Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday that he is expanding the supervision of high-risk parolees in Central Arkansas in an effort to help curb the increase in violent crime.
DUMAS, Ark. The small city of empty storefronts and vacant lots that is Dumas has seen its population drain away steadily over the decades. But each spring, people of the diaspora have made their way along two-lane country roads, driving through cotton fields and catfish farms and finally into Dumas for Hood-Nic, the community's big "neighborhood picnic," which serves as an informal homecoming.
A man accused of having a role in a shooting that killed one person and wounded 26 others is free on bond as details from the March 19 incident at a Dumas car show have emerged.
Dumas, Ark., has been shrinking steadily, but the diaspora returned each year for a festival that united scattered friends and family. Organizers say its future is now uncertain.