Greene County News

They are as much a part of the 4th of July holiday as hamburgers and hot dogs, but used with little caution, fireworks can cause big problems.

Former Marmaduke mayor Byron Phillips was arrested Tuesday, June 16, following an investigation of alleged crimes he reportedly committed while in office.

How does a squirrel get across a power line without getting shocked? If you attended Kids College in Paragould you'd know how.

A Greene County sheriff's deputy has resigned after being accused of stealing a gun and a knife from an accident scene.

Byron Phillips says he resigned as mayor after being told that he was the target of a criminal investigation.

What we know right now isn't much but ten minutes prior to an emergency city council meeting last Friday, the now-interim mayor, Betty Jackson, says she found out the mayor was stepping down.

Greene County firefighters are battling a fire in a 2-story home in Oak Grove Heights.

Bonnie Wright said she grew up on a farm in Greene County, so agriculture has been a big part of her life - but she studied secretarial skills in school.

There's no bus to move out of the way, or an excited Ty Pennington shouting orders to a work crew.

The conviction of a 27-year-old Greene County woman who was videotaped having sex with a teenage boy has been upheld by the state Court of Appeals.

The state Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the sexual-assault conviction of a Greene County woman who was videotaped having sex with a teenager.

Gov. Mike Beebe on Thursday denied an executive clemency request from a state prison inmate serving life without parole in the 1990 beating death of a Piggott man.

PARAGOULD Aprils' Teacher of the Month, Audra Malone is a single parent, a non-traditional teacher.

Corporate Sponsor - $500 One table - 8 tickets Preferred Seating Event Recognition Includes Performance and Dinner Individual Tickets - $50 Includes Performance and Dinner Performance only tickets , no dinner - $30 This year's event includes the Spirit of America Award presented to a local individual who has demonstrated an extraordinary level of ...

He's drowned a truck in ice cold water, been hit by a train, been almost sideswiped hundreds of times and faced countless other road hazards.

When the most recent unemployment figures for Greene County were released, Paragould Mayor Mike Gaskill knew something wasn't right.

A Monday afternoon meth bust lands one Bono man in jail. 42-year-old Kim D. Ellis was arrested after tips led Craighead County Sheriff's Department and the Drug Task Force to his mother's home on County Road 143.

The eighth annual Ozark Foothills FilmFest runs through Sunday, with most events at Independence Hall at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville.

8th annual Ozark Foothills FilmFest When: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 , time TBA Where: , Chicago Cost: Free - $5 Age limit: All ages Full event details Among the festival features are the world premiere of a oeThe River Within,a written and directed by Paragould native Zac Heath and filmed in Greene and Sharp counties with a largely Arkansas cast ...

A federal appeals court ruled that three Greene County, Ark., jailers are not immune from a lawsuit alleging they were deliberately indifferent toward an inmate who died from a heart attack.