Mayor: Wynne employment numbers almost back to normal
JONESBORO, AR The three men accused in the shooting death of Marc Despain appeared before a Craighead County Judge Wednesday afternoon.
View ArticleFire destroys Front Street buildings in Forrest City
Firefighters have spent nearly 24 hours battling a blaze that destroyed several buildings Sunday along historic Front Street in Forrest City and also caused smoke damage to other nearby buildings.
View ArticleMan accused of attacking another with sledgehammer
Fairest "Sonny" Immel, 54, of Wynne is charged with aggravated assault after Cross County Sheriff J.R. Smith says he attacked another man with a sledge hammer.
View ArticleAuthority approves bid to build road leading to east Arkansas airport
Construction on a new access road for the Delta Regional Airport could begin later this year, according to officials with Garver Engineering.
View ArticleUCA officials: Chinese teaching program back on track, expanding
A program to bring Chinese teachers to Arkansas to teach primary-school children is back on track and expanding less than a year after the U.S. State Department threatened to pull visas and send...
View ArticleASP waiting on autopsy from death in Salty Kracker beating
WYNNE, AR Arkansas State Police said they are still waiting for information from an autopsy after a man was beaten to death at a local bar in Cross County.
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Arkansas State Police are investigating a bar brawl in Wynne that led to the death of a man who was taken to a hospital.
View ArticleRole of rice in bioenergy push
Last summer, crude oil prices spiked to between $60 and $70 per barrel. That translated into very high gasoline prices.
View ArticleWoman slapped with felony charge after punching jail matron
A Cross County woman arrested for public intoxication was slapped with felony charges after investigators say she attacked a jail matron.
View ArticleMeth, lab components found in Edgewood
A Wynne man is facing narcotics charges after police officers found methamphetamine at a discreet campsite in the Edgewood neighborhood.
View ArticleCaldwell Likely To Run For State Senate - Vacancy Created by Caubble's Passing
A couple of weeks ago we were stunned to hear about the sudden passing of Tommy Caubble of Wynne who was running for the State Senate in District 23 in east Arkansas.A His untimely passing created a...
View ArticleDemocratic Party Appoints J. Harmon Smith To State Election Board
Democratic Party of Arkansas Chairman Will Bond appointed J. Harmon Smith of Wynne to the State Board of Election Commissioners.
View ArticleCross Co. on the hunt for registered sex offender
CROSS COUNTY, AR The Cross County Sheriff's Department is searching for a wanted man and needs the public's help finding him.
View ArticleWynne officials look at juvenile curfew
Officials in Cross County and in the county's largest town are considering a juvenile curfew following what they call a rash of crimes by teenagers.
View ArticleStray bullets leave 5 hospitalized
At least five people have been shot in the small city of Wynne, Arkansas. Family members say two of the victims are in a Memphis hospital.
View ArticleWynne residents say several wounded in neighborhood shooting
WYNNE, AR - Several people are recovering from a shooting that happened a neighborhood park in Wynne Saturday evening, according to residents.
View ArticleWynne Park Shooting Blamed on Persistent Gang Violence
Residents in a Wynne, Arkansas neighborhood say their neighborhood looked like a war zone after a shooting Saturday, September 8. Five people were injured when a man opened fire on a crowd.
View ArticleArkansas parole officer arrested on extortion charge
LITTLE ROCK, AR - Federal prosecutors say an Arkansas probation and parole officer accused of collecting money from drug traffickers under her supervision has been arrested.
View ArticleFormer Parole Officer Arrested for Extortion in 'Operation Delta Blues'
An eastern Arkansas parole/probation officer has been arrested in connection to the drug trafficking bust known as "Operation Delta Blues." Investigators say Roxanne Davis of Wynne took money from...
View ArticleSchool board will discuss hazing incident possibly involving noose
Today, a hazing incident possibly involving a noose will go before a school board in Wynne, Arkansas.
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