Stories from Thursday, April 18, 2019

A six-hour standoff at an Osceola gas station ended peacefully early this morning (Thursday) when police arrested a Mississippi man wanted on sexual battery charges. Around 10 p.m. Wednesday, Justin James Brady, 36, of Desoto County, Miss. pulled into the Osceola Shell Station as Arkansas State Police were pursuing him...

Michael Branch, 55, died on April 15, 2019, at his home. He was born in Steele, Mo., to Billy Sr. and Geneva Branch on Oct. 3, 1963. He liked to cook, work in the yard, be with his family, and loved to make people laugh. He served in the United States Army. He was a giving person and would help if someone were in need...