Drew County News

Drew County authorities are looking for a man in connection with the shooting death of his brother.

Warren - The Pink Tomato Festival is in full swing in Warren this week, but the pink tomato was being shipped out of southeast Arkansas long before the festival.

There has to be a story behind a place where the first county seat was a town called Rough and Ready.

Homemade permanent trash receptacles sitting on the side of Arkansas roads are the target of an eradication campaign by state highway officials, who say the bins constitute a significant source of roadside litter.

City Arrests: * Clayton L. Handley, 28, of 225 Hargett, was arrested Friday on a Drew County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of revocation for possession of a firearm by a certain person, second-degree forgery, theft of property, and failure to pay time pay.

The hardest-hit areas were in south Stuttgart near an area struck by a May 10, 2008, twister, and in a Monticello neighborhood east of downtown.

More on a story we first told you about Sunday. Little Rock Public Works crews were busy digging out dirt and water from a huge sinkhole outside a home on Chester .

Little Rock Police have identified the suspect arrested in North Little Rock Wednesday afternoon for a morning bank robbery.

The office of emergency management says the damage there is widespread.Twenty homes were damaged, but officials say it could have been much worse.

In Drew County an EFI tornado struck, destroying several structures early Wednesday morning.

Officials say downed trees have damaged structures in Monticello and Stuttgart. Officials in Drew County were going house-to-house Wednesday morning in and around Monticello where numerous trees were blown onto trailers and frame homes.

A Tornado Watch is in effect for parts of southeast Arkansas until 5:00 p.m. The storms are forming ahead of a low pressure system moving from Texas to northwest Arkansas.

The storms are expected to build in intensity in eastern Arkansas and as they cross the Mississippi River and move on into Mississippi and Alabama.

Part 2 of three. The kids revolt at Jay's Hawaiian "itinerary," so it's back to the beach, where Michael happens to be girl-watching . SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH A thunderstorm warning is active for Central Arkansas.

A Wilmar man died Monday night after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck in Drew County.

Donaldson v. State, No. CACR 08-734, Ark. App. Feb. 25, 2009. This appeal comes from the Drew County Circuit Court, Honorable Sam Pope presiding.

Ten Arkansas properties have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the country's official list of historically significant properties.

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the capital murder conviction of a Monticello man and granted a motion by his attorney to withdraw from the case.

Loss from Drew County Arson of Logging Equipment May Reach $1 Million One of nine pieces of logging equipment belonging to Steve Bolin Logging that was burned near Wilmar the weekend of December 27-28. The Drew ...

Authorities in south Arkansas say a suspected arson in Drew County damaged more than $1 million worth of logging equipment.