Day 42 – Tue. Apr. 22, 2020 Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor welcomed Dr. Nate Smith, Arkansas Cabinet Secretary of Health. The Governor displayed several graphs, including daily number of cases of COVID-19 (fig. 1), the rolling 7-Day cases […]
Tuesday COVID Update: 670 Cummins cases; Exec Order for Testing Group
Day 41 – Tue. Apr. 21, 2020 Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor welcomed Dr. Nate Smith, Arkansas Cabinet Secretary of Health and Steuart Walton, entrepreneur and Chairman of the Economic Recovery Task Force. The Governor displayed several graphs, including […]
Monday COVID Update: 120 of 142 new cases are inmates; Child Abuse Awareness Month
Day 40 – Mon. Apr. 20, 2020 Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor welcomed First Lady Susan Hutchinson, as well as Mischa Martin, who is Director of the Division of Children and Family Services. He presented four different charts. The […]
Sunday COVID Update: Prison inmates who meet criteria considered for release
Day 39 – Sun. Apr. 19, 2020 Here are some Key Notes, Statistics, and Video for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson’s news update on the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Hutchinson welcomed Dr. Nate Smith, the Secretary of Health, and Dexter Payne, Director of Corrections. The Governor displayed two charts – the first shows the new daily cases. The […]
State Prison Inmate from Saline County Dies in Apparent Suicide
State inmate Christopher Potts, age 25, of Saline County died in what appears to be a suicide by hanging at the Maximum Security Unit at Tucker, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Corrections Officers found Potts hanging from the vent in his cell at 2:46 a.m. Saturday. He had draped a blanket across the […]
Bryant man gets 5 years after kicking and dragging deputy
A Bryant man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after attacking a Saline County Sheriff Deputy. On September 24, 2019, James Tracy Pettus, 41, of Bryant, pleaded guilty to Battery in the Second Degree, Aggravated Assault, Escape in the First Degree, and Resisting Arrest, according to Prosecuting Attorney Chris Walton. Judge Gary Arnold accepted […]
Bauxite man gets 20 years in prison after sexual assault with minors
A Bauxite man has been sentenced by a Saline County Judge for 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexual charged involving minors. On September 24, 2019, Dillon Dempsey Harrison, 23, of Bauxite pleaded guilty to Sexual Assault in the Second Degree, Internet Stalking of a Child, Sexually Grooming a Child, and Possessing […]
Traskwood Man Gets 100 Years for Violent Assault of Girlfriend
A Traskwood man got 100 years in prison after violently assaulting his ex-girlfriend and holding her hostage. Prosecuting Attorney Chris Walton announced that on August 22, 2019, Boyce Wayne Williams, 45, of Traskwood was sentenced by a jury to 100 years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On October 20, 2018, officers with Haskell Police […]
Hensley Woman Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder Her Child; Gets 20 Years
A Hensley woman who attempted to take her own life and her child’s life was sentenced to 20 years in prison today in Saline County, according to Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca Bush. Sommer Hyatt, 35, formerly of Lakeshore Drive in Hensley, pled guilty today to Attempted First Degree Murder and was sentenced to 20 years in […]
Inmate Has Escaped from Prison in Texarkana
According to the Arkansas Department of Correction, there has been an escape of an offender supervised by Southwest Arkansas Community Correction Center in Texarkana, Arkansas. If you have any concerns about your immediate safety, contact your local law enforcement agency or call 911. Offenders at this facility are classified as non-violent and are not registered […]