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Body discovered in car submerged in Spring River

Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor The Fulton County Sheriff’s Department and Mammoth Spring Police Department responded to a call around 4:30 p.m, April 19 to Cold Springs Curve near Mammoth Spring on the Spring River after receiving a call of a possible vehicle being submerged.  Upon arrival, Fulton County Chief Deputy Jake Smith said a boat was called to the scene and later, divers were contacted. The Vehicle was submerged about two to…

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Opioid Abuse Grants help police take record drugs off the street in the Sixteenth Judicial District 

Angelia Roberts, Special to the SRC 223 grams of Fentanyl/Heroin 15,000 grams or just under 40 pounds of Methamphetamine 5,000 grams of Marijuana 50 doses of LSD  1,000 Prescription Drugs 130 grams of Synthetics 32 grams of other Hallucinogens  Photo/Angelia Roberts  Arkansas Drug Enforcement Agency Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jared Harper visits with 16th Judicial Drug Task Force Commander Geoffrey Watts before a Control Group Meeting  last week in Batesville at…

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Icy roads claim life of Salem man, injures three others

By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Icy roads were the cause of a fatal accident on Feb. 23 on U.S. Highway 62/412 just west of Salem in Fulton County. The accident also resulted in injuries to three passengers.  The accident occurred at 12:25 p.m. when 23 year old Austin Freeman’s 2008 Dodge Ram 2500 that was pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with logs lost control during sleet and freezing rain on a downhill…

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