The Arkansas Arts Council, along with the Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, is pleased to announce this year's recipients of the Individual Artist Fellowship awards.
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, the sole supplier of blood and plasma to patients at more than 40 area health care facilities, is partnering with Gravette first responders in presenting the second annual Boots and Badges Blood Drive on Aug. 27.
Many area walkers and runners were delighted about the return of the Gravette Day 5K to this year's Gravette Day festivities, and participants came from throughout the area. One surprising participant was quadruple amputee Susan Hazard, of Rogers, who was a first-time entrant.
COVID-19 is pushing struggling rural hospitals to the brink By Megan Cerullo N95 masks rationed despite growing supply
Hospitals in rural communities across the U.S. have long faced financial woes, with dozens of cash-strapped facilities closing over the past decade. But COVID-19 is threatening to close many more small hospitals in less populated regions, threatening the quality of care for millions of Americans.
A recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office concluded that more than a quarter of rural hospitals faced significant financial distress even before the pandemic, forcing them to potentially pull back on offering health care services or even to close down. Executives at rural hospitals that have managed to stayed afloat since the coronavirus struck credit their survival to federal support and other financial aid that has enabled them to continue operating.
Gravette nurse arrested on sexual indecency charges Share Updated: 8:25 PM CST Jan 19, 2021
Gravette nurse arrested on sexual indecency charges Share Updated: 8:25 PM CST Jan 19, 2021
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Show Transcript BY RACIAL AND ETHNIC BIAS..AND BUILD AN EQUITABLE AND JUST SOCIETY. NEW TONIGHT - A GRAVETTE NURSE IS ACCUSED OF EXPOSING HIMSELF TO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 10. 45 year old JEFFREY OTTS WAS BOOKED INTO THE BENTON COUNTY JAIL EARLIER THIS MONTH ON FELONY CHARGES OF SEXUAL INDECENCY WITH A CHILD. THE BENTON COUNTY PROSECUTOR S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING. IN A PROBABLE CAUSE REPORT, JEFFREY OTTS ADMITTED TO police that he was DRIVING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND APPROACHING GROUPS OF GIRLS UNDER 10 YEARS OLD. HE TOLD POLICE THAT HE EXPOSED HIS GENITALS TO children AND MADE INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS TO THEM. ON JANUARY 5TH OTTS WAS ARRESTED BY GRAVETTE POLICE THIS - AFTER A WOMAN REPORTED THAT HIS CAR WAS SEEN DRIVING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD W