Governor Asa Hutchinson issued the following statement on the death of Stone County Sheriffs Deputy Mike Stephen, who was killed in the line of duty Thursday morning:   It was heartbreaking...

Friday, July 19   Finding the Uniqueness starting at 2:00 pm and lasting about 45 minutes. Meet at the Amphitheater. Queen Wilhelmina State Park is a unique resource filled w...

Fly the United States Flag at Half-Staff Immediately Through the Day of His Internment   (The end date for the half-staff time-frame has not been established. We will send an email when the...

This is the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s fishing report for July 17, 2019. If there is a body of water youl would like included in this report, please email jim.harris@agfc.ar.gov&nb...

All criminal information is merely an accusation and the Defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Prosecuting Attorney Andy Riner, within and for the 18th-West Judicial Dist...

Little Rock, Ark.  - Recent heavy rains produced from the remnants of Hurricane Barry is filling the flood pool at Dierks Lake requiring the Army Corps of Engineers to begin releases from the lak...

SHERIFF’S   LOG The following information was received from Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer for the week of July 8 - July 14, 2019.  The charges against those arrested are a...

 “OBEY THE SIGN OR PAY THE FINE”: ADDED LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE AND ASSIGNMENTS AIMED AT STOPPING SPEEDERS     JULY 15, 2019     (LITTLE ROCK)...

    Mena Police Department Reports for the Week of July 7th thru July 13th    July 7, 2019   Teresa Ellen Evans, 34, of Cove was charged with endangering the...

Two Mena City Council Committees will meet on Monday, July 15, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) at City Hall on Mena Street.   The Finance Committee will meet to consider interest quotes received ...

Jay Travis Rodgers, age 68, passed into Heaven on July 17, 2019. He was a resident of Bella Vista, Arkansas, but lived and worked most of his life in Mena Arkansas. He passed away in Mena while visiti...

Joann Elizabeth Powell Smith age 80 of Wickes, Arkansas passed away Sunday, July 14, 2019 in Mena. Joann was born on February 20, 1939 in Wickes, Arkansas to the late Samuel Powell and the late E...

Patsy Ellen Dunlap Sharp age 76 of Mena, Arkansas passed away Sunday, July 14, 2019 in Mena, Arkansas . Patsy was born May 24, 1943 in Olney, Texas to the late Marvin Lee Birdwell and the late Au...

William “Bill” D. Richmond age 75 of Mena, Arkansas passed away Saturday, July 13, 2019 in Ft. Smith. Bill was born on October 11, 1943 in San Pedro Rural, California to the late Robe...

Jasper Shaver, age 5, of Mena, Arkansas, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2019 in Mena. He was born on July 23, 2013 in Mena, Arkansas to Thomas Jay Shaver and Christina Keisling Shaver. He was a litt...