Baxter County News

A three-vehicle wreck early Tuesday morning killed a Mountain Home woman, but no one else was hurt.

A 20 year old Mountain Home man has been arrested on felony charges of Rape and Sexual Assault in the 4th Degree following an investigation into allegations of sexual contact between the man and two juvenile females, one aged 14 and one aged 13 at the time the incidents occurred.

Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says a woman who fled with her husband to Vermont rather than face sentencing on 20 counts of animal cruelty has finally been sentenced to a year in the county jail and fined a total of $10,000. The sheriff said Tammy C. Hanson, 42, was sentenced Wednesday by Baxter County District Judge Van Gearhart.

The Baxter County Quorum Court approved a $13.2 million county budget Tuesday, which includes a 3 percent cost-of-living raise for county employees.

Area law enforcement released names and addresses of sex offenders living in Baxter County in an effort to increase public safety.

District court for Baxter County was held Oct. 20 and 22, 2009, before Judge Van Gearhart.

The home of a Tracy Area volunteer firefighter was destroyed by fire Wednesday, fire officials said.

When you get The Baxter Bulletin on Monday, you will find a story about registered sex offenders in Baxter County along with a list featuring 37 of them and their photos.

Three Mountain Home residents charged with methamphetamine offenses after a three-month undercover investigation pleaded not guilty when arraigned in Baxter County Circuit Court on Thursday, Two of the three - John Douglas Sigmin, 56, and David Junior Pemberton, 54 - are free on bond while the third, Virginia R. Willett, 32, remains incarcerated.

Travis L. Cagle, 30, of Calico Rock has been brought from Independence County to Baxter County Detention Center on outstanding warrants of arrest for breaking or entering and felony theft of property.

Nearly 10.5 inches of rain in October has punished county roads and ditches, and the Baxter County Road and Bridge Department could use a break in the rain for badly needed grading and ditch clearing.

Baxter County deputies arrested a man on charges he attacked his wife with an ax and injured his 9-year-old son when the boy tried to protect his mother.

A Henderson area man in is being held on a $250,000 bond related to numerous charges after officials say he attempted to assault his wife with an axe.

A Baxter County, Ark. man was in custody late Monday after allegedly assaulting his wife and son, at one point swinging an axe at his spouse.

District court for Baxter County was held Oct. 12 and 15, 2009, before Judge Van Gearhart.

The Baxter County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 51-year-old Mountain Home woman.

The Baxter County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 51-year-old rural Mountain Home woman, according to a news release from Sheriff John Montgomery.

For the second time in five months, accused arsonist Anthony Scott Payne lost a bid Thursday to have his $500,000 bond reduced after a Mountain Home detective described him as volatile and a potential threat to the victim.

A Faulkner County man is jailed in Baxter County after sheriff's deputies say a drunk driver took a three-mile ride going the wrong way on the US 62/412 Bypass and later crashed into a brick column on a nearby college campus.

Beginning at Thursday, a new feature was activated and integrated into the Baxter County Sheriff's Office Web site at available for public viewing). The listing automaticallywill update every10 minutes as new warrants are entered and warrants are served or otherwise returned to the courts, with no additional manpower needed or costs involved to ...