Scam targets utility company
Telephone calls to Arkansas residents demanding payment of electrical services bills immediately by prepaid money cards are the work of scammers, AEP/Southwestern Electric Power Co. spokesmen said Friday.
View ArticleTrustee seeks MPH dismissal
Attorneys for U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee Nancy J. Gargula were in court in Texarkana today to ask that the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Hope Medical Park Hospital, LLC, the former owner of the now-defunct...
View ArticleMPH estate gets fraction of cash
Bankruptcy proceedings have recovered only a fraction of the more than $7 million in cash assets known to have been in bank accounts related to the operations of the former Medical Park Hospital.
View ArticleSupreme Court ruling focus in Dansby appeal
Attorneys for a Nevada County man convicted of a double homicide in 1997 and state attorneys have squared off in court filings over a U. S. Supreme Court ruling that will determine the course of Joe...
View ArticleArrests in deer camp ATV thefts
Hempstead County Sheriff's investigators have made arrests and recovered various items of property including stolen four-wheelers and generators taken from a local deer camp.
View ArticleBond motions split in homicides
Motions for bond reductions in circuit court here in a traffic fatality case and a shooting homicide were split in recent hearings on the charges before Eighth Judicial District-North Circuit Judge...
View ArticleFeds probe Lafayette County books
Lafayette County Sheriff Victor Rose said Monday he was ready for a fight with state auditors and the FBI over allegations of financial impropriety by himself and his wife, Lafayette County...
View ArticleFormer resident's death probed
Marion County Sheriff Roger Vickers has confirmed that the death June 6 of a former Hempstead County resident is being investigated as a homicide.
View Article3 in custody after kayak thefts reported
Investigator: Suspects hitched ride from state trooper.
View ArticleSheriff's Office makes more arrests in kayak thefts
Christopher Ryan Couch, 24, of Fulton, was the first person arrested in connection with the thefts. Arrested Tuesday was Matthew Winston Honnell, 21, of Prescott. Others who face charges are Tanner...
View ArticleLafayette treasurer: Nobody talked to me
As federal authorities took over the investigation of the accounts of Lafayette County on Tuesday, the county treasurer said she was never contacted for an explanation prior to appearing before...
View ArticleCrime Lab rules homicide
Marion County authorities confirmed Thursday that the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory has ruled the death of former Hempstead County resident Ronald McCorkle, 60, a homicide.
View ArticleGunplay leaves one dead
Authorities were continuing the investigation at press time today into the shooting death of a local man, and the injury of a second victim.
View ArticleOnline predators growing menace
Cyber-stalking by sexual predators is the core of a $3 billion a year enterprise that produces what two experts in the investigation of child pornography call “crime scene photos” of the No. 1 internet...
View ArticleAre predators winning?
Online predators can now role play with children via videogames that connect participants worldwide directly to your home gaming device.
View ArticleLawmen still seeking shooters
Local authorities were still seeking multiple suspects today at press time in the shooting death of a Hope man and the stabbing and burning injury of another.
View ArticleHunting online predators
Hunting down online sexual predators has required law enforcement to adapt and to adopt new tools and tactics, according to Dr. J. Michael Wood, Sex Offender Screening and Risk Assessment program...
View ArticleHoliday traffic enforcement set
Hope Police officers will step up patrols to combat both impaired driving and speeding during the next two weeks.
View ArticleJoint holiday patrol effort planned
Combined law enforcement safety patrols emphasizing DWI and speeding violations have already begun across Arkansas and will continue through July 14.
View ArticleNorthside repair demolition begins
Members of the Southwest Arkansas Community Correction Demolition Team were on hand Friday in Hope to demolish the burnt-out kitchen and hallway area of Northside Park Community Center.
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