Ozark News

The Ozark Police Department is investigating an allegation that the officer who used a Taser on a 10-year-old girl last week also used the weapon on a woman Sunday at the county jail.

The mayor of Ozark in Franklin County said Tuesday that he wants an outside agency to investigate a local police officera s use of a Taser on a 10-year-old girl.

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The Arkansas State Police has been asked to investigate the actions of an Ozark police officer who used a stun gun on a 10-year-old girl, Ozark's mayor said Wednesday.

Police in Ozark, Ark., should not have used a stun gun on a 10-year-old girl, the child's father says.

The Texas granny who got Tasered was one thing. But a 10-year-old girl? It happened in Ozark, Ark.

Noggle said Tuesday that officer Dustin Bradshaw used his Taser last week on a 10-year-old girl who was kicking and combative with Bradshaw after her mother called police.

'I can't stop looking at them,' said Serenity Executive Director Lori Adkins Thursday as she perused 277 holiday ornaments donated to the women's shelter by the North Arkansas Woodcarver's Club.

A Franklin County jailer was placed on leave from the Sheriff's Department following his arrest.

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Ozark High School was one of 21 schools that competed at the Branson Speech Meet last month.

Authorities in Ozark said they are actively searching for people along the banks of the Mulberry River in the area of Byrd's Campground.

The Ozark High School wrestling program is offering an introduction to wrestling camp for boys in kindergarten through sixth grade.

Franklin County crews searched overnight Tuesday for a missing woman north of Ozark.

The radiant of the Orionid meteor shower is in the constellation of Orion, the Hunter.

Ozark High School is coming together to help a school nurse fight breast cancer.

An Ozark elementary teacher who allegedly left her baby in the car all day will not face charges according to the Franklin County prosecutor.

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