Small town news commentary from Imboden, Arkansas
On Sept. 4th, the Quorum Court along with Judge Dale Freeman held a public meeting concerning the future of the jail, in attendance was the Arkansas Jail Standards Board. The…
After last Wednesday’s vote by the Arkansas Jail Standards Committee to close the Lawrence County Jail, Sheriff Dotson and his staff were faced with some hard choices. Not only did…
Sheriff Jody Dotson announced to the public that the Lawrence County Jail will be closed after the Arkansas Jail Standards Committee voted 5-0 in favor of closing the jail. According…
On August 19th the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office responded to East 2nd Street in Imboden after a 911 call reporting a possible structure fire at the corner of 2nd and…
Although Hwy 67 is still closed, cleanup from the deadly train crash in Hoxie is well underway. The last of the local fire departments were allowed to leave the scene…
Over the weekend Imboden budding ventriloquist Dalton Cooper, age 9, traveled to Kentucky with his Dad to attend Vent Haven, the annual ventriloquist convention. Around 600 ventriloquists attended the event…
The City of Imboden Fireworks Show is scheduled for Saturday, July 5th at dusk. Parking is located around the Sloan Hendrix Campus, Bill McCurley Gymnasium, the Imboden City Park and…
Sheriff Dotson of the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office is putting out a warning tonight after the Lawrence County Dispatch was notified of an incident in the Sedgwick/Bono area of Hwy…
The Bobbie Jean Memorial Library in Imboden 2014 Summer Reading Program will begin June 9th at the public library How the Program Works … 1.Children Preschool to 4th Grade. may…
Governor Mike Beebe and Director John Andrews presented $16,972.52 to 5 county fair associations selected for funding through the Fiscal Year 2015 County Fair Building Grant Program. The awards ceremony…
Debris from the tornados in Vilonia on Sunday night was discovered Monday in Lawrence County, the Lawrence County Dispatch was notified of possible debris connection with the storms in the…
55 year old Danny Mitchell Cannon of Clyde Texas was arrested near Milligan Campground Road in Sharp County according to Sharp County Sheriff Mark Counts. Cannon was arrested Wednesday after…
At 2:07 am on April 23, 2014, Lawrence County Dispatch received a 911 call from a female on Hwy. 34 in Walnut Ridge. The woman said that her ex husband…
An inmate from the Lawrence County Jail that was out on work release today at the Walnut Ridge Street Department stepped outside during a break and never returned. Walnut Ridge…
Today at about 1pm Ronald Kile Hartsell age 27 of Newport walked away from a work detail at the Walnut Ridge Street Dept. Hartsell is described as a white male,…
​Numerous individuals were recently arrested and charged for drug trafficking pursuant to an investigation conducted by the Third Judicial District Drug Task Force (DTF) as a result of an investigation…