Tammy Curtis

BREAKING THE ICE…

32 year-old Fulton County cold case solved, brings closure to family By Tammy Curtis, Publisher Editors Note: This article is from newspaper articles about the crime from 1991, that included interviews with Sabrina's mother, as well as court documents related to the arrest and the former arrest of the alleged killer that put him behind bars for life without parole in 2019 in another murder. The family of Sabrina Underwood has waited…

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Hardy woman arrested/charged with felony for kicking child in stomach, leg and head in Salem

From Court Affadavit of Probable Cause A Hardy woman was arrested in Salem on Oct. 5, after Salem Police Chief Shad Overman recieved a call from the Department of Human Services Supervisor advising him of a confirmed child abuse case in the city. London Bynum, 32, was arrested after Overman met with the victim and determined probable cause existed to arrest the woman. The eight year old female victim met with Chief…

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Search warrants yield 20 pounds of marijuana and other narcotics and firearms in Sharp County

PRESS RELEASE FROM SHARP COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT On Sept. 15, 2023, Members of the Sharp County Sheriff's Office, Third and 16th Judicial Drug Task Force,Highland Police Department, Cherokee Village Police Department and the Cave City Police Department executed search warrants at three different residences in Sharp County. The search warrants followed several investigations over the course of several months.  Upon searching these residences, approximately 20 pounds of marijuana, 7.6 grams of Morphine…

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Man arrested in assault,kidnapping and police pursuit

From Police press release and interviews. Sharp County Captain of Operations, Josh Williams issued a press release following an assault, kidnapping, pursuit into Sharp County from Fulton County.  A Woodland, Ark. man found himself behind bars after assaulting a man and kidnapping an infant from Riverbend Restaurant in Mammoth Spring and leading police on a chase and stand off around 10 a.m. Aug.19. A call was taken around 10 a.m. through. Sharp…

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Historic Poverty in Sharp County PART 1

By Tammy Curtis, Publisher, Managing Editor EDITOR’S NOTE: Oftentimes the stories housed within the walls of structures that dotted America’s landscape die with them. The goal of this three part series on poverty in Sharp County is to highlight how Sharp County residents have historically assisted the less fortunate, as well as exploring manners in which poverty was dealt with in the pre-New Deal Sharp County.         Most have heard…

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