Camden News

07/26/2025

🚨 Missing Person Investigation 🚨

The Camden Police Department is actively working the missing persons case of Braden Roberson. If you have any information that could assist in this investigation, please contact us at 870-836-5755.

As always, your call will be kept confidential. Your help could make all the difference.

07/25/2025

When questioned further about the incident, Diamond Diggs allegedly stated, "You know how possessions be. Like in the movies, a real thing."

A Camden woman charged with capital murder claimed her child was showing signs of "demonic possession" according to an affidavit by the Camden Police Department.

07/25/2025

In accordance with state law, the Camden Fairview School Board will now allow 30 minutes of audience participation at the beginning of school board meetings, Camden Superintendent Tara Armstrong said

In accordance with state law, the Camden Fairview School Board will now allow 30 minutes of audience participation at the beginning of school board meetings, Camden Superintendent Tara Armstrong said on Tuesday.

07/25/2025

State Representative for District 98 Wade Andrews spoke to the Camden Noon Lions Club on Wednesday about his experience and participation in the last State legislative session.

07/23/2025

Details have been released regarding the arrest of two individuals charged with capital murder in the death of a 2-year-old child.

07/22/2025

Students from Harmony Grove High School won top prizes at Future Business Leaders of America, Inc.'s National Leadership Conference recently.

(Camden, Arkansas)--Students from Harmony Grove High School won top prizes at Future Business Leaders of America, Inc.'s (FBLA) National Leadership Conference (NLC). The event, held in Anaheim, California from June 29 to July 2, attracted more than 15,000 middle school and high school students, educ...

07/22/2025

Ouachita County Judge Robert McAdoo said that county offices will be available as cooling centers. "We always have the district courtroom open during the day till 4:30 and then the sheriff department lobby is open 24/7."

Temperatures will likely hit the triple digits in Ouachita County this week, according to the National Weather Service.

07/22/2025

According to the crash report from OCSO, the vehicle, a white Kia Niro, was heading southbound on Highway 79 near the Camden Airport when a horse ran onto the roadway and struck the vehicle.

Ouachita County Deputies were dispatched on Thursday night following a report of a vehicle that allegedly collided with a horse around 11:40 p.m.

07/21/2025

BREAKING: In a reversal of his plea from last year, Travis Posey pled guilty to four counts of capital murder and 11 counts of attempted capital murder in a pre-trial hearing held Monday in the case of the Mad Butcher shooting from June 2024.

In a reversal of his plea from last year, Travis Posey pled guilty to four counts of capital murder and 11 counts of attempted capital murder in a pre-trial hearing held Monday in the case of the Mad Butcher shooting from June 21, 2024.

07/21/2025

Premiums for individual health insurance plans in Arkansas, including those offered through https://bit.ly/4o4VQpW?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Camden_News, would increase an average of 26.2% in 2026 under proposed rates filed by the insurers with the Arkansas Insurance Department.

Premiums for individual health insurance plans in Arkansas, including those offered through healthcare.gov, would increase an average of 26.2% in 2026 under proposed rates filed by the insurers with the Arkansas Insurance Department.

07/21/2025

The judge in the criminal case against Travis Posey, the man charged in the deadly June 2024 mass shooting at a Fordyce grocery store, rescheduled for Monday a pretrial hearing and moved the venue to the court in Ouachita County, where Posey is being held, court records show.

The judge in the criminal case against Travis Posey, the man charged in the deadly June 2024 mass shooting at a Fordyce grocery store, rescheduled for Monday a pretrial hearing cancelled this week and moved the venue to the court in Ouachita County, where Posey is being held, court records show.

07/18/2025

Following a meeting with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and AEDC leadership at the 2025 Paris Air Show, L3Harris Technologies announced plans to build more than 20 new manufacturing facilities in Calhoun County that will produce large solid rocket motors.

CALHOUN COUNTY, Ark. -- Following a meeting with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and AEDC leadership at the 2025 Paris Air Show, L3Harris Technologies announced plans to build more than 20 new manufacturing facilities in Calhoun County that will produce large solid rocket motors.