Lawrence County News

Nolan Thomas de Mello , two months, is the son of Sean and Natalie de Mello of Carterville, Ill.

The Observer was panhan-dled at a gas station downtown. It wasn't the first time, but it was the most unusual.

Lawrence County emergency service workers like sheriff's deputies and disaster coordinators won't have to leave their command post to get some rest or nourishment.

Lawrence County emergency service workers like sheriff's deputies and disaster coordinators won't have to leave their command post to get some rest or nourishment.

Lawrence County emergency service workers like sheriff's deputies and disaster coordinators won't have to leave their command post to get some rest or nourishment.

Brayden Michael Andrew Phillips , three months, is the son of Tonya Phillips of Walnut Ridge.

The Cherokee Village Police Department has announced the promotion of David R. "Richy" Thatcher to the rank of Sergeant Thatcher, has assumed the position of sergeant following Ricky Crook's promotion to chief after former Cherokee Village Police Chief Jason French's resignation.

Salaries for Arkansas public school superintendents vary widely a ' from $52,306 base salary for the Imboden Charter School District in Lawrence County to $231,453 for the Springdale School District in Washington County, according to Arkansas Department of Education data for 2008.

State highway officials have chosen the apparent low bidders for $84.3 million in projects to be funded by the federal stimulus package.

Flooding along the Black River appears to be causing more harm to farmers this year than even last year's floods, in which the water was a lot higher.

LITTLE ROCK a ' Arkansas health officials today have confirmed a new case of swine flu in Arkansas.

Samples from four airmen at Camp Robinson have been sent to an air base in Texas to determine whether they have H1N1 flu.

The Health Department just announced that it's confirmed five cases of H1N1 flu, four in Pulaski County at Camp Robinson and one in Lawrence County, a schoolchild.

State health officials say five swine flu cases have been confirmed in Arkansas, with one of those cases showing up in a school-aged child from Walnut Ridge Elementary School.

Meth making is a growing problem throughout the country. While other places are seeing an increase in meth busts police in one Region eight county say they're hauling in fewer meth makers.

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Keith Boles reports. Even though the farmers in Lawrence county are waiting and watching the water rise and flood their fields.

HOXIE It all started when a man tried to rob a car lot in Bono. Police say the suspect took off down highway 63--with **dozens** of officers chasing him! It all came to an end just outside Hoxie at the Lawrence County Seed Co-Op. With the intersection of 91 and 63 blocked the suspect had nowhere to go.

A stand-off ends peacefully following tense moments as authorities pursued a morning armed robbery suspect across county lines.

Little's Service Station and Bait Shop is an historic landmark in Hoxie and operates just about the same as it has for the last 64 years.

Thirty four counties in the Arkansas are part of two years of planning to better prepare for when and if a major earthquake hits along the New Madrid fault line.