Marianna News

A jury sentenced an Arkansas man to life in prison without parole for killing a television anchor, officials said Thursday.

Curtis Lavelle Vance , who was convicted Wednesday of murdering Anne Pressly, could get the death penalty.

The verdict was a huge sigh of relief for the Pressly family, according to a friend.

Curtis Lavelle Vance has been found guilty in the death of Little Rock television anchor Anne Pressly.

Last week we broke down the payouts for major shareholders in Lee County Bancshares from the sale of First National Bank of Marianna to Farmers & Merchants Bankshares Inc.

After two and a half days, a jury has been seated in the Curtis Vance murder trial.

Jury selection was under way for a second day Tuesday in the trial of a man accused in the rape and beating death of an Arkansas television anchor a year ago.

Security is super-tight at the trial of 29-year-old Curtis Vance, and the court is taking unprecedented steps to maintain a fair trial.

The trial of a man accused of killing popular Little Rock, Ark., anchorwoman Anne Pressly is set to begin Monday, after being postponed nearly two months.

The weather is forcing school, and other activities to cancel for Friday. Below is a list of cancellations we've received into our newsroom.

Attorneys for Curtis Lavelle Vance are asking that his trial in Marianna be delayed.

The circuit clerk for St. Francis County says Judge L.T. Simes is presiding over the capital-murder trial of a Lee County man accused of killing Marianna Fire Chief Chuck Boone.

Funeral services for 1st Lt. Tyler Parten, 24, were held Thursday in Marianna. Parten was killed in Afghanistan last week after insurgents attacked his unit.

MARIANNA - Mourners on Thursday remembered an Arkansas soldier killed in Afghanistan as a brave, dedicated man who knew what he was getting into when he enlisted in the Army.

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On Thursday, friends, family and fellow soldiers will say goodbye to First Lieutenant Tyler Parten of Marianna.

Family and friends are mourning the loss of a Mid-South soldier, killed in Afghanistan.

In a town of just over 5,000 First Lieutenant Tyler Parten was one of the standouts.

Of those, the military reports 569 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 69 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

A pair of early morning chases on Tuesday led to damage to a Forrest City Police Department vehicle, an arrest and law enforcement looking for a man that fled the scene.