Small town news commentary from Imboden, Arkansas
Officials from the Pocahontas Police Department are now saying the deaths of two people in a house fire at 709 Mason Street in Pocahontas are not being investigated as homicides.…
Suspended Pocahontas Police Chief Chad Mulligan, who was suspended in May has been fired by the Pocahontas City Council according to statements released by Mayor Frank Bigger. Mulligan was suspended…
Ravenden Resident Found Stabbed In The Parking Lot Of Randolph County Club Randolph County Sheriff Gary Tribble is reporting that deputies were dispatched to the Moose Lodge just outside Pocahontas…
Randolph County Sheriff’s Office reports that one person was killed and two others injured after a car pulled in the path of a semi truck around 11 am at Hwy…
Pocahontas Police Chief Suspended While FBI Conducts Drug Investigation  Reports and details are still very slow coming from the City of Pocahontas about the FBI raid earlier this week…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…