From Mayflower Police Department and Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office reports

The remaining alternate jurors needed to serve in the capital murder trial against a 20-year-old Pine Bluff man accused of killing and kidnapping Elvia Fragstein in July 2018 were selected Tuesday afternoon.

MAYFLOWER — A Conway city attorney has donated another round of water bottles to an elementary school in need.

From Conway Police Department reports

A local pastor currently under investigation in a child abuse case was arrested outside a Mayflower gas station on drug-related charges last week.

From Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office reports

MAYFLOWER — When asked to describe what type of person would be a hero, Keeton Woods immediately thought of his father. The Mayflower fire chief was also honored for his dedicated service Tuesday evening by Mayor Randy Holland.

Twelve jurors have been selected to serve in the capital murder case against a 20-year-old Pine Bluff man accused of kidnapping and killing Elvia Fragstein.

From Conway Police Department reports

Jury selection in the capital murder case against Tacori D. Mackrell will continue Friday morning and also early next week.

From Conway Police Departments reports

Seven more jurors were selected as of late Wednesday to serve on the capital murder case against Tacori D. Mackrell.

MAYFLOWER — The wastewater improvement project is back on track in Mayflower after aldermen gave the OK to pay the engineers heading the corrective action plan needed to make ADEQ-required repairs and avoid fines.

From Conway Police Department reports

Two Faulkner County residents have now been selected to serve on the capital murder case against a Pine Bluff man accused of kidnapping and killing a Wooster woman in July 2018.

From Conway Police Department reports

At least four people were criminally charged following a protest outside the Conway Police Department on Monday.

The Piccolo Zoppè family circus will perform in Arkansas for the first time in 20 years during the annual QuitmanFest event this weekend.

Jury selection in the capital murder case against Tacori D. Mackrell continued into the evening hours on Monday and is expected to take up to two weeks to complete.

A local group pushing to increase the punishment range for those found guilty of a sexual indecency with a minor charge protested over the weekend and will be out collecting signatures on Friday.

From Conway Police Department reports

From Conway Police Department reports

A Faulkner County man who reportedly led the Guy Police Department on a chase shortly before noon Tuesday has been identified and charged.

GUY – Elementary students at Guy-Perkins began celebrating Fabulous Fridays when Tammy Murry took over as principal in 2018. Though the festivities are organized a bit differently due to social-distancing restrictions, the elementary principal found a way to make it work.

From Conway Police Department reports

Guy-Perkins Superintendent Joe Fisher was appointed last week by the Arkansas State Board of Education to serve on the Professional Licensure Standards Board.

Authorities are looking to identify those responsible for vandalizing neighborhood signage Tuesday night in Conway.

The capital murder case against Tacori D. Mackrell will begin Monday morning as scheduled, despite the defense team’s request to delay the trial over coronavirus exposure concerns.

From Conway Police Department reports

A Vilonia man who reportedly claimed he had poisonous hot dogs and possibly a bomb in his bag outside the Eight Mile Store on Monday is currently behind bars in lieu of a $1,000 bond.

From Mayflower and the University of Central Arkansas police department reports

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against the Kroger Co. store on Salem Road in Conway after two employees reportedly were fired for not abiding by the company’s new dress code even after they requested religious accommodations.

From Conway Police Department reports

A Faulkner County couple accused of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl will stand trial in January.

From Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office reports

When the pandemic hit and schools ended abruptly in March, local organizations like the Community Action Program for Central Arkansas were forced to think outside of the box and kick their efforts into overdrive to effectively serve those in need.

From Conway Police Department reports

Mayflower aldermen will be tasked later this month with voting whether to pay the engineers in charge of the city’s wastewater improvement project in order to make ADEQ-required repairs in a timely manner and avoid potential fines.

From Conway Police Department reports

GREENBRIER — City officials unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night opposing a county sales tax reallocation proposal that would redistribute a tax currently split 50/50 between the sheriff’s office and the county road fund if approved by Faulkner County voters in November.

A former Harding University satellite campus director is facing two counts of rape/forcible fondling charges.

From Conway Police Department reports

A local Department of Human Services employee must appear for a contempt of court hearing in Faulkner County Circuit Court after she did not return to court as ordered during a domestic battery trial last week.

QUITMAN — Quitman School District educators were prepared and ready to act when heavy winds and tornado-capable weather made its way across Faulkner County and into Cleburne County last week.

The Conway Police Department has arrested a 23-year-old Faulkner County man in connection to a string of thefts that occurred between Aug. 17-30.

From Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office reports

From Conway Police Department reports

Authorities believe two Forrest City residents are responsible for six aggravated robberies that occurred in Conway between July 26, 2019, through Sept. 4, 2019. The two men have since been charged in connection to a robbery that happened at a local pizza restaurant.