Forrest City News

Arkansas Coach Mike Anderson added his second oral commitment for the 2014 recruiting class when Forrest City forward Trey Thompson orally committed to the Hogs on Thursday morning.

In his weekly recruiting column for Hawgs Illustrated, Dudley E. Dawson writes about how the Arkansas basketball program grabbed its second commitment of the 2014 class when Forrest City center Trey Thompson committed to the Razorbacks on Thursday.

The Forrest City City Council agreed to seek bids for the removal of several condemned properties during its council meeting Tuesday night, including a pair of Front Street properties destroyed by ... To continue reading this story, subscribe now.

Families in the Blytheville School District are suing the district in federal court.

COMMISSION VOTES 3-2; UTILITY TO SEEK RFQ FOR SEWER I/I STUDY Members of the Forrest City Water Utility Commission voted 3-to-2 in favor of adopting the 2013 budget despite the wishes of Chairman Jimmy King, who wanted to take the matter back up in June.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District announced earlier today that it has indicted 16 people on conspiracy charges, including Idalia Ramos Rangel, aka "Big Momma" or "La Tia," a "high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel" who directed a drug operation out of Matamoros, Mexico, for distributing "hundreds of kilograms of cocaine" in ... (more)

REYNOLDS, LONG AGREE OFFICERS ON CAMPUS DETER SOME ACTIVITIY For several years, the Forrest City Police Department and Forrest City School District have worked to make campuses safer, and part of that initiative involves a pair of School Resource Officers ... To continue reading this story, subscribe now.

Northwest Arkansas Community College is the latest institution to opt out of a state law that allows faculty and staff to carry concealed guns on campus.

Another Arkansas college has opted out of a new state law that allows faculty and staff members to carry concealed guns on campus.

PROJECTS FOR EXTRA REVENUE WOULD BE LISTED ON BALLOT The Forrest City City Council agreed Tuesday to allow Mayor Larry Bryant to move forward with a proposal to ask voters for a sales tax increase later this year.

The Forrest City Police Department has arrested a second man in the November murder of Diabre McCraw, 30, a crime the suspect's brother has already pleaded guilty to committing.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark -- Adrian Batts is wanted for escape from the Bureau of Prisons Federal Correction Complex in Forrest City, Arkansas.

FORREST CITY, AR - Authorities say a kerosene lamp appears to be the cause in a house fire that killed a Forrest City man.