Little River County News

Compared to other counties, Little River County has a somewhat brief courthouse timeline.

Gov. Mike Beebe has declared three more counties disaster areas because of this month's heavy rain and flooding.

Arkansas authorities have located three meth labs and made four arrests. The discoveries were made by the South Central Drug Task Force, Arkansas State Police and Little River County Sheriff's Office during three search warrant executions.

Voters in Little River County will be asked to approve a sales tax to build and operate a new county jail.

The murder trial of an Ashdown man is being delayed by a month. Thirty-five-year-old Derick Dariel Robertson is charged with first-degree murder in the Aug.

Forty-two-year-old J.T. Wright was charged Thursday in the Aug. 2 death of 34-year-old Leeann Wright.

Authorities have arrested a Wilton man on suspicion of killing his estranged wife at a deer camp in rural Little River County.

Authorities have arrested a Wilton man on suspicion of killing his estranged wife at a deer camp in rural Little River County.

Authorities have arrested a Wilton man on suspicion of killing his estranged wife at a deer camp in rural Little River County.

Authorities in Little River County are saying little about the death of a woman found at a deer camp shortly before her husband was found in Wilton with a gunshot wound to the head.

Little River County authorities say a woman has been found dead at a deer camp and her husband found at their home with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Authorities are investigating the death of an Ark-La-Tex woman. 34-year-old Leanne Wright was found dead at a camper trailer 10 miles from her home in Wilton, Arkansas; that's in Little River County.

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Little River County has been told by the state to improve conditions at its jail within six months or close the facility.

A 13-year-old Ashdown girl was allegedly raped by 22-year-old Kio Demarcus Gaines of Ashdown, who is now a fugitive.

It's the time of year for alligators to start moving. And the rising flood waters are giving the gators more home options, says a sergeant with the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.

Staff photo by Jim Williamson Firefighters spray foam on hazardous chemicals removed from a truck Wednesday morning near Mike's County Store south of Foreman, Ark., on Arkansas Highway 41.

EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 250 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... WESTERN LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ...

The first Little River County Relay for Life Benefit Ride will be Saturday. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. at the Brookshire's parking lot in Ashdown on U.S. Highway 71 South .

FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1259 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009 ARC057-061-081-091-TXC037-182045- /O.NEW.KSHV.FA.Y.0003.090418T1759Z-090418T2045Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LITTLE RIVER AR-HEMPSTEAD AR-HOWARD AR-MILLER AR-BOWIE TX- 1259 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT ...