Howard County News

Debra Wright is the new CEO of Howard Memorial Hospital at Nashville . "Howard Memorial has a good reputation for providing quality health care for as long as I can remember," Wright said in a news release.

A former Murfreesboro police officer has been found mentally competent to stand trial for murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend.

Authorities are investigating a southwest Arkansas waste management district's spending after roughly $500,000 in questionable transactions were identified by district officials, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

A man sitting in a car in a parking lot did not present enough probable cause for police to commence questioning that led to a drug arrest, the state Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.

A south Arkansas man has filed a federal lawsuit against a state trooper, arguing that the officer infringed on his free speech rights and used excessive force.

Jury selection is to begin Tuesday for a man accused of paying $5,000 and a used pickup truck for the murder of his estranged wife.

A former Pike County, Ark., man who pleaded guilty to operating a methamphetamine lab was recently sentenced to 23 years in prison.

Severe weather that pounded the state last week also spawned a tornado near Dierks, knocking out the town's water treatment plant.