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Single-vehicle crash kills 2 in Benton County
PEA RIDGE, Ark. — Two people from Pea Ridge were killed in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 265 on July 14, according to a fatal crash report. Cody Baker, 34, was traveling northbound at a high speed on Hayden Road with a passenger, 50-year-old Kerry Zingerella, around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, the Pea Ridge Police Department said (PRPD).
Crash on I-49 in Bentonville stalls southbound traffic, injures at least one
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — A two-vehicle crash near I-49's Exit 85 in Bentonville has stalled southbound traffic and injured at least one person on the morning of July 17, according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT). ARDOT's iDrive Arkansas cameras showed emergency vehicles attend to the scene as a...
Woman jailed after reported domestic disturbance on I-70
GEARY COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating an alleged domestic altercation that occurred Sunday on Interstate 70 and have a suspect in custody. Late Sunday, deputies responded to eastbound Interstate 70 near McDowell Creek Road after a report of a rolling domestic dispute in a passenger car, according to the Geary County Sheriff's Department.
Nearly two years after alleged kidnapping and murder, Amber Waterman set to appear in Benton County court
BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — Amber Waterman was arrested in Missouri in 2022 and charged federally for allegedly kidnapping a pregnant woman and killing her with the intent to claim her unborn child as her own. Since her arrest, Waterman has been held by authorities in Missouri awaiting a...
Former Bentonville fire captain pleads guilty to assaulting Asian man
A former fire captain with the Bentonville Fire Department has pleaded guilty to assaulting an Asian man outside of Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs in 2021.
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