Crawford County News

Two people are behind bars and another in the hospital after two robberies Tuesday that police believe are unrelated.

Beer and wine are coming to Walmart's store shelves in Mountain Home. In a 5-0 vote, the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board today approved an application by Walmart Supercenter in Mountain Home for a permit to sell beer and "small-farm" wines, which come from wineries that produce 250,000 gallons or less of wine per year.

Van Buren Police have arrested a Crawford County man after they found him with items they believe were being used for a "Shake and Bake" methamphetamine lab.

The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that a death row inmate can ask a state court to rule that he was not competent to stand trial for the 2001 murder and mutilation of a woman.

Several police officers were led on a chase this afternoon that began in Fort Smith and ended in Crawford County.

Sebastian County is holding is mass flu clinic Friday. Health workers said working at neighboring Crawford County's clinic on Thursday helped them learn valuable lessons that should help make their operation run smoother.

VAN BUREN, Ark. a ' An Oklahoma man has pleaded not guilty in Arkansas to first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend's 16-month-old daughter in Van Buren.

A huge turnout for today's flu clinic has put Crawford County emergency workers to the test, as hundreds began lining up at 5:30 a.m. to get their seasonal flu shots.

A debate is ongoing over whether Lee Creek at Pine Mountain should be dammed for a public water supply for Crawford County residents, but that decision wona t be made until 2017, an Army Corps of Engineers official said Monday.

The lead attorney for death-row inmate Ricky Dale Newman will be allowed to continue representing Newman in federal court in Arkansas despite moving to Delaware in September, a federal judge has ruled.

Deputies said they arrested Cedarville teacher Mark Fears Saturday when they saw him leaving the high school with four students.

A man is being held without bond after being arrested for the death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old baby.

A man is being held without bond after being arrested for the death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old baby.

A Crawford County jailer was suspended from duties Monday after his arrest on charges he provided contraband to a prisoner in exchange for the prisonera s assaulting another inmate.

Arkansas State Police captured a state prisoner who authorities said jumped out of a moving inmate transport van in Jackson County two weeks ago.

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Current representative Rick Green will not be on the ballot next year, because he has served the maximum amount of time his term allows.

Police continue to seek an inmate who escaped from a Crawford County transport unit on Tuesday.

Authorities say an Arkansas state prison inmate who had a court date somehow escaped from a sheriff's transport van and is on the loose.

A Tennesee fugitive wanted for attempted murder was captured in Van Buren after he basically gave police a call.