Miller County News

A man disfigured in an alcohol-related accident has sued the bar and some of its employees, saying they are liable for his injuries.

A January trial date has been set for a former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who faces drug charges.

A former guard at the Miller County Jail has been sentenced to five years in prison for bringing marijuana into the facility.

Miller County Sheriff Ron Stovall says a device found in the parking lot of the county jail after a bomb threat was not a real bomb.

Chief Deputy Mike Mauldin says the handgun was found Nov. 6 in a wooded area near Mr.

State human services officials were justified in removing children living at the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries last year for their own protection, the state Court of Appeals ruled today.

Yvonne Dockery filed the motion in Miller County Circuit Court on Thursday saying she's a victim of misconduct.

A 19-year-old Texarkana man has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in Miller County.

Miller County authorities investigating a deadly nightclub shooting near Texarkana say witnesses apparently are scared to come forward.

Prosecutors say 57-year-old Harry Johnson was released for time served after entering the plea Wednesday in Miller County District Court.

Registered sex offenders in Miller County have to report to the Bi-State Justice Building in Texarkana for a mandatory counseling session on Halloween night.

A homeless man in Texarkana has rejected a plea agreement to a bestiality charge and says he's not guilty.

A former Miller County, Arkansas jailer arrested on alleged misconduct was found dead Tuesday morning.

The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled today that a Miller County Circuit judge did not err when he allowed the prosecutor in a robbery trial to strike a potential juror who was black, despite the prosecutor's admission that race was a factor in his decision.

A former southwest Arkansas city official has been arrested on a charge related to payroll advances.

Texarkana and Miller County have been awarded a grant totaling $68,124 from the Edward Bryne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program through the U.S. Department of Justice.

The last of five reported victims of evangelist Tony Alamo took the stand Friday, telling jurors that she was married to him at age 11 and had sex with him on a bus during a trip from Arkansas to California.

Jury selection is getting underway in Texarkana today for the federal trial of former evangelist Tony Alamo.

Little Rock - Federal prosecutors are refusing to name two confidential informants who provided information to the FBI about jailed evangelist Tony Alamo. Prosecutors refused the request in a filing Tuesday to U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes. Prosecutors say Alamo's lawyers failed to offer a convincing reason to name the informants, who offered information that led to a raid on his southwest Arkansas compound. Prosecutors also hint that those informants may be underage girls sexually or physically abused by the 74-year-old evangelist.

A search warrant for Tony Alamo Christian Ministries property based on years-old information wasn't "fatally stale" because pedophiles typically keep incriminating photos of their victims for a long time, according to a document filed Thursday by federal prosecutors.