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WANTED PERSON IN CUSTODY AFTER MANHUNT EAST OF MOUNTAIN HOME ON TUESDAY
A Baxter County man, 33 year old KORY ADAM CHARLTON of rural Mountain Home, was arrested Tuesday afternoon, August 27th, on an outstanding arrest warrant. CHARLTON had fled on foot from an Arkansas State Police Trooper, which resulted in approximately a two and a half hour manhunt taking place. KORY...
AUTOPSY REPORT INDICATES DEATH OF RICKEY JOE MILLSAP WAS RESULT OF FOUL PLAY
The results of the autopsy by the Arkansas State Medical Examiner’s Office on 50 year old RICKEY JOE MILLSAP of Mountain Home, whose body was found in Moccasin Creek at the Baxter County/Izard County line on August 15th, indicates that foul play was involved in his death. The investigation into his death is thus proceeding as a homicide investigation.
Pedestrian hit by vehicle in high school parking lot Thursday morning
Thursday morning, in the parking lot of Mountain Home High School, a student was injured after they were struck by a vehicle.According to an incident report from the Mountain Home Police Department, at approximately 7:45, officers were advised by dispatch a pedestrian had been struck in parking lot C of the high school. One officer, who was already onsite investigating an unrelated incident arrived quickly and observed the victim, a juvenile, lying on the ground and bleeding from the head. The driver, also a juvenile, was standing beside their vehicle visibly upset.The driver stated they had immediately stopped after hitting the victim and backed the car off of her as the victim was partially underneath the vehicle. Officers did not see any sign of impairment to the driver.
2 people from Iowa appear in court on drug charges
Bayli Jordan (left) and Kyle Strohman (Photos courtesy of Baxter County Sheriff’s Office) In early August, two people from Iowa were arrested for possessing drugs and drug paraphernalia, and a Baxter County sheriff’s deputy was sent to the hospital after he came in contact with an unknown substance while processing the scene.
Former cop turned felon pleads guilty to federal drug/money laundering charges
A former police chief turned convicted felon has pled guilty to federal money laundering charges.Fifty-six-year-old Jimmy Bohannan, Jr., of Midway, has admitted that during most of 2023, he was involved with several people in the area in a drug trafficking/money laundering organization. The others group members were 48-year-old Joseph Bermingham...
NAEC remembers employees 20 years after fatal accident
Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of one of the Twin Lakes Area’s most tragic accidents. It was Aug. 31, 2004, when four employees of North Arkansas Electric Cooperative were injured in an explosion at the Baxter substation, and three would later succumb to their injuries. Desi Jones, Ivey Hodge,...
Flippin woman faces additional theft charges for a returned check on shipping container purchase
Additional charges have been filed against a Flippin woman who wrote an insufficient funds check to a Las Vegas business for shipping containers she attempted to purchase. Forty-year-old Angela Dougan is facing an additional felony count of theft of property. According to the probable cause affidavit, on April 22, Dougan...
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