Rudy News

Richards's niece Susan Richards says friends and family weren't surprised to hear she was offering someone help moments before she was shot and killed at the Arkansas Welcome Center in Van Buren Tuesday morning.

Mary Evelyn Adams, 77, of Rudy, Ark., died Monday, April 9, 2012, in her home. She was born Aug.

Face grinning, tail wagging and a taut leash behind her, Misty, a mixed-breed dog, led her owner, Vi Herring, down the hallway at a local retirement home amid calls seeking her attention.

A fire that forced nearly 30 homes to be evacuated in Crawford County Tuesday evening has been contained, according to the sheriff's department.

According to Crawford County Sheriff's Department, nine different agencies in the area are working on putting out a grass fire.