The Searcy Police Department will have a total of 51 officers working April 8 the day of the total solar eclipse, according to Police Chief Steve Hernandez, including some stationed
The Judsonia Volunteer Fire Department ended up working three house fires last week, according to Fire Chief Ronnie Benton, during a time of year when such fires are generally more common.
Benton said the overnight fire at the Arkansas Highway 157 home of Judsonia Police Chief Robert Parsons on Dec. 7 was followed by a total loss house fire at 109 Van Buren Ave. that evening and a total loss fire in a single family mobile home off Highway 157 on Sloate Road on Dec. 10.
There were no injuries in any of these fires, Benton said.
The fire at Parsonsâ home appears to have originated in his fireplace while he was in bed. Benton said the fire on Van Buren appears to have started near an artificial Christmas tree and the couple who lives there was not home during the fire, which was responded to about 6 p.m. The Sloate Road mobile home fire, he said, started at around 5:30, and the cause looks to be from a space heater.