West Helena News

Among people attending the 2007 Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival in Helena-West Helena were Nancy Mancilla of Little Rock, Alexandru Georgescu from Romania and Chris Lynn of Madison, Miss.

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis on Friday ordered a hearing in a $2 billion environmental-contamination lawsuit filed by an East Arkansas farmer against former owners of a chemical plant.

Walter Morris, chairman of H&M Lumber Co. of West Helena and a veteran of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, is now fighting Morgan Keegan over $70,000 lost in one of the companya s funds.

Taking a disturbing health report to heart, one state lawmaker set out to improve conditions in the Arkansas Delta - and took the challenge personally.

Regional Home Care , a health service provider located at Forrest City Medical Center, held an open house Tuesday to raise awareness of the services they provide.

HELENA-WEST HELENA - Dogs continue to bedevil city government, as well as residents.

Six Arkansas properties have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program announced Wednesday.

The three proposals for grant funding from the Walton Foundation for St. Francis County should be submitted next month, according to officials with Southern Bancorp.

Helena-West Helena Central OT Mekale Carter , 6-5, 250, 5.1, the No. 18 ranked prospect in Arkansas on the initial release of the 2010 Natural 21, has his eye on another run at the state championship.

Helena-West Helena Mayor James Valley, accused of releasing dogs from the city's makeshift animal shelter to fend for themselves in a national forest last year, will not face state charges, the prosecuting attorney said Monday.

American Red Cross disaster teams are working in communities across eastern and southern Arkansas with residents affected by flooding and uprooted trees from storms that hit the state Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

A circuit judge edged closer to being removed from the bench Friday after a state judicial panel recommended that the Arkansas Supreme Court relieve him of his duties.

Kincaid Funeral Home Inc., recently opened in Forrest City at 307 N. Washington.

A 12-year veteran of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System's board of trustees, the superintendent of the Charleston School District and the business manager of the Rogers district have been elected to six-year terms on the system's board.

This past Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas, the FCA and Open Football Combines were held, and by the end of the day, one thing was made perfectly clear, the West Helena Cougars are stacked.

Rescue or EMS standby on West Jefferson Street. Motor vehicle accident with injuries at 1450 Cheri Whitlock Dr.

The grandfather of Daniel Cowart testified in federal court Friday that when he saw a sawed-off shotgun, duct tape and nylon rope in his grandson's upstairs living area last year, he believed his life might be in danger.

A Crockett County Sheriff's Deputy testified Thursday morning that he received information that 20-year-old Daniel Cowart of Bells was planning to rob and kill his grandparents before being arrested by Crockett County authorities on Oct.

A homicide investigation is underway near Helena-West Helena, AR, after a body was found inside a burning pickup truck.

A 10 a.m. hearing in the Pulaski County School desegregation lawsuit was canceled Monday after U.S. District Judge Brian S. Miller, the presiding judge in the case, had a car accident on his way into work from his home in Helena-West Helena.