Stories from Monday, February 25, 2013

Walter "Larry" Bridges, 65, of Paragould, Ark., passed away February 20, 2013 at his residence. He was born October 30, 1947 to the late Walter E. and Wilmetta I. Bridges. He was preceded in death by his parents along with two brothers, Doyle and Harold Bridges...

The Rector Police Department has arrested a suspect as part of an investigation into an alleged attack on two people. Adam Dale Hackworth, 28, is currently incarcerated in the Clay County Detention Center in Piggott. Officials believe Hackworth, of Piggott, savagely beat Jennifer Walton of Rector and shot Daniel Faris of Greenway during an altercation Saturday night in the Stafford addition of Rector. Hackworth was arrested near the locations where Walton and Faris were found by responders...