Jasper News

Randy and Sherri Campbell announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Clarissa Louise Campbell to Bobby Hoyt Mangrum, son of Tony and Lesia Mangrum of Harrison.

Not a day goes by that Linda Paulson doesn't think about her two children who were killed by a drunk driver.

A Jasper woman died in a single vehicle crash Friday. Linda Freeman, 61, was eastbound on Arkansas 16 in a 2002 Toyota Corolla, according to the Arkansas State Police.

A Jasper resident has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other crimes in the deaths of two men whose bodies were found two years after they went missing.

Police believe they have found the body of a West Memphis man reported missing last week.

The West Memphis Police Department is seeking information concerning a missing person last seen in Conway.

Norfork All-School reunion NORFORK -- The Norfork All-School reunion is today and Sunday.

QUOTE OF THE DAY "They are absolutely devastated over people being sick." Vickie Herr, Locust Grove, Okla., flower shop owner, on the reaction of the Country Cottage restaurant's owners to an E. coli outbreak ...

QUOTE OF THE DAY "If an athlete's doing it, nobody's going to say it's not cool." Andy Gilbride, program adviser for UA's transit and parking department, on the growing popularity of scooters on campus Article, ...

QUOTE OF THE DAY "We don't feel it is our obligation to build a high school for the community.

JASPER - A Hasty man convicted of breaking into a home and shocking the small dogs inside with a cattle prod before stomping on them has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

A Newton County woman faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the shooting of her husband at their rural home Sunday night, the sheriff said.

Officials in Newton County hope a sales tax to build a new jail will be placed on the November ballot, as state officials warn that the current jail isn't up to standards.

Officials in Newton County hope a sales tax to build a new jail will be placed on the November ballot, as state officials warn that the current jail isn't up to standards.

JASPER -- Officials in Newton County hope a sales tax to build a new jail will be placed on the November ballot, as state officials warn that the current jail isn't up to standards.

The Newton County Jail, where two inmates committed suicide earlier this year, currently holds no inmates after Sheriff Keith Slope temporarily closed the facility.

Red, White and Blue Festival The eight annual Red White and Blue Festival, Mountain Home includes family activities and fun culminating in a fireworks show at 9:25 p.m. at Arkansas State University Mountain ...

SPECIAL EVENTS STAR STUDDED NIGHT GALA a fundraiser for the Northwest Arkansas gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender community center at 7 p.m. Friday at the Clarion Inn in Fayetteville.

JASPER - Jasper and Newton County residents are busy preparing for their annual Buffalo River Elk Festival.

JASPER - Alyssa "Paige" Slape, 17, of Compton, daughter of Newton County Sheriff Keith Slape, was killed Saturday in a two-vehicle accident in Newton County.