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Lee County man pleads guilty to first-degree murder in death of 5-year-old boy
MARIANNA — On Monday, July 15, 2024, Nathan Bridges, 34, pleaded guilty to First-Degree Murder and First-Degree Battery in the 2022 death of a 5-year-old boy in the Moro community, west of Marianna in Lee County. Bridges was sentenced to 60 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The...
Olly Neal Jr. headed up a community health clinic in
Marianna (Lee County) in the 1970s, became the first Black district prosecuting attorney in Arkansas, and served as a circuit court judge and on the Arkansas Court of Appeals. Historian Grif Stockley described him as a civil rights activist, political agitator, Arkansas Delta advocate, and a “black devil incarnate to many of Marianna’s whites.”
Bodies of father and son found in Bear Creek Lake
Cause of drowning still unknown as a community mourns. The small town of West Helena is mourning the loss of two local residents after the bodies of 51-year-old Ryan Spakes and his 28-yearold son Nathan Spakes were discovered in Bear Creek Lake in Lee County. The father and son had been reported missing on Thursday and were found on Friday afternoon by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
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