Stories from Monday, February 6, 2023

Zelma Mae French Ashabranner, 92, of Lake City, formerly of Leachville, passed from this life Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born and raised in Leachville, she was the daughter of the late John Luther and Martha Ellen Smith Nance and had been a longtime resident of Arlington, Texas, before returning to Northeast Arkansas in 2008. ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.— On Friday, February 3, 2023, the Governor signed into law: HB1014, to allow online training for county coroners; to provide for additional training courses for county coroners; and to provide that a person with a felony conviction is not eligible to be a deputy coroner...