Randolph County News

Emergency management officials in several Region 8 counties are asking residents to get to higher ground after several flood warnings were issued Thursday night.

Acting on a tip from Randolph County authorities, Walnut Ridge Police Department arrests fugitive James Cannon and busts a small meth lab, all in one home.

According to Randolph County Judge David Jansen, every school district in the county was closed due to flooding on Friday.

With so much rain falling or having fell. Familiar roads and bridges may become hazardous.

LITTLE ROCK - New signs and markers along Arkansas' portions of the Trail of Tears should be erected by spring, officials said after President Barack Obama signed an act that expands the historic trail to more than 4,900 miles in nine states.

Pocahontas - Pocahontas is moving to complete its purchase of the Five Rivers Medical Center from a local authority.

Here are the stories we're tracking this Friday afternoon. Nordex has officially broken ground on their $100 million facility in Jonesboro.

Officials with the Pocahontas Fire Department told Region 8 News Friday it has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grant money since September 11, 2001.

The past is something Anna Cook knows alot about and something she loves to share with others.

Faulkner County deputies are on the lookout for an escaped inmate. Ricky Dale Ford pulled back the wire fence in the recreation yard at the Faulkner County Detention Center around 3:30 Sunday afternoon.

These are some of the stories Region 8 News is tracking: A suspect is under arrest in connection with the August 15 shooting in West Memphis that sent three to the MED.

A traffic stop leads to two arrests on drug charges, according to the Randolph County Sheriff.

Jan Ziegler of Pocahontas is announcing her plans to run as a Democrat for State Representative in the upcoming election.

A woman's probation compliance check leads to her boyfriend facing multiple drug-related charges, according to the Randolph County Sheriff.

Jan Ziegler of Pocahontas is announcing her plans to run as a Democrat for State Representative in the upcoming election.

Volunteer job: Maynard serves on the Senior Advisory Councils of LifeStream Services in Randolph and Henry counties.

Longtime Pocahontas resident Linda Collins-Smith resigned her position on the Arkansas Ethics Commission on June 30, a post to which she was appointed in 2008 by former Senate President Pro Tem Jack Critcher, to run for State Representative in District 80.

Protect your pets! That's what residents in Randolph County are being told following an outbreak of rabies.

It's not an unusual thing for a vehicle to be stolen and taken for a joyride. But on Tuesday night it wasn't a stolen sports car cruising the streets and back roads of Pocahontas and Randolph county-- but a backhoe! There was a stolen vehicle, there was some damage along the roadsides and there was a pursuit, granted not a high speed chase but ...

You've seen the stories and read the news about jails being overcrowded and in Randolph County, that too is the case.