A woman from Mtn. Home, Ark, died of injuries suffered in a crash at 6 p.m. Saturday on Highway 341 in Lone Rock, Baxter County, Ark., about 18 miles south of Mtn. Home, according to the Arkansas State Police. more

August is packed with free activities at Mammoth Spring State Park that will appeal to all ages and a variety of interests, and include an old-fashioned toys and games day, a volunteer highway clean-up session, a history program about Mammoth Spring, nature journaling and a beginner's crochet workshop. The park is located off of south U.S. 63 just across the Arkansas border from Thayer. more

A Norfork, Ark., man was found dead Tuesday morning at a residence on First Street in Norfork after deputies responded to a complaint call at that address, involving an intruder inside the residence. more

Two Baxter County, Ark., residents succumbed to injuries suffered in a 9:30 a.m. crash Wednesday on U.S. 62 in Carroll County, along with a third person from Poinsett County in northeast Arkansas, reports the Arkansas State Police. more

An Ash Flat, Ark., man has been arrested on charges of rape and child pornography after investigations revealed he groomed and sexually assaulted three children, according to Sharp County Sheriff Shane Russell. more

A motorcycle pursuit Tuesday morning ended in the death of a Baxter County, Ark., man, reports the county’s sheriff, John Montgomery. more

A Fulton County, Ark., woman has been charged with murder following the shooting death of her son during an argument about a lawn mower that allegedly occurred just a day before authorities began investigating the unrelated death of another person whose body was discovered on a Fulton County property. more

A Baxter County, Ark., man, 74-year-old Robert Jay Louck, died Tuesday afternoon from injuries sustained in a boating accident at the Cranfield Marina on Lake Norfork, announced officials with the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission on Wednesday afternoon in a joint press release. more

A Mammoth Spring, Ark., man has been charged following a law enforcement chase that reportedly resulted in serious injuries for him and damage to an Oregon County Sheriff’s Department vehicle and an RV. more

A pair of Gassville, Ark., residents were injured in a June 11 crash, one of them later succumbing to her injuries while in medical care, reported the Arkansas State Police. Gassville is about 10 miles southeast of Mtn. Home. more

A Baxter County, Ark., man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release on federal drug charges, according to an announcement made by U.S. Attorney David Clay Fowlkes of the Western District of Arkansas. more

An Arkansas woman has been charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and committing a felony with a firearm after a body was discovered on a Fulton County property Thursday. more

A Mtn. Home, Ark., woman died in a motorcycle crash at 11:51 a.m. Sunday in Mtn. Home, according to state and local police. more

Confidence is increasing in the potential for tornadoes to develop and/or move through the area overnight into the early hours of Wednesday, and as a result, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has upgraded the region’s risk category for severe weather from enhanced to moderate. more

A wind advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service office in Springfield, effective from 1 p.m. today to 1 a.m. Saturday, for Howell and surrounding Missouri counties, plus Dent and Webster counties. The advisory is issued ahead of an enhanced risk of severe weather impacting the central and eastern parts of Missouri, as well as parts of northern Arkansas. In southern Missouri, the enhanced risk area is east of Springfield and Branson, with an elevated moderate risk status assigned to the Poplar Bluff and Bootheel areas. more