Columbia County News

Dawn Wines, whom authorities in Arkansas say killed her two young children within a two-month span last year, suffered from postpartum depression and seemed disconnected from the children, her estranged husband said Wednesday.

Louis Wines was 18 months old when he died; Annabelle Wines was 7 months old. Authorities say that Wines was home alone with the children at the time of each incident.

Just days before officials say a baby girl was smothered to death in Columbia County, the Arkansas Department of Human Services dropped its case, releasing the infant from foster care and sending her back home.

President Obama is planning to overhaul the current No Child Left Behind law on Monday.

Authorities in St. Charles Parish have arrested a southern Arkansas woman who they say suffocated her two children last year.

A woman who lives in the Taylor community southwest of Magnolia has been charged with two counts of capital murder in the smothering deaths of her two children last year.

Central Arkansas Development Council is offering free tax return preparation for taxpayers in seven CADC communities.

Here's startup effort to bring local news about Magnolia and Columbia County to readers by the Internet.

LITTLE ROCK a ' Gov. Mike Beebe today appointed a Little Rock lawyer to replace a circuit judge that the state Supreme Court ordered removed from the bench.

The Taliban has taken responsibility for the explosion at a U.S. base in Khowst province where the CIA has a major presence.

Banker Harold Fincher believes ita s a rare person who learns from someone elsea s life lessons, but that didna t keep the Waldo resident from recording his memories of the Great Depression at the Butler Center for Arkansas Studiesa new interview studio.

A Texarkana man was killed Sunday morning in a single-car crash on U.S. 82 east of Magnolia in Columbia County, according to a preliminary Arkansas State Police crash report.

Three Union County men have been arrested on suspicion of capital murder and aggravated robbery for the death of a 73-year-old Emerson man.

COLUMBIA COUNTY, AR A homicide investigation is underway in Columbia County after a 71-year-old man was found dead on his farm.

Flash flooding brought by heavy rain continues in southern Arkansas and in Columbia County two schools are closed.

A tornado watch is issued for central Arkansas until 9:00 p.m and 12:00 a.m. for north Arkansas.

A search for Arkansas fugitive Kenneth Jones began in Columbia County, Ark. and ended in Springhill Wednesday.

SPRINGHILL - Shots fired this morning in Springhill came from a deputy U.S. marshal's agent during an attempt to apprehend an Arkansas fugitive who has been linked to a methamphetamine case, Webster sheriff's officials said in a news release.

Authorities in separate Columbia County towns are investigating two homicides in less than one day.

Authorities say a teen was found shot to death in a sports utility vehicle near a Magnolia church.