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Oregon County Sheriff Eric King discussed what is taking place with the sheriff’s office and a brief history of area caves at the latest Oregon County Historical Society. King discussed grants the department has received since 2015 including equipment for patrol vehicles such as flashlights, spotlights and transport partitions. They were able to acquire body cameras through other funding sources including donations and fundraising...

Country music superstars Mark Chesnutt and group Shenandoah will perform at this year’s Cave City Watermelon Festival; Shenandoah on Friday, July 26, at 8 p.m. on the Bank of Cave City Main Stage and Chesnutt on Saturday, July 27, at 8:30 p.m. on the Bank of Cave City Main Stage...

On July 9, Baxter County Sheriff’s Deputies were involved in a high speed pursuit of a stolen Chevy Silverado truck into Fulton County.The stolen truck was abandoned at Pickren Hall Road at the intersection of Enterprise Road at around 6:50 a.m. A manhunt began at this point. ...

July 8 – 14 According to Sheriff Earnie Blackley: On July 8, David Miller age 30, of Cherokee Village, was arrested by Deputy JJ Thomas for Driving with Suspended License and was transported to Izard County Detention Center. Miller posted a bond of $385. Miller is scheduled to appear in the Izard County District Court on Aug. 8...

The Sharp County Quorum Court regularly scheduled meeting July 8. Tension was in the air as the court discussed whether or not to accept a bid for work regarding the jail. The meeting opened with the County Treasurer’s Report. Treasurer Wanda Girtman told the court the county was “back in the black” on sales tax and provided some promising news...

Carlos Lopopolo, owner of Southwestern Treasurers, a Native American and leather working shop in Hardy, is working to open a mustang preserve in Ravenden Springs using the profits raised through the items he sells in his shop. The preserve will be one of many to be established by Lopopolo and the first in this portion of Arkansas...

Although the trial ultimately ended in a mistrial after a hung jury was dismissed by Circuit Judge Harold Erwin, July 2 started the second day of trial for Cherokee Village Police Officer Josh Trivitt, as the second round of state’s witnesses were called, beginning with recently reinstated Ash Flat Police Officer Colton Wilson...

On July 7, Jimmy L. Novak, a man walking across the country to raise awareness for veteran suicide, made a pit stop at the Spring River Draft House in Hardy. On March 22, Novak began his journey leaving from Dupont, Wash. with the goal to walk 22 miles a day to symbolize one mile for each veteran who will take their own life...

An incident occurring July 4 landed a Sharp County couple in jail after it was reported one was attempting to drown their child. According to a release from the Sharp County Sheriff’s Department, 911 received a call of a father holding his 12-year-old daughter under water at the Huelett access on the Strawberry River...