Crawford County News

The Arkansas Department of Corrections is currently housing 13,237 inmates with more than 1,400 waiting in counties all over Arkansas, to be booked in.

A private provider from Crawford County is taking over the contract with Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fayetteville that was once held by Central EMS.

Brooke Clark, 19, who is believed to have had a relationship with Tate since 2005, was arrested on a warrant out of Sebastian County, Arkansas, about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday at a home in the 100 block of Friends Street in Rockport, said Matthew Downen, Aransas County Sheriff's Office warrants deputy.

State highway officials say part of U.S. 71 in northwest Arkansas will be closed for up to two weeks while contractors repair flood damage.

ANDY SHUPE Northwest Arkansas Times Maggie and Max, two mixed-breed dogs, are among 45-50 dogs rescued from a residence in Crawford County by the Humane Society of the Ozarks and will be available for adoption.

Authorities in Springdale said seven counterfeit $100 bills were passed over the weekend at a Wal-Mart in Springdale.

Police in Sebastian and Crawford County are looking into multiple cases of counterfeit money being passed around.

Authorities in Crawford and Sebastian counties are trying to find the source of counterfeit bills that have been turning up lately.

Storm damage at Cook Jeep in downtown Little Rock A strong line of storms moved through Central and Northern Arkansas this afternoon.

A fast-moving squall raced through Northwest Arkansas late Wednesday causing scattered damage and forcing the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships to postpone some preliminary events in Fayetteville.

Arkansas Valley Electric workers are busy today trying to get one of their substations back on-line. Many residents in Crawford County were temporarily without electricity overnight after an explosion and fire at that substation.

FIRE FIGHTERS ARE AT THE SCENE OF AN EXPLOSION AT A POWER SUBSTATION NORTHEAST OF ALMA.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/DAVE HUGHES Crawford County and Van Buren have met the deadline for certifying 22.5 miles of levee for inclusion in the federal government's new digital flood insurance maps.

A man and a woman were arguing when the woman fell and skinned her arm, according to police reports.

River Valley law enforcement officers were taking to the streets on foot this morning.

Crawford County authorities are looking for a young couple suspected burglarizing a Van Buren home.

MENA / WALDRON - A local county is looking to house their prisoners at a jail that hasn't opened yet.

Two Alma High School seniors have been arrested in connection with last week's collision of a school bus and a pickup truck in Crawford County.

The River Valley man wanted for a sexual assault case has turned himself in. Van Buren Police Lieutenant Brent Grill says 24 year old Andrew Tice walked into the Crawford County Jail around 7:30 last night and surrendered to deputies.

Two Alma High School students face felony assault charges for taking down a stop sign at a rural intersection where a school bus crashed the next morning, injuring several students.