Widener News

There are nine fire departments that serve St. Francis County residents, but only the Forrest City Fire Department is not considered a volunteer fire department.

The water situation in Widener is looking better, according to city council members, after the town received some help with leaks that were driving the city's water bill higher than it could pay.

Forrest City Police today are investigating a pair of incidents that resulted in injuries at public housing complexes.

The City of Widener's water bill continued to be a matter of concern for members of the Forrest City Water Utility Commission on Monday.

Taking a disturbing health report to heart, one state lawmaker set out to improve conditions in the Arkansas Delta - and took the challenge personally.

A Widener man facing already facing felony charges for leaving the scene of an accident, is now facing a negligent homicide charge in the death of a man on Highway 38 near Widener last month.

St. Francis County residents have three weeks left to take advantage of the 2009 spring installment of the Keep St.

The three proposals for grant funding from the Walton Foundation for St. Francis County should be submitted next month, according to officials with Southern Bancorp.

Blue gloves left behind by crime scene investigators are scattered along Highway 38 just outside the town of Widener , Arkansas .

Officials with Arkansas State Police Troop D in Forrest City have identified the man killed in a hit-and-run accident last week.

Police are asking the public for help in identifying a man found dead Friday in a ditch near Widener, the apparent victim of a hit-and-run. Arkansas State Police Special Agent Dale Arnold this morning said authorities believe the black male was killed Wednesday night after being struck by a Dodge pickup.

The St. Francis County Sheriff's Department is seeking information in the death of a man whose body was found in a ditch off Highway 38 north of Widener on Friday.

Read the sign: Rose Ann Scheiderer, a volunteer at the CARE Center, looks over one of a series of big messes which are left at the rear of the center on many weekends.

Last year's mayoral election in Pine Bluff was the impetus for legislation that has sparked debate in the Legislature over the need to limit the potential for runoffs in some municipal elections.

The House on Thursday gave final legislative approval to measures that would lower the state's bingo tax and the state sales tax that manufacturers pay for utilities.

Help is on the way to Widener, for failed water lines and back payments to the Forrest City Water Utility - if Widener does its part.

A Forrest City man is facing felony charges in connection with a shooting last July in Widener.

The proposal, and another measure to clarify the Legislaturea s power to issue subpoenas, head to the Senate for a vote in response to hearings the chamber held last year over charges of voter fraud in a ...

Seven people, including a teenager who is being charged as adult, are facing numerous charges stemming from a pair of altercations Wednesday afternoon near Forrest City High School.

Absentee ballot legislation filed to address problems discovered in the aftermath of a disputed 2006 East Arkansas state Senate race was endorsed by a Senate committee Thursday.