FBI Raid In Pocahontas Raises Questions Concerning City Employees
The FBI and Arkansas State Police in a joint operation raided at least two local businesses in Pocahontas around 8am on Monday according to Pocahontas Mayor Frank Bigger. Â The…
Body Of Missing Randolph County Woman Found
According to the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, the body of Jana Chastain has been found. Â Sheriff Gary Tribble announced that the body was found in the flood waters south…
Search Continues For Missing, Jana Chastain, After Her Vehicle Is Found In Flood Waters
Around 8am this morning Walnut Ridge Police Chief Richey Thatcher discovered a vehicle off in the flood waters between Pocahontas and the Lawrence County line believed to be that of…
Randolph County Department of Human Services
The Randolph County Department of Human Services is temporarily located in the Lawrence County Department of Human Services office in Walnut Ridge due to the flooding of the office in…
Pocahontas Still Flooding And More Breaks In Levee Are Found
A second breech in the levee at Pocahontas is expanding the local flooding in the area. At 2pm the Black River at Pocahontas was at 28.44 feet. Black River Tech…
Reader’s Submit Photo’s and Video of April 2011 Flooding in Northeast Arkansas
Imboden Live reader Rocky Chappell of Imboden sent in the following video clips taken at Lake Charles of the water overflow from the flooding. You can also go to the…
Black River At Pocahontas Breaks The 1915 Record And Is Still Rising
The National Weather Service at midnight on April 27th observed the Black River at Pocahontas at 28.24 feet, the record set back in 1915 was 27.9 feet. For reference, the…
Levee In Pocahontas Fails Causing Flooding And Evacuation
Residents in east Pocahontas are being evacuated tonight after a levee breach on the Black River is sending flood waters into homes and businesses in and around Pocahontas. Randolph County…
Historic Cemetery In Our Area Damaged By Vandals
Officials in Randolph County are once again investigating vandalism at a historic cemetery located just off Hoelscher Lane in Randolph County. Shiloh Cemetery has been the victim of several vandal…
Father And Son From Imboden Arrested On Separate Drug Charges
On Monday, 60 year old Bob Castleman of Fairview Road just outside of imboden was arrested by the Hoxie Police Department for possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to manufacture…
Randolph County Arrest A Imboden Man and A Ravenden Springs Man On Meth Charges
The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office is reporting the arrest of Hilton Morgan of the Imboden area. Deputies had been searching for Morgan since October 2010. While investigating Morgan for Burglary,…
Gone But Not Forgotten, Old Jackson and the Trail of Tears
Located just across the Randolph County line is the remains of Jackson Arkansas also known as Old Jackson. History has not been kind to what was once the County Seat…
Arrest Made By The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office In Burglary Of A Hunting Cabin
Captian Jody Dotson of the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office announced that on October 26th the LCSO and Arkansas State Police arrested Willis Cain of Hoxie for burglary and theft of…
Ravenden Man Killed In One Vehicle Accident
The Arkansas State Police is reporting that a Ravenden man was killed in a one vehicle rollover accident. The accident happened on Oak Ridge Central Road in Randolph County. The…
Police Chase Comes Through Imboden And Ends In A Crash In Independence County
Just after 10pm the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office notified the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office of a Felony Pursuit on Hwy 62 heading towards Imboden. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office and…
Earth Day 2010 and recycling information
Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd. It’s a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. Something we can all benefit from now and in the…