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$1.5 Million Allocated to Create Free Legal Services Program for Veterans

Wednesday, August 21 by Greg

NEWS RELEASE- Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Attorney Gen. Leslie Rutledge announced Tuesday that their offices will each allocate $750,000 to create the University of Arkansas Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic. The first clinic of its kind in... Read More.

Home Surveillance Footage Captures Man With Handgun In Murder Area

Wednesday, August 21 by Staff

Fenton Tolbert, 37, was found unresponsive behind the wheel of a vehicle on the 1200 block on West 28th Avenue on Thursday August 15th and was pronounced dead at the scene.Video form a security system outside of a house near by showed a man... Read More.

Arkansas Prison Sergeant Stashes Drugs Inside Body

Wednesday, August 21 by Staff

On Monday afternoon, 26-year-old Sergeant Tia Washington entered the Cummins Unit to report to work. She was searched and prison staff found an object in her duty belt containing 53 grams of what is believed to be marijuana or K2. According to Arkansas State... Read More.

Drive High – Get A DUI

Tuesday, August 20 by Greg

During the 2019 Labor Day holiday, local law enforcement organizations will partner with NHTSA to get drug-impaired drivers off the roads and help save lives.The high-visibility national enforcement campaign, If You Feel Different, You Drive Different. Drive High, Get a DUI, runs from August 14... Read More.

Orthodonist Indicted for Fraud in Scheme to Bribe Jeremy Hutchinson

Tuesday, August 20 by Greg

Dr. Ben Burris, an orthodontist who formerly lived in Fayetteville, has been charged with bribing former state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, who has already admitted receiving the bribes.Prosecutors Monday announced that a Federal Grand Jury has indicted Benjamin Gray Burris on 14 counts of honest... Read More.

Arrest Made in the July 21st Shooting at Exxon in Warren

Tuesday, August 20 by Greg

According to a press release from the Warren Police Department, Charles Earl Lawson, Jr. was arrested Monday, August 19, 2019 on a Bench Warrant for Aggravated Assault.The alleged incident took place July 21, 2019 and involved shots fired on the parking lot of Warren's... Read More.

Early Tuesday Morning Double Homicide, David Heard and Marquita Harris Dead

Tuesday, August 20 by Staff

Updated 1:11 pm August 20, 2019Victims Identified:On August 20, 2019 around 1:45 a.m., officers of the Pine Bluff Police Department were dispatched to the area of 4218 W. Hepburn in reference to gunshots. Around 2:45 a.m., Officers were dispatched back to 4218 W. Hepburn... Read More.

Girlfriend of Escaped Inmate Charged With Aiding

Monday, August 19 by Staff

A federal grand jury indicted 27-year-old Kennan Gililland on Aug. 8 on charges alleging that she helped Wesley Gullett and Christopher Sanderson escape from the Jefferson County jail. The two were reported missing from the jail on July 31st and were recaptured separately on... Read More.

Cult May Have Been Involved In St. John Missionary Baptist Church Vandalism

Monday, August 19 by Staff

St. John Missionary Baptist Church located on U.S. Highway 79 was vandalized August 11th, and the pastor told a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputy that he believed the break-in and damage done to be a hate crime and a part of cult worship.Pastor John... Read More.

Pine Bluff Attorney Found Dead after Federal Indictment Charges

Monday, August 19 by Greg

The body of 72-year-old Mark B. Chadick, a Pine Bluff attorney, has been sent to the state crime lab for an autopsy. The attorney was indicted last week on multiple counts of failing to file income tax returns for at least 15 years was... Read More.

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Suspect Not Yet Named In Tolbert Homicide Case

Monday, August 19 by Staff

Investigators are still working to determine who pulled the trigger in the late Thursday shooting. Pine Bluff police are continuing to investigate the city’s latest homicide.37-year-old Fenton Tolbert was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound in the driver's seat of his car when police... Read More.

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