West Memphis News

Coming off a weekend that featured nine different winners in ten events throughout the country in which 228 different drivers took part in at least one card, another action-packed slate of American Sprint Car Series competition is on tap for this Fourth of July Holiday weekend.

Police have taken in 21-year-old Mario Dawson and his wife 20-year-old Jasmine Carter Dawson for questioning in the disappearance of former Waldron Mayor , Troy Anderson.

West Memphis police Officer Lance Ellis has been working patrol in Arkansas for over a dozen years.

Another thought on keno, which will be offered in parlors all over Arkansas before long if legislators like Speaker Robbie Wills have their way.

Ozarks Technical Community College has named Reita K. Gorman as its new dean of general education.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced in Memphis on Wednesday $500 million in grants available to prepare workers for "green" jobs.

The U.S. Secretary of Labor plans a stop in West Memphis to talk about economic development and green jobs.

LOOKING GOOD: From left, William Carlson, Ralph Carlson, Mike Murphy and tellers at Fidelity National Bank in West Memphis enjoyed their most profitable year in bank history in 2008.

Many changes have taken place through the years at Salem Campgrounds, site of the annual Salem Camp Meeting at Salem United Methodist Church, 1647 Salem Road.

A Police say a West Memphis man was on a kamikaze mission when he deliberately ran his car carrying his wife and child into a semi this week.

Each year, students throughout Arkansas - including several living in Siloam Springs - forgo the typical summer camp setting, to decide instead to roll up their sleeves, pick up some tools and reach out a helping hand to neighbors in need.

" A downtown area once on life support is now receiving a shot in the arm, thanks to $50,000 in federal grant money.

FAST FACTS: A bizarre domestic dispute in West Memphis ends with an intentional head on collision with a tractor trailer Police say suspect had wife and son in car with him at time of crash It happened early Tuesday morning on north Missouri street in West Memphis Police say it all started after 29-year-old Archie Ross picked up his wife, her ...

He built America from the ground up with a few tools, his bare hands and by the sweat of his brow.

Little Rock - More than a dozen protesters, unhappy with the way John Fogleman prosecuted three men for the 1993 murders of three West Memphis 8-year-olds walked out of a news conference Tuesday in which the Crittenden County circuit judge announced his candidacy for the state Supreme Court.

The Louis George Motor Company in Osceola told Region 8 News Tuesday it was inundated with phone calls Monday and again Tuesday regarding inventory left over from Chrysler Corporation.

Investigators in Crittenden County, Arkansas say a number of vacant homes in the Harvard Yard community near Marion were set on fire over the course of a week.

Sixteen year-old Kendale Mays is behind bars facing adult charges after he was suspected of breaking into the same home on East Harrison for the second time this year.

A circuit judge who prosecuted three Arkansas men convicted of killing three West Memphis 8-year-olds in 1993 says he's running for a spot on the state's highest court.

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