The Yawn Patrol
It's still dark as I pull out of the hotel parking lot in Forrest City at 6 a.m. on Good Friday.
View ArticleMan arrested after sexually assaulting a 14-year-old, officers said
CROSS COUNTY, AR - The Cross County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old. According to the Cross County Sheriff's Office Facebook page , Raymond...
View ArticleBess Heisler Ginty on Curbing Inattention with Intervention in the Arkansas...
Bess Heisler Ginty, born and raised in Wynne, heads Kids for the Future, a family-owned and operated business in the Arkansas Delta.
View ArticleMan arrested in animal cruelty case
WYNNE, AR - A Cross County man is facing five animal cruelty type charges after authorities discovered a dog living in deplorable conditions as well as dead animals found on a property, according to...
View ArticleFayetteville Police Make Several Drug Arrests
The arrests took place at several locations and at different times, but did have methamphetamine as a common connection along with the suspects having had previous run-ins with the law. On Thursday...
View ArticlePossible landspout seen near Wynne
WYNNE, AR - According to a post from Thomas McCutchen on Facebook, a possible landspout was seen five miles west of Wynne Friday afternoon. Region 8 News will have more information as details emerge.
View ArticleLandspout captured on video near Wynne, Arkansas on Friday
Check out the video of a landspout that Thomas McCutchen captured Friday afternoon around 4:45 just west of Wynne, Arkansas. A landspout is a tornado, but it is a result of a rapidly growing cumulus...
View ArticleThree arrested after drug search in Cross County
WYNNE, AR - The serving of a search warrant netted the arrests of three people and led Cross County deputies to find nearly 135 grams of meth in Wynne, according to a post on the Cross County Sheriff's...
View ArticleParents, grandparents concerned for kids' safety on faded crosswalk
CHERRY VALLEY, AR - A safety concern is presenting itself in Cherry Valley and it now has parents and grandparents pushing to be heard. Fortunately, there have been no incidents reported yet, but some...
View ArticleGR8 Job: Group, business seeks to encourage students
WYNNE, AR - For a Cross County parent teacher's group and a business, students at one school will be able to get a special message on a daily basis. According to a post on the Wynne Intermediate School...
View ArticleDemolition begins on former Wynne City Hall and police department
WYNNE, AR - A demolition crew began tearing down the old Wynne City Hall and police department on Monday. Residents passed a sales tax extension to build a new city hall building and police department...
View ArticleWilliam a Duba Waldrep Memorial Here
William "Dub" Waldrep of Grenada, Mississippi, formerly of Wynne, died on Friday, August 17, 2018 at his residence; he was 83. Dub was born in Wynne, Arkansas on October 12, 1934 to the late Oscar and...
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DeVonte and Felicia Jordan of Jonesboro have announced the birth of a daughter on Sept. 19, 2018, at St. Bernards Healthcare in Jonesboro.
View ArticleMultiple Land Parcels Available in Arkansas on AuctionDeals.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 28, 2018 -- Thirteen Oaks Inc., whose slogan is "Affordable Land in Beautiful Places," is conducting several auctions for land parcels in Arkansas on the online surplus auction...
View ArticleRiceBran exercises option to acquire milling facility
RiceBran Technologies on Nov. 5 exercised its option to acquire the assets and operations of Golden Ridge Rice Mills' milling facility in Wynne, Arkansas, U.S. Total consideration of the transaction is...
View ArticlePlaintiff in Little Rock police case accused of hitting deputy in Cross County
Roderick Talley, the plaintiff in a case over abusive Little Rock police practices in drug raids, w as named Wednesday in a Cross County sheriff's report for driving into a deputy while attempting to...
View ArticleRace, Little Rock Fraternal Order of Police and the mayor's race
Catching up on developments in the ugly note the Little Rock Fraternal Order of Police injected into the runoff race for mayor yesterday . Roderick Talley, a lead complainant in blockbuster...
View ArticleVideo Shows Deer Run Through Glass Pane into Arkansas Courthouse
Surveillance cameras recorded a deer as it broke into an Arkansas courthouse Monday afternoon, startling employees and patrons before being safely removed. Video shows the deer running outside Cross...
View ArticleRiceBran finalizes purchase of Golden Ridge assets
RiceBran Technologies on Nov. 30 said it has completed the acquisition of the assets and operations of Golden Ridge Rice Mills' rice milling and rice bran stabilization facility in Wynne, Arkansas,...
View ArticleGeorge Day Wynne, Jr.
George Day Wynne, Jr. passed away from complications of Alzheimer's Disease on December 3, 2018. He was born August 28, 1936 in Lexington, MS and remained a permanent resident of Holmes County for the...
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