Mountain Home

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- An Arkansas State Police report indicates David Shoras was driving down Arkansas 5 when his vehicle swerved off the road.  The car struck a private drive, went airborne, hit a fence, a parked trailer, and then overturned before striking a utility pole.      Shoras died at the scene.  He was 51 years old.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. - His fight was an inspiration to his community. 9-year old Hayden Padgett died this weekend.  Doctors diagnosed Hayden in April with a tumor in the stem of his brain. The Mountain Home High School Bombers football team named Hayden an honorary team captain this past Fall.  Students rallied around his family, raising $45,000 for his cause by selling t-shirts.   The Mountain Home School district released a statement: "The Padgett's want you to know how grateful they are for your support and love during this time.  The family appreciates all of you very much.   During this difficult time, students and faculty are hurting.  We need to support each other and take the time together to grieve.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark.-- Baxter County authorities say a man has been found dead near Mountain Home. Gregory Almond, 39, was found Friday morning at Peal's Resort in Salesville. Police say he was last seen alive around 4:00p.m. on Thursday. A cause of death has not yet been determined.

   An Arkansas Highway department worker from Mountain Home has been killed in a crash.    Officials say a paint truck driven by 68 year old Vaughan Pierson was rear-ended by another vehicle. The impact caused Pierson's truck to overturn.    That accident happened on highway 88 in Jefferson County.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- A church is mourning the death of its senior pastor.  State police say Michael Shy, 60, died in a motorcycle crash n Monday.  According to the report, Shy's motorcycle ran off Highway 235 south of Yellville and hit a road sign.  Shy was the senior pastor of East Side Baptist Church in Mountain Home since 1992.  He also served as chaplain of the Baxter County Sheriff's Department.

Little Rock, Ark -- A Mountain Home man arrested in a FBI sting operation at a military trade show has been exonerated.  Bribery charges were dropped after a federal jury deadlocked in Lee Tolleson's case and nine others.  His defense attorney Dee Wampler of Springfield, told Little Rock's newspaper, government prosecutors could not prove what amounted to a test case.  However, Tolleson's boss who owns a weapons factory in Bull Shoals Arkansas is...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- Walking down the middle of the road cost a man from Mountain Home his life.  State police say Nikkolas Renault, 24, was hit by a van on Arkansas 201 south of Mountain Home.  The van's driver said he saw Renault too late and couldn't stop in time.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ar. -- The murder trial of Gary Wayne Parks came to an abrupt - and surprising - end today in Baxter County. Today, Parks accepted a plea agreement from prosecutors, in which he pleaded "no contest" to first-degree murder in the death of Parks' step-father, Dr. David Millstein.  Millstein was found stabbed to death in his home near Mountain Home in 2006.  Parks wasn't arrested until 2009, when he was found living in Memphis, TN....

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. - A group of high schoolers at Mountain Home Career Academy recently brought home a World Championship. They competed in a high-tech robotics competition that had more than 2,700 teams -- and the students had 6 weeks to design, build, and program a robot. The robot might just be able to outdo anyone at the free-throw line on a basketball court -- they fine tuned it right before the competition and it made 148 out of 150 shots using a catapult mechanism. The students worked alongside professional engineers and other professionals on the project.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark -- Someone in Mountain Home, Arkansas, could be holding a lottery ticket worth $100,000.      State lottery officials said the ticket is part of the new "Natural State Jackpot Game. " The winner bought it at Tobacco Station in Mountain Home for Thursday night's drawing.      Meantime, Missouri's newest millionaire bought a Powerball ticket in St. Louis and forgot about it.  She recently checked old tickets stacked next to her computer and is claiming the one million dollar prize.

      TODAY Mid to upper 70s Mostly sunny and breezy. TONIGHT Upper 50s Mostly clear. TUESDAY Mid 80s Sunny, windy and very warm. 12-hour forecast 24-hour forecast Satellite & Radar Feels Like Allergy Index Almanac   WARMEST OF THE YEAR SO FAR Mother Nature is turning up the heat this week.

ADVANCE, Ark. -- Searchers found an 18-year-old man who was missing in the Ozark National Forest in southern Baxter County.  A crew from the U.S. Forestry Service found Jay Greer Jr. of Little Rock about 7 p.m. Friday.  He was in a heavily wooded and rugged area about 2.5 miles from where his abandoned vehicle was found on Friday morning on Brush Creek Road near the rural community of Advance.  It took eight hours to get him out of the woods....

BAXTER COUNTY, Ark. - A Mountain Home, Ark. man faces drug charges after a deputy found suspected drug paraphernalia in the man's vehicle during a traffic stop. According to the Baxter County Sheriff's Office, deputies took Jeremy D. Coleman, 31, into custody after a traffic stop at 7:52 Saturday evening on County Road 28 near Jade Lane. The deputy who pulled Coleman received permission to search Coleman's vehicle and found what was suspected to be methamphetamine, a used syringe and glass pipe that contained residue.

TODAY 30s to low 40s Light rain or snow likely. No additional accumulation. TONIGHT 30s Drizzle likely east, but light snow likely along and west of Highway 65. Another 1-2" possible in spots, mainly grass, etc. SATURDAY 40s Cloudy with occasional drizzle or light showers. 12-hour forecast 24-hour forecast 7-Day Forecast Pollen Count Satellite & Radar Almanac Good afternoon!

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- The autistic teenager missing in the Ozark National Forest since Thursday evening, 18 year old Jay Hobson Greer, Jr. of Lone Rock, was located at approximately 7:00 PM this evening by a search crew with the United States Forestry Service.   Greer was found in a heavily wooded and rugged area approximately 2 1/2 miles from where his abandoned vehicle had been discovered this morning on Brush Creek Road...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- An employee of a company in Mountain Home is accused of using a counterfeit $100 bill to pay for company supplies on March 25.  Investigators say Bradley Stowers also made a company check payable to himself instead of to the business for which the check was intended.  Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says the investigation started on March 25 when someone at Guy King and Sons got a $100 bill that was missing the magnetic...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- A jailer was hurt after an inmate bit him during a struggle at the Baxter County Jail. Sheriff John Montgomery said the assault was Tuesday.  Bradley Edmonston, serving time for a variety of charges, became upset when jail staff searched his cell.  Edmonston caused a disturbance and jailers called him back inside from the recreation yard to lock down, and a struggle ensued. Montgomery said Edmonston bit jailer Jamie Binnion on the arm as he struggled with Binnion and two other members of the jail staff.  Staff eventually brought Edmonston under control by using pepper spray.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ar. -- A Baxter County Jail Inmate has been charged with a felony crime after biting a Jailer on the arm Tuesday afternoon during a scuffle.  Inmate Bradley Travis Edmonston was outside in the recreation yard.  He became upset when Jailers began conducting a search of his housing cell and began to cause a disturbance. Jailers responded to the recreation yard and ordered Edmonston to come back inside to lock down.  He refused to comply.  Three Jailers eventually took hold of Edmonston to escort him back inside.  A struggle ensued at this time, and Edmonston bit Jailer Jamie Binnion on his left forearm causing injury to him.  Jailers then used pepper spray to subdue the inmate.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- The State Medical Examiner's Office will try to determine the cause of death of a 73-year-old man whose wife found his body at a fire pit on their property on Jeri Lane outside Mountain Home.  William Larsen's wife called the Baxter County Sheriff's Department about 7:40 p.m. Sunday after she found the body.  Investigators believe no one else was around when Larsen died.  

TODAY 70s/80s Variable clouds. A few storms possible; if they form, severe weather is likely. TONIGHT 60s Storms becoming likely late, a few severe. Heavy rain and flooding possible. THURSDAY FALLING Rain and storms likely, then turning much colder. 12-hour forecast 24-hour forecast 7-Day Forecast Pollen Count Satellite & Radar Almanac Good morning!