In light of a global pandemic, the United States of America and the State of Arkansas, working in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and the Arkansas Department of Health, respectively, have taken extraordinary measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19, commonly known as the Coronavirus. On March 11, 2020, the [...]

In light of a global pandemic, the United States of America and the State of Arkansas, working in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and the Arkansas Department of Health, respectively, have taken extraordinary measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19, commonly known as the Coronavirus. On March 11, 2020, the [...]

PARAGOULD – Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington announced that a Greene County Circuit Court jury convicted a Paragould man with four counts of rape and sentenced him to 40 years for each count. The seven-woman, five-man jury took only 25 minutes to return guilty verdicts against David D. Price, 41, Wednesday, Ellington said. [...]

JONESBORO – Scott Ellington, District Prosecuting Attorney for the Second Judicial District of Arkansas, announces that a Craighead County jury has convicted and sentenced a Blytheville man to life in prison plus 50 years in a Jonesboro slaying. Ellington said that the jury convicted Markus Gentry, 30, of Blytheville of murder in the second degree. [...]

JONESBORO – Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington announced Wednesday he filed two counts of attempted capital murder charges against a Caraway man who shot at two police officers, injuring one, in January. Eugene Collins, 49, was charged in the Eastern District of Craighead County. Collins, who is held in the Craighead County jail [...]