Ashdown News

Little River County has been told by the state to improve conditions at its jail within six months or close the facility.

ALMA Shelly Ann Newton , 1322 Briarwood, June 8, Chapter 7. ARKADELPHIA Andre Marcus Adams, 118 S. 25th, June 5, Chapter 13.

It's a tragedy that rattled this small community of 5,000. It's a crime no one here will ever forget.

Except for the roof, a pavilion is submerged at the Millwood State Park about nine miles east of Ashdown, Ark.

A 13-year-old Ashdown girl was allegedly raped by 22-year-old Kio Demarcus Gaines of Ashdown, who is now a fugitive.

Residents in Ashdown, Arkansas are dealing with flooded streets and bridges throughout the county.

Several scholarships were recently awarded to Ashdown High School seniors during the annual Ashdown Scholarship Tea.

Staff photo by Jim Williamson A bird waits for a fish as the water level rises Thursday morning near the Millwood Lake State Park, about 9 miles east of Ashdown, Ark.

REUNIONS June Ashdown High School Class of 1956 will have a reunion June 6 at Ashdown Senior Citizen Center.

NASHVILLE, Ark.-The alleged shooter in a murder-for-hire case testified Wednesday that the husband of the victim bragged about faking grief during her funeral and complained about the cost to bury her.

Retired Circuit Judge Ted Capeheart of Ashdown has been appointed to oversee the case of Union County Justice of the Peace Jack Reynolds, who was arrested in 2008 on seven felony counts of aggravated assault.

Arkansas State Sen. Barbara Horn, D-Foreman, is hugged by Janice Dancer, a Southwest Arkansas Development Council early childhood commissioner, Friday afternoon in Ashdown, Ark.

The first Little River County Relay for Life Benefit Ride will be Saturday. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. at the Brookshire's parking lot in Ashdown on U.S. Highway 71 South .

A former state representative from Texarkana who was headed to trial over allegations of running an illegal gambling operation pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of keeping a gambling device.

FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1259 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009 ARC057-061-081-091-TXC037-182045- /O.NEW.KSHV.FA.Y.0003.090418T1759Z-090418T2045Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LITTLE RIVER AR-HEMPSTEAD AR-HOWARD AR-MILLER AR-BOWIE TX- 1259 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT ...

GRADUATIONS Evan Soper, a 2004 graduate of Arkansas High School, has received a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Central Arkansas at Conway and has been accepted in the graduate program to study stream ecology.

EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 917 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TEXARKANA... NORTHWESTERN HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ...

About 400 grams of compressed marijuana were found in a house in Gillham, Ark., after law enforcement agencies served a search warrant.

Patrick Brown, center, looks at the damaged rail after a KCS derailment Wednesday in Ashdown, Ark.

A surveillance camera helped the Ashdown, Ark., Burger King manager discover a theft from the store's safe, according to an Ashdown police report.