West Memphis News

Construction, accidents, back-ups are all reasons most people don't like to drive I-40 between North Little Rock and West Memphis.

After two consecutive months of gross gaming revenue increases, the Mississippi River counties saw revenue decline, not only for the month of April, but compared to April 2012.

A consultant retained by Arkansas highway officials to assess the feasibility of making all or parts of Interstate 40 between North Little Rock and West Memphis a tollway to pay to widen the highway is surveying motorists on why they use the route and their willingness to pay a toll.

His body was found near 11th and Woodrow. Channel 11 has details. * SENTENCING IN VOTE BUYING CASE: Another defendant has been sentenced in the vote buying case involving Democratic Rep.

Emergency crews have identified most of the 24 people who died, including 10 children, in the tornado Monday.

West Memphis is to receive a $10.9 million grant to expand the city's port. The grant from the U.S. Transportation Department announced Wednesday will go toward rail improvements.

The first still from the true-crime tale Devil's Knot , which is based on the tragedy surrounding the now freed West Memphis Three, is here, and it offers your first look at Reese Witherspoon as Pam Hobbs, the mother of Steve Branch, one of the three children savagely murdered in Arkansas in 1993.

Arkansas State Troopers have secured a 2-year-old girl believed to have been kidnapped on Friday from Sandy Springs, Georgia.

Casino-style electronic games of skill wagers at Oaklawn and Southland continued their year-over-year increases, but record months weren't in the numbers in April.

Dixie Chicks star Natalie Maines included a cover of Dan Wilson 's Free Life on her new solo album as a tribute to former incarcerated West Memphis Three member Damien Echols and his wife Lorri.

Geography 901 Memphis is soooo violent. I'm glad you asked. Memphis is so violent, it's beating up neighboring states and taking credit for their violent crimes.

Damien Echols, one of the "West Memphis Three", was freed from Arkansas' death row in 2011, and part of the reason he got off was because of an attorney based in Washington, D.C. Stephen Braga joined Echols' defense team in 2009 and decided to use a little-known legal maneuver called an Alford Plea.

Jason says Tracy is a wonderful mother and wife. She has recently under gone surgery and developed a life threatening blood clot in her right leg.

He went from an accused devil-worshiping witch on Arkansas' death row to living in the land of persecuted witches.

That's a little surprising to hear from the erstwhile Dixie Chicks front woman, who has never been shy about speaking out on political matters.

Damien Echols, a central figure in the infamous "West Memphis Three" case, taped an interview to appear on CNN's "Piers Morgan Live" to discuss his new book.

A prosecutor says no credible new evidence has come up to point to a new suspect in those killings.

Randeep Mann LITTLE ROCK, AR - A former Russellville doctor convicted of plotting a bombing that nearly killed the head of the Arkansas medical board has again been sentenced to life in prison.

Metro police are reporting a surge in so-called sovereign citizens. The FBI defines them as people who don't believe they have to answer to government authority.

West Memphis two-way standout Jarvis Cooper has three offers so far, but is anxious for bigger programs such as Arkansas, Alabama and Auburn - all who have shown interest - to put ones on the table as well.