Faulkner County News

The Conway Police Department and Faulkner County Sheriffa s Office are planning operations to combat drunk driving and promote seat belt use in hopes of making this holiday season memorable for the right reasons, and not highway tragedies.

Michael Feathers faces charges of child pornography National Center for Missing and Exploited Children A Faulkner county man is accused of having nearly two dozen child pornography pictures on his personal computer.

Faulkner County deputies have arrested 35-year-old Michael Feathers. He's been charged with 23 counts of child porn.

A Conway man is due in court on charges he used a gas pump squeegee to hit another man during a fight over who was first in line at a gas pump.

An ordinance designed to pay the countya s monthly bills raised questions about the Falkner County Courthouse from Justice Jerry Park during Tuesday nighta s Quorum Court meeting.

The new executive director of the United Way of Central Arkansas started work Tuesday.

A Greenbrier mother and son are set to be the first in the area to be charged with lottery ticket fraud since the lottery began on Sept.

A state prisons spokeswoman says an inmate is dead after he apparently hung himself in his cell.

No one can deny it's been a tough year economically, and this week, we learned of more layoffs Arkansans must endure.

Pulaski County Sheriff Doc Holladay is excited about where the county is heading financially, especially when it comes to new jail beds.

Thieves are trying to play the lottery their own way, but so far aren't successful.

The Faulkner County Landlord Association will have a meeting at the Faulkner County Library at 7 p.m. Tuesday.A Simmons First National Bank will be providing the speaker.

Three-quarters of a century ago, a Conway blacksmith had an idea and went to work on it.

A The Faulkner County Library has announced a oeBicycles in America, Bicycles in Conwaya a Doc and Talk Movie night and discussion.A The documentaries to be screened are Return of the Scorcher and We are Traffic .A The screening of the films will be followed by a community discussion and presentation entitled a oeBicycles in America, Bicycles in ...

Maumelle - State highway officials say motorists traveling between Mayflower and Maumelle on U.S. 365 should be alert to possible traffic backups on the highway for a couple of days.

Faulkner County emergency workers are responding to numerous calls for help tonight.

A cell phone and close to 50 rescuers come to the aid of a teenager, who was caught in rising flood waters Thursday night in Faulkner County.

Faulkner County came through the severe rainstorms all right in most areas, County Judge Preston Scroggin said, but the Vilonia area and eastern Faulkner County had a oeas much water as Ia ve ever seen.a A Virtually every road prone to flooding there was under water late Friday night and early Saturday morning.

A cold front expected to bring heavy rain in Arkansas today and Friday "has our attention," County Judge Preston Scroggin said, and Conway Fire Chief Bart Castleberry said firefighters were going door-to-door in downtown Conway Wednesday afternoon taking requests for sandbags.

The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld Faulkner County Circuit Judge David Clarka s 2008 ruling in a lawsuit filed by a local developer against the City of Conway.