Stories from Friday, October 25, 2019

HICKMAN— Friday morning, under the Nucor Steel Arkansas pavilion, US Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Arkansas), Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin, along with a host of state legislators and local elected officials, met for the ribbon-cutting of the grand opening of the specialty cold mill at Nucor Steel Arkansas...

Text messages to Lake City Mayor Jon Milligan from a Lake City planning board member, Ty Koons, has been brought into question. Milligan is a candidate in the Republican primary race for the House of Representatives District 53. According to an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette article, Milligan provided screenshots of the text messages on their request under the state Freedom of Information Act...

OSCEOLA, AR – District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington announced Friday that Circuit Court Judge Dan Ritchey convened a Mississippi County grand jury in Osceola on Tuesday, Oct. 22. After hearing the matter presented, the grand jury handed down an indictment charging Dakota Dunkin, an officer with the Osceola Police Department, with the offense of Battery in the Second Degree. ...

MANILA — The Manila Lions hosted the Hoxie Mustangs Friday night on Senior Night, with seven seniors honored. However, there wasn’t much to celebrate once the game kicked off as the Lions fell behind 42-0 in the first quarter and eventually were defeated 55-7...

GOSNELL — Jy Young had himself a night on homecoming. The Gosnell senior standout had three rushing touchdowns, a receiving score, a 95-yard scoop-and-score and an interception in leading the Pirates to a 52-24 rout of Highland on a rainy Friday night...

The Blytheville Chickasaws (2-6, 2-3) scored with 21 seconds remaining in the first half to cut the Batesville Pioneers lead to five heading into the half. However, the second half was all Batesville as the Pioneers escaped a cold, rainy Haley Field victorious, 47-22...