Crime

Police say synthetic marijuana is very dangerous, and they urge people to steer clear of it.

A convicted killer is soon scheduled to be set free despite having decades left to serve on his prison sentence.

Paragould police want you to be on the lookout for door-to-door salesmen selling solar panels.

A 31-year-old man is behind bars after Jonesboro police suspected him of being behind a late-night shooting that left one person dead.

A southeast Missouri man was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for a 2020 bank robbery.

A 45-year-old Paragould woman was arrested after police said she left a store on multiple occasions without paying a dime.

A man is facing charges after investigators found a half-pound of fentanyl while serving a search warrant.

The Arkansas Supreme Court has reversed and dismissed Demarcus Donnell Parker’s conviction for the 2018 murder of an off-duty police officer in West Memphis after a ruling that his right to a speedy trial was violated.

Four people are charged with murder after an 18-year-old from West Memphis was found dead in Holly Springs National Forest.

A grieving community came together Wednesday to honor 18-year-old Fredarrius Wilson, the West Memphis teen who was found shot to death in Holly Springs National Forest exactly one week ago.

Dyersburg police have apprehended 30-year-old Brenton Bell after police say he held his girlfriend captive inside a vacant house, locked inside a closet, for two months.

A 38-year-old Jonesboro woman was sentenced to prison after records showed she almost hit a police officer’s vehicle while she was drunk.

Police officers in Parkin are ready to resign after a request for a raise was shot down at a city council meeting.

On Tuesday, March 14, the Jonesboro Finance and Administration Committee voted on two measures focused on improving first responder services in the city.

The Kennett Humane Department and police are searching for the person who poured scalding hot liquid on a puppy.

A high school football coach in St. Francis County, Arkansas, has been arrested on charges that stemmed from an alleged incident with one of his players in September.

A Paragould man who died while in custody reportedly complained of pain “due to boxing.”

The shooting occurred on March 6 on Hillview Avenue at the Valley Forge Apartments.

Police in Dyersburg say a woman was held captive in a closet for weeks. The suspect remains on the run.

A Gravette man seeking an acquittal or a new trial after his conviction on multiple charges related to the Jan. 6 insurrection has been granted a filing deadline extension.

A judge sentenced a Paragould man to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child.

A 31-year-old Paragould man is behind bars after he was accused of having sex with a child.

A neighborhood nightmare after a late-night shooting ended with deadly consequences in Jonesboro.

Concern across the community as new data show juvenile crimes are on the rise.

A Palestine man was sentenced to life in prison for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a six-year-old child.

A man from Pemiscot County, Mo admitted possessing a machine gun after a shootout last year.

Trumann police this week arrested a South Carolina man wanted for manslaughter.

A 15-year-old Jonesboro boy suspected in a series of shootings in an “ongoing feud” will be tried as an adult.

Jonesboro police arrested a man after they said he took nude photos of a girl and then threatened to rape her at gunpoint.

A former Marked Tree fire fighter charged with theft from the department was rehired by the same department.