10/21/09 At approximately 5:45 p.m. the Helena-West Helena Fire Department responded to a bomb threat at Wal-Mart located on the west side of Helena-West Helena on Shelia Drive. 10/21/09 At approximately 5:45 p.m. the Helena-West Helena Fire Department responded to a bomb threat at Wal-Mart located on the west side of Helena-West Helena on Shelia Drive. 10/21/09 A Region 8 man is being held on multiple charges after police say he drove the wrong way down a busy highway. According to the Baxter County Sheriff's Department, an off-duty deputy spotted 50-year-old 10/21/09 A Violet Hill man, Christopher Stone, 33, and a passenger, Luetta Benidict, in the 1994 Ford Explorer he was driving at 2:32 p.m. Monday were injured and taken to Calico Rock Medical Center. 10/21/09 By Michael Ford crime@couriernews.com Cassie Cochren of the Pope County Health Unit updated the Local Emergency Planning Committee on Tuesday regarding the status of its mass dispensation of the flu vaccine. 10/21/09 The accident happened around 5:30 Tuesday evening on highway 69 in Newark in Independence County. 10/20/09 A Monticello man died Tuesday morning in a two vehicle crash in Drew County and a Dumas woman was killed in a one-vehicle accident in Desha County Monday afternoon. 10/21/09 As voted on by writers from The State (Seth Emerson and Paul Strelow), The Charlotte Observer (Ron Green Jr. and Ken Tysiac) and the Raleigh News & Observer (Joseph Giglio and Edward Robinson). 10/15/09 It has been an interesting season so far. As we move into yet another week of picks, we have a new leader. Mike Sands from WABG TV went 8-2 last week to move to 39-11 on the season and pass Patrick Ervin, who after a 7-3 week is now 38-12. Ervin shares his secrets to picking in his column, seen at right. Close on their heels after a 7-3 week is the voice of the St. Joe Fighting Irish (and many ... 10/21/09 Toribio Jimenez says an asbestos removal company used a guest worker program to trap him in virtual servitude, then fired him when he complained, forcing him to work illegally. 10/21/09 Toribio Jimenez says an asbestos removal company used a guest worker program to trap him in virtual servitude, then fired him when he complained, forcing him to work illegally. Robert Martin believes the same company kept him unemployed by hiring foreigners like Jimenez. 09/22/09 (Subject to change) Wednesday, Sept. 30 SOUTH Hawaii at Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1 EAST Colorado at West Virginia, 7:30 p.m. SOUTH Southern Miss. at UAB, 8 p.m. SOUTHWEST Alcorn St. at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 SOUTH Pittsburgh at Louisville, 8 p.m. FAR WEST Utah St. at BYU, 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 EAST Florida St. at Boston College, TBA Tulane at Army, Noon Sacred ... |