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Crittenden County News

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Friday | Log Cabin Democrat

2 arrested in disappearance of former Ark. mayor

Police have arrested two people for allegedly using a debit card belonging to a former Arkansas town mayor who has been missing for nearly a week.

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Related Topix: West Memphis, AR, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Fort Smith, AR, Little Rock, AR

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Benton County Daily Record

District Farm Families of the Year selected

District winners of the 63rd annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year program have been selected.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Batesville, AR, Independence County, AR, Marion, AR

Mon Jun 15, 2009

WPTY

UPDATED 6:31 p.m.: About 53,000 Still Without Power in Memphis, Arkansas and Mississippi

MLGW crews are still working to restore power after Tuesday's windstorm. MEMPHIS, TN a ' MLGW crews are out restoring power for people who are sitting in the dark after severe weather rolled though the Mid-South Friday and Sunday.

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Related Topix: Weather

Sat Jun 13, 2009

KTHV-TV

Small Community On Edge By Alleged Arsonist

A small Arkansas community is on edge. Four homes in Crittenden County, just streets apart, have been set on fire in the last week.

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Related Topix: Fire, Marion, AR

Fri Jun 12, 2009

WREG

Investigators Suspect Arson

A small Arkansas community is on edge after fours homes just streets apart burned to pieces in just one week.

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Related Topix: Fire

KAIT-TV Jonesboro

Tornado Warnings extended to Crittenden, Cross, and St. Francis Counties

A tornado warning has been issued for Crittenden, Cross, and St. Francis Counties in Arkansas, expiring at 4:15 pm Latest NWS service wire information below: Tornado Warning TORNADO WARNING ARC035-037-123-122115- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0030.090612T2046Z-090612T2115Z/ * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHERN ...

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Related Topix: Weather, Arkansas, Cross County, AR, St Francis County, AR, Jennette, AR

Thu Jun 11, 2009

WPTY

Vacant Homes Set on Fire in Harvard Yard, AR

Investigators in Crittenden County, Arkansas say a number of vacant homes in the Harvard Yard community near Marion were set on fire over the course of a week.

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Related Topix: Marion, AR, West Memphis, AR, Sunset, AR

Times-Herald of Forrest City, Arkansas

Home of couple jailed on drug charges burns

The rural St. Francis County home of two people recently arrested on felony drug charges in a pair of Eastern Arkansas counties burned this morning while the couple was awaiting a court appearance today in Crittenden County.

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Related Topix: Drugs, St Francis County, AR, Forrest City, AR

Tue Jun 09, 2009

Arkansas News Bureau

Protesters walk out of Supreme Court candidate's announcement

More than a dozen protesters, unhappy with the way John Fogleman prosecuted three men for the 1993 murders of three West Memphis 8-year-olds walked out of a news conference Tuesday in which the Crittenden County circuit judge announced his candidacy for the state Supreme Court.

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Related Topix: West Memphis, AR, Little Rock, AR

Sat Jun 06, 2009

WLMT

Arkansas Grandmother Charged in Grandson's Shooting

A Mid-South grandmother could face jail time after her 6 year-old grandson was shot and seriously injured with her gun.

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Related Topix: Edmondson, AR, Kids, Family

Fri Jun 05, 2009

WLMT

6 Year-Old Boy Shot by Brother While Playing With Gun; Grandmother Arrested

" Authorities say one child has been shot after brothers in Arkansas were playing with a gun they found.

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Related Topix: Edmondson, AR

Wed Jun 03, 2009

KAIT-TV Jonesboro

Officials: Reports of jailbreak a false alarm

Reports of a jailbreak in Crittenden County were a false alarm, officials say. Officials said an off-duty officer saw someone running behind the jail and reported it as a possible escape.

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Mon Jun 01, 2009

Arkansas Online

Marion's cigarette-tax exemption, border-city status have some fuming

And thanks to Act 940 of 2009, passed by the Legislature this spring, so do the residents of the Crittenden County town of Marion.

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Related Topix: Fort Smith, AR, West Memphis, AR

Wed May 27, 2009

MyFoxMemphis

West Memphis to Restart Drug Unit

Inside the city limits of West Memphis you'll find the intersection of two of the largest freeways in the country, I-40 and I-55. Because of the location, West Memphis Police Chief Robert Paudert says the city is once again looking to create a drug intervention unit to stop drug traffickers before they cross state lines.

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Related Topix: West Memphis, AR

Tue May 05, 2009

WLMT

Men Accused of Shipping Steroids to Marion, AR Post Office

Crittenden County deputies helped to bust two men accused of using the United States Postal Service to ship and sell steroids.

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Related Topix: Marion, AR, Transportation, Postal, Texarkana, AR, Texarkana, TX Metro

Fri May 01, 2009

WLMT

One Year Anniversary of Arkansas Tornado

Winds from a tornado in Earle, Arkansas were so strong, this pickup truck was ripped apart.

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Related Topix: Earle, AR

Sat Apr 25, 2009

MSNBC

Arrest in Southland Robbery

West Memphis police have arrested a Southland Park Gaming and Racing employee for the April 5th robbery at the racetrack.

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Related Topix: West Memphis, AR

Thu Apr 23, 2009

WPTY

Man Busted with 20 Pounds of Pot in Gas Tank

A Texas man is now behind bars in Crittenden County, Arkansas, for hauling 20 pounds of marijuana in his gas tank.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Tue Apr 14, 2009

Herald-Leader

Education board halts merger plan

A Turrell School District plan to save its local elementary school by voluntarily annexing to the Earle School District this summer failed to win Arkansas Board of Education approval Monday.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Turrell, AR, Earle, AR

Sun Apr 12, 2009

KATV Little Rock

Horseshoe Lake Drowning

Authorities say one man is dead after his boat capsized in Horseshoe Lake in Crittenden County.

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Related Topix: Horseshoe Lake, AR, Boat Disaster

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