Plumerville News

A Morrilton attorney has been named to the state's Ethics Commission. Senate President Bob Johnson on Monday appointed Paul F. Dumas to the commission, replacing Commissioner Linda Collins-Smith of Pocahontas.

Editor's note: This story is one in an occasional series in which survivors of The Great Depression of the 1930s and 1940s tell their stories - some are sad, some are amusing, but all are compelling.

The second person in custody for the shooting death of Plumerville assistant police chief Joseph "Joey" Cannon has been released from the Conway County Jail.

Conway Police Department Authorities say the gun used to murder Plumerville assistant police Chief Joey Cannon may have been stolen from an unlocked car at a Conway home.

The second person in custody for the shooting death of Plumerville assistant police chief Joseph "Joey" Cannon has been released from the Conway County Jail.

The family of the man accused of fatally shooting a Plumerville police officer has released a statement on the incdent.

"He was murdered by a coward in the line of duty." Attorney General Dustin McDaniel talked about the last moments of Joey Cannon's life Monday.

People across Central Arkansas are remembering Joey Cannon not just as a 27 year law enforcement veteran but as a family man and friend.

The second person in custody for the shooting death of Plumerville assistant police chief Joseph "Joey" Cannon has been released from the Conway County Jail.

The Plumerville Police Department's assistant chief was gunned down this morning by the driver of a vehicle he suspected was stolen.

The officera s son, an off duty sheriffa s deputy, rushed to the scene and watched as paramedics tended in vain to his dying father.

Services have been set for an assistant police chief killed in the line of duty.

Kurt Russell's multifaceted performance as a crooked cop marks this gritty crime drama, which is set in the days leading up to the 1992 L.A. riots.

Hearts are heavy in Conway County after a Plumerville police officer is shot and killed during a traffic stop.

A rural Arkansas assistant police chief only two weeks from retirement was shot dead Friday during a traffic stop, authorities said.

DAMASCUS Three Faulkner County men had planned for several days to navigate the Cadron Creek using only the most modest of inflatable rafts and provisions.

The city of Conway will barricade part of an old highway that virtually runs into Beaver Lake in Plumerville.

PLUMERVILLE, Ark. - The mother of three young boys who died when their car plunged into a lake on a foggy night was trying to tend to her children just before the accident, the boys' grandfather said Tuesday.

Workers will install a barricade at the edge of a man-made lake in Conway County where three children drowned after the car they were in plunged into the water, authorities said.

The reports might not be available until the end of the week, Conway County Sheriff Mike Smith said.