Pocahontas News

Emergency management officials in several Region 8 counties are asking residents to get to higher ground after several flood warnings were issued Thursday night.

TRUMANN/PARAGOULD, AR - A Region 8 News investigation has revealed disturbing details involving teenagers and young adults.

Pocahontas is moving to complete its purchase of the Five Rivers Medical Center from a local authority.

Kaiser Health News' staff writers Eric Pianin and Mary Agnes Carey report in a story produced in collaboration with Politico on rural hospitals' stake in the ongoing efforts to overhaul the nation's health system.

Wyatt Joseph Malachi Rickey , one month, and Noah Riley Keyth Rickey , two and a half, are the children of Charles Vernon and Nicole Elizabeth Ann Rickey of Siloam Springs.

Abby Bradley and Logan Wayne Bradley are the children of Matt and Mandy Bradley of North Little Rock.

Addison Marie Denton Jerrod Denton and Jennifer Simmons of Walnut Ridge have announced the birth of a daughter on Aug.

One cancer survivor has made it his mission to save the lives of others. Raul Blasini is a thirteen year prostate cancer survivor.

Officials with the Pocahontas Fire Department told Region 8 News Friday it has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grant money since September 11, 2001.

Town officials are hoping to promote historic Pocahontas as an "ATV friendly town." A public hearing will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Pocahontas High School auditorium to discuss possible plans to connect Pocahontas with the Spearhead Trail in Southwest Virginia as well as the Hatfield-McCoy Trail system in West Virginia.

District court for Baxter County was Aug. 25-27, 2009, before Judge Van Gearhart.

A gambling ring was busted thanks to the community's efforts. "An anonymous phone call, and then getting people to come forward to report something like this," Detective Arvin Volner says, "That's what helps law enforcement get things like this solved." Three weeks ago, Pocahontas Police were tipped to gambling going on at Russell One Stop on ...

A Region 8 woman died Saturday night when the car she was riding in veered into oncoming traffic.

Aubrey Jane Coffey Joseph and Jamae Coffey of Sedgwick have announced the birth of a daughter on August 11, 2009, at St.

Izard County Lady Cougar Rachel Harmon earned medalist honors Tuesday in a three-team golf match at the Course on Turkey Mountain in Horseshoe Bend by firing a 4-over round of 40.

A woman's probation compliance check leads to her boyfriend facing multiple drug-related charges, according to the Randolph County Sheriff.

A woman's probation compliance check leads to her boyfriend facing multiple drug-related charges, according to the Randolph County Sheriff.

A woman's probation compliance check leads to her boyfriend facing multiple drug-related charges, according to the Randolph County Sheriff.

The 15th Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police training conference is in Little Rock for the first time.

Jan Ziegler of Pocahontas is announcing her plans to run as a Democrat for State Representative in the upcoming election.