5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (307+ words) CHARLESTON -- A Charleston man was arrested Monday on suspicion of 17 counts of animal cruelty. Charles Richard Ostendorf, 56, is facing 14 counts of aggravated cruelty to a dog, cat, or equine and three counts of cruelty to animals, for a total of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (50+ words) River Valley Democrat-Gazette Greenwood Police Department making changes to Flock camera use in response to public input GREENWOOD -- The use of Flock cameras in Greenwood will see changes following recent pushback from residents over their use....

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (120+ words) River Valley Democrat-Gazette Police probe prompted by child predator-chasing group leads to 10-year prison term for Mulberry man Mason is one of three separate arrests in area related to Arkansas Predator Catchers group VAN BUREN -- A Mulberry man was sentenced…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (566+ words) PARIS -- A Paris man was sentenced Friday to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to leading police on a dangerous high-speed pursuit on the north side of Paris. Combined with his May 13 sentence in a separate case, he…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (77+ words) River Valley Democrat-Gazette Court records: Oklahoma man had bank employees strip naked during Fort Smith robbery Smith held in Washington County awaiting sentencing in federal court FORT SMITH -- An Oklahoma man who robbed a Fort Smith bank had bank employees…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1085+ words) SALLISAW, Okla. -- An Oklahoma judge this week ruled there is enough evidence to prosecute a man accused of killing a 30-year-old and dumping his body at a fishing spot in Van Buren late last year. Danny W. Goad, 59, of Muskogee, Okla.,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (134+ words) River Valley Democrat-Gazette Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports Fort Smith police alerted them to body found in Poteau River FORT SMITH -- Oklahoma authorities are investigating after a body was found Friday morning in Poteau River near the Arkansas River in Fort…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (99+ words) River Valley Democrat-Gazette Fatal crash in Fort Smith involved bicycle, police report FORT SMITH -- A crash involving a bicycle left a person dead Friday night in the northwest portion of the city, according to a Fort Smith Police Department news…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (141+ words) FORT SMITH -- An investigation into a series of vehicle thefts and break-ins across the city led to the arrests Friday of two teenagers, according to the Fort Smith Police Department. The juveniles, ages 14 and 17, were taken into custody related to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (120+ words) Crawford County man who ‘regretted doing it’ gets 20 years in prison with admission of child sex abuse River Valley Democrat-Gazette Crawford County man who ‘regretted doing it’ gets 20 years in prison with admission of child sex abuse 74-year-old pleaded guilty…...