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BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (KAIT) - East Main Street is back open after a fire on Thursday night in Blytheville. A captain with the Blytheville Fire Department said the fire was at a building on the south side of East Main Street at the corner of South Holland Street. Mississippi County Sheriff...
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (KAIT) - A Blytheville native and his wife are donating $1.25 million to help launch a family medicine residency at Great River Medical Center. The gift to the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University came from Teddy Huffman, a Navy veteran and chief strategy officer at Pretium in Connecticut, and his wife, Cheryl. The college is moving forward with plans to bring a family medicine residency to the Mississippi County Hospital System after four years of discussions between medical leaders and local officials.
DYER COUNTY, Tenn. (WMC) - A trial date has officially been set for the remaining two West Tennessee law enforcement officers charged in connection with the October 2024 arrest of convicted killer Jackson Hopper. Court records show Matthew Lawler and Benjamin Stanifer are scheduled to stand trial on June 17...
RIPLEY, Tenn. — Sixteen people have been indicted in a West Tennessee drug trafficking investigation, the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday. “Operation Tiger Punch” consists of an investigation including federal, state, and local law enforcement targeting methamphetamine trafficking in Lauderdale County and surrounding areas of West Tennessee. The investigation was conducted between February […]
RIPLEY, Tenn. (WMC) - The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the 25th Judicial District announced multiple arrests following a joint federal, state, and local law enforcement operation into methamphetamine trafficking in rural West Tennessee. “Operation Tiger Punch” resulted in federal indictments for 10 people and state indictments for six others...
ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee government plans to hire mental health clinicians to serve several rural counties using a federal grant. Tennessee plans to use part of a $10 million grant to expand its Co-located Mental Health Services at County Health Departments program into Anderson, Cumberland, Hawkins, Bradley, Coffee, Montgomery, and Tipton Counties. […]
TRUMANN, Ark. (KAIT) - Incumbent Mayor Jay Paul Woods has been re-elected as Trumann’s mayor, according to early unofficial results. The Poinsett County Clerk’s Office reports Woods received 840 votes Heather Shrader’s 354, Johnny Shane Blagg’s 221, and Debbie Cook’s 81. For more election results, click...
