Midway man killed in Sunday night dirt bike crash
A Midway man is dead after he crashed while riding his dirt bike after dark with no headlamp Sunday night. Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says 53-year-old Michael Antonucci was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
A witness told law enforcement Antonucci was driving the Yahama dirt bike with no headlamp, when he left the roadway, crashed into a pile of rocks and then into some trees before being ejected from the bike.
The accident occurred at 9:23 Sunday night on Whispering Pines Lane, just west of Midway off Highway 178.
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Boil orders issued for portions of Marion, Boone, Newton, Searcy counties
The Deer, Mockingbird Hill and Nail-Swain water systems have been notified to boil water until further notice, and some people in Marion County remain under a boil order as well.
Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority Board Chairman Andy Anderson said the cause of the boil order was a line break between the two booster stations pumping water up Mockingbird Hill into the elevated storage tank located at Deer.
According to the Arkansas Department of Health, those OMRPWA customers in Boone, Newton and Searcy counties downstream from the Flatwood Booster Station are also affected by the boil order.
In addition, the entire system of Summit Waterworks in Marion County due to a main water line break.
All customers in the affected areas are advised the water may be unsafe for human consumption. Water used for drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth or washing dishes should be boiled for one minute prior to use. All ice cubes should be discarded, and only boiled water may be used for making ice. Bottled water may be used as an alternative.
The boil orders will be in effect until samples sent to the state health department show no signs of problems.
Anderson says he does not currently have a time estimate on repairs.
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Lone Star Airlines founder shot, killed in Memphis
The founder of an airline company that once provided service to Baxter County was killed Thursday night in a shooting incident in downtown Memphis. According to the Commercial Appeal, the death of Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Phil Trenary was confirmed by the chamber and Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland.
Memphis police officers responded to the shooting just before 8:00 on South Front Street and described the suspect as a black male with dreadlocks wearing a blue shirt and driving white four-dour pickup truck. The chamber was reportedly hosting a four-mile race at nearby Loflin Yard at the time of the shooting.
The 64-year-old Trenary founded Lone Star Airlines in Oklahoma in 1984. Lone Star is a past provider of airline service to the Baxter County Airport. The company filed for bankruptcy in August 1998 and was liquidated nearly two months later. Trenary moved to Memphis in 1997 to operate a regional airline that morphed into Pinnacle, a $1 billion regional airline operator. He stepped down as CEO in 2014 to lead the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce.
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Mail allegedly burned by carrier in cemetery
Some Theodosia mail patrons have been informed their mail may have been destroyed by fire late last month.
The Ozark County Times reports a Theodosia-area resident shared a letter from Theodosia postmaster Maurice Anna with the newspaper distributed to some residents in that part of the county. The letter, dated Sept. 10th, notes on Aug. 31st, it was reported to local authorities in your area, the Postal Inspection Service and Office of Inspector General that mail had been destroyed by fire.
The Times has been unable to confirm details of the incident, but its believed a newly hired mail carrier took some of the Aug. 31st mail on his or her route to Ava and burned it in a cemetery.
When the Times called the Douglas County Sheriffs Department to inquire about the matter, an officer there said only that the matter was turned over to the feds.
and the local authorities. I have no additional information.
The letter from postmaster Anna to mail patrons on the impacted mail route said federal law exempts the postal service from liability for claims arising out of the loss, miscarriage or negligent delivery of mail matter, except where insurance is either included in the postage or additional insurance is purchased.
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Store manager allegedly steals over $100,000 from employer
The manager of a Mountain Home retail store, 50-year-old Robert Wyble of Gassville, has been charged with felony counts of theft of property and forgery after he allegedly stole more than $107,000 from his employer.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed Tuesday, Wyble had been working for the retailer for the past 10 years and was in charge of the store’s financials.
During the interview, Wyble is alleged to have admitted to creating false documents and turning them into the company for reimbursement.
At the time of the investigation, Wyble had reportedly forged 63 checks and created false documents from January 2015 through the end of May 2018 when he was fired.
Bond for Wyble was set at $5,000.
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