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Dezarae Manson charged in Illinois with falsely reporting a sexual assault to police
Dezarae Manson, the youngest of the three Marion County defendants charged in the March rape of an 18-year-old woman, is facing a felony charge in Illinois for telling police there that she was sexually assaulted about eight years ago, according to McHenry County court records obtained by the Observer. Manson, 20, is charged with disorderly…
18 hours ago
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Federal audit cites Mountain Home case, finds Arkansas failed to follow rules in 138 of 140 child abuse investigations
Federal auditors found Arkansas failed to follow its own rules in 138 of 140 child abuse investigations they examined, and they named the Mountain Home case of a boy reported to the state hotline 29 times as one reason they came to the state. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector…
18 hours ago
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Bank OZK pays back $2.66 million as courts end eight-year fight over NABORS landfill fee
Bank OZK has turned over $2,660,982.87 in disputed landfill fees, and property owners across six north Arkansas counties are getting $12.10 back for every $18 they paid. The money left the bank this summer under agreed court orders in Baxter, Searcy and Newton counties. The orders followed three Arkansas Court of Appeals rulings on May…
4 days ago
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Arkansas lawmakers told helping inmates return to society will ease prison overcrowding
Arkansas lawmakers and criminal justice reform advocates agreed Wednesday that improving the systems that help inmates return to society after incarceration will alleviate the state’s prison overcrowding problem. State correctional facilities have 15,362 beds and 16,804 inmates as of Sept. 1, and county jails are often tasked with holding inmates waiting for state prison beds. …
October 2, 2026
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Arkansas judge keeps block on laws giving governor firing power over prison officials
A Pulaski County judge rejected a request Friday to allow Arkansas to enforce two laws giving the governor power to fire top prison officials, saying that a settlement agreement struck with the Board of Corrections was “in direct conflict with the Arkansas Constitution.” Pulaski County Circuit Judge Patricia James’ decision to keep in place the…
September 28, 2026
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A.M. Pyrotechnics hid $300,000 in prepaid shows from bankruptcy court, U.S. Trustee says. Mountain Home’s was one of them.
A federal bankruptcy judge has removed Aaron Mayfield from control of A.M. Pyrotechnics LLC, the company that abandoned Mountain Home's Red, White & Blue Festival fireworks in June. The July 27 order came 11 days after the U.S. Trustee accused Mayfield of hiding roughly $300,000 in customer prepayments from the court and telling a judge…
September 24, 2026

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