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A Pineville man with a long history of arrests in recent years in behind bars again, this time after he made multiple calls to law enforcement to report prowlers in his home. Twenty-six-year-old Joseph Walker Langston Jr. was arrested on multiple charges after deputies arrived to find no one in the house except Langston. It’s…

Pictured (from left to right):  Aiden Nickel, Brantley Razinha, Ethan Erkman, Nolan Erkman, Lily Rush, Breeze Loveland, Gracie Hicks (holding trophy), Chloe Stanley, and Kairi Dockins On Friday, February 6, the Junior High Quiz Bowl team competed in their conference tournament at Armorel High School.  The team finished in second place, with a record of four…

A man who lives right outside of Calico Rock in Baxter County has been arrested after he was trying to set up a meeting with underage girls so he could marry them. A warrant had been issued following an investigation that was initiated last year. On August 31, 2025, the Sheriff’s Office received a request…

The Calico Rock Museum and Visitor Center has been making progress during this cold season with work being done on the wiki hut for their Birth of the Ozark Experience. Claire and Joe Cresto cut sapling from local trees to hand build the frame for the hut. When finished, guests will be able to enter…

The Izard County Sheriff’s Office has been reporting multiple vehicle break-ins and vehicle thefts in the Horseshoe Bend area over the past several weeks. The incidents have included: • In the early morning hours of December 14, 2025, a report of a vehicle break-in was taken at a residence on Scenic Acres Drive in Horseshoe…

Calico Rock will hold their annual Living Windows & Lighted Christmas Parade this Saturday, . For those that have not experienced it, it’s hard to share just how magical this night is. Local businesses, church groups, and groups of friends decorate the windows of the businesses along Main Street as their favorite Christmas scene. They…

Students and faculty shared an exciting experience when famed academic Dr. Temple Grandin came to visit the school last Friday. Grandin spoke sharing her experience as a visual learner with autism and the incredible impact she has made on the world. She toured the schools agriculture facilities, visited with students, and answered thoughtful questions both…

An local man has been arrested for shooting at three people from his vehicle.       Fifty-nine-year-old Charles Joseph Heathcoat of Calico Rock is facing one felony charge for the incident. According to the probable cause affidavit from the Izard County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy responded to an address on Arkansas Highway 177 near the Baxter…

Join in on Saturday November 15th at 12:00noon at 61 Grasse Street in Calico Rock to help raise money for the Cox family. Coburn and Katie Cox need the public’s help. Their son Benny was emergency delivered at 30 weeks and will be in the NICU in Little Rock for several weeks while he grows.…

By Randy Sellers, AGFC An estimated 290,000 people, enough to fill Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville more than four times, will be headed to the woods this year in search of a deer, and many of them will be celebrating their first hunt of the year this weekend with the opening of Arkansas’s…