Brinkley News

A pair of single-vehicle accidents on Wednesday claimed the lives of three Eastern Arkansas residents.

Normal Gilchrest today announced his candidacy for the Arkansas State Representative District 51 seat that includes parts of St.

Are you headed toward Brinkley, Arkansas and need a place to spend the night? The small town of Brinkley offers a few choices for lodging, and one of the most visible choices is right off of Interstate 40, Baymont Inn and Suites.

The uncle of an 11-month-old baby is charged in the child's death. Authorities say Stephen C. Calahan was taking care of the Lakeira Jewell Calahan while her parents were at work on May 4. Authorities arrived at their home on Gunter Street around noon and say the child was unresponsive.

Skip French, the Pastor of the First United Church in Berryville, has been reassigned and is leaving Berryville sometime in late June.

Rector area National Guardsmen who have served overseas in Operation Iraqi Freedom were among hundreds of Arkansas soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry, 39th Brigade Combat Team honored Sunday afternoon, May 3, in a Freedom Salute Ceremony held at Benson Auditorium on the campus of Harding University at Searcy.

The State of Arkansas is facing a problem that is common in every state in the United States today.

The EAST Initiative, in cooperation with the Arkansas Department of Education, Thursday announced the recipients of the 2009 EAST Integration and Community Enhancement Project Grants.

The 16th Annual Antique Power Show will be held May 8 and 9 in Brinkley Arkansas.

Arkansas State and Brinkley police are investigating an alleged rape on campus at Brinkley High School.

Police say several people are dead and many injured in three separate crashes along I-40 this Saturday.

The Associated Press BRINKLEY, Ark.-Arkansas State Police troopers have identified two victims who died during a series of crashes Saturday morning on Interstate 40 near Brinkley.

Three separate accidents have the Westbound lanes of I-40 shut down. A pile-up on I-40 between Brinkley and Wheatley has caused multiple fatalities and several injuries and has traffic backed up in the Westbound lanes.

Interstate 40 near Brinkley, Arkansas looked like a parking lot on Saturday, April 18, 2009.

Folk-scene veteran Bob Frank and relative youngster John Murry are a pair of separated-by-decades Memphis ex-pats who met when Murry moved to the San Francisco area several years ago.

If northern snakeheads were as ferocious as they're portrayed in some low-budget horror movies, Bobby Wilson wouldn't have been so willing to volunteer his help with a recent eradication of the menacing predators.

Around 2:13pm, ASP received a call about a tractor trailer on fire on I-40 around the 221 mile marker.

Submitted by Ted Williams on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 11:22. Note: The AGFC plans to have a day for the media to get photographs, video and images of the eradication project on Friday, March 20 at 1 p.m. at Lake ...

A cold front pushed unseasonably mild weather out of the area late Tuesday, prompting forecasts of ice and snow for the northern half of the state, beginning very early today.

Director and Arkansas native Zac Heath will join members of the cast and crew for the screening.