Gravette News

As Gravette Police and Benton County Sheriff's deputies searched for a suspected shooter , school district officials took extra precautions to keep students at a nearby school safe.

KARK news reports that all schools in Gravette, Arkansas are on lockdown as of 2:16 p.m. today, May 14, 2013.

Several public schools in Gravette are now on lockdown after a shooting in the area.

Gravette police, assisted by Benton County Sheriff's Office and other law enforcement agencies are looking for a man who apparently shot another person in the area of the 300 S.E. block of Dallas Street in Gravette at about 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Authorities are looking for the suspect in a shooting in Gravette that happened at a home near one of the schools, according to Benton County law enforcement and the school district.

On Monday, Benton County Emergency Management along with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management and the Benton County Road Department completed preliminary damage assessments from the flooding that occurred on April 18.

What a week! We started off the first day of May with high temps in the 80s and before we knew it the snow was falling and record cold swept in for days on.

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A late spring snow is in the offing for a big part of the Central U.S. and some of those flakes could fall in Arkansas , in the far northwestern corner.

A state prison inmate accused of raping a teenage mentally-challenged girl while out on furlough pleaded guilty to felony rape Monday in Benton County, according to county law enforcement officials.