Mountainburg News

A portion of U.S. 71 just north of Mountainburg will be closed for up to two weeks because of instability in the area, according to Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department officials.

State highway officials say part of U.S. 71 in northwest Arkansas will be closed for up to two weeks while contractors repair flood damage.

The Arkansas Supreme Court released opinions Thursday.The court's ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here.

Mountainburg police have charged a man with an alleged rape of a 7-year-old child.

Posted By: Monika Rued 1 hr ago Flood damage to U.S. 71 north of Mountainburg is causing delays on the old highway between northwestern Arkansas and the rest of the state.

The problem has been building for a year. The heavy rains from both this year and last have caused a landslide beneath Highway 71.

Traffic is down to one lane on a short stretch of U.S. 71 north of Mountainburg because heavy rains the last two years are causing a portion of roadway to slide down a hillside.

Children of Roy Peters aka William Roy Peters b. 1913 in Mountainburg, AR and Audrey Mae Simmons Peters b.1912 in Mountainburg, AR are searching for sibling in the Gregg County, TX area, possibly obfuscated by surnames Simmons or Hilton.

A Mountainburg man was taken into police custody Thursday for allegedly following his ex-girlfriend, breaking into her house and threatening to kill her.

Former Mountainburg Police Chief Ralph Bryant wants access to his personnel file and is asking a Crawford County circuit judge to force the town's mayor to hand it over.

Charges against a Russellville man stemming from a shooting incident at a creekside wedding are likely to be dropped after he was killed in an automobile accident Wednesday, prosecutors said.

A man who died in a highway crash was awaiting trial on charges that he opened fire with a handgun at a creekside wedding and left four people wounded, including the bride and groom.

There will be no trial for the man accused of shooting a bride and groom at their wedding.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER Library games Callie Skoff , 4, watches while Amelia Bonacci, 4, spins with her eyes closed, as Alyson Low directs a game of "Pin the Arrow on the Heart" during story ...

A former building inspector for the city of Rogers claims in a lawsuit that he was wrongly terminated from his position.

Mud made battling a blaze a chore in Crawford County late this morning. The flames broke out in the tiny community of Graphic, just outside of Mountainburg.

Ill feelings over the firing of Police Chief Ralph Bryant last month are smoldering in this Crawford County town after the City Council voted down a proposal Monday to pay him for unused vacation and sick ...

Fayetteville- The citizens of Mountainburg had a lot to say at tonight's meeting about their city's government, and their message was clear.

Special to the Democrat-Gazette The state Highway Department plans to install weather monitors on two Interstate 540 bridges as research in developing a bigger road weather information system.

A hearing between a former Mountainburg police chief and the city's mayor has been set.