Cotton Plant News

A fugitive wanted by the state of Michigan for murder, armed robbery, and home invasion has been arrested by a team of Deputy U.S. Marshals and Woodruff County Sheriffs deputies in Cotton Plant. via ArkansasMatters

“We have more technology than any school district of our size.”

"We've got math labs, EAST labs, GIS, Distance Learning ... every kind of lab you can think of," said Avis Blevins, district superintendent. via Arkansas Online

Two arrested in a raid of a cockfighting operation near Cedarville last year pleaded to misdemeanor charges on Monday in Crawford County Circuit Court while four more requested jury trials. via Van Buren Press Argus-Courier

Sister Rosetta Tharpe Day Sister Rosetta Tharpe was gospel's first national superstar: the musician who, beginning in the late 1930s, took the sounds of the "Good News" music then developing in black churches ... via Blues Foundation News

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's waterfowl report for Jan. 9, 2008. NORTHEAST ARKANSAS Dave Donaldson Black River WMA: PERCENT FLOODED: The GTRs are 100 percent flooded. via Log Cabin Democrat

Earnest and Judith Russell of Batesville have announced the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Valerie Jenay Russell, to Carlos Cantrell Tyler, son of Peter Tyler of Cotton Plant and Teresa ... via Batesville Daily Guard

“About 20 people stayed here for about a year, searching”

The price to find the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker could be a big one, $27 million to be exact, taken out of the taxpayers pocket. via ArkansasMatters

“I was very shocked to hear about it. Very saddened and I don't believe in this. I know him well enough to say I don't believe this happened and it frustrated me.”

In Augusta, a teacher is under investigation and that teacher, who has a second job with the city of Cotton Plant, could be facing criminal charges. via KTHV-TV