pregnant woman and directed two unidentified women to kick her in the stomach.