DARDANELLE, Ark. (AP) – The Latest on flooding in the United States (all times local):10:45 a.m. Northeastern Oklahoma residents forced from their homes by flooding along the turbulent Arkansas River are making plans to return as the
kevinjeon00/iStock(HOUSTON) — As the pressure builds to find missing 4-year-old Maleah Davis, Crime Stoppers of Houston has increased its reward to $12,500 for information leading to the person responsible for the little girl’s disappearance. Combined with the
Riverhouse/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs continues setting records with his string of number ones, his chart-topping debut album, and his sold-out tour dates. But now the “Beer Never Broke My Heart” singer has accomplished a new feat: he’s very
CAMERON, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol says one person died and two others were injured after a high-speed gun battle involving a patrol trooper. Patrol Sgt. Jake Angle says troopers responded Friday morning to
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Midwestern farmers are enduring a spring like no other and are facing difficult choices in the coming weeks. Most of the nation’s corn and soybeans are grown in the Midwest, and the
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Amtrak says flooding is forcing it to suspend service between St. Louis and Fort Worth, Texas, until June 7. Amtrak officials said in a news release Friday flooding has diverted freight train traffic
PETERSBURG, Mo. (AP) – Officials have issued a mandatory evacuation order for some residents of a central Missouri county where the Missouri River has topped a levee. KRCG reports Howard County emergency management co-director Bill John said
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Four more applications have been submitted to operate casinos in Arkansas. Thursday was the deadline to submit an application to operate casinos in Jefferson or Pope County under an amendment that voters
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Pulaski County jail and its medical services provider have settled a wrongful death lawsuit accusing them of denying an inhaler to an asthmatic inmate who died in custody. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
iStock(ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.) — DNA and genetic genealogy have linked a former Marine to the murder of a young California woman who was strangled to death in 1976, according to authorities. The body of 30-year-old Leslie Penrod
Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images(TORONTO) — Drake made his presence known at last night’s Toronto Raptors game versus the Golden State Warriors in game one of the NBA finals. The rapper made “Headlines” as he rocked a vintage Dell
Donald Kravitz/Getty Images Kenny Rogers is responding to what he calls “wild misinformation and speculation from several media outlets” about his health by issuing a statement on Instagram. “Kenny was recently admitted to a local Georgia hospital
iStock(MIAMI) — Gabriel Groisman knows that his town wasn’t always welcoming to minorities. Until 1968, deed restrictions kept Jews and blacks from owning property in the seaside village of Bal Harbour, about a 45-minute drive north of
Paramount PicturesThe Elton John fantasy musical biopic, Rocketman, officially hits theaters today, but it’s already generating positive reviews and awards buzz. Star Taron Egerton, who plays Elton and does all his own singing in the film, says
Comstock/ThinkstockThree years ago this week, this record by Keith Urban debuted at #1 on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart. Can you name it? ANSWER: Ripcord. Copyright © 2019, ABC Radio. All rights reserved.
iStock(NEW YORK) — The spate of abortion restrictions that have passed in various states in recent months have some abortion advocates fearful, but Friday marks a different emotional low point. May 31, 2019, is the 10th anniversary
John Moore/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — More than 2,400 children were waiting to get picked up from Border Patrol stations along the U.S.-Mexico border as of Friday, officials said, and the federal agencies in charge of caring for them
vmargineanu/iStock(FREDERICKSBURG, Va.) — Police in Virginia are searching for answers after a couple and the woman’s teenage son were killed in a mysterious triple murder, while an infant and toddler were found unharmed at the scene, said
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis(NEW YORK) — Abby Wambach is the epitome of “girl power” goals. Not only is she a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a FIFA Women’s World Cup champion,
DenisTangneyJr/iStock(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — A group of 37 former Ohio State University student-athletes have filed a Title IX lawsuit against the school for its handling of alleged sexual abuse committed by team physician Dr. Richard Strauss after an
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Dozens of rivers and streams are at or overflowing their banks in the Upper Midwest and Gulf Coast as the regions deal with rainfall measured in feet, not inches. In the last two
chinaface/iStock(SEATTLE) — One person was killed and two others injured after several groups of climbers were caught in a rockfall on Mount Rainier in Washington on Wednesday. There were three pairs of climbers camping out at 10,400
MicroStockHub/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles police said they discovered the remains of a missing Colorado woman who vanished while visiting Malibu last week. Divers with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office said they found the body of
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: AMERICAN LEAGUETampa Bay 14, Minnesota 3Kansas City 4, Texas 2Chicago White Sox 10, Cleveland 4L.A. Angels 9, Seattle 3Boston at N.Y. Yankees 7:05 p.m., postponed NATIONAL
Alex Wong/Getty Images(OXON HILL, Md.) — The eight history-making winners of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee have coined a new term for themselves: octochamps. “When this got announced, we weren’t expecting anything that could happen like
KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — Authorities removed 136 dogs from a house in a gated community in Southern California on Thursday. The owners of the mansion have been cited for animal cruelty. The Orange Police Department received an anonymous
Eagle VisionThe 2006 documentary Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out, which was created from Super 8 footage that Police drummer Stewart Copeland shot during his band’s heyday, gets its first release on Blu-ray and digitally today, and
ABC/Image Group LA When Luke Bryan kicks off his Sunset Repeat Tour tonight with Cole Swindell and Jon Langston, you can bet there’ll be a moment when all three end up onstage together. But Luke says it’s hard to predict exactly what
Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockThomas Rhett starts the day Friday playing the Today show’s concert series. You can tune in to watch starting at 7 a.m. on NBC. Meanwhile, Eli Young Band does the All-American Summer Concert Series on Fox & Friends. Country Music Hall of
The state has dismissed charges against 72-year-old Wesley Bryan Dickerson filed after he allegedly made threats to shoot members of his family. The threats came during an alcohol-fueled argument at his residence along Sheid Road in Norfork
An Izard County woman, 33-year-old Kathryn Pitts of Oxford, has been charged with a felony county of furnishing prohibited articles, after she allegedly used methamphetamine while incarcerated and ate the bag the illegal substance had been in.According
Approximately 2,500 visitors are expected at Gassville in the Park Saturday, with some on hand for a short period of time, while others will spend the day taking in some old favorite activities, as well as some
The building erected in 1945 at 429 East Ninth Street in Mountain Home as an Assembly of God church and later serving as an office supply store is well on its way to being transformed to the
This week’s headliner for the Mountain Home Friday Night Block Party is The Leslie Williams Band. Music, and activities will begin at 7 Friday night on the courthouse square in downtown Mountain Home. The event is free
Three high school coaches from the area have been selected as coaches of the year for their respective sport. The Arkansas Activities Association made the announcement Thursday. Kyle McCandlis of Izard County has been named the boy’s
The Mountain Home Lockeroom American Legion baseball team will see its first tournament action of 2019 Friday in Russellville. The Lockeroom will meet the host team on the campus of Arkansas Tech University. The first pitch is
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The fourth-ranked Arkansas baseball team is set for its 31st NCAA Tournament appearance in program history this weekend, as it will take on four-seed Central Connecticut State in its first game of the Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas head coach Chad Morris has added former head coach Turner Gill to his staff as the Executive Director of Student-Athlete and Staff Development. Gill will provide direct oversight for football student-athlete programming designed
Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images(DALLAS) — Authorities have charged two men with federal hate crimes in Dallas over a violent spree of kidnappings and robberies that targeted gay men on Grindr. Daryl Henry, 22, and Daniel Jenkins,
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Dakota Hudson tossed six effective innings, Jedd Gyorko hit a two-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 Thursday. Marcell Ozuna, Matt Wieters and Matt Carpenter also went deep for
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — With the fate of Missouri’s lone Planned Parenthood clinic, its last remaining abortion provider hanging in the balance, demonstrators marched at the St. Louis Gateway Arch and at state government
Ross Andrew Stewart/Courtesy of U2In 2017, U2 mounted a major tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of its classic album The Joshua Tree, although the trek only visited North America, South America and Europe. Now, the Irish rockers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has set a November special election to fill the seat of a Democratic lawmaker who resigned to take a job with Little Rock’s mayor. Hutchinson’s office on Thursday
The Federal Aviation Administration has given the Gainesville R-V School District the green light to proceed with its plans to build a modular preschool on land it owns just east of its main high school/junior high building.
ABC/Image Group LA A month after the birth of Chris Stapleton’s fifth child, his wife Morgane is revealing the little one is a boy. “Sweet boy… It’s hard believe almost a month has already gone by,” Morgane posted on Instagram, along
ABC/Randy Holmes This Friday, Kristian Bush gets you ready to hit the beach with his new Summertime Six Pack. Five of the six songs on the EP are new, while “Flip Flops” previously appeared on 2015’s Southern Gravity. “Coppertone and Chlorine”
BMGPunk legends The Ramones had many songs that were inspired by The Beach Boys and even recorded a cover of the band’s 1962 classic “Surfin’ Safari,” so perhaps it’s not surprising that founding Beach Boy Mike Love
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – The Latest on flooding affecting parts of the United States (all times local):2:45 p.m. Temporary shelters are housing hundreds of residents who have lost their homes in flooding along the swollen Arkansas
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The man who became the first U.S. priest to be labeled sexually violent for crimes in Illinois has admitting abusing two boys in Missouri. Fred Lenczycki pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Supreme Court says it won’t reconsider its decision to grant a new trial to an inmate who had been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the killing
ABC/Image Group LA Next week during CMA Fest, Walker Hayes is inviting his fans to work out with him to raise money for his Be a Craig Fund, named for the friend who helped him out when he really
Manjurul/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The number of measles cases reported in the first five months of 2019 has now surpassed every year since 1994, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. A whopping number of 971 cases
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – The use of inmate labor at the Garland County Detention Center is being questioned by county officials. The Sentinel-Record reports county officials say a contract with Trinity Services Group may need to
MJ Kim/MPL Communications Ltd.Paul McCartney has lent his musical talents to a new song by young Indigenous Australian singer/songwriter Thelma Plum, whose full-length debut album, Better in Blak, will be released on July 12. According to The
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A federal appeals court has asked how a decision upholding Indiana’s law requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains after an abortion affects an Arkansas case on abortion restrictions. The 8th U.S.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Gov. Mike Parson hasn’t announced whether he will seek a full term in 2020, but his fundraising outpaces that of those who were seeking the GOP nomination at this point in
DNY59/iStock(GREENVILLE, S.C.) — Advocacy groups on Thursday sued the Trump administration and state of South Carolina on behalf of a same-sex, married couple after a Christian ministry allegedly denied them from participating in its federally funded foster
ABC/Image Group LAThursday night, Tim McGraw will preview his upcoming book tour with historian Jon Meacham on the website TalkShopLive. The pair’s new volume, Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation, comes out in about ten days, on
Courtesy Eduardo Madiedo(NEW YORK) — The suspect in an assault on a Lyft driver in Queens has surrendered to New York City authorities, according to a police source. George Catalano, 36, is charged with reckless endangerment and
TROY, Mo. (AP) – A growing feud has led a presiding circuit court judge in Missouri, accompanied by two armed sheriff’s deputies, to remove an elected circuit clerk from her office and appointed a replacement. The move
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Latest on an effort by the only abortion clinic in Missouri to retain its license (all times local): 11:55 a.m. A St. Louis judge is now deciding whether to grant an order
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – The Latest on flooding affecting parts of the United States (all times local):11:40 a.m. A substantial sandbagging operation is underway against the rising floodwater of the River Des Peres in south St.
Credit: Rob DemartinBruce Springsteen has released a third song from his forthcoming studio album, Western Stars, a rootsy ballad called “Tucson Train” that’s augmented with strings and horns. The Boss also has premiered a video for the
CMTAll six nominees for Breakthrough Video of the Year will perform on next Wednesday’s CMT Music Awards in Nashville. Jordan Davis, Mitchell Tenpenny and Jimmie Allen will sing their nominated number-ones: “Take It from Me,” “Drunk Me,” and “Best Shot,” respectively.
A Cotter man, 34-year-old Roger Lynn Hicks, incarcerated in the Baxter County Detention Center since Wednesday afternoon on a misdemeanor count of child endangerment and non-payment of child support, is now charged with rape. Baxter County Sheriff
WLS(CHICAGO) — Two men have been arrested in the murder of a woman who was shot dead in broad daylight in Chicago while holding a 1-year-old, according to police. Michael Washington, 39, and Eric Adams, 23, both
ABC/Image Group LALuke Bryan’s annual Farm Tour will continue for its eleventh year this fall, as the “Knockin’ Boots” hitmaker takes over fields in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Kansas, and Oklahoma in 2019. “The idea behind this tour
Courtesy of Riot FestThe B-52’s, Patti Smith and the Village People are among the veteran acts that are part of the eclectic lineup of performers at the 2019 Riot Fest, taking place September 13-15 in Chicago’s Douglas
RhinoLast year, Yes marked its 50th anniversary by mounting a special tour that featured founding keyboardist Tony Kaye joining the prog-rock legends throughout the trek, and several other former members making guest appearances at select shows. Now
Comstock/Thinkstock Country Music Hall of Famer Alan Jackson wrote this 1997 top-ten hit for Faith Hill. Can you name the final single from her It Matters to Me album? ANSWER: “I Can’t Do That Anymore.” Copyright © 2019, ABC Radio. All rights
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ Authorities are searching for two inmates who escaped from a jail in Little Rock by apparently crawling through a bathroom ceiling and onto the roof. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office says the
Nassau County Police Dept.(NEW YORK) — A Long Island woman whose boyfriend locked her and her three sons in a car was freed after she held a “CALL 911” sign on the car window, leading to their
ABC News (COSTA MESA, Calif.) — In police interrogation tapes obtained by ABC News, a California theater actress, who was later convicted of lying to police about two murders her then-fiancé had committed, is seen pleading with
ABC News(NEW YORK) — After 398 reported tornadoes in the U.S. over the past 13 days, the threat will subside for most of the country in the days ahead. There were 24 reported tornadoes in four states
New Canaan Police Department(NEW CANAAN, Conn.) — Connecticut authorities are searching for a missing mother who is in a custody dispute with her estranged husband over their five children. Jennifer Dulos, 50, was last seen on Friday
Bob Levey/Getty Images(HOUSTON) — A child was struck by a line drive at the Chicago Cubs vs. Houston Astros game at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday night, bringing the Cubs player who hit the foul ball to
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLINTERLEAGUENY Yankees 7 San Diego 0Chi Cubs 2 Houston 1 AMERICAN LEAGUELA Angels 12 Oakland 7, 11 InningsTexas 8 Seattle 7Cleveland 14 Boston 9Detroit
Facebook/BringKekaiHome(HONOLULU) — Days after the rescue of Maui hiker Amanda Eller, a second hiker who had gone missing on the island met a sadder fate. Noah “Kekai” Mina, 35, was found dead by a helicopter early Wednesday
Althom/iStock(SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — A bill passed on Wednesday by the Illinois House would require gun owners to be fingerprinted and pay more for identification cards. The state Senate still must approve the bill before it could be
MivPiv/iStock(BEAUMONT, Texas) — A former Texas prison official pleaded guilty to federal charges on Wednesday after allegedly telling a guard “take care of it” and watching as that officer preceded to beat an inmate. Khristal Ford, a
ABC/Image Group LAIt turns out Kane Brown may owe his latest number one to a very small guitar. The day he and his co-writers came up with “Good As You,” they weren’t having the easiest time getting started. “We
Eagle Rock EntertainmentA previously unseen concert film capturing Carole King performing at Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival in 1973 will be released as a DVD/CD set on June 14, while audio-only versions will be available the same day
Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockCarrie Underwood‘s will play the the 2019 Glastonbury Festival June 29 in the United Kingdom. New group King Calaway is set to make their national TV debut Monday, June 10 on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. They’ll perform their debut single,
Entertainment OneFounding KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley goes on a rocking journey to the red planet in a new animated video for “Mission to Mars,” a tune from his 2018 solo album, Spaceman. In the clip, which
Email messages are appearing on the computers of property owners across Baxter County this week with a reminder Friday is the deadline to assess all personal property to avoid a 10 percent tax penalty.Baxter County Assessor Jayme
After five consecutive increases in comparing month to month figures in 2018 to those in 2019, Baxter County’s sales tax collections took a dip in the May reporting period, reflecting spending in March.However, for the year, Baxter
A Mountain Home entity is among the state’s 75 largest private companies, according to a report in this week’s edition of Arkansas Business. The report ranks Baxter Regional Medical Center as the 50th largest private company in
A Boone County man, 25-year-old Cole Powell of Valley Springs, has been arrested following an incident in which he allegedly armed himself with a shovel, swung it at his mother and struck her vehicle repeatedly with the
A Mountain Home man is accused of breaking his next door neighbor’s windows and entering the residence. Thirty-three-year-old Jeffrey Racaniello is in the Baxter County Detention Center after he also allegedly was attempting to get away from
The Bull Shoals City Council will meet for its regular monthly session Thursday evening at 6:30.Agenda items will include the second reading of an ordinance regarding the 2019 city park rate and a resolution concerning the disposal
The Cotter Planning and Zoning Commission will meet Thursday evening at 6 at Cotter City Hall. No agenda was provided for the meeting. WebReadyTM Powered by WireReady® NSI
The Arkansas Babe Ruth League is giving softball teams a chance to compete in the state tournaments in June. Several age groups will be in Viola June 21 through 23. Viola City Park will host the North
FBI(NEW YORK) — Eugene Palmer liked to fish, hunt, trap and hike in the woods near Harriman State Park, north of New York City. That’s also close to where authorities allege he killed his daughter-in-law, Tammy Palmer,
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas football’s 2019 regular season finale against Missouri has been moved to Friday, Nov. 29, at 1:30 p.m., as announced by the Southeastern Conference on Wednesday. The Razorbacks and Tigers were originally scheduled to
NEW YORK (AP) – The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals are set to play at London next season in a two-game series at West Ham’s Olympic Stadium on June 13 and 14. St. Louis will be
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Bryce Harper hit his 10th homer, his 200th career double and drove in four before fouling a ball off his foot and exiting in the fifth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A 40-year-old man has died after injuring himself while using a chainsaw to trim a tree in south St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the accident happened Sunday in the city’s
Credit: Dave HoganMany music fans planning to attend concerts this summer will be checking StubHub to see if they can score tickets to shows by their favorite acts. Now, the ticketing platform has revealed which artists boast
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – Forecasters say heavy rainfall is intensifying flooding in already saturated areas along the Oklahoma-Arkansas border.The National Weather Service issued a flash-flood warning in the area Wednesday as strong thunderstorms brought a new
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Latest on efforts of a St. Louis abortion clinic to retain its license (all times local):5 p.m. Missouri’s health department is citing failed abortions, compromised patient safety and legal violations as
(Photo by Jordan Murph / ESPN Images)(HOUSTON) — Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa will miss four to six weeks with a fractured rib, Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow announced on Wednesday. Correa had been scratched from Tuesday’s
ABC/Image Group LAKelsea Ballerini’s currently at number three on the country chart with “Miss Me More.” And once the third release from Unapologetically reaches its peak, the “Legends” hitmaker is ready with new music. “Put vocals on the next
Trafalgar Releasing/Eagle Rock EntertainmentIn July 2018, The Cure played a special show in London’s Hyde Park to celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary. Now, a film documenting the concert is coming to a big screen near you. Titled
ABC/Image Group LA Chase Rice will perform his two-week number one, “Eyes on You,” tonight before Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. You can tune in to watch the North Carolina native at 7:30 p.m. ET, before
Logan City Police Department(LOGAN CITY, Utah) — A 21-year-old man in Utah has been charged with aggravated murder in the case of his 5-year-old niece who has been missing for days, police announced Wednesday. Elizabeth Jessica Shelley
Stewart Volland/AXS TVEddie Money will undergo a minor heart-valve operation this week after recently experiencing shortness of breath. A post on the 70-year-old singer’s website reveals that Money’s doctors wanted to perform the minimally invasive procedure on
sshepard/iStock(ORANGE BEACH, Ala.) — Federal authorities are investigating how two packages of illegal drugs worth more than $1 million washed up on a beach in Alabama last week. An officer with the Orange Beach Police department on
Karwai Tang/WireImageGet ready for another biopic about another iconic singer. Following the Freddie Mercury flick Bohemian Rhapsody and the Elton John musical, Rocketman, Deadline reports there’s a Boy George movie in the works. The untitled film will
kali9/iStock(PHILADELPHIA) — Police are searching for answers after they say a woman was found dead in a trash can in Philadelphia Wednesday morning. The woman, who has not been identified, was wrapped in plastic and inside a
WLS(CHICAGO) — A 24-year-old woman was shot dead in broad daylight in Chicago while holding a baby, according to police, who say the baby escaped unharmed. The woman was shot at as she climbed out of a
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Flooding has forced the closure of more than 300 roads throughout Missouri. The Missouri Department of Transportation said Wednesday the closures include a 67-mile stretch of Interstate 29, from just north of
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Flooding has forced the closure of more than 300 roads throughout Missouri. The Missouri Department of Transportation said Wednesday the closures include a 67-mile stretch of Interstate 29, from just north of
Bruce Glikas/FilmMagicJennifer Hudson gave a surprise performance of Aretha Franklin‘s classic “Amazing Grace” Tuesday as The Queen of Soul was posthumously honored at the Pulitzer Prize luncheon at Columbia University in New York City. Hudson, who was selected by
The Flippin School Board has voted to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision of the National School Lunch Program in the upcoming academic year, making breakfast and lunch free for students.The action came Tuesday evening during the
The Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce has a new sign identifying its new location at 1337 US Highway 62 West. The chamber began operation at its new location in the former Bear State Bank facility in
ABC/Randy HolmesGarth Brooks is planning the first Canadian stop on his Stadium Tour. He’ll play Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan on Saturday, August 10. It’ll be both Garth’s first time headlining the city, as well as the first
Dominique Charriau/WireImageThe reviews for the Elton John musical biopic Rocketman have been pouring in ahead of its release this Friday — and Elton has apparently been poring over them. Rocketman star Taron Egerton told Jimmy Kimmel Tuesday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Mike Parson and his wife will move out of the Governor’s Mansion next month to make way for a $3.3 million renovation. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the work will include
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A 27-year-old Kansas City-area man has drowned while swimming at the Lake of the Ozarks during the Memorial Day holiday. The Missouri Highway Patrol said 27-year-old William Gordon-Price of Overland Park, Kansas,
Photo: Courtesy nwaonline.com FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – Officials say the levee system along the Arkansas River is holding as the river nears a historic crest in western Arkansas. Col. Bob Dixon of the U.S. Army Corps
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas inmate is asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider its decision upholding his capital murder convictions for the deaths of two men whose bodies were found inside a crushed vehicle
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – States are heatedly debating whether to make it more difficult for students to avoid vaccinations for religious or philosophical reasons amid the worst measles outbreak in decades, but schoolchildren invoking such waivers are
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson is holding a news conference on the imperiled license of the only abortion clinic in the state.Parson will discuss the issue Wednesday in his Capitol office. Planned
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas Rehabilitation Services says it is ending its residential program in Hot Springs and laying off 120 employees. The Arkansas Career Training Institute is a state-owned facility that provides young disabled adults
ABC/Image Group LAMidland’s Mark Wystrach is planning to become a married man. “Popped THE QUESTION and Ty Haney had the answer I was lookin’ for!!!” he shared on Instagram on Tuesday, along with a photo of his new fiancée and their puppies Juice and Pony. Mark
CMTKeith Urban, Luke Combs, and Zac Brown Band are now set to take the stage at next Wednesday’s 2019 CMT Music Awards in Nashville. They’re the newest additions to this year’s performance lineup, along with returning hosts Little Big Town, who’ll
Legacy RecordingsCheck out Toto‘s new song, “Chelsea,” which the band is now streaming as part of their new deluxe box set, All In. Toto singer Joseph Williams wrote the tune’s lyrics, which he says is kind of
ABC/Image Group LASince the Academy of Country Music recently proclaimed Jason Aldean its Entertainer of the Decade, it’s no surprise the Georgia native knows a thing or two about putting on a live show. The “Rearview Town” hitmaker admits
Comstock/ThinkstockThis song from 1973 was a top ten hit on the pop chart for B.W. Stevenson, before becoming a #1 country record for Brooks & Dunn in 1996. Can you name the classic that Thomas Rhett covers on the new REBOOT album? ANSWER: “My
Back2earth(MIAMI) — Ugo and Emma Angeletti are two teenagers who looked at what the future could hold for them and decided to take action. Alarmed by the state of the environment, particularly in their home state of
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Tar_Heel_Rob/iStock(TORONTO) — The Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors will take the court Wednesday night and begin their quest to become the 2019 NBA champions. The Raptors are after their first championship while the Warriors are seeking
North Central Arkansas Speedway will hold a fundraiser this week for the Peitz Cancer Support House. The sixth edition of Racin’ for a Cure is scheduled for Friday. The gates will open at 5 p.m., and racing
ABC News(NEW YORK) — After 19 reported tornadoes across five states on Tuesday, another day for severe weather is in the offing on Wednesday. In the last 12 days, the U.S. has had 352 reported tornadoes in
MattGush/iStock(BLACKSTONE, Va.) — A pick-up truck rear-ended a church van in Virginia on Tuesday, killing four and injuring eight others. The crash happened at around 7 p.m. when a Ford F-450 truck slammed into the van as
kali9/iStock(MIAMI) — An exotic dancer leaving a Miami nightclub was driving drunk when she plowed into three teenagers, killing all of them, early Saturday, according to police. Mariam Coulibaly, 31, was charged with three counts of DUI
American Legion baseball makes up the local Wednesday schedule. It’s the home opener for the Mountain Home Lockeroom, as they welcome Harrison to Cooper Park. The first pitch on Lester White Field is scheduled for 5:30. WebReadyTM
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLINTERLEAGUESan Diego 5 NY Yankees 4Houston 9 Chi Cubs 6Minnesota 5 Milwaukee 3 AMERICAN LEAGUEChi White Sox 2 Kansas City 1Detroit 3 Baltimore 0Tampa
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Cesar Hernandez hit a go-ahead two-run homer, Nick Pivetta threw five tough innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the slumping St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 Tuesday night. Paul Goldschmidt and Marcell Ozuna hit homers in the first
Los Angeles County Sheriffs Office(LOS ANGELES) — An 8-month-old child found dead outside a funeral home in Southern California was identified Tuesday as the daughter of a missing man sheriffs are calling an “at-risk” individual. The infant
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – Police in Arkansas have pulled a body from a van found submerged in floodwater at Fort Chaffee. Barling police Officer James Breeden says a dive team was sent about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Water service is being suspended at two Arkansas prisons for repair work on a water pump. The Arkansas Department of Correction said Tuesday that a water pump that serves the Tucker and
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The ACLU of Missouri is seeking a statewide vote on a new law that will ban most abortions starting at eight weeks of pregnancy. The ACLU said Tuesday that it has submitted a
Broward Sheriff(MARATHON, Fla.) — A British man whose wife disappeared during a honeymoon trip at sea has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison. Lewis Bennett, 42, was ordered to prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty
An arrest has been made in connection with a residential burglary reported almost 10 months ago on Southard Lane at Norfork. Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says 35-year-old Tyler Paul Hudgens of Norfork has been arrested after
A Marion County man, 35-year-old Christopher Mann of Flippin, has had a new home in the Marion County Detention Center since being evicted from his residence May 10. According to the probable cause affidavit, Mann was a
A Searcy County man, 34-year-old Donald D. Bruazard of Harriet, has been arrested following an incident Sunday when he allegedly threatened to shoot himself and another individual. Searcy County Sheriff Kenny Cassell says deputies responded to a
A Cotter woman pled guilty to drug-related charges during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday and was put on probation for five years. Twenty-five-year-old Ashley Marie Coniglio was one of three people involved in selling
During the recent legislative session at the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, several bills dealing with transportation were signed into law. Representative Jack Fortner of Yellville was the primary sponsor of Act 368 amending the eligibility
ABC/Image Group LAThese days, Brett Young has plenty to celebrate: On Tuesday, he commemorated his latest number one, “Here Tonight,” with a party at the Sutler in Nashville, with his co-writer, Lady Antebellum‘s Charles Kelley, by his side. At home, he
Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockThe Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s American Currents Concert Series kicks off August 8 with An Evening with John Anderson in the CMA Theater. The new single from Warner Nashville newcomer Cale Dodds is called “I Like Where This Is
Atlantic/Rhino Crosby, Stills & Nash‘s self-titled debut album was released May 29, 1969 — 50 years ago today. The harmony-soaked 10-track collection marked the emergence of one of rock’s first supergroups, made up, respectively, of former members
baranozdemir/iStock(NEW YORK) — Residents near New York City are bracing for the impact of a possible tornado that could bring strong winds and possible flash floods to the area. The National Weather service issued tornado warnings for
Grteful Dead ProductionsAs previously reported, the Grateful Dead‘s latest 50th anniversary catalog reissue will be their third studio album, 1969’s Aoxomoxoa, on June 7. To help build your anticipation, the Dead have teased a newly-mixed clip of “St.
Ross Gilmore/RedfernsNo one shuts down Neil Young — but over the weekend, they tried. Young headlined the BottleRock Napa Valley Festival’s Saturday lineup, and the Expo grounds where the show is held has a strict 10 o’clock curfew. When
Motorists traveling on Highway 5 near the state line are advised to use caution. According to an Arkansas State Police spokesperson, an accident resulted in power lines down across the highway on the Arkansas side of the
ABC/Image Group LAEric Church played for a record crowd Saturday night at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium. On Tuesday, the Country Music Association revealed he’ll be back in a little more than a week for CMA Fest. The Chief is
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas officials say a decrease in federal subsidies allocated by the state has caused substance abuse treatment providers to lay off employees and turn away patients who can’t afford to pay for residential care.
RCA Nashville Kane Brown claims the fourth consecutive number one of his career this week, as “Good As You” takes its place at the top of the country chart. The song’s already spent three weeks at number one
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for God’s Love we DeliverRobert Plant is joining the podcast game. The Led Zeppelin frontman will launch a podcast titled Digging Deep on Monday, June 3. According to the show’s description, Plant will look back
Gonzo MultimediaAmerica has released a deluxe boxed set of their 2018 show at the London Palladium. Called — you guessed it — America Live At The Palladium — the set features a pretty impressive array of their greatest hits. The
ABC News(HONOLULU) — Amanda Eller, the yoga teacher who was rescued after being lost for 17 days in a dense Hawaii forest, called her journey of survival “extremely spiritual.” “I never felt alone and I never felt
Photo by Allen Kee / ESPN Images(ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.) — Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera was arrested on Monday night after his girlfriend reported that he had assaulted her. The Atlantic City Police Department said in a
MonumentWalker Hayes is hoping you’ll work out with him during CMA Fest. The “You Broke Up with Me” hitmaker is hosting a sweat session on Sunday, June 9 at Nashville’s Boothcamp gym. Trainers Shawn Booth and Jordan Peters will lead the hour-long
Courtesy LaGuardia Arts High School AuctionPaul Stanley has lent a helping hand to his alma mater, LaGuardia Arts high school in Manhattan — which will give one KISS fan a chance to win a pair of great seats to the band’s
Office of Missouri Governor(NEW YORK) — The realities of a recent string of abortion restrictions may become even clearer in Missouri on Friday as the state threatens to close its last remaining abortion clinic. Planned Parenthood officials
Tina Hollis Brandon Brown A pair of Mountain Home residents is accused of breaking into and stealing from multiple private boat docks in the Pigeon Creek area. According to Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery, 38-year-old Tina Hollis
Dennis Holcomb Photography/iStock(SAN DIEGO) — A 4-year-old boy is “extremely lucky” to have survived a suspected mountain lion attack in San Diego that left him with non-life-threatening head injuries, officials said. The lion was euthanized after the
(FRESNO, Calif.) — A minor league baseball team in California is apologizing after showing a video on Memorial Day that was edited in a way that appeared to place Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among “enemies of freedom,”
Logan City Police Department(NEW YORK) — As the search for a missing 5-year-old Utah girl intensifies, police say there’s “strong evidence” connecting her uncle to her disappearance. Elizabeth Jessica Shelley was reported missing on May 25, according
David McNew/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When he represented Stormy Daniels in her public battle against President Trump, Michael Avenatti showed up at federal court in Manhattan several times to make a scene. On Tuesday, he cut a
ABC/Image Group LAThe Academy of Country Music will give Brooks & Dunn and Martina McBride the Cliffie Stone Icon Award at the 13th Annual ACM Honors this summer. The ACM revealed this year’s recipients on its socials Tuesday morning. Miranda Lambert will
ABC/Mitch HaasethLauren Alaina will do her first-ever headlining tour this fall, with newcomer Filmore opening the nine-date run that kicks off September 14 in Columbia, Missouri. The That Girl Was Me Tour is set to wrap October 25 with a
mrtom-uk/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it has blocked a challenge to a Pennsylvania school district policy that allows transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. In 2017, a
ABC/Lou RoccoBarry Manilow is heading back to Broadway. According to Broadway Direct, the singer has booked an exclusive limited summer residency on the Great White Way. He’ll play 17 shows, beginning July 26 at the Nederlander’s Lunt-Fontanne
Bob Bonis Archive, Inc./Blues Heaven FoundationA new photo exhibition celebrating the 55th anniversary of The Rolling Stones‘ historic visit to Chess Records in Chicago will open on June 5 at Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation, which is
Comstock/Thinkstock This 2007 release was the debut single from Lee Brice. Can you name the Picture of Me track, which peaked at #29? ANSWER: “She Ain’t Right.” Copyright © 2019, ABC Radio. All rights reserved.
The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office had a busy but uneventful holiday weekend. Sheriff John Montgomery says over the Memorial Day weekend deputies stayed busy with 112 complaint calls or calls for service from Friday through Monday but
MicroStockHub/iStock(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indianapolis police are searching for clues after they say human remains were discovered in a suitcase along a creek Monday afternoon. Officers rushed to the scene and started searching for witnesses, the Indianapolis police said.
Matt Petit/ABC(NEW YORK) — Just a few years ago Lamar Odom seemed to have it all with his booming NBA career and marriage to Khloe Kardashian. But in 2015, Odom’s world came crashing down after a near-death
Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images(PARIS) — If anyone thought Serena Williams would tame her fashion after last year’s French Open catsuit controversy, she proved them wrong. Williams, 37, took to the court Monday for her debut match
iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUENY Yankees 5 San Diego 2Houston 6 Chi Cubs 5Milwaukee 5 Minnesota 4 AMERICAN LEAGUEBaltimore 5 Detroit 3Tampa Bay 8 Toronto 3Boston 12
ABC News(NEW YORK) — More than 80,000 people in Ohio were without power early Tuesday morning following a massive tornado, but no deaths had yet been reported. Local authorities used snowplows to clear debris from major thoroughfares.
ABC/Image Group LAEric Church premiered the new video for his latest hit, “Some of It,” Saturday night before his marathon solo show at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium. When Eric was making his latest album, he recalls that “Some of
L-R: Nils Lofgren and Neil Young; Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images In April, Nils Lofgren released a new solo album titled Blue with Lou, which includes new recordings of several unreleased songs he co-wrote with Lou Reed in the late
Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockLauren Alaina, Jimmie Allen, Jerrod Niemann, Tyler Rich, Tegan Marie and more will play in Craig Campbell‘s 7th Annual Celebrity Cornhole Challenge at the Nashville Omni on June 4. The fundraiser for colorectal cancer is in honor of Craig’s dad, who died
A Midway woman is accused of biting a cop’s finger while he was searching her mouth for drugs. Forty-two-year-old Eva York is in the Baxter County Detention Center on multiple felonies and misdemeanors. According to the probable
With only an open line providing a pinged cellphone location to guide him, a Lakeview Police officer made his way to multiple residences Friday evening before reaching the scene of a physical domestic incident involving two women.
Photo: Courtesy KYTV/KSPR. The regular meeting date for the city council in Diamond City is the fourth Tuesday of each month. But the big question is will the council meet Tuesday evening, after not one, not two,
For the second consecutive year, a young professional from Mountain Home has been selected for Arkansas Business’ 40 Under 40. The 2019 list of those selected for the honor includes Baxter Regional Medical Center Director of Marketing
The lawyer for a Mountain Home woman facing a number of felony drug charges, including exposing her 4-year-old son to methamphetamine, said in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday his client should be able to enter a plea
Art students at Flippin High School won several state offices and awards at the Arkansas Young Artist State Competition and Convention in Little Rock. Flippin students elected as state officers include new President Erika Stoner, First Vice
James Rhein of Mountain Home will present a program on beekeeping at the next meeting of the Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society Tuesday evening at 6 in the Knox Room of the Donald W. Reynolds Library
The Flippin School Board’s regular May session is scheduled for Tuesday evening at 7.The board will address the resignation of high school paraprofessional Austin Gardner, high school science teacher Ann Ford and high school counselor Shelena Smith.
The Mountain Home Lockeroom American Legion baseball team got its season started with a pair of wins at Searcy Monday night. The Lockeroom took the first game 9-2. Asa Smith led the offense by going two for
After a day off Monday, the St. Louis Cardinals return to action Tuesday night when they begin a three-game series in Philadelphia. The Cardinals are 26-26 on the season and four games back in the National League
TULSA, Okla. (AP) – Soaked areas of Oklahoma and Arkansas are forecast to receive more rain, increasing flooding concerns along the already swollen Arkansas River. Tulsa County officials say some residents west of Tulsa have already evacuated
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is activating the state National Guard to help battle ongoing flooding. Parson signed an executive order Monday directing National Guard members to help with response efforts in Jefferson
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – After receiving the No. 5 for the second-straight year, Arkansas baseball now knows its opponents for the upcoming 2019 NCAA Fayetteville Regional as it looks to return to the College World Series in back-to-back
Listen: right-click to download mp3 That was the traditional rifle salute by the Alley-White American Legion Post 52 Honor Guard followed by the playing of Taps to wrap up another Memorial Day ceremony Monday at the Mountain
Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) — Former major league baseball player Bill Buckner has died. He was 69. “After battling the disease of Lewy Body Dementia, Bill Buckner passed away early the morning of May
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Mississippi has picked former basketball standout and Arkansas native Keith Carter to be its interim athletic director. The school made the announcement on Monday. Carter takes over for Ross Bjork, who was named Texas A&M’s
Courtesy Susan Thrumston(NEW YORK) — Memorial Day is traditionally a day for remembering American service members who died in armed conflict, but it’s also important to remember those who died by suicide after returning home with severe
iStock/deepspacedave(EL RENO, Okla. — A GoFundMe effort is underway to help the victims of a deadly tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma. The storm ravaged the Oklahoma City suburb Saturday night, killing two and injuring 29 others. These
Google Street View(NORFOLK, Virginia) — A Wawa employee died after being shot while in her car, police in Virginia report. The woman has not been publicly identified and the Norfolk Police Department are calling for the public
Facebook/Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department(LOS ANGELES) — Authorities are searching for a missing Colorado woman who vanished during a visit to California. Police said Jennifer Michelle Lorber, 30, disappeared after arriving in Los Angeles from Colorado on
moodboard/Thinkstock(MIAMI) — A Miami community is mourning three teenage soccer players who died over the weekend. The teens were waiting for a bus in North Miami when an SUV hopped a sidewalk and slammed into them early
iStock/Nigel Kirby Photography(LOS ANGELES) — Another horse died at Southern California’s prominent Santa Anita racetrack over the weekend, marking the third thoroughbred fatality at the facility in the last nine days, and the 26th fatality since December.
Photo: Courtesy KYTV/KSPR. Bear sightings have been reported in both northern Arkansas and southern Missouri this past week. In Gainesville, Carol Cooper tells KYTV a black bear took up residence inside her garage. Cooper says the bear
Photo: Courtesy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brad Gee. As citizens of Mountain Home go about their daily lives, members of the U.S. Navy’s “Silent Service” work beneath the ocean’s waves. They are continuing a tradition only
A Mountain Home woman charged with pointing a shotgun at neighbors, including three young children, was denied a bond reduction during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.When Circuit Judge John Putman asked 38-year-old Fay Andreana
Four local graduating seniors were recognized at the 10th annual Honors Recognition Ceremony and Reception at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro earlier this month. The four were among a group of 151 graduating Honors students recognized in
David Branscum of Searcy County, state director for the USDA Office of Rural Development, has been named the 2019 Rural Advocate of the Year by the Arkansas Rural Development Commission. The honor was presented to Branscum last
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Audrey M. Pace has graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program including training in military discipline and studies,
Another season of American Legion baseball begins on Memorial Day for Mountain Home. The Lockeroom starts the 2019 campaign on the road as they meet Searcy. Mountain Home is coming off a year in which it finished
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The NCAA announced Sunday night Arkansas will be one of the 16 regional site hosts for next weekend’s NCAA Regionals slated to begin Friday. Fresh off their first 40-win regular season since 2010 and
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Brian McCann drew a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning and the Atlanta Braves rallied for a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night. Atlanta, which scored three runs in
iStock/welcomia(LOS ANGELES) — California police said they have made more than 740 arrests for driving under the influence across the Golden State so far this weekend. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) said it made 741 DUI arrests
Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Rolling Thunder will be back in Washington next year — just hours before the motorcycle rally was set to hold its final event in the nation’s capital. “The Great
Courtesy Troy Helmer(MAUI, HI) — She spent 16 days lost in a dense forest in Hawaii but after less than two days in a hospital, Yoga instructor Amanda Eller was discharged to go home and start her
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — A woman was critically injured and her husband and child were also hurt when a water log ride at a California amusement park malfunctioned and flipped over, throwing them from their seats, officials
Courtesy Arlington National Cemetery(WASHINGTON) — As Maj. Stephen Von Jett placed the American flag exactly 1 foot in front of his friend’s headstone, he took the time to reflect back on their friendship. “I’ve dealt with the
Logan City Police Department(LOGAN CITY, UT) — A desperate search is underway in Utah for a missing 5-year-old girl who was last seen with her uncle, police said Sunday. Elizabeth Jessica Shelley hasn’t been seen since Saturday
KOCO-TV(RENO, Okla.) — At least two people were killed and 29 injured, some critically, when a tornado ripped through an Oklahoma City suburb in the middle of the night, wiping out a hotel, a mobile-home park and
ABC News(MELBOURNE, Fla.) — An alligator attacked a woman out for a holiday weekend swim in a Florida lake, leaving her seriously injured and having to be airlifted to a local hospital, officials said. The 26-year-old woman,
Courtesy Joey Logano(CONCORD, N.C.) — The first time reigning NASCAR champion Joey Logano got behind the wheel was when he was 6 years old. He tore up his Connecticut neighborhood in a go-kart, a Christmas present given
KITV(HONOLULU) — A man was killed in a shark attack swimming off the coast of Maui on Saturday morning. The victim, described as being in his 50s, was about 150 yards into the water at Kaanapali Shores
The following are links to the top stories of the week on ktlo.com. 2nd houseboat squatter sentenced Mother admits hurting her 18-month-old daughter Police says couple attempted to abduct 3 children from school bus Fire crews battle
HOPE, Ark. (AP) The publisher of the largest newspaper in Arkansas has said by the end of the year, the publication will no longer print or deliver daily editions and will instead distribute iPads for subscribers to access
Mountain Home’s semi-pro basketball team narrowly avoided its first loss of the season Saturday at Bomber Gymnasium. After surviving a 10-0 run by Arkadelphia to start the final quarter, the Twin Lakers were able to edge out
ST. LOUIS (AP) – This time, the St. Louis Cardinals made a couple of big plays down the stretch. Hasn’t happened very much in May. Pinch hitter Jedd Gyorko connected for a three-run homer during St. Louis’
A Clarkridge man changed his plea to no contest on a number of charges during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with nine to serve and one
Salem schools will soon see the addition of six classrooms and new restroom facilities, following action by the district’s board at its May meeting.Areawide Media reports the $1.4 million project will be jointly financed by the Arkansas
The annual Memorial Day Ceremony is scheduled for Monday morning at 11 at the Mountain Home Plaza 2000 across from the Baxter County Courthouse. This year’s event is hosted by the Alley-White American Legion Post 52 in
Various businesses and government offices will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Baxter County will be among most counties whose government offices will observe the holiday. Offices will resume regular business hours Tuesday. Gassville City
Two local students were among 151 new members inducted into Arkansas State University’s Phi Kappa Phi honor society chapter earlier this month during a Convocation of Scholars ceremony.The two local students are senior class member Lexi Crull
U.S. Air Force Airman Mary E. Stovall of Melbourne has graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio. Stovall has finished an intensive eight-week program, training in military discipline and studies, Air
Four City of Mountain Home employees have been recognized for celebrating milestone employment designations. According to a Facebook post from the City of Mountain Home’s Mayor’s Office, Anni Heizler, human resources coordinator, has been recognized for 20
Photo: Overjoyed athletes pause for a photo with Smokey Bear. Photo: Courtesy T. Fondriest/NPS. More than 100 Special Olympics athletes from northern Arkansas gathered at Tyler Bend earlier this month for a biannual field day in partnership
Deborah Goldsmith-Dolan/Facebook(BOSTON) — An arrest has been made following the mysterious death of a 13-year-old girl earlier this week in Massachusetts, authorities said Saturday. Carlos Rivera, 47, was arrested early Saturday after an investigation into the girl’s
iStock/dragana991(CHICAGO) — As the family of a heavily pregnant teen who was killed for her unborn child laid the 19-year-old rest on Saturday, supporters announced plans to lobby for a new law to protect other families. The
A Benton County circuit judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a health care provider at the center of a federal corruption case. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports Jim Parsons’ lawsuit claimed Preferred Family Healthcare received $52.8 million from
I’d like to talk about the National Computer Science Summit for State Leaders that we are hosting in Little Rock in a couple of weeks. This is the first summit of its type in the nation. We
MANSFIELD, Ark. (AP) Authorities continue looking for four teenagers who escaped from an Arkansas youth prison. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the teenagers are between the ages of 14 and 16. Capt. Philip Pevehouse, spokesman for the Sebastian County
iStock/anouchka(LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released new video from a dramatic police shootout last month that shows a bystander suddenly opening fire on police in south Los Angeles. On April 20, at 9:20
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The storm system that brought the tornado outbreak from the Plains to Mid-Atlantic spawned 104 reported tornadoes across eight states from Texas to Maryland is long gone, but the holiday weekend will not
iStock/WoodysPhotos(NEW YORK) — The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) suspended all service to the Hamptons and Montauk for Saturday after an overnight work train derailment, the New York Metropolitan Train Authority (MTA) said. The disruption to eastbound
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Planned Parenthood has dropped its challenge of an Arkansas law requiring doctors who oversee medication-induced abortions to contract with a physician who has admitting privileges at a hospital and agrees to handle any complications.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri is the 20th state to join a nationwide sex offender registry. OffenderWatch said in a news release this week that every Missouri law enforcement agency that manages or investigates registered sex offenders will
Twitter/@CBPArizona(TUSCON, Arizona) — An ultralight aircraft carrying half a million dollars worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl across the southern border was nabbed by Border Patrol agents late Thursday, according to the agency, but the pilot managed to
Los Angeles Police Department(LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles police are looking for more victims of a Lothario who will do more than just steal your heart. Wilson Edward Jackson was arrested on Thursday after police said he
Javier Cantellops(HONOLULU) — A woman missing for over two weeks in the Makawao Forest Reserve on Maui, Hawaii, has miraculously been found alive, a family friend and rescuer confirmed to ABC News. Amanda Eller had been missing
Salem Police Department(SALEM, Oregon) — Police in Oregon have arrested a 52-year-old man and charged him with murder after he was named a person of interest in the disappearance of his 3-year-old son and the child’s mother.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) A wealthy GOP political donor is willing to bankroll a possible ballot initiative to repeal a Missouri ban on abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy. Missouri businessman David Humphreys had made a public pitch
Big Creek Golf and Country Club held its 9-and-Dine Golf Tournament on Friday. Kathy and Randy Watkins took home the $65 prize for the Championship Flight as they finished with a three-under-par 33. Suzie and Chuck Stewart
ST. LOUIS (AP) Dansby Swanson homered twice and Freddie Freeman also connected, helping Mike Foltynewicz and the Atlanta Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 on Friday night. Swanson drove Miles Mikolas’ first pitch of the sixth inning
A Marion County man, 27-year-old Derek Garrels of Flippin, has been arrested and charged with a combination of seven felony drug and weapons charges, as well as being a habitual offender. According to the probable cause affidavit,
A Flippin woman charged with illegally occupying a houseboat docked at an area marina for a short time last fall pled guilty to the charges filed against her during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.
A third suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with church burglaries in Big Flat, Harriet and Marshall. In addition, 18-year-old Colby Lee Cowan of St. Joe also faces a felony commercial burglary charge in connection
The Mountain Home Police Department and Arkansas State Police are reminding motorists to “Click It or Ticket” for the Memorial Day holiday. Through June 2, both organizations are joining other law enforcement agencies across the country to
Photo: Alexis Ungerank, Miss Northwest Arkansas, and Isabella Sanders, daughter of Steven and Danielle Sanders of Mountain Home and Miss Northwest Arkansas Princess, visited at the Mountain Home Rotary Club meeting. Photo courtesy of Brenda Nelson. Miss
Three local students were among 80 graduates receiving degrees from Williams Baptist University during its 2019 commencement exercises May 4. The graduates represented 25 Arkansas counties, nine states and three nations. Local graduates includes Shelby Upshaw of
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) — In an extraordinary move that capped two weeks of growing outrage sparked by the court-sanctioned San Francisco police raid of a reporter’s home, the city’s police chief William Scott on Friday night
Jennifer Brett/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (MARIETTA, Ga.) — A Twitter thread chronicling the story of mailman Floyd Martin’s last day on the job in Marietta, Georgia, after 35 years of service, has gone viral reaching thousands and eliciting
iStock/bizoo_n(MINNEAPOLIS) — The 911 calls and some of the body-camera footage, capturing the scene after a Minneapolis police officer shot a woman who had called 911 repeatedly to report a possible sexual assault behind her home, have
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) Thomas Dillard and Grae Kessinger drove in the tying and go-ahead runs in the eighth and defending Southeastern Conference Tournament champion Mississippi stayed alive Friday with a 3-2 victory over Arkansas. The Rebels (36-24) will
Epic Rights/Royal Canadian MintThe Royal Canadian Mint is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the recording of John Lennon and Yoko Ono‘s classic peace anthem “Give Peace a Chance” by issuing a $20 pure silver coin featuring a
Three people, including one law officer, from North Central Arkansas were recognized during the annual Arkansas State Police awards ceremony this week in Little Rock. The law officer was among a group of more than 33 Arkansas
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A judge has ordered an eastern Missouri swimming hole known as “The Offsets” to cease operation until safety measures are implemented, citing several drownings there over the past several years. Judge Wendy
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Latest on tornadoes and flooding in the Midwest (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says the tornado that struck the Jefferson City area damaged an estimated 500 homes
Paul Archuleta/FilmMagicAnnie Lennox released a surprise instrumental EP on Friday, called Lepidoptera. The four-song piano instrumental serves as a companion piece to her new art exhibition called “Now I Let You Go…,” which debuts on Saturday at
Country Music AssociationTrisha Yearwood, Old Dominion, Chris Young and Tracy Lawrence will be the Artists of the Day at Fan Fair X during CMA Fest this year. Fan Fair X takes place daily from Thursday, June 6 through Sunday, June 9 at
Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — “Ride for Freedom”, comes to a close this Memorial Day weekend, bringing to an end a 31-year tradition of Rolling Thunder veterans riding motorcycles through the streets of Washington D.C.,
iStock/Graffizone(NEW YORK) — A few days before beverage magnate Gregory Abbott pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in connection with the college admissions cheating scam, police say he was beaten up by one of his children in
Big Machine Riley Green’s new song, “Numbers on the Cars,” is just one of the tracks on his forthcoming EP, Get That Man a Beer, which is set to come out June 14. The collection follows his debut #1, “There
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City is offering a range of events for this Memorial Day weekend. The memorial also is offering free admission for veterans and
The Valory Music Co.A week before the release of his fourth album, Thomas Rhett is unveiling the title track, which features his former tour mate and two-time CMA Fest co-host, Kelsea Ballerini. “‘Center Point Road’ to me is very nostalgic,”
TULSA, Okla. (AP) – The Latest on tornadoes and flooding in the Midwest (all times local): 11:25 a.m. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Tulsa is increasing the amount of water being released from a dam
MPL/Capitol/UMeCoinciding with the just-launched U.S. leg of his Freshen Up Tour, Paul McCartney has announced plans to reissue four archival live collections in multiple formats on July 12. The records — 1976’s Wings over America, 1988’s Choba
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens will return to the Navy but not as one of the elite Navy SEAL team. The Kansas City Star reports Greitens will return to the Navy as
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bills, banning the procedure on or beyond eight weeks of pregnancy. The Republican signed the bill Friday. The legislation
WXYZ(DETROIT) — Calls to a tip line led to the arrests of five former Michigan priests over allegations of sexual misconduct. Michigan’s attorney general announced the arrests Friday and detailed the charges against the men, who previously
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The University of Arkansas’ board of trustees has voted to increase tuition or fees at virtually every campus in the school’s system. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports trustees approved raising tuition and fees
The Mountain Home American Legion baseball program will have one more tune-up before the season starts. The annual alumni game and cake and pie auction is scheduled for Saturday at Lester White Field at Cooper Park. Action
ABC/Image Group LAMaren Morris is re-imagining some of her biggest hits exclusively for Apple Music. On May 31, the Grammy winner will release Maren Morris: Reimagined, featuring stripped-down, vocals-focused re-recordings of “Girl,” “The Middle” and the album track, “The
Surfdog Records/BMGThe Stray Cats strut back with their first new studio album in 26 years, 40, which was released today. As its title suggests, the record celebrates the 40th anniversary of the veteran rockabilly trio — singer/guitarist
Trae Patton/NBCEven though Adam Levine is leaving The Voice, his bromance with Blake Shelton is destined to continue. Host Carson Daly announced Friday morning on the Today show that Adam won’t return for season 17. Blake wasted no time tweeting he only learned the news Thursday, and the
Mountain Home’s semi-pro basketball team will hold a special camp this weekend. The Twin Lakers Basketball Camp is scheduled for Saturday at Bomber Gymnasium on the campus of Mountain Home High School. Preregistration costs $50, and same-day
NBCUniversal Media Blake Shelton’s getting ready for some big changes on The Voice. Host Carson Daly announced Friday on NBC’s Today show that longtime judge Adam Levine won’t return next season. Both Blake and Adam have been mainstays on the singing competition since its
Teller County Sheriff via KMGH(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — Patrick Frazee, the Colorado man accused of killing his fiancé, Kelsey Berreth, in a vicious assault in her home, pleaded not guilty on Friday. At Friday’s court appearance Frazee
ABC/Heidi GutmanMariah Carey was presented with a special honor at the U.K.’s 2019 Ivor Novello Awards, held Thursday in London. The singer received the PRS for Music Special International Award, which acknowledges her as “an extraordinary global
Comstock/Thinkstock Twenty-five years ago this week, John Berry scored his sole #1 so far on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. Can you name it? ANSWER: “Your Love Amazes Me.” Copyright © 2019, ABC Radio. All rights reserved.
ABC/Mark Levine On Monday, which is Memorial Day, lots of us will be thinking about America’s military and giving thanks for their service and sacrifice. Even though Keith Urban grew up in Australia, he says it’s something that crosses
Paramount PicturesThe soundtrack to the new Elton John biopic Rocketman is officially out today, a week before the film opens in U.S. theaters. The album not only features new versions of classic Elton tunes sung by the
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Women’s National Team is just days away from heading to France for the 2019 Women’s World Cup, a tournament they hope will inspire young girls. “I just want girls to feel
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(DETROIT) — Julisa Abad said she’s one of the more fortunate transgender women in Detroit’s Six Mile and Woodward area. The 34-year-old said she’s never worked in the sex industry, but she understands why many
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The storm system that brought 97 reported tornadoes to the central U.S. this week finally moved into the Mid-Atlantic on Thursday, bringing an EF-1 tornado with winds of at least 86 mph. Meanwhile,
