Saturday’s storm activity brought more rainfall to the Twin Lakes Area, and it also caused damage to portions of Southern Missouri and power outages to areas of North Central Arkansas. At KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot,
A Mountain Home woman pled guilty to stealing a book of checks from a residence where she worked as a housekeeper during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.Twenty-eight-year-old Sharon Lynn Bennett admitted she took the
Law enforcement conducting a supervised visit for a female at a residence along Corner Town Road in Salem May 3 was met by a male subject on active supervision and a registered sex offender. The man, later
Applications are available for the Dr. Robert L. Kerr Medical/Dental Student Scholarship Program for the 2019-2020 academic year.The scholarship program was established to assist medical and dental students from the Baxter Regional Medical Center service area with
Arkansas State University-Mountain Home is offering a one-month Ready 2 Weld class in June. The program will run from 8 until 5 Monday through Friday June 2-28. In just one month students should be able to develop
Photo: Baxter County’s first Lunch on the Lawn in observance of National Public Service Recognition Week. Photo courtesy of Baxter County. Baxter County employees have been recognized with a proclamation from Judge Mickey Pendergrass and with the
Photo: (from left to right) Brenda Stone, Brenda Dover, Carol Belford-Lewallen and Terri Koons, celebrating 47, 43, 43 and 41 years respectively with Integrity First Bank. Four Integrity First employees have been recognized for celebrating 40 plus
Photo: Breanna Walker with Dr. Stan Norman. Viola student Breanna Walker has officially enrolled at Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge. Her enrollment was part of a special ceremony known as VIP Registration. Walker shook the hand
This week, I released the details of the Arkansas State Broadband Plan. This is the plan that will expand high-speed broadband internet to the rural areas of Arkansas. The time for expanding broadband all over the state
A Cotter man charged with stealing items he then advertised for sale on a social media site entered a guilty plea to the charges against him during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday. Fifty-eight-year-old James
A Stone County man, 31-year-old Michael Osburn of Mountain View, has been arrested and charged with 30 felony counts of possession of matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child. According to the probable cause affidavit filed
The Marion County Regional Airport in Flippin is set to receive almost $1 million in federal funding. Arkansas Business reports U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton and U.S. Rep. Steve Womack announced the grant of $963,315
A Norfork woman is accused of taking and using her parents’ debit card without their permission over two years ago after it was mailed to them while they were out-of-state. Thirty-five-year-old Randi Dodd was released Tuesday from
North Arkansas Electric Cooperative has unveiled its first owned generation source in its nearly 80-year history. A one-megawatt solar array was constructed by Arkansas Electric Cooperatives subsidiary Today’s Power, Inc. on eight acres of land along U.S.
The Arkansas Forestry Commission’s Rural Fire Program received $237,000 from the U.S. Forest Service to purchase and distribute wildfire suppression kits to volunteer fire departments across the state in 2019. The local fire departments to receive the
Photo: (front row, from left) Zachary Nohr, Tori Cole, Chase Orf, Michael Uecker, Maura Thomason (back row) Charles Treat, coach; Abby Van Cleave, Bethany Simmons, Matthew Workman, Max Soltau and Danielle Treat, assistant coach. Izard County Consolidated
The Baxter County Circuit Court jury panel will not need to report for duty on Monday. According to Baxter County and Circuit Clerk Canda Reese, the next day jurors will need to report is June 24 at
Marion County jurors will not need to report Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.According to Marion County and Circuit Clerk Dawn Moffet, the next day jurors are to report is Thursday morning at 9. WebReadyTM Powered by WireReady® NSI
The Mountain Home School Board dealt with a busy agenda Thursday night during its regular May meeting, approving multiple proposals for expenditures and dealing with a large number of personnel moves. The board voted to approve a
Photo: Arkansas Department of Correction. A Midway man finished working his way through criminal cases filed against him in three Arkansas counties with an appearance in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday. Forty-six-year-old Raymond Scott Chappell began his
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says his office will temporarily halt state proceedings against the owners of a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people. Schmitt
A local real estate company is celebrating 50 years in business this week. Gilbert Realty opened its doors in 1969 when Ron Gilbert started the business in the former KTLO building on State Highway 5 north in
The Art Odyssey opened on Thursday and continues through Saturday featuring the works of 17 participants.The tour offers an opportunity to visit the working studios of select artists, located in the Mountain Home area. There is no
The Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control administration has suspended the license of the Royal 66 Club, located at 4063 U.S. Highway 62/412 East in Mountain Home.According to the order, ABC received an allegation that on or about March
A Marion County Circuit Court jury returned guilty verdicts late Wednesday afternoon in the murder trial of 33-year-old Donald Steven Beckwith Jr. of Yellville. Wednesday evening he received a 35-year prison sentence. The jury found Beckwith guilty
The American Red Cross has a critical shortage of type O blood and urges eligible donors to give now to help patients facing trauma and other life-threatening situations. As a thank-you for helping replenish the blood supply,
The annual Norfork Pioneer Days are scheduled for Friday and Saturday. The heritage festival will be held at the Jacob Wolf House and other areas of downtown Norfork. Both days will have activities at the Wolf House
A Bull Shoals man charged with making threats against police officers and fellow employees at a Midway boat manufacturing plant appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court last week. Thirty-four-year-old James McDaniel Jr., who is charged with first-degree
Two men have been arrested and charged in Searcy County in connection with a series of church burglaries in three counties. Searcy County Sheriff Kenny Cassell says 21-year-old Jerad Dale Ramsey and 20-year-old Dylan Jay Baker, both
North Arkansas Electric Cooperative has another planned power outage for the Norfork substation. The outage will begin at midnight Thursday and last for approximately an hour. Crews will disconnect the temporary equipment installed Sunday night and energize
Anyone traveling on Arkansas Highway 14 south may notice a construction project in Yellville City Park. The city is in the process of having a splash pad built for local residents to enjoy on hot summer days.
A Boone County woman, 28-year-old Graceann Underwood of Diamond City, has been arrested and charged following a high-speed pursuit ending when her vehicle collided with a patrol unit. According to the probable cause affidavit filed Tuesday morning,
A Mountain Home man who picked up felony charges at a fairly rapid pace in the spring and summer last year appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday to be sentenced. Thirty-four-year-old Justin Hickman pled guilty to
Photo: Courtesy of Areawide Media. Since becoming the Fulton County roads and streets improvement coordinator earlier this year, Milan Novak says he has hit a proverbial wall when it comes to keeping in step with his job
The Baxter County Circuit Court jury panel will not need to report for duty on Thursday. According to Baxter County and Circuit Clerk Canda Reese, the next day jurors will need to report is Monday morning at
The primary target of a Baxter County Sheriff’s Office burglary investigation was arrested on multiple charges in an incident that also resulted in the manhunt and arrest of a Buford man. According to Sheriff John Montgomery, 32-year-old
Photo: Courtesy Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery. Eight people were injured in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday morning just north of Mountain Home on State Highway 201 North. The eight were all transported to Baxter Regional Medical Center
Early voting is underway for May 21 school board elections. In addition, Flippin voters will go to the polls to cast their ballots regarding an increase in the city’s sales tax. In Baxter County, one school board
A jury trial for an Ozark County man indicted on federal charges involving child pornography and other sex charges is set to begin Tuesday. Ozark Radio News reports Tracy Presson of Gainesville was charged in Ozark County
Audrey Saari Robert Brown Javis Curlee Two people, including the mother of two small children, 24-year-old Audrey Saari of Mountain Home, have been arrested and charged after illegal drugs were allegedly found in close proximity to a
A man with criminal cases in two counties entered a guilty plea to his Baxter County charges during a session of circuit court Thursday and was sentence to five years in prison. Thirty-two-year-old Corey Thomas Ensign, who
With Arkansas having one of the highest rates of hunger among seniors in the country, the Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Arkansas will be offering an opportunity for obtaining fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables for
A Baxter County man was arrested Monday after leading authorities on a manhunt in the Buford area when investigators were following up on open burglary cases. According to Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery, 23-year-old Dillon Fields of
Newton County Sheriff Glenn Wheeler confirms a deputy from his office was arrested Sunday for suspicion of DWI and other offenses in Boone County. The Arkansas State Police was the arresting agency and is conducting the investigation.
A Mountain Home man is among 15 people from six states indicted by a federal grand jury for his role in a large-scale methamphetamine conspiracy involving multi-pound shipments of meth transported from Arizona to Missouri. According to
Discussions continue this week for the Arkansas Department of Transportation’s (ArDOT) Highway 412 Corridor Planning Study. A public involvement meeting is scheduled for Tuesday from 4 until 7 in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church on West
The Briarcliff City Council will hold its regular May session Tuesday afternoon at 3. The meeting will be held in the Briarcliff Clubhouse. WebReadyTM Powered by WireReady® NSI
A rural Mountain Home man is accused of tying up and assaulting a woman with whom he was reportedly attempting to pursue a relationship. Forty-eight-year-old Jerry Hensley was arrested Thursday on felony counts of second-degree battery and
A Gassville woman who was found passed out in a local motel with her 2-year-old daughter sleeping heavily in the next bed will be formally arraigned on the charges against her May 16. The announcement came in
A Bull Shoals woman was arrested Thursday in connection with an alleged drug transaction in Mountain Home late in 2017. Thirty-six-year-old Brandy Thacker was arrested by Bull Shoals Police and transported to the Baxter County Detention Center
The following are links to the top stories of the week on ktlo.com. Gassville man shot to death, investigation continuing New restaurant among 13 new businesses securing licenses in MH Husband, wife charged in connection with multiple
This week, Id like to highlight the work of some companies that are finding innovative ways to conduct their business and to protect the environment at the same time. This is timely because this week the Department
We are less than halfway through the month of May, and the Twin Lakes Area has already gone over the average rainfall for the month. At KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot, the official reporting stations for
A Gainesville man charged with attempting to steal a horse by tying it to his pickup truck and making a run for the Missouri border with the animal following behind as best it could changed his plea
Shortly after a small red car was reported taken from a residence along Larking Road in Melbourne on May 4, the vehicle with 31-year-old Jerri Lynn Wallin behind the wheel was spotted just over a mile away.
The Gassville Public Works Department will start work on a drainage project this week. According to Gassville Mayor Jeff Braim, construction will be in the area of South Crest Way in the Red Apple Acres subdivision. There
Plans for the 70th Annual Fulton County Homecoming Festival in Salem set for May 24-25 are underway.Spaces are available for the street market for both Friday and Saturday events. Spaces are available for $40 for Saturday and
Photo: (left to right, front row) Beatriz Ramirez, Amberly Schaffer, Emma Jones, (back row) Cheyenne Ethridge, Alexandria Dill and Reagan Buckley. Not pictured Elise Kerns and Rebekah Ritchey. Mountain Home High School art students received a number
Photo: (from left) Jodi Bodenhamer, RN, CDE, RDLC coordinator; Kaylee Ferguson, T1D Cotter Warriors student; and Cynthia Ferguson, Kaylee Ferguson’s mother. To raise awareness in her school, Kaylee Ferguson and her mom, Cynthia, designed Type 1 Diabetes
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) An entertainment company that owned a duck boat that sank on Table Rock Lake last summer is disputing that an independent inspector told it that its vehicles did not comply with a government standard. Steve
Photos: Michael Thorne and Dakota Drzka Two suspects accused of multiple car break-ins have been identified as Mountain Home residents and are currently in the Baxter County Detention Center. According to Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery, 22-year-old
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Officials at Missouri State University have approved a plan for a $2.2 million Ozarks Education Center that will be constructed on the shores of Bull Shoals Lake. The project features a classroom meeting space that
A 21-year-old Mountain Home man arrested following a fight at a birthday party last year entered a no contest plea to the charge against him during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday. Jaden Lewis, who
Ozark County Commissioners have voted to adopt an ordinance implementing an additional 1 percent sales tax on metered domestic utilities including propane, city water and electricity. Telephone service and gasoline are not included in the tax, which
As the school year comes to an end, Lutie High School will give 14 seniors their diplomas on Saturday. Ceremonies will be held in the Lutie High School gymnasium, starting at 6:30. This year’s graduates will be
Arvest Bank has promoted Jo Ashlin to associate mortgage lender in Mountain Home. Ashlin was previously a consumer/mortgage sales assistant for Arvest and has 21 years of experience in the financial services industry. Sally Gilbert, market president
The Baxter County Democratic Club will be hosting its annual dinner at the Baxter County Fairgrounds Saturday evening. The social hour begins at 5, with the dinner to follow at 6. Keynote speaker will be Baxter County
Photo: (from left) David Fox, Baxter Regional VP/chief operating officer; Christopher Fry, EMT-P, supervisor, Baxter Regional Ambulance Services; Gerald Cantrell, RN, EMT-P, director, Baxter Regional Ambulance Services; Lacey Robb, BSN RN, CEN, NREMT, program director, Air Evac
Nearly four months after the sale of Integrity First Bank was first announced, the transaction was finalized on Friday. Mountain Home Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, Integrity First Bank, were acquired by Farmers and Merchants Bankshares, Inc.,
Photo: (from left) Christy Keirn, ASUMH’s director of communications and institutional advancement; Ed Coulter, ASUMH founding chancellor; Lucretia Coulter; Robin Myers, ASUMH chancellor; and Mollie Morgan, ASUMH’s development officer. Arkansas State University-Mountain Home has received a gift
Baxter County Circuit Court jury members do not need to report on Monday.Baxter County and Circuit Clerk Canda Reese says the next date jurors should report is Thursday morning at 9 to the court complex, located at
Marion County Circuit Court jurors need to report for duty on Monday at 9 at the Marion County Courthouse. WebReadyTM Powered by WireReady® NSI
North Arkansas Electric Cooperative has a planned power outage for this weekend in the the Norfork substation. The outage will begin at midnight Sunday and last for approximately an hour. Crews will install temporary equipment for maintenance
A Gassville man accused of shooting a longtime girlfriend in the chest either by accident or design was due in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday, but it was announced he could not appear because he remains in
The Mruk Family Education Center on Aging at Baxter Regional Medical Center is hosting the sixth annual Hangin’ Out in the Hangar at the Baxter County Airport Main Terminal Saturday evening at 5. The evening will feature
A beloved fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen is set to be brought to life at the Donald W. Reynolds Library Serving Baxter County. The Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre on Tour will perform The Emperor’s New
Arvest Bank has exceeded its Million Meals initiative goal with three weeks remaining in the campaign. A total of 1,296,614 meals have been raised.Arvest Bank officials made the announcement of exceeding its goal Thursday, after announcing April
A sex offender missing in Indiana for failure to comply with registration laws has been located in Baxter County. Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says 39-year-old Philip Edward Idle has been arrested for failure to comply with
A new restaurant was among the 13 business licenses issued in April, according to Roberta Pack from the City of Mountain Home. Records indicate Tammy Sue England was issued a business license for O.M. Greek, a fast
A community resource awareness event is set for Saturday on the Mountain Home square from 10 until 1 to give area residents a chance to learn about local resources available for those suffering from substance abuse and
A Marion County man, 36-year-old Jonathan Earl King of Summit, charged in connection with allegedly breaking into a Summit grocery store last year has been found not fit to proceed, following an examination and observation at the
Fulton County authorities have arrested 32-year-old Elaine Burrow following a high-speed pursuit late last month. An address for Burrow was not listed on court documents. According to the probable cause affidavit filed last week, a Fulton County
An Izard County man, 56-year-old Darren Bailey of Melbourne, was arrested Tuesday in Mountain Home and charged in connection with the theft of a handbag from a shopping cart at a local retailer. The purse contained a
Walmart Inc. will stop selling cigarettes, including electronic ones, to buyers under the age of 21 as it follows other retailers push to crack down on sales to minors. Bloomberg reports the worlds biggest retailer said Wednesday
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The company that originally owned a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer killing 17 people has sold the remainder of its fleet to an Arkansas-based investment company. Stacy
LISBON, N.D. (AP) – An investigation into a February shooting death in North Dakota is continuing despite the weekend death of a person of interest in a Douglas County police shootout. Thirty-four-year-old William Galusha was found dead
A Marion County man who led a chase from law enforcement through a yard of a residence nearly hitting a woman last month is alleged to have stolen an undetermined number of trailers in the Twin Lakes
A Mountain Home man pled guilty to forgery and theft of property charges during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.Twenty-year-old Luke Tidwell was given four years probation and will spend a year at one of
Another event to collect items for local food-insecure families and residents is scheduled for this weekend. The Bull Shoals Food Pantry will be working Saturday with the United States Postal Service and its staff and carriers in
A Mountain Home woman pled guilty to a number of charges during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday. Thirty-five-year-old Erika Rorie, who was arrested after being found in possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia during
In an unusual turn of events, a speeding motorist from Lake St. Louis, Mo., being followed by an Arkansas State Police trooper in Searcy County, abruptly stopped on the side of U.S. Highway 65 on the evening
Three students from Mountain Home helped the Phi Beta Lambda chapter at Arkansas State University continue its winning tradition at the state leadership conference. ASU’s PBL chapter brought home 54 total awards from the competition in North
Authorities are investigating the alleged assault of a homeless man in Harrison. According to KYTV/KSPR, the Harrison Police Department responded around 7 Tuesday morning to reports of a man with a head wound lying in a ditch
An international student from North Arkansas College has drowned in the Buffalo National River. According to Newton County Sheriff Glenn Wheeler, the body of 22-year-old Allen Buberwa of Tanzania was recovered shortly after 11 Monday night, and
A Marion County man, 30-year-old Stephen Brewer of Summit, has been charged with a felony count of second-degree battery in connection with a head-on collision in April that sent two people to Baxter Regional Medical Center. According
A Mountain Home woman charged with harassing neighbors and making death threats to a number of people, including a mother and son, made an appearance in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.The attorney representing 55-year-old Ellen Griesi has
Randy Hopper has become the newest member to Baxter Regional Medical Center’s Hospital Board of Directors. Hopper is currently the chief executive officer of Vexus Boats in Flippin. Hopper has a nearly 50-year background in the marine
Area high school graduations continue this week with 35 seniors at Izard County High School set to receive their diplomas Tuesday evening at 7. Ceremonies will be held in the Izard County High School Gymnasium. Izard County
Photo: Courtesy of Ozark County Times. A Mississippi man, 22-year-old Dakota Metz, has been given a suspended imposition of sentence and placed on supervised probation for five years, after pleading guilty to two counts of statuary sodomy
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson has announced several new appointments and reappointments, and the list includes five area residents. Angela Richmond of Viola was reappointed to the Oversight Committee on Breast Cancer Research. Her new term expires Jan.
A Gassville man is dead following a shooting Friday night and the investigation into his death is continuing. Gassville Police say 45-year-old Edward Kobialka was shot multiple times with a .45 glock handgun at a residence during
A Mountain Home woman is accused of having drugs in her hotel room with her child nearby. Twenty-six-year-old Ashley Kromoff was booked into the Baxter County Detention Center Thursday morning on multiple counts, and the child is
Arkansas Farm Bureau has announced the selection of the county farm families for the 72nd annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year Program. In the North Central District, the Wes Henderson family of Mountain Home is the
The month of April continued the trend of being above normal for rainfall, and the area is nearly 9 inches ahead for the year to date in precipitation. At KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot, the official
A Baxter County man who attacked his wife because she allegedly would not give him money to buy methamphetamine entered a guilty plea to charges stemming from the incident during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court
Photo: Courtesy Missouri Department of Public Safety. Missouri’s extended law enforcement family gathered in Jefferson City Saturday morning to remember four law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2018. Their names were added
Two Entergy employees in Mountain View have been recognized for their quick action in helping save the lives of two men injured in a fire in a pellet mill in March. WhiteRiverNow reports Ethan McClung and Eric
Judge Jason Duffy and the Baxter County District Court have scheduled an Amnesty Day for Tuesday morning. Anyone with an outstanding non-violent misdemeanor warrant from Baxter County or the City of Mountain Home can appear in district
The Searcy County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help regarding an incident last week when unknown persons forced entry into the Ozark Heritage Folk Center in Leslie. Searcy County Sheriff Kenny Cassell says the burglary
The following are links to the top stories of the week on ktlo.com. Baxter County volunteer firefighter dies in the line of duty Gassville man charged with attempted murder following shooting Storms rake area Tuesday, more rain
The Searcy County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect wanted for failure to appear on charges of commercial burglary and theft of property. Searcy County Sheriff Kenny Cassell is asking anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Photo: Courtesy KYTV/KSPR. The body of man killed following a shootout with law enforcement in Douglas County has been identified. According to KYTV/KSPR, Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase says 42-year-old Barry Wedge of Cabool died of a
A Valley Springs woman, who was charged with violating the terms and conditions of her probation handed down in two drug-related criminal cases filed in 2013 and 2014, was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by
A 44-year-old Gassville man was sentenced to five years in prison with two to serve and three suspended during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday. Anthony Scott Payne was sentenced after pleading guilty to drug-related
Several students from Mountain Home excelled in a recent major academic competition in Memphis. The competition was the regional qualifier for the National Science Bee and the US Academic Bee. The students who competed were Lillyann Higley
Eleven seniors in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, including a Mountain Home native, received awards for outstanding academic achievement during the annual Convocation of Scholars honors ceremony. Samuel Reagan
The Humane Society of North Central Arkansas is being recognized nationally for its success in its mission to save pets’ lives. The local no-kill shelter has received a $20,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to extend its
As most people know, computer science education has been one of my top priorities since I ran for governor in 2014. In my second month as governor, I signed a law that required every high school to
A Mountain Home man pled guilty to charges in two criminal cases during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.Thirty-six-year-old Mark Jeffery was sentenced to six years of probation. In one case, Jeffery was accused of
Photo: Courtesy Arkansas House of Representatives. Just days after wrapping up the 92nd General Assembly, House Speaker Matthew Shepherd of El Dorado made a visit to the Twin Lakes Area this week as the guest of Representative
High school graduation season has officially arrived as the first area event is scheduled for this weekend. Dora R-III High School is the first area graduation set for this Sunday afternoon at 2. Ceremonies will take place
Photo: Taken in the area that will serve as the kitchen of the Bob Davis Veterans Center are (from row, from left) Jerry Don Cunningham, Anstaff Bank market president for Baxter and Marion counties; Joanna Farris, volunteer;
Photo: When Mike Breton bought this 1946 Angelus trailer, it had been last licensed in 1947 – and that license plate was still attached. He has since sold it to a collector in Little Rock, replacing it
The residents of a home along State Highway 101 North awoke Thursday morning to find an unoccupied wrecked van in their yard on its side, after having slammed into a tree. Law enforcement later located the driver,
An emergency room nurse from Harrison, 28-year-old Toby Cordova, has been arrested after he admitted to fondling a female patient in his care. The alleged incident happened February 1 in the emergency room at North Arkansas Regional
A graduate of Calico Rock High School, who was named Miss Arkansas in 2016, fared very well at the Miss USA Pageant Thursday night in Reno. Savannah Skidmore made the top five before she was eliminated. Skidmore
A Lakeview man who initially got in trouble for being involved in a violent domestic situation in which a gunshot was fired in mid-February 2017 made a return visit to Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday. He was
A Gassville man, 27-year-old Justin Lee Thompson, has been arrested and charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, after he allegedly shot a woman at point-blank range Monday. Conflicting accounts of the incident have left law enforcement
A Baxter County man, 28-year-old Dustin Sandoval of Mountain Home, was in Marion County Circuit Court Wednesday where he entered a not guilty plea to felony charges of aggravated assault and criminal mischief, as well as a
The first weekend in May means it’s time for the 18th Annual Cotter Trout Festival, a two-day celebration for the community. Highlights of the annual event include the Lions’ Club car show at Big Spring Park on
The Fifth Annual Baxter County Plant Swap kicks off Saturday morning at 9 in the Knox Room of the Donald W. Reynolds Library Serving Baxter County. Attendees will be able to meet, talk shop and trade plants
Free Comic Book Day at the Donald W. Reynolds Library Serving Baxter County will be three hours of sci-fi fun for all ages starting at 10 Saturday morning.Attendees can stop by the library for a free comic
The continuing precipitation has led to a partial road closure in Baxter County. Baxter County Road and Bridge Department Superintendent Mike Watts says due to the rising lake level County Road 806 will be partially closed. Watts
County officials across Arkansas have sent out notices to remind state residents who did not vote in the past election to update their registration information. Baxter County Clerk Canda Reese says a federal law mandates counties in
A Marion County man, 45-year-old Marshall Gibson Jr. of Yellville, has been sentenced to four years of probation following an incident in 2018 when he fled on a motorcycle from a Marion County Sheriffs deputy, with his
The Flippin High School Fine Arts Department’s 34th Annual Fine Arts Extravaganza is set for Friday. The doors will open at 5 in the Flippin High School Gymnasium. The school-wide program promotes arts in education in the
Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery is notifying the public a new sex offender has registered with his office after moving here from Florida. Sheriff Montgomery says 61-year-old Mark Brian Ulrey is residing at 3981 Promise Land Road
Buffalo National River is accepting applications for the Youth Conservation Corps, an eight-week summer youth employment program that enlists young people in conservation work projects. YCC members will assist in a variety of trail and facility maintenance
AVA, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a 59-year-old man died in flash flooding in Douglas County. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says officers found the body of Robbie Turner, of Ava, Wednesday near a campsite. Investigators believe
Kindergarten registration at Cotter for the 2019-2020 school year is underway and continues through Friday.Registration hours are from 5 until 7 Wednesday evening and from 9 until 2 on Thursday and Friday. A number of documents are
A volunteer firefighter from Baxter County has died in the line of duty. According to a Facebook post by the Arkansas State Firefighters Association, 75-year-old Michael Watkins, who was a driver and engineer with the Northeast Lakeside
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a small earthquake shook Ozark and Taney counties Monday evening.The 2.10 earthquake was centered northwest of Diamond City and hit shortly after 8 p.m.The Missouri Department of Natural Resources reports most Missourians
Photo: Tornado at Bergman Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Marianna Pyeatt. A tornado was confirmed Tuesday afternoon in Boone County and several funnel clouds were spotted in Ozark County, but no injuries have been reported. Heavy rain fell
Prior to Tuesday afternoon, if you thought it’s been a pretty quiet start to the severe weather season in the Twin Lakes Area, you would be correct, but there are still nearly six weeks left in the
One month ago, voters in the Gainesville R-5 School District rejected a third attempt to secure additional funding. One proposal would have provided for facility improvements, while the second would have brought a new gymnasium for the
An Izard County couple faces a combined 18 charges, following a traffic stop Saturday evening in Calico Rock. After the stop, 45-year-old James Taylor begins to cry, while his wife, 42-year-old Robin Taylor, says, “I know I’m
A man who first caught the attention of a Mountain Home Police officer in early November 2018 by driving behind a business where thefts and “dumpster diving” had been reported appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday
Thursday will be Fine Arts Day at Norfork High School. The Norfork Fine Arts Department will host a student art exhibit and band concert on the high school campus. Fine Arts Day is set up to showcase
The Donald W. Reynolds Library Serving Baxter County is preparing for its Summer of Space program, a series of space-themed events, classes and exhibits that will be available from May through August.Starting May 1, the library will
The Marion County Senior Center will soon be renovating its floors. The center on Arkansas Highway 202 in Flippin has announced it will be closed for lunches and exercise programs beginning Thursday and continuing until May 7th.
The body of an Arizona man reported missing in early April has been located in Harrison. According to KYTV/KSPR, the Harrison Police Department notified authorities in Peoria the body of 38-year-old Michael Harrison had been found. Harrison
Landon Edwards and Adrian Black Motorists in Izard County should take special caution when entering intersections. There’s a good chance stop signs are missing due to the alleged thefts by two teens from Mount Pleasant. Izard County
The financial picture in the Twin Lakes Area continues to look good as sales tax revenue is up again in both Baxter County and the City of Mountain Home. The April numbers, which are for spending in
A Baxter County Circuit Court judge says he is becoming increasingly concerned by the number of high-speed pursuits taking place in this area and warned people who choose to run from the law not to expect leniency
A Marion County man, 29-year-old David Harrloe of Bull Shoals, has been arrested following an altercation with his pregnant girlfriend in a parking lot following a mushroom hunting trip. According to the probable cause affidavit filed Monday,
A Yellville man who bailed out of a car leading a Mountain Home police officer on a foot chase through the downtown area before being tackled and taken to the ground pled guilty to drug-related charges in
An expired license plate led to a traffic stop that led to drug-related charges that led to probation for a 22-year-old Yellville man. Ryan Wnek pled guilty to the charges against him during a session of Baxter
Seven Norfork High School students received honors in April at the Arkansas Young Artist Competition in Little Rock. Nearly 1,600 students across the state competed, and each was allowed to submit up to five pieces of artwork.
A Taney County woman received serious injuries in a one-vehicle accident Friday afternoon in Ozark County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 68-year-old Artie Collins of Merriam Woods was transported to Baxter Regional Medical Center from
Photo: Searcy County Sheriff Kenny Cassell places Ronnie Hogue in a patrol vehicle for transport to the Searcy County Detention Center to begin serving the sentence imposed by Judge H.G. Foster in shooting death. A Searcy County
A federal judge has ruled a Baxter County Detention Center requirement that incoming personal inmate mail be written only on postcards does not violate the constitutional rights of a Florida-based human rights group in any major way.
Travis Langston Two men serving prison time — one in Arkansas and one in Missouri — pled guilty to charges filed against them in unrelated cases during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday. Both men
A Yellville man is accused of stealing a vehicle and trailer nearly a month and a half after it was reported missing from a local business. According to Marion County Sheriff Clinton Evans, 48-year-old Harold Saeler was
A team of fourth and fifth grade students from Hackler Intermediate School in Mountain Home has qualified for the Global Finals of the Destination Imagination competition to be held next month in Kansas City. This will be
A Searcy County man, 32-year-old Matthew Armstrong of Marshall, has been found guilty of murder in the 2018 shooting death of 26-year-old Jessica Thorton and sentenced to life plus 65 years in prison. Searcy County Sheriff Kenny
‘The mother of a then 6-year-old child has been placed on probation for one year, after the parents of the woman’s boyfriend reported her to authorities for possible child abuse in Marion County. Online court records indicate
A Norfork man driving a car with major damage to the rear end and plastic sheeting serving for a back window found himself being stopped by an Arkansas State Police Trooper in early November last year and
A Baxter County teenager has done something while studying with a tutor from the Twin Lakes Literacy Council not many students have done. Lucas Sutton has completed all 12 levels of the Susan Barton Reading and Spelling
The following are links to the top stories of the week on ktlo.com. Mountain Home man says he ‘may have emptied the wrong storage unit’ Roofing contractor charged with taking money, doing no work has bond revoked,
Twenty students in the A-State civil engineering program, including a Mountain Home graduate, competed in the recent Deep South Conference in Ruston, La. The Deep South Conference conducts a series of civil engineering activities testing students’ design
The Norfork High School Quiz Bowl team picked up its third state championship in four years on Saturday. The Panthers captured the Class 1A title by defeating Izard County 285-130 in the Arkansas Governor’s Quiz Bowl Association
Now that I’ve been in office for more than four years, you may have noticed that one of my favorite topics is “economic development.” As we close out April of this year, I’d like to note that
The Mountain View High School Quiz Bowl team has captured its first state championship in school history. The Yellowjackets defeated Centerpoint 270-240 in the Class 3A title match Saturday in Conway. The Arkansas Governor’s Quiz Bowl Association
A Mountain Home man who told police he “may have emptied the wrong storage unit” is facing felony charges. Thirty-eight-year-old Chad Blankley has been arrested for a break-in at a local storage unit facility. The probable cause
A Mountain Home husband and wife both pled guilty to drug-related charges in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday and were both sentenced to six years probation. Fifty-six-year-old Marvin Ritchie and 63-year-old Pamela Ritchie were both arrested in
A Marion County man, 34-year-old Robert Warren of Summit, has been sentenced to one year of probation in connection with an incident last year when he was charged with a felony count of aggravated assault on a
The Arkansas State Highway Commission has approved bids for two area road improvement projects. According to the Arkansas Department of Transportation, one project is in Fulton and Sharp counties, and the other is in Izard County. Ten
The Food Bank of North Central Arkansas and Arvest Bank set a new record as they held their fourth-annual one-day fundraising blitz in Baxter and Marion counties in support of the Food Bank’s Backpack Program. Friday’s Feed
Fulton County authorities have arrested 61-year-old Harold Wallace after his son called 911 to report his father was shooting into a residence where he and his brother were hiding. Wallaces address was not provided in online court
Registered voters in the city of Flippin will be asked to decide on a 1 percent permanent sales tax increase in May with funds to be split evenly between the street department, park improvements, the general fund
One of three people arrested in early 2017 at a Yellville residence on multiple drug-related charges was back in Marion County Circuit Court last week for a revocation hearing after failing to report to her probation officer.
The City of Cotter has a new website. Mayor Mac Maradine says CityofCotter.org has been set up to better inform the city’s residents. Mayor Caradine says the website has information and history on Cotter, information and photographs
The Arvest Concert Series at Arkansas State University-Mountain Home continues this weekend. Mr. Cabbagehead and the Screaming Radishes will perform Sunday afternoon at 2 at the Ed Coulter Performing Arts Center in the Vada Sheid Community Development
When Mountain Home Police officers entered the residence of 29-year-old Elishah Zachary Adams in late September last year, they reported being greeted by a heavy cloud of marijuana smoke. As a result of the officers’ visit, Adams
One student was taken to the hospital with what is believed to be minor injuries following an accident involving a Mountain Home school bus Thursday morning. School superintendent Dr. Jake Long says a female student reported she
A Dora man was killed in a one-vehicle accident Thursday morning in Douglas County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 43-year-old Everett Collins was pronounced dead at the scene a half hour after the accident occurred
The winners of the Mr. and Miss Mountain Home High School competition have been announced. Luke Kruse has been named Mr. MHHS and Leah Dewey has been named Miss MHHS. The two were selected from a group
A Marion County man, 45-year-old Rolland Castle of Yellville, has been charged with a felony count of battery and misdemeanors of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, following a fight and arrest in the Marion County Library. According
A disturbance between a Stone County couple has led to a felony charge against the husband and medical treatment for his wife. WhiteRiverNow.com reports Stone County authorities responded to the couple’s residence in Fifty-Six last Thursday where
A Briarcliff man accused of attacking his pregnant girlfriend as they drove along Old Military Road in December last year pled guilty to charges filed against him stemming from the incident during a session of Baxter County
An Izard County woman was injured Saturday evening in a two-vehicle accident in the Jordan area. According to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, 77-year-old Wilma Galloway of Calico Rock was transported to Baxter Regional Medical Center from
A Mountain Home man reported to be upset his ex-girlfriend had entered a new dating relationship pled no contest to a charge he did almost $7,000 in damage to the other man’s vehicle. Twenty-six-year-old Jordan Christian Haden
Another local school is preparing to welcome next year’s kindergarten class. According to the Ozark Mountain School District, Bruno-Pyatt’s kindergarten registration will be held Friday. For more information, contact the Bruno-Pyatt campus at 870-427-5227. WebReadyTM Powered by
A two-hour standoff resulted in the arrest of a Harrison man. Fifty-two-year-old Richard Nedeau was booked into the Boone County jail Wednesday morning following a family disturbance involving a gun. According to KYTV/KSPR, Harrison Police officers arrived
A man accused of threatening to execute Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery, former sheriff Benny Magness and a local district judge will undergo a mental examination. Forty-six-year-old Michael Thomas Curtis of Clarksville appeared in Baxter County Circuit
A Stone County woman, 20-year-old Allyssa Grace Price of Mountain View, has been arrested, after she allegedly tried to swap marijuana for insulin needles. WhiteRiverNow.com reports court records indicate authorities were notified April 17th Price had contacted
A Mountain Home woman whose return of a motel room key at her boyfriend’s request led to drug charges being filed against her pled guilty to those charges and was put on probation for 10 years during
A Gassville man is accused of taking two vehicles from his ex-girlfriend’s mother and not returning them. Thirty-seven-year-old Jeffery Shepherd was arrested Monday on a felony count of theft of property and two misdemeanor counts of unlawful
A Mountain Home man is facing multiple charges after being located at a storage unit he wasn’t renting. According to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, 47-year-old Jason Sisney has been in the Baxter County Detention Center since
The 38th annual Northern Arkansas District Spring Junior Livestock Show will be held Saturday at the Baxter County Fairgrounds in Mountain Home. The horse show will be at the Bar None Cowboy Church in Midway Saturday. The
An Izard County woman, 23-year-old Cydney Taylor of Dolph, has entered a guilty plea to a charge of first-degree murder and has been sentenced to 20 years in prison following a stabbing death last year. Online court
The Flippin School Board dealt with a number of personnel items during its regular April meeting Monday night. Superintendent Kelvin Hudson has the report. Listen: right-click to download mp3 The Flippin School Board also voted to move
A Mountain Home roofing contractor, facing charges in three cases in which he is accused of taking money for jobs and never doing the work has had his bond revoked and is being held in the Baxter
The former owner of the Hot Dog Shoppe in Harrison has pleaded guilty to charges against him and has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. According to online court records, 68-year-old Donald William Alexander entered his
In the pending sale of Integrity First Bank of Mountain Home to Stuttgart’s Farmers and Merchants Bank, five local families with some ancestral overlap account for the largest blocks of share. Arkansas Business reports this week the
Arvest Bank will be holding its 4th Annual Feed the Pack Day event Friday. Arvest associates and volunteers from the community will be at major intersections and storefronts throughout Baxter and Marion counties, collecting monetary donations in
The three children reported missing from a Mountain Home apartment complex late Monday night have been found safe. The Arkansas State Police posted to Facebook shortly after midnight saying the three have been found. The ASP initially
One of Baxter Regional Medical Center’s biggest annual events hits a milestone this year as it promotes a “healthy, active lifestyle.” The hospital will partner with KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot for the 40th Annual Health
A motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Newton County over the weekend. Arkansas State Police identified the victim as 39-year-old Joshua Adam Hill of Springfield. The report indicates Hill’s motorcycle veered off the road and
A trial date has been set for a Mountain Home woman charged with felony counts of battery and endangering the welfare of a minor, following an investigation into injuries sustained by her 18-month-old daughter and drugs found
A second person has been arrested for squatting on a houseboat at an area marina. Twenty-four-year-old Kora Estelle Hardy of Flippin is facing multiple felony charges after she and a Mountain Home man, 35-year-old Christopher Alsup, were
A Marion County man, 46-year-old Timothy Hogg of Yellville, has been arrested and charged in connection with allegedly selling methamphetamine to a confidential informant. According to the probable cause affidavit, the controlled buy was allegedly made across
A Lakeview man who pled guilty to breaking into a house in 2013 and assaulting the resident and with new charges filed against him earlier this year is now facing a new charge of theft by receiving.
The Humane Society of North Central Arkansas will have new operating hours for the shelter starting Monday. The humane society shelter will now be open Tuesday through Friday from noon until 6 and Saturdays from 10 until
The following are links to the top stories of the week on ktlo.com. Hot water just keeps getting deeper and deeper for Midway couple Midway woman killed in Thursday crash Father who created nightmare for his children
A Texas teenager was able to survive a fall near Hawksbill Crag on Saturday. Newton County Sheriff Glenn Wheeler says it’s the third fall reported in the area this year, and it comes one week after 20-year-old
A Mountain Home woman who stole checks, forged and passed them at area businesses was sentenced to three years in prison during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday. Thirty-year-old Jessica Ruth Whitson pled guilty to
A Gassville man, 56-year-old Ross Tweedy, has received a five-year prison sentence on drug-related charges in Marion County Circuit Court. Online court records indicate it is to run concurrently with a five-year sentence Tweedy received in Baxter
A Mountain View man is accused of stealing a woman’s wallet. According to WhiteRiverNow.com, 26-year-old Clifford Watson II has been in the Stone County Detention Center since Friday. Court information states the alleged theft occurred last Thursday.
Chad Hudson of Mountain Home has been appointed to the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center’s State Advisory Board. State Director Laura Fine made the announcement.Fine says Hudson is enthusiastic about the ASBTDC’s consulting and training
Mariah Hansen has joined the staff at the Donald W. Reynolds Library Serving Baxter County as the new adult services coordinator.Hansen brings a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Arkansas and a master’s degree
A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered in the case of a Marion County man, 68-year-old Michael L. Grigsby of Yellville, to determine his mental fitness on a charge of sexual indecency with a child. Deputy Public Defender
A rural Mountain Home man was arrested Thursday after allegedly leaving the scene of an accident over a week ago. Thirty-eight-year-old Zachariah Zelk is in the Baxter County Detention Center also facing multiple drug charges. A Mountain
Spencer Dale Alexander A fight over a DVD and a threat to cut a girlfriend’s throat has landed two Stone County men in jail following separate assault cases. Whiterivernow.com reports 54-year-old Spencer Dale Alexander and 48-year-old Derik
It was not a merry Christmas for a woman alleged to have left a glass methamphetamine smoking pipe on the floor of an apartment where children had access to it, sparking a fight with her boyfriend and
The Baxter County Circuit Court jury panel will not report for duty on Monday. According to Baxter County and Circuit Clerk Canda Reese, the next day jurors should report is May 13th at 9 at the court
Less than a week after reporting living in Baxter County, a registered sex offender has moved out of the Twin Lakes Area. Sheriff John Montgomery says 66-year-old Steven Michael McNabb has relocated to Michigan. Sheriff Montgomery reported
A woman from Midway is dead following a crash Thursday morning. Sixty-nine-year-old Kathleen Thompson was killed in the single-vehicle accident. The Arkansas State Police say Thompson’s vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, ran off the road and
The Mountain Home School Board dealt with a busy agenda Thursday night, including a plan to save parents money when it comes to buying school supplies. Superintendent Dr. Jake Long says the board approved spending $45,439 to
A man from Shirley was killed Thursday in a single-vehicle accident during heavy rain in Stone County. The Arkansas State Police identify the victim as 55-year-old Michael Kenny Phillips. The report indicates Phillips’ vehicle traveled off the
A Mountain Home man who was alleged to be highly intoxicated and who created a nightmare for his children by threatening to kill them because he did not want them in his life any longer has pled
The case against a Marion County man, 41-year-old Michael Vetor of Yellville, involving felony charges of residential burglary and theft has been dropped. The charges stem from an incident in 2016 in which Vetor allegedly took a
The Norfork School District will have new leadership when the 2019-2020 school year begins. The board has selected Mammoth Spring Superintendent Chip Layne to the same position by a unanimous vote on Thursday. Layne says he is
As a significant amount of rain has fallen in the Twin Lakes Area, the heavy showers can make for dangerous floating conditions on the Buffalo National River. According to buffaloriver.com, the St. Joe area of the river
The Marion County Circuit Court jury panel will not need to report for duty next week. According to Marion County and Circuit Clerk Dawn Moffet, the next day jurors will need to report is Monday, May 13th.
The Lost Valley Area of the Buffalo National River has reopened. Lost Valley initially closed in early December last year to begin an extensive improvement project that aimed to reduce flood potential, address visitor safety and area
Photo: Courtesy Baxter County Government. Baxter County’s director of Office of Emergency Management Jim Sierzchula(second from left) has retired after 10 years. Among those joining him to congratulate him on his retirement were (from left) Mountain Home
A member of Arkansas State University-Mountain Home’s administration is moving on to a new opportunity. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Martin Eggensperger has been selected as the new president of Black River Techincal College in Pocahontas
A tearful Phillip Roy Wilcoxon and his wife, Amanda, attempted to convince Judge John Putman to extend his probation rather than sending him to prison during a revocation hearing in Baxter County Circuit Court last week. But,
Steven McNabb Hans Hess A pair of registered sex offenders have moved to Baxter County. According to Sheriff John Montgomery, 66-year-old Steven Michael McNabb is living homeless in the Mountain Home area, and 47-year-old Hans Hess is
A Cotter man who was swept up in the arrest of another person was in Baxter County Circuit Court last week where he pled guilty to drug-related charges filed against him. Fifty-four-year-old Mark Dohrman was sentenced to
A man arrested and charged with possessing drug paraphernalia as the result of a complaint that brought police to a Cotter apartment complex pled guilty to the charges against him during a session of Baxter County Circuit
Photo: Courtesy Harrison Daily Times. A Harrison woman was killed Monday after her vehicle crashed into a hardware store. According to the Harrison Daily Times, 81-year-old Shirley Horn was pronounced dead after being transported to North Arkansas
A Mountain Home man has been arrested for the fourth time in four months on drug charges. Mountain Home police arrested 28-year-old Zachary Hawthorne following a traffic stop Tuesday night. According to the probable cause affidavit in
The Norfork School Board will hold a special meeting Thursday evening to hire a new superintendent. The board has had a series of meetings this week to narrow the list of 18 applicants down to the three
Photo: Courtesy Hannah Adams. Firefighters in Searcy County were kept busy Tuesday afternoon with multiple fires started by hot coal dust blowing off a truck driving along U.S. Highway 65. KYTV/KSPR reports the truck picked up a
BURKESVILLE, Ky. (AP) The Norfork National Fish Hatchery has provided 38,000 cutthroat trout for the Cumberland River in Kentucky. According to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, this is the first time the fish has been
Once again this year, the Buffalo National River is listed among the most endangered rivers in the country. The annual report from America’s Most Endangered Rivers lists the Buffalo at number eight on its top 10 list.
A Mountain Home man charged with hitting a 6-year-old boy during an altercation with the child’s mother pled not guilty to charges of domestic battery during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.Twenty-eight-year-old Chase Smith was
Photo: Front door of OMART is the only means of identifying the facility from the street. In May 2018, an unannounced compliance check at OMART in Gassville by Arkansas Community Correction officers resulted in nine residents temporarily
The Gassville City Council held its regular April meeting Tuesday night, moving through a busy agenda in one hour. Mayor Jeff Braim says the council voted to work with ARDOT on a project and to approve money
Mitchell Phillips Preston Fraser Two of four inmates in the former Marion County Detention Center charged in connection with a small fire in their cell last August have entered pleas. According to the sentencing order filed earlier
Photo: Courtesy of Ozark County Times. Over two years after being convicted of assault and trespassing, a Gainesville man learned his fate last week. According to the Ozark County Times, 47-year-old Matthew Taber was sentenced April 8th
A Mountain Home man who picked up felony charges at a rapid clip in the spring and summer of 2018 appeared somewhat taken aback when he was jailed after pleading guilty to the charges against him.While 34-year-old
The city of Mountain View has a new police chief after the former chief resigned. Whiterivernow.com reports former chief B.J. Day submitted his resignation to mayor Roger Gardner last week. Gardner says he did not ask for
A Newton County man is jailed after he and another man had a shoot-out Friday night in Parthenon. Newton County Sheriff Glenn Wheeler says 61-year-old Bevan Dean Dunlap of Parthenon was arrested on two felony charges for
Business licenses for a retail clothing store, a DVD rental kiosk and four home-based businesses comprised the list issued by the City of Mountain Home in March, according to Roberta Pack from the City of Mountain Home.Records
Photo: Sign once hanging at the entrance to the OMART property has been removed. When the OMART facility in Gassville moved to an all transitional housing unit for prison parolees from across the state in 2017, it
A man facing charges of stabbing a woman in early August last year was back in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.Forty-eight-year-old Tony Griffin, who is an inmate in the Ester Unit of the state prison system on
As the current school year draws closer to its conclusion, local school districts are preparing for next year’s new students. Three districts will host kindergarten registration over the next few weeks. Kindergarten registration at Arrie Goforth Elementary
A Briarcliff man charged with attacking his pregnant girlfriend as they drove along Old Military Road in December last year appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.Since 2017, Coron Jamall Johnson has been accused of violently lashing
Saturday was a busy day at Arvest Bank’s east branch in Mountain Home. The annual Shred-A-Thon was forced to shut down an hour early due to the Shred-It truck being at full capacity. According to Arvest Bank,
The Norfork High School Quiz Bowl team is one step closer to bringing the Class 1A state championship to Baxter County. The Panthers advanced to meet Izard County in the finals of the Arkansas Governor’s Quiz Bowl
The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office is notifying the public a registered sex offender is now residing in the Lakeview area. According to Sheriff John Montgomery, 56-year-old Curtis Lee Johnson has relocated to 488 Sheffield Drive. Johnson has
A man from Viola was injured in an ATV accident in Southern Missouri Sunday afternoon and faces a multitude of charges. Thirty-one-year-old Dustin Helton of Viola was transported to Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains for treatment
Law enforcement in Newton County is investigating the possible attempted abduction of two girls. Newton County Sheriff Glenn Wheeler says the incident happened Saturday afternoon in Western Grove. The sheriff says the girls, who are in their
The history of OMART stretches back more than 30 years. A person close to the operation for a number of those years said the idea behind the facility was to give area courts somewhere to send people
For one unlucky Midway couple alleged involvement in the theft of documents from the local college led to drug-related charges when officers showed up on their doorstep looking for the purloined papers. Thirty-nine-year-old Joshua Michael Miller and
Danny Keith Haley of Gassville, who set fire to a house he and his wife were renting following an argument between the couple, is scheduled to go to trial next month. The date was set during a
After waiting for bids on its center campus tower, North Arkansas College came up empty. According to KYTV/KSPR, Northark President Dr. Randy Esters says after looking at every option, the facility in downtown Harrison will be torn
Arvest Bank in Baxter and Marion counties is partnering with the Food Bank of North Central Arkansas for the Million Meals initiative, a two-month, bank-wide effort to provide one million meals or more to those in need.Arvest
The following are links to the top stories of the week on ktlo.com. Texas twins arrested following 140 MPH pursuit in Baxter, Marion counties 2-vehicle crash sends 3 to BRMC Mountain Home, Harrison Fred’s stores closing Cotter
After three months of hard work that produced historic and much-needed legislation, the 92nd General Assembly has adjourned. Together, we cut taxes. We raised teacher pay. We funded roads and highways, and we passed legislation that will
A South Dakota woman was killed Saturday after falling from a bluff in Newton County. According to the Harrison Daily Times, 20-year-old Andrea Norton of Hot Springs was on Hawksbill Crag near Boxley Valley. Newton County Sheriff
Photo: Courtesy Ozark County Sheriff Darrin Reed. Ozark County Sheriff Darrin Reed is asking for help from the public in locating a Douglas County man, 52-year-old Willis Rex Davidson. In a Facebook post, Sheriff Reed says his
A Bull Shoals women has been arrested for allegedly using Facebook Pay to steal money from her ex-boyfriend. Twenty-three-year-old Lorin Branstetter is facing multiple felony charges in connection with the case. According to the probable cause affidavit,
A man listing a Harrison address, whose vehicle was stuffed with allegedly stolen items to the point the trunk lid would not close and there was barely room in the passenger compartment for him to drive, reappeared
A Missouri woman has been sentenced to six years supervised probation for residential burglary in connection with an aggravated robbery in Summit in 2017. Online court records indicate 26-year-old Mariah Piatchek of De Soto was sentenced under
Photo: (from left) Stuart Friend, Mountain Home Elks president; Ella Hilvert; Rylee Crecelius; Vonya Schaufler, sixth-grade teacher and Mountain Home Elks Americanism chairman; and Mylet Trotter, literacy teacher. Not pictured: Melanie Kelly, literacy teacher. The works of
Photo: (from left) Tenth grade student Cole Light and ninth grade student Kylie Manes. The work of two Norfork High School art students has been selected for this year’s Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition competition. Kylie Manes’ batik
A couple from Oklahoma traveling in a vehicle reported stolen in that state was detained at the Walmart in Flippin April 6th, after allegedly leaving the store pushing a cart of items past the last point of
One of six people arrested with the seizure of narcotics, weapons, money and vehicles in February in Searcy County is back in jail, after he was drug tested while in court for a pretrial date. Searcy County
A former employee of the City of Briarcliff appeared during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday and pled guilty to stealing money from a water department account. She was sentenced to four years probation. Forty-year-old
The Twin Lakes Community Foundation is continuing its effort to connect community needs with necessary resources. The foundation held a luncheon on Friday and awarded a total of $24,100 to 18 nonprofits in Baxter, Marion, Fulton and
Photo: MHHS sophomores Gabe Todd, Celine Hall and Abigayle Vida and junior Gunner Chong prepare for the plant sale (already sold out) in the new high school greenhouse. Students at Mountain Home High School Career Academies are
Authorities are searching for the owner of a vehicle allegedly involved in a theft. According to the Mountain Home Police Department’s Facebook, the vehicle is a white dual cab pickup truck. Anyone with information on the owner
A Cotter man has been arrested after his 11-year-old daughter tested positive for methamphetamine and she had to take a syringe away from her 6-year-old sister. Thirty-four-year-old Roger Allen Hicks was arrested Thursday and is free on
The Cotter City Council has scheduled a public hearing for April 25th at 6 p.m. regarding the establishment of sewer rates.The hearing will be held at Cotter City Hall and is open to the public. The regular
Colby Vanlandingham A fight between two inmates in the Marion County Detention Center Monday led to 35-year-old Aaron Adams being taken to North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison. According to the probable cause affidavit, Adams was
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and former District Judge Johnnie A. Copeland of Mountain Home has announced she will run for circuit judge, Division 4 in the 14th District. The 14th Judicial District includes Baxter, Boone, Marion and Newton
A new staff member has joined the Baxter Regional Bone and Joint Clinic. Dr. Win Moore has announced the addition of Physician Assistant Cheyenne Morgan. Morgan was raised in Cabot and received her bachelor’s degree at the
Mitchell Smithey who has been on the run since early November last year was jailed Tuesday and made a much delayed appearance in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.The 37-year-old Smithey, whose last known address was in Gassville,
The beloved fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen is set to be brought to life at the Donald W. Reynolds Library Serving Baxter County. The Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre on Tour will perform The Emperor’s New
One person was transported to Baxter Regional Medical Center Wednesday afternoon following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of U.S. Highway 62B and State Highway 5.According to a report from the Mountain Home Police Department, the accident
Discount chain Fred’s is closing hundreds of stores, including its Mountain Home and Harrison locations.The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports the Memphis-based company plans to close 159 underperforming stores by the end of May, or about 29 percent
Two men from Marion County are jailed in Baxter County following two separate vehicle pursuits by Baxter County Sheriff’s Office deputies Wednesday night and Thursday morning. No injuries were reported, but several patrol cars were damaged during
A man from southeast Missouri is behind bars after his arrest for the murder of a man from Fulton County. Police in Thayer say 39-year-old Daniel Carroll of Mammoth Spring was shot to death Tuesday night at
This is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, and the Baxter County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office is inviting the public to help in honoring past victims and raise awareness for the future. The week will wrap up with a
A Marion County man, 51-year-old Charles Bergman of Oakland, has been sentenced to six years probation in connection with an incident in 2018 when he attempted to choke a woman and threatened to kill her with a
The annual Baxter County 4-H Rabies Vaccination Clinic will be open Friday afternoon from 2 until 5 and on Saturday morning from 8 until noon. Rabies vaccinations will be available at a special rate of $12. Participating
