Dumas News

A slippery truth What happens when a juror believes he's been deceived? Thrash before Judge Mazzanti in 1985.

Fayetteville's one step closer to ticketing and not towing cars that have overstayed their welcome in some paid parking lots on Dickson Street.

Casey Crowder's mother Melinda was a guest speaker. Crowder was killed in 2006 by Kenneth Osborn after he picked her up in Dumas when she ran out of gas.

Popular fishing site to be public owned A near-legendary Arkansas fishing hole is going into public ownership.

Polish up your shotguns and sharpen your hooks. Sarah Palin is coming to Arkansas to hunt -- for money.

The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management is doing two big jobs. It is coordinating efforts to help Gustav evacuees in Arkansas and it's preparing for any flooding or severe weather we might get.

"It looks like it's going to be a pretty quick season" is how Keith Maloney sums up the outlook for this year's cotton classing operations at the USDA/Agricultural Marketing Services facility at Dumas, Ark.

Mr. Russell Odell Wells, beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend passed away Saturday, August 9, 2008, after an extensive, grueling struggle with cancer.

Drivers can expect traffic delays as city transportation crews begin working today on a portion of Joyce Boulevard between Mall Avenue and College Avenue.

What would you say to someone who was capable of killing another person? I really never thought much about it before.

One of Mayor Dan Coody's top administrators wants to be considered for the city administrator post in Fort Smith.

The Dumas Bobcats lost some talent when last years senior class graduated, but they have three young men who are ready to step up and be the play makers in the coming season.

“The first thing that entered my mind last night, it's Dumas all over again”

Dee Dee becomes frustrated when her new boyfriend doesn't seem interested in taking their relationship to the next level. via CW Arkansas

“In this case, the company misclassified employees as exempt from overtime compensation for hours worked over 40 in a workweek, when in fact overtime wages were due.”

Cotton ginners in eastern Arkansas have collectively agreed to pay $97,278 in back wages to 270 current and former cotton gin workers. via ArkansasMatters

“Despite the fact that I am a person questionably convicted, nevertheless I have not been sitting around simply holding resentments or festering anger, bitterness and hostility”

A convicted killer who escaped prison and lived in Pennsylvania with a former jail counselor should be granted clemency, the state Parole Board said Thursday. via Log Cabin Democrat

“I want people to know the kind of man that he was; he fought for our country”

In the past year, David Vernor has lost some very special people in his life -- his father, J.L. Vernor, who was a former pastor; his mother, Patricia Gargus; and his uncle, T.J. Vernor, a military veteran. via Alabama Live

News Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 Don't support race for cure, diocese says By Rob Moritz LITTLE ROCK - The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock has asked parishes and schools to stop supporting fundraising activities for ... via Arkansas News Bureau

This Sunday the Traveler's Missionary Baptist Church was filled with the faithful and Pastor Bobby Brasfield's family members, but he was conspicuously absent. via ArkansasMatters

“It looked like a regular thunderstormy day -- but it turned out to be a tornado day”

On February 24 of last year -- the city of Dumas, in Desha County, offered an example of a what a tornado can do when it rips through the heart of a town. via ArkansasMatters

“The fact that they were brothers makes it a little shocking”

Authorities say Bobby Brasfield was stabbed to death Friday night in Dumas after a reported altercation with his brother, Dennis Brasfield. via Arkansas Online