Quitman News

Mark Levrier. Photo supplied by police. According to KTTU.com and the Anchorage Daily News , a 52 year old resident of Quitman, Arkansas, Mark LeVrier, was arrested for sexually abusing a minor while helping her family move to Alaska.

Residents of central Arkansas may have felt two small earthquakes that rattled the region overnight.

Jane W. Duke, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced that Tracy Clemons, age 44, of Quitman was indicted today by a federal grand jury on 65 counts of mail fraud.

The pilota s failure to properly execute an emergency maneuver during a forced landing likely caused the November crash of an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission helicopter that killed a wildlife officer near Quitman, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled Thursday.

Among reports recently generated by the Conway Police Department: 1. Aggravated robbery at 1600 East Oak St.

Central Arkansans react to the death of a 21 year old Little Rock woman. Lucille Hamilton died during a vodou cleansing ritual in New Jersey.

Thursday the search was on for a kidnapping suspect and his hostage. Since Wednesday, Todd Bostian had been spotted all over central Arkansas.

First Electric Cooperative held its annual Membership meeting on June 25th, at the company headquarters in Jacksonville.A At the meeting, board election results were announced and new officers for the board were selected.

Sheriff's officials say they recovered at least $30,000 worth of stolen property in Cleburne County near the towns of Quitman and Hopewell.

Students from ASU-Beebea s Upward Bound program checked out the dragster brought by Team Thunder on campus last week.

FCSO still investigating murder of Thomas brothers Faulkner County Sheriff's Office investigators are still investigating the April 14 shooting of two brothers at a rural home in northeast Faulkner County.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEVE KEESEE Hundreds attended a rally Saturday for the Dry Counties Coalition at the Capitol in Little Rock to protest recent decisions by the state Alcohol Beverage Control Board to allow restaurants in dry counties to serve alcohol under the exemption for the private clubs.

The 2009 High School Rodeo Queen of Arkansas, Katie Barger of Quitman, recently visited the Faulkner County elementary schools passing out rodeo tickets to the children, age 12 and under, to attend the upcoming Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association rodeo which will be held at the Don Owen Sports Complex May 22 and 23.