Lamar News

Arkansas State Police and the Chicot County Sheriff's office are investigating the beating death of the Chicot County tax collector.

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office says a search is under way for a Lamar woman who went missing during a camping trip to the Haw Creek Falls campground.

There is no official "state pie," but one unique pie that came up again and again in our travels might deserve the distinction: the Possum Pie, an all-encompassing name for a variety of pie that includes a vanilla, sour cream or cream cheese filling that obscures another filling such as cherries, peaches, apples or chocolate.

William R. Collette, 72, of Dover died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center.

With less than one term in the Arkansas House of Representatives under his belt, Rep.