Nevada County News

Authorities are looking for two inmates that escaped from the Pike County jail early Wednesday.

Nevada County Sheriff's Office have a murder suspect in custody after a weekend search.

An early morning shooting in Nevada County leaves a woman dead and a man injured.

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe has declared a disaster in 10 more counties because of heavy rain and floods that hit the state earlier in May.

EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 716 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOPE... SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... NEVADA ...

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1036 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009 ARC099-060345- /O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-090506T0345Z/ NEVADA AR- 1036 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR NEVADA COUNTY... AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED ...

EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 654 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHERN CLAIBORNE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... NORTHERN WEBSTER PARISH IN ...

Presented with a strong identification of skeletal remains found almost a year ago in Nevada County as being the body of the man Hope police have sought for two and a half years in connection with his mother's death, a Hope Police Department investigator said Monday police believe Jon Michael Fincher murdered his mother.

An Arkansas man suspected of killing his mother apparently ended up in a shallow grave in rural Nevada County, raising new questions for detectives investigating the case.

State police say a 26-year-old man was struck and killed when he was walking on Interstate 30 in Nevada County.

EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 726 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... NORTHWESTERN NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ...

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEVE KEESEE Gov. Mike Beebe announces the creation Monday of the Arkansas Silver Alert, a program that will issue warnings to media outlets when Alzheimer's patients are missing.

The Nevada County Sheriff's Office is investigating the disappearance of man who might not have been seen as far back as December.

Former P ulaski County Comptroller Ron Quillin, who embezzled more than $42,000 from the county, was paroled from prison Jan.

A federal judge has ruled that a Nevada County man on death row for the 1992 murders of a Nevada County couple must be proven competent to assist in his evaluation for mental retardation before the appeal of ...

Mary McPherson calls herself a "concerned local citizen" when it comes to trash.

A Hope business woman who has lived in Hope for a long time, says that Barack Obama was predestined to become the next president of the United States.

"I was named vice chairman of the Aging, Children and Youth Committee, which was a complete surprise," Powers said in a telephone interview from Little Rock.

Medical and mental health records kept by the Arkansas Department of Corrections concerning a Nevada County man on death row for the 1992 murders of a Nevada County couple have been ordered released to appeals ...

The Arctic blast which swept through Arkansas on Monday night left enough frozen roadways in Southwest Arkansas to play havoc with driving conditions Tuesday morning, but only one serious traffic accident ...