Salem School Board honors 2024 State Champions
Photo/Submitted The Salem School Board recognized and congratulated 2024 State Champion senior high football players at the January 21 board meeting. Superintendent Wayne Guiltner also presented the team a resolution recognizing their accomplishments . Pictured above is the team with coaches and school board members. The boys will honored on Feb. 5 on the floor of the State Capitol. State Representative Trey Steimel will read a proclaimation and present it to the team…
Mother and live-in boyfriend sentenced in son’s stabbing death
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…
At “Long” Last …
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…
Cave City drug bust yields four felony arrests
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. …
ArDot deems Peace Valley Road Bridge in critical condition
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.…
