Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Nearly four years after a Paragould woman lost her life while enjoying a family outing on the Spring River at High Falls, the Army Corp of Engineers and representatives with the Commissioner of State Lands Office are filling in the hole. Large trucks, dump trucks and an excavator made their way to the Spring River this morning, March 5, in hope of preventing another incident like the one…
Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor A man who eluded prosecution for many years and was finally arrested in 2022 for 14 counts of sexual assault received the deal of a lifetime earlier this month in Sharp County. Jack Huffmaster, Jr. 60, was charged with several sexually related felonies on Nov. 11, 2022 by the Third Judicial District Prosecutor’s office He was charged with 14 cases of Sexual Assault in the Second degree ……
From police reports and interviews A long time local building contractor was arrested in Cherokee Village on Feb. 9. Police Chief Monte Lane said Charles “Charlie” Edward Slater, 45, of Cherokee Village was arrested regarding a Feb. 6 call to the department about an alleged sexual assault that occurred in the city. After interviews were conducted with both the Cherokee Village Police Department investigator and the Arkansas State Police Crimes Against Children…
A Lawrence County jury only needed thirty minutes to sentence James Woods to life in prison plus 149 years, to be served consecutively, on the evening of Tue. Jan. 30, 2024. The jury found him guilty on all counts, which included one count of Rape, one count of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree, three counts of Possession of Child Pornography and three counts of Engaging a Child in Sexually Explicit Conduct.…
BOND SET AT $150,000 Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor from Police Report A long time local building contractor was arrested in Cherokee Village on Feb. 9. Police Chief Monte Lane said Charles "Charlie" Edward Slater, 45, of Cherokee Village was arrested regarding a Feb. 6 call to the department about an alleged sexual assault that occurred in the city. After interviews were conducted with both the Cherokee Village Police Department investigator and the…
