Murfreesboro News

After a record-low year for wildfires in 2008 and nearly no such fires during May this year, the number of wildfires in Arkansas is running about average through the first half of 2009.

'Mama, this surely is a dream.' Ah, but it's all too real: Continuing the surreal parade of '90s acts passing through the Nashville area this month , the 'Sex and Candy' whiffers are hitting up 'Boro rock haven 527 Mainstreet.

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for much of the southern portion of the state.

A Disaster Recovery Center is opening in Polk County. At the center you cana a Register for FEMA assistance by using phone banks at the center a Check the status of your application a Meet with a FEMA applicant assistant representative a Obtain information about state agencies and voluntary organizations a Discuss the U.S. Small Business ...

Hempstead County dive teams found the body of the second missing boater Tuesday morning.

The body of drowning victim Michael O'Neal, 29, of Murfreesboro, Ark., was pulled from the Red River near Fulton early Tuesday.

The search is still on in Hempstead County for two men missing on the Little Red River.

In May of 2008, my family and I took a trip into Arkansas. We originally went on vacation with the intention of digging crystals at Mount Ida, Arkansas.

A Tennessee woman and her 9-week-old daughter have been killed by a tornado. It was part of a line of storms that swept through the central Tennessee, and into the Southeast.

Born March 11, 1972 in Hot Springs AR. The story goes I was three days old when the adoption was done privately when my parents lived in Pike County, Murfreesboro AR.

The 'Dream Angel' diamond uncovered in the Crater of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro, Ark., recently was honored with a 'homecoming.' Owner Rhonda Bankston of Baton Rouge, La., showed off the diamond, which is now mounted in a ring and has an estimated value of $22,000, said park interpreter Waymon Cox.

MURFREESBORO - An Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Wildlife Officer and the Pike County Sheriff's office arrested a suspect Sunday, March 15, in one of the largest methamphetamine busts in Pike County history.

No one alive today knows the true identity of the author known only as "B. Traven." During his lifetime he never publically revealed himself, though, since he was married, I guess one other person knew.

A former Murfreesboro police officer will go on trial June 23 on a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of his girlfriend.

The Crater of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro, Ark., reported 42 diamonds were registered at the Diamond Discovery Center during January, said Waymon Cox, a park spokesman.

Three employees of First Bank in Woodbury testified Tina Williamson acted strangely at the branch on the day of and days following General 'Jack' Rains' August 2007 death.

Many times we hesitate to take the family on vacation because of the cost. What if you could take a fun vacation with the whole family and not only have it paid for, but earn money doing it? I know a place ...

A former Murfreesboro police officer is in jail pending a charge for fatally shooting his girlfriend in the back with a rifle.

The year 1833 saw the beginning of Pike County, a place of hostile beginnings and treasured memories.