Man charged with using beer bottle, lawn chair and bare hands to attack victim plead not guilty

A Marion County man who is on probation for hitting his two-year-old son in 2019, has been arrested on multiple felony charges, including kidnapping, a class Y felony, the most serious crime in Arkansas not punishable by the death penalty. Thirty-three-year-old Ivan Duane Froit of Flippin was arrested following an altercation with a female on Marion County Road 8116, northwest of Flippin.

Crystal Sherr (Photo courtesy of Baxter County Sheriff’s Office) A 51-year-old Calico Rock woman, Crystal Sherr, has been arrested after she allegedly robbed the First Security Bank branch inside the Mountain Home Walmart Tuesday afternoon. No one was injured in the incident in which Sherr told tellers she had a bomb.

A Boone County man is accused of shooting at a pair towing company employees sent to repossess his vehicle. Twenty-two-year-old Kristopher Woods of Batavia was arrested on a felony count of terroristic act and two felony counts of aggravated assault. According to the probable cause affidavit, a deputy was dispatched...

A man accused of stealing a number of items, including guns, from his father’s residence made an appearance during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court recently. Thirty-year-old Devin Wayne Johnson entered a guilty plea to the charges against him and was sentenced to 12 months misdemeanor probation and ordered to have no contact with his father for one year.

On November 18, 2008, a man walked into the Gassville branch of First National Bank, said he was there to rob it, displayed what appeared to be the butt of a handgun in the waistband of his pants, and tied up four employees with “zip-ties.”. In April 2009, a...

A woman arrested in July last year by officers checking on what was described as “suspicious activity” at the Mountain Home Inn appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court recently and pled guilty to drug-related charges against her. Forty-one-year-old Kerry Janal Sager of Mountain Home was sentenced to five...

For decades, Americans have been advised of the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol and other substances, but for the last eight years, an organization has also been cautioning against another danger on the road. Families Against Distractive Driving (FADD) was started in Mountain Home as a way of attempting to prevent drivers from using their cellphones and other electronic devices while behind the wheel.

An area woman was seriously injured Sunday morning after her vehicle went airborne. Sixty-five-year-old Dotty Rodkey of Pontiac was transported by ambulance to Baxter Health from the scene in Ozark County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Rodkey was traveling on Missouri Route W. She was nearly six miles...

A man had what was termed a possible injury from a one-vehicle accident early Sunday morning in Norfork. Forty-nine-year-old Travis Prillwitz of Norfork was transported by ambulance to Baxter Health. According to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, Prillwitz was traveling on Arkansas Highway 5. He reportedly attempted to negotiate a...

The Gassville City Council will meet Tuesday evening at 6. Items on the agenda include the consideration of an ordinance transferring administration of retirement coverage for eligible members of the Gassville Fire Pension and Relief fund to Arkansas Local Police & Fire Retirement System (LOPFI) and authorizing the mayor to enter into an irrevocable agreement with LOPFI.

Funeral arrangements for 68-year-old Richard Allen Lane of Mountain Home are pending at Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services in Bull Shoals. Richard Lane died Sunday in Lakeview.

The Bull Shoals City Council will meet Tuesday evening at 6:30 for a workshop. Items on the agenda include street paving and signage updates. The meeting will be held in Bull Shoals City Hall.

Funeral arrangements for 64-year-old John Chapman, Jr. of Gassville are pending at Conner Family Funeral Home and Cremation Center. John Chapman, Jr. died Sunday in Gassville.

The newly released June unemployment numbers from the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services and the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center show the number of unemployed has seen an increase since May in northern Arkansas while southern Missouri’s numbers improved. In Baxter County, the rate is at 4%, up...

An area county was recently one of nine in Missouri chosen to be a part of youth-centered substance use prevention through a federal grant program. The Regional Partnership for Success Grant was awarded to the Missouri Department of Behavioral Health to direct prevention efforts in counties across the state based on regional and local data, and Ozark County was among those selected.

(Path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse) An event that is just under two years away is already drawing interest from officials in the Twin Lakes Area. A solar eclipse will occur April 8, 2024 and the path of totality, or where the moon completely covers the sun meaning nearly total darkness, includes a big area of north central Arkansas and a part of southern Missouri. All of Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Stone and Searcy counties in Arkansas and Howell County in Missouri are in the path of totality. Most of Marion and parts of Boone and Newton counties in Arkansas and about half of Ozark and a small part of Douglas counties in Missouri are in the path.

The Norfork City Council will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30. The council has three items of unfinished business on the agenda including short term rentals, the basketball court and lighting around the walking trail and biking signs around the city. New items of business include the mayors’ salary, an anonymous...

The Lakeview City Council will meet Tuesday evening at 7. Old business on the agenda includes the use of ARPA funds for roads; a third reading of an ordinance regarding purchases from employees; a proposed ordinance for short term rentals; and recreational vehicle parks. New business includes two resolutions involving...

Norfork Public Schools will host its annual substitute teacher inservice Wednesday morning at 9. Officials state anyone interested in becoming a substitute teacher in Norfork schools will need to attend. The meeting will last roughly half an hour in the Arrie Goforth Elementary cafeteria.

The Cotter High School golf teams will return to action on Tuesday. The Warriors and Lady Warriors will compete in a nine-hole event at Diamond Hills Country Club in Diamond City.