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Photo: Mac Ryan Chitwood A man from Lonoke, who was released from the Arkansas Department of Corrections’ Varner Supermax facility in Gould Monday, was arrested upon his release by Baxter County Sheriff’s Deputies on charges from nearly five years ago. Thirty-one-year-old Mac Ryan Chitwood, who has a lengthy criminal record in the state, is also wanted on charges in Sharp and White counties. He just finished serving over four and a half years of a ten year sentence from Izard and Sharp counties for commercial burglary, battery, breaking and entering, theft of property and criminal mischie...

Sheriff: 2 pounds of meth found in camper, 3 arrested Deputies arrested three people after they say a search of a camper turned up two pounds of meth. (Source: Pixabay) By Region 8 Newsdesk | April 19, 2021 at 12:55 PM CDT - Updated April 19 at 12:55 PM SHARP COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - Deputies arrested three people after they say the search of a camper turned up two pounds of meth. The Sharp County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Cherokee Village Police Department, Arkansas State Police, and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission officers executed a search warrant Friday, April 19, at Griffi...

‘We’re excited:’ Rural superintendents react to increase in teacher salary ‘We’re excited:’ Rural superintendents react to increase in teacher salary By Logan Whaley | April 14, 2021 at 6:05 PM CDT - Updated April 14 at 7:56 PM SHARP COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - Arkansas teachers will soon see a raise as Governor Asa Hutchinson signed two bills Monday raising the median teacher salary by $2,000 over the next two years. Highland Superintendent Don Sharp and Cave City Superintendent Steve Green say they’ve been preparing for this bill over the past few years and...

A one-vehicle accident late Friday afternoon in Izard County resulted in the death of a Sharp County man. According to the Arkansas State Police, 57-year-old Michael Moore of Evening Shade was pronounced dead at the time of the first responders’ arrival to the scene in Zion. The report from the Izard County Sheriff’s Office states Moore was traveling on Zion Road when his vehicle left the right side of the roadway. The vehicle struck a tree on the passenger side and drove through a fence. It then hit a second tree on the driver’s side, causing Moore to be ejected through his window, ...

NE Arkansas school districts reporting COVID-19 cases Majority of Ridgefield Christian faculty get COVID vaccine as phase 1B continues By Region 8 Newsdesk | September 8, 2020 at 1:10 PM CDT - Updated April 8 at 8:56 PM JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Just months after the start of a new school year, several Northeast Arkansas school districts have begun reporting positive COVID-19 cases among their students and faculty. As of Thursday, April 8, the following districts are reporting at least 5 active confirmed cases, according to the Arkansas Department of Health or have otherwise communicated ...