Independence County News

Chinquapin nuts are falling, and two groups that are trying to re-establish chinquapin trees in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri would like to have some of the few seeds that will be available.

A Batesville man has been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a tractor and stealing several other pieces of farm equipment in Independence County.

In an Indepence County homicide investigation, a prelimnary autopsy report from the Arkansas State Crime Labatory elimantes any foul play in the death of 46-year old Phyllis Spain of Cross County.

The man who put Charles Manson on Death Row would do the same to George W. Bush, as detailed in his new book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder.

Cindy Sheehan has blasted Senator Hillary Clinton for backing the Iraq invasion on October 16, and the "peace Mom" is beginning to sound more like a candidate.

Investigators say Spain was with 2 other people, Michael Doerhoff and Irene Hunt of Bradford, when she died.

Independence County officials are investigating the death of a woman in her late 40's early 50's who was found dead early Sunday morning near the Independence County Jackson County line.

$15-$25. For 65 years, folks in Independence County and beyond have been gathering on the banks of the White River in Batesville.

On friday night it was a search that would end on a positive note after an 8-year-old girl and the man police say kidnapped her was found in the woods near her home in Pfeiffer.

A former Independence County jail inmate is suing the sheriff and jailers, claiming they didn't allow him to take medication and caused him to suffer a stroke.

A former Independence County jail inmate is suing the sheriff and jailers, claiming they didn't allow him to take medication and caused him to suffer a stroke.

A former Independence County jail inmate is suing the sheriff and jailers, claiming they didn't allow him to take medication and caused him to suffer a stroke.

A former Independence County jail inmate is suing the sheriff and jailers, claiming they didn't allow him to take medication and caused him to suffer a stroke.

A former Independence County jail inmate is suing the sheriff and jailers, claiming they didn't allow him to take medication and caused him to suffer a stroke.

A former Independence County jail inmate is suing the sheriff and jailers, claiming they didn't allow him to take medication and caused him to suffer a stroke.

A former Independence County jail inmate is suing the sheriff and jailers, claiming they didn't allow him to take medication and caused him to suffer a stroke.

An 8-year-old girl is back home in the arms of her parents after she was abducted near her home late Friday night in Independence County.

An 8-year-old girl is back home in the arms of her parents after she was abducted near her home late Friday night in Independence County.

An 8-year-old girl is back home in the arms of her parents after she was abducted near her home late Friday night in Independence County.

The playground should be a happy place, but it was far from that Tuesday afternoon at the Batesville Kindergarten Center when an allegedly drunk man jumped a fence and ran onto it while the kids were playing.