Diabetes Awareness & Screening Fair in Walnut Ridge
The Lawrence Memorial Health Foundation is partnering with Lawrence County Church Women United to host a Diabetes Awareness & Screening Fair here in Walnut Ridge on July 19 from 9-1…
Children’s Shelter of Walnut Ridge announces Summer Gala
Local volunteers join together to create a Gala to raise money for the Children’s Shelter. Walnut Ridge, AR, 7/4/11 – The Children’s Shelter of Walnut Ridge announces the upcoming Summer…
Imboden Volunteer Fire Department Responds To Assist Walnut Ridge
Heat exhaustion played a big part in a house fire that started late in the evening on July 4th. Lawrence County Dispatch paged the Walnut Ridge Fire Department to a…
Sheriif Dotson Adds 3 New Faces To The Most Wanted List Including A Convicted Sex Offender
Sheriff Dotson with the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office placed 3 more on the “Lawrence County’s Most Wanted” today. The Sheriff ask for your help locating these and others on the…
Sheriff’s Deputies Stay Busy Chasing Storms In Lawrence County
During Wednesday’s storms, Sheriff Dotson and his deputies spread out all over the county watching the developing weather in our area. Â Many schools in the area closed early in…
Imboden Responds To Walnut Ridge To Assist With Structure Fire
At 2:15pm the Imboden Volunteer Fire Department was called for assistance to a commercial structure fire in Walnut Ridge. Walnut Ridge Fire Department was called to a structure fire at…
Sheriff’s RX Takeback Collects Pounds Of Prescription Drugs Despite Flooding And Rains
Sheriff Dotson held his RX Takeback that was scheduled for Saturday despite the road closings and flooding in the area. Sheriff Dotson, Sgt. Rocky Chappell and Det. Andrew Turner set…
Hwy 63 Has One Lane Open For Traffic As Waters Begin To Fall *photo’s
According to Arkansas State Police Trooper Creston Hutton, one lane of Hwy 63 has been re-opened in an effort to relieve traffic and restore travel between the Imboden/Black Rock area…
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…
Black River Flooding Moves Into Lawrence County Causing Major Travel Problems *Photo
Several agencies including the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, Arkansas State Police and several fire departments in the Hoxie/Walnut Ridge area are out in full force with rising waters flooding roadways…
Sheriff’s Deputies, Arkansas State Police And Fire Departments In Lawrence County Work A Long Night Due To Monday’s Flooding
Road closings in Lawrence County through the evening hours of Monday night kept law enforcement and fire departments out most of the night. Hwy 63 in northern Lawrence County had…
Sheriff’s Deputies and Ravenden Police Report On Storms In Our Area
The Lawrence County Dispatch Center alerted emergency personel in the Imboden and Ravenden area of a possible tornado located 9 miles west of Ravenden at 4:50pm on Monday. The National…
Walnut Ridge Preschool Children Are Visited By Sheriff Dotson And Staff
On Thursday, Sheriff Jody Dotson, K-9 Deputy Blake Liscomb and Jailer Debbie Burton paid a visit to the Walnut Ridge Elementary Schools Preschoolers. 32 students braved cool temperatures and windy…
Dedication Set for Beatles Sculpture in Walnut Ridge
(Walnut Ridge, Ark.)- The Beatles are coming back to Walnut Ridge! Plans have been set for a September unveiling of the Beatles sculpture that is to be erected at Walnut…
Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office To Host 2nd RX Takeback Program In April
Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office To Host 2nd RX Takeback Program In April Sheriff Jody Dotson has announced that the Sheriff’s Department will host it’s 2nd RX Takeback Program on April…
Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department Work Project
On April 07, 2011 the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Deptment started its County Work Project. Yesterday 3 inmates on District Court sentences were taken out on Highway 412 outside of Walnut…