Sharp County News

Photo/Tammy Curtis A view overlooking the flooded Spring River Oct. 30 from the Beach Club BBQ parking lot after over six inches of rain swelled the river causing massive flooding in the area.

Photo/Tammy Curtis Cherokee Village Fire Chief Mike Taylor and Cherokee Village Police Chief Ricky Crook served as joint incident commanders along with Sharp County Office of Emergency Managment Coordinator Gene Moore and Dan Melbourne are pictured in the incident command center monitoring radio traffic during the Oct.

Photo/Tammy Curtis Cody Corbitt receives his seasonal flu vacine at the Sharp County Health Unit's mass flu clinic held Oct.

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

Anytime 63 swings close to the Spring river you could see it sneaking out into the countryside.

According to a press release from the Sharp County Sheriff's Department three people from out of town were arrested Oct.

The many perils the city of Williford has faced regarding getting a new library seems to be never ending.

Photo/ Tammy Curtis David and Barbara Jennings, owners of the Ash Flat Pharmacy for over 40 years stand with their faithful pharmacy technicians Sarah Puerta and Ann Kring.

An investigation dating back to August led to the arrest of Travis W. Miller, 33, of Hardy.

The Highland, West Memphis and Forrest City School Districts were among the first in the Region 8 viewing area to give flu shots to students and teachers.

A series of commercial burglaries in the Sharp County area has been solved by the Sharp County Police Department.

The Spring River has crested, but emergency officials are still keeping a close eye on the skies.

Officials in the city of Hardy and Sharp County told Region 8 News Friday the Spring River isn't expected to rise.

Two suspects were arrested in separate commercial burglary incidents in the Highland area recently.

Dexter Inman, 20, of Ash Flat has been charged with raping a 14-year-old girl after a Sept.

Andrew Frolos was found not guilty in a jury trial that ended in a directed verdict by Honorable Judge Harold Erwin on Oct 1. Frolos was charged with a felony criminal mischief charge that stemmed from a July 11, 2008, incident where he was accused of burning his ex-girlfriend Cindy Branam's double-wide mobile home at Wirth following a break-up. In ...

Sharp County Circuit Court Judge Harold S. Erwin handed down several sentences during the Sept.

The ASU Delta Center for Economic Development has been working with two Region 8 counties in recent months.

Mary Scott, R.N., B.S.N., was the guest speaker at the Spring River Area Chamber of Commerce's monthly meeting Sept.

Born in Germany, Annemarie Wolfe Avey is all American. Celebrating her 50th year in the United States, she cana t help but smile when remembering what brought her to this country.