Fulton County News

Hospitals in and around Arkansas that have requested to be a part of the state's new trauma system.

Melbourne, AR-One hundred-seventy-one full-time students qualified for the Presidenta s List at Ozarka College for the Spring 2009 semester.A This included eighty-eight with perfect 4.00 grade point averages.A All others earned at least a 3.50 average.

SALEM - A Viola man faces five charges after a one-vehicle accident at 4:50 a.m. Saturday on U.S. Highway 62, about four miles west of Salem.

The Salem Quorum Court appointed a new member of both the Fulton County Hospital Board and the Fulton County Library Board last week, although not without some controversy.

Fulton County youngsters are being encouraged to "Be Creative" this summer at their area libraries.

The first holiday weekend of the summer season proved to be an expensive one for almost 50 people celebrating with a little too much enthusiasm.

The recent overdose of a Sharp County infant has led to the arrest of 22-year-old Crystal Williams of Cherokee Village on three felony counts.

Sharp County sheriff's deputies have arrested a woman accused of giving a 5 week-old infant an overdose of liquid morphine.

The baby arrived at the Fulton County Hospital around 3 p.m. Monday. Sharp County sheriffa s investigator Mark Counts declined to identify the child, who was later taken by ambulance to the Little Rock hospital.

After waiting, hoping and speculating for several weeks, area schools now know how much of the federal stimulus money will be coming to their school districts.

The possibility of Sharp County getting natural gas looks good. If the project is completed it will be the first county wide natural gas project in the state.

LITTLE ROCK a ' The state Board of Education voted today to place three school districts on the list of districts in fiscal distress.

This makeshift sign in front of the Camp Fire Department alerts passers-by of the burn ban in Fulton County.

This image was taken by a security camera in one of the businesses broken into. If you have information to help identify this person, contact your local sheriff's department.

Sen. Paul Miller is crafting legislation he hopes will prevent future land buyers from falling victim to deals like the ones used by fugitive developer Wayne Watkins in Sharp County.

Volunteers Barbara Casey, Vanita Harris, Bonnie Benton and Judy Collier help Tracy Qualls with a Disaster Relief box.

The Twin Lakes Community Foundation recently gave a $500 grant to the Salvation Army of Mountain Home to help with costs related to the ice storm relief efforts.

For some, it was a place for companionship and a chance to possibly help others, but for many, the emergency shelters in the area were the only place they could go for warmth, water and food.

The Twin Lakes Community Foundation recently gave a $500 grant to the Salvation Army of Mountain Home to help with costs related to the ice storm relief efforts.

Following any type of a natural disaster it is common for residents to want to resume normal life as quickly as possible.