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Apr 30, 2025
- Arkansas Department of Public Safety

JACKSONVILLE MAN ARRESTED IN DECADE-LONG MULTI-STATE BURGLARY SPREE

April 30, 2025 JACKSONVILLE, Ark. — On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Special Agents, in cooperation with the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office (Iowa) and Lewis County Sheriff’s Office (Mis…

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Apr 29, 2025
- Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism

Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism announces Great Strides/Trails for Life Grant awards

(LITTLE ROCK) – The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism’s Office of Outdoor Recreation—Outdoor Recreation Grants Program is administering the Great Strides grant program for the Arkansas Department of Health. The Great Strides Program …

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Apr 28, 2025
- Arkansas Department of Public Safety

ASP ARRESTS HOUSTON MAN AFTER ROAD RAGE SHOOTING ON I-40 IN LONOKE COUNTY

April 28, 2025 LONOKE, Ark. — On Saturday, April 26, 2025, at approximately 11:45 a.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) Troopers responded to a road rage incident involving gunfire on Interstate 40 westbound near the 175-mile marker in Lonoke County. …

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Apr 28, 2025
- Arkansas Department of Transportation

Ramp Closures Scheduled to Test Wrong-Way Detection Systems

PULASKI, ST FRANCIS, AND CRITTENDEN COUNTIES | April 28, 2025 Temporary ramp closures are expected to begin intermittently from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Tuesday, April 29 through Thursday, May 8. Weather permitting, crews will close the off-ramps list…

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Apr 25, 2025
- Arkansas Department of Transportation

TRAFFIC ALERT: Interstate 55 Mississippi River Bridge to Have Scheduled Lane Closures in Crittenden County

CRITTENDEN COUNTY | April 25, 2025 The Interstate 55 Bridge over the Mississippi River in West Memphis is scheduled to have southbound outside single lane closures from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29 through Thursday, May 1. There will a…

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Apr 25, 2025
- Arkansas Department of Public Safety

PROSECUTOR RULES OFFICERS JUSTIFIED IN FATAL SHOOTING

April 25, 2025 GILMORE, Ark. — Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Sonia Hagood has determined that law enforcement officers were justified in the use of deadly force in connection with a March fatal shooting of a Jonesboro man. On Ma…

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Apr 24, 2025
- Arkansas Department of Public Safety

BRADFORD MAN CHARGED IN DECEMBER 2024 DEATH

April 24, 2025 Jarrett W. Cousins, 40, of Bradford, has been formally charged with First-Degree Murder in the December 2024 death of Clara Blaxton, 45, of Independence County. Blaxton’s body was discovered in Cousins’ vehicle after a confrontation…

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Apr 24, 2025
- Arkansas Department of Transportation

New Traffic Pattern Scheduled for MLK Boulevard in Fayetteville

WASHINGTON COUNTY | April 24, 2025 Weather permitting, a permanent change in traffic flow is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29 on South Futrall Drive just south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (MLK Blvd.) in Fayetteville. Th…

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Apr 24, 2025
- Arkansas Department of Transportation

ARDOT to Host Public Involvement Meeting to Discuss Proposed Intersection Improvements at Highways 59 and 72 in Gravette

BENTON COUNTY | April 24, 2025 | Job 090708 The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will conduct a public meeting from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, to discuss the proposed intersection improvements at Highways 59 and 72 in Gra…

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Apr 23, 2025
- Arkansas Department of Public Safety

ICAC TASK FORCE ARREST VIOLA MAN ON 10 COUNTS OF CSAM

April 23, 2025 VIOLA, Ark. — On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at approximately 6 a.m., Special Agents with the Arkansas Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, assisted by Arkansas State Police Highway Patrol Troopers and the Fulton County …

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