BOND HAS BEEN SET FOR TWO FEMALE SUSPECTS, ARRESTED BY ARKANSAS STATE POLICE ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES OVER THE WEEKEND. A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND WAS ESTABLISHED FOR A 50-YEAR OLD WHITE FEMALE, IDENTIFIED AS PATRICIA FULTON. FULTON APPEARED ON MONDAY BEFORE POPE COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE DON BOURNE. BOND WAS ALSO SET AT 40-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR 44-YEAR OLD SUSIAN BARNES, DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE STOPPED BY TROOPERS, NEAR THE 82 MILE MARKER. A SEARCH OF THAT TRUCK NETTED AUTHORITIES NEARLY 5-POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
DR. A.J. ANGLIN HAS BEEN SELECTED TO SERVE AS INTERIM VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AT ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY. A NATIVE OF SILOAM SPRINGS, ANGLIN BRINGS 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION TO HIS NEW ROLE AT ARKANSAS TECH. HE WILL BEGIN HIS DUTIES ON JAN. 5, 2015.
THIS REMINDER...LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, WILL BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IN OBSERVANCE OF THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. COURTHOUSES IN POPE, YELL, JOHNSON, CONWAY, LOGAN AND PERRY COUNTIES WILL BE INCLUDED. ALL WILL RE-OPEN ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 29th.
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