Check out these area photos from last week's snow storm.

The Mary Woods No. 2 sank at Jacksonport State Park over the weekend, and the exact cause is currently as great a mystery as the existence of the legendary White River monster.

Jane W. Duke, United States Attorney for the Easter District of Arkansas; William J. Bryant, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Little Rock Field Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration; and Sheriff David Lucas, Jackson County, announced that seven defendants were taken into custody Thursday morning, Jan. 28, on warrants following an indictment which was returned Jan. 6.

Nellie May Wall Steenburgen, age 86, peacefully departed this world on January 26th, 2010, in her home, under the tender care of Arkansas Hospice, surrounded by her family and loving caregivers.

A Jackson County Circuit Court jury of nine women and three men found Tracie Lynn Snider, 37, of Hardy, guilty of one count of Aggravated Robbery and two counts of kidnapping Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.

Mayor David Stewart informed the Newport City Council the city is one step closer to beginning the process of levee certification during their meeting Monday night.