Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor A Cherokee Village contractor will not see the light of day until he is at least 74 years old. A Fulton County jury heard testimony from witnesses in the Charles Slater, II rape trial in Fulton County Circuit Court on Jan. 30. Slater was on trial for raping his then 10-year-old half-sister as she slept at her mother, Mary Pickle Kirby’s home in Fulton County. After hearing of…
Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Just over a year after the Jan. 8, 2024, stabbing death of Derek Hamilton of Cherokee Village, the victim’s mother and her live-in boyfriend were sentenced by Judge Tim Weaver on Jan. 22 in the Fulton County case. Anna Hamilton, 48, entered a negotiated guilty plea to Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution, a Class D Felony. She and her boyfriend were held in jail, first on a $500,000 bond…
Long tops off child rape sentences with total of 620 years By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor The last of convicted Sharp and Fulton County child rapist Terry “Woodstock” Long’s cases were adjudicated on Jan. 13 in Fulton County. He had already been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. But, additional time was added after he accepted a negotiated guilty plea to six…
Tammy Curtis, from Press Release After a year-long joint investigation by the Third and 16th Judicial Drug Task Force, Cave City Police Department and the Sharp County Sheriff’s Department, four Cave City residents have been arrested on various drug charges. On Jan. 29, the agencies executed two search warrants; the first was conducted at 204 Blackstone Street in Cave City. The second was executed at 601 Flat Rock Road in Cave City. …
REPLACEMENT REQUIRED BEFORE TRAFFIC CAN PASS Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor/Publisher On Jan. 23, the bridge on Peace Valley Road, in Ash Flat was closed and deemed unsafe for travel. The following day, Mayor Larry Fowler and city employees met with inspectors from the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department Bridge division. Fowler said the men surveyed the damages and performed a complete inspection on Span Two at the west end of the bridge.…
