07/07/11 A train partially derailed in Ashdown, Arkansas Tuesday afternoon, sending more than 30 cars carrying coal off the tracks.
07/07/11 Mark Redd, the vice president of transportation for Kansas City Southern railroad, tells the Texarkana Gazette the current heat wave in the region had no effect on the derailment Tuesday afternoon.
07/06/11 A train partially derailed in Ashdown, Arkansas Tuesday afternoon, sending more than 30 cars carrying coal off the tracks.
07/06/11 The Texarkana Gazette reports the car was first seized during an investigation in which a man pleaded guilty in April. On June 25, 25-year-old Bryant Barksdale was arrested after a search of his home allegedly turned up crack cocaine.
07/06/11 Kansas City Southern Railway (KCSR) has released a statement after the train derailment that happened Tuesday, July 5th between Ashdown, Arkansas and Ogden, Arkansas in Little River County.
06/30/11 Gov. Mike Beebe on Thursday announced 48 appointments to boards and commissions.
06/30/11 LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following education board appointments: Bob Crafton, Rogers, reappointed to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Appointment expires May 1, 2017. Mireya Reith, Fayetteville, to the Arkansas State Board of Education. Appointment expires June 30, 2018. Replaces Naccaman Williams. Governor Mike Beebe also announced the fol...
06/29/11 A Texarkana, Ark., truck driver was killed in a one-vehicle crash Monday afternoon on U.S. Highway 71 about 3 1/2 miles north of Ashdown. Donald Earl Wild, 56, of Texarkana, Ark., was pronounced dead at the scene by Little River County Coroner Roddy Smith at 5:23 p.m., sa...
06/13/11 Shawn Regan, Hope native and head baseball coach of the Arkansas Baptist College Buffaloes recently had one of his players drafted in the 2011 MLB draft.
06/11/11 Ashdown City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall. Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control board meets at 9 a.m. Wednesday at 1515 W. Seventh St., Little Rock.
06/09/11 Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of a flash flood that killed 20 campers at Albert Pike campground in southwest Arkansas.
06/07/11 Ross is scheduled to attend town hall meetings at three Cossatot Community College campuses on Tuesday. He's set to appear at the campus in Ashdown at 9 a.m.; in De Queen at 11:15 a.m. and at 1:15 p.m. in Nashville.
06/07/11 Rep. Mike Ross will visit the Fourth Congressional District in a series of town-hall meetings and appearances.
05/31/11 The inmate accused of causing a wreck during transport from the Little River County Courthouse two weeks ago was back court today, this time without incident. But the sheriff says a new county jail is needed cut down on security risks.
05/25/11 Keith Craft, of Arkadelphia and driver of the No. 8c car, won the modified division on Saturday at the Diamond Park Speedway in Nashville.
05/10/11 The Texarkana Gazette reports that 28-year-old Kevin Baker was in stable condition Monday at a hospital, where he's being treated for the life-threatening wounds.
04/28/11 Staff photo by Jim Williamson. Ashdown, Ark., volunteer fireman Wesley Welch lies on the ground while connecting a jack to lift a tractor-trailer off of Gary Walker, 56, of Ashdown. Walker was working on the trailer brakes Wednesday afternoon at the Arkansas Highway Police weigh station. Walk...
04/28/11 April 28, 2011 - Domtar Corporation today reported net earnings of $133 million ($3.14 per share) for the first quarter of 2011 compared to net earnings of $325 million ($7.59 per share) for the fourth quarter of 2010 and net earnings of $58 million ($1.34 per share) for the first quarter of 2010. Sales for the first quarter of 2011 amounted to $1.4 billion.
04/28/11 OGDEN, Ark. (AP) - A mechanic is dead after a big rig with brake problems he was trying to repair rolled on him near Ogden. Police say 59-year-old Gary Walker of Ashdown was summoned Wednesday to a weigh station on U.S. 71 to fix the brakes on a tractor-trailer that was hauling a bulldozer.
04/28/11 Police say 59-year-old Gary Walker of Ashdown was summoned Wednesday to a weigh station on U.S. 71 to fix the brakes on a tractor-trailer that was hauling a bulldozer. | 
