Marion County News

Here's a look at local Independence Day weekend closings. Mountain Home City Hall, city government offices, including the police department office, and the Baxter County Courthouse and government offices, including the administrative office of the sheriff's department, will be closed on Friday.

YELLVILLE - Marion County got a new sheriff, Roger L. Vickers, in January, and along with him came a new look for the sheriff's department.

The driver in a one-vehicle accident Saturday 8 miles west of Summit on state Highway 14 remained a patient in a Springfield, Mo., hospital Monday.

The coordinator of a public, regional solid-waste management service has accused some members of the program's board of directors of meeting privately to form a 'coup' for the purposes of stopping an administrative plan to hire a private management firm to run NABORS .

Two inmates who escaped from an Arkansas prison while disguised as correction officers had identification badges, handcuffs and a set of keys with them when they were captured in New York last week, authorities said Monday.

UPDATED 11:00 PM The Arkansas National Guard is crediting a talented pilot for saving the lives of two passengers and his own.

BUFFALO POINT - A pilot and two passengers waded and walked away from a helicopter crash here Thursday at Buffalo Point on the Buffalo River in Marion County, according to Marion County Sheriff Roger Vickers.

A National Guard Helicopter carrying three people has crashed on the Marion and Searcy County Line at Buffalo Point, according to Arkansas State Police.

Two convicted murderers who escaped from the Cummins Unit in Grady on Friday evening were spotted in southeast Missouri the next morning and are believed to be staying in that area, a spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Correction said Sunday.

YELLVILLE - The Little Britches Rodeo, scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the Marion County Fairgrounds, has been canceled due to ice storm damage to the power lines, according to the Marion County Fair Board.

State Rep. Monty Davenport announced Tuesday that he plans to run for state land commissioner next year.

A Summit man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly threatening elected officials and governmental agencies, authorities said.

Take a look back in history through back issues ofThe Baxter Bulletin: 100 years ago May 21, 1909 Much opposition has been displayed toward the National Ozark Forest.

The Twin Lakes Area remains under a flash flood watch today as thunderstorms are predicted to move across the state.

YELLVILLE -- The Marion County Election Commission meeting is set for 10 a.m. today at Marion County Courthouse.

Several law enforcement agencies in the Twin Lakes Area submitted funding requests for more officers, joining more than $8.3 billion in nationwide funding requests for law enforcement officers.

There is little doubt the Black Stallion Literacy Project is successful at inspiring young readers.

Frank Bailey speaks for those who are unable to speak for themselves. Since opening a tiny law office on the Mountain Home square more than 30 years ago, until he built his current office on Hospital Drive, Bailey has been advocating for those who have suffered serious - often fatal - injuries through others' wrongdoing.

Ninth-grade students from Marion County schools recently learned about the telecommunications industry at North Arkansas Telephone Company in Flippin.

Martha Skinner, 44, of Yellville was arrested and charged with furnishing a prohibited weapon to a felon, a class B felony.