Woodruff County Monitor

06/21/2025

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12/18/2023

This printed map of Arkansas in 1819, the year it became Arkansas Territory, is one of the most popular items on our website! The map shows the five original counties in Arkansas, as well as towns. Map_1923

See this map and more at the Arkansas Digital Archives' Historical Map Collection!
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08/31/2023

ASP RETURNS ESCAPEE AND ACCOMPLICES TO ARKANSAS
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August 31, 2023

FORREST CITY -- At approximately 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, an Arkansas State Police aircraft landed in east Arkansas carrying recaptured inmate Samuel Paul Hartman, 39, Hartman’s wife Misty Hartman, 39, and his mother Linda Annette White, 61.
ASP Criminal Investigation Division (CID) nvestigators interviewed Hartman before returning him to Arkansas Department of Corrections custody. The two women, also interviewed by ASP CID, were transported to the Woodruff County Jail.
ASP Troopers were responsible for securely transporting the Hartmans and White from West Virginia to Arkansas. The trio remained in ASP custody until approximately 1 a.m. today.
Hartman, who had been serving a life sentence at East Arkansas Regional Unit for r**e, escaped on August 12, 2022, while on a work detail in a field near the detention facility, located in Brickeys.
The three were captured on Tuesday, August 29, at a motel in Lewisburg, West Virginia. The U.S. Marshals, West Virginia State Police, Lewisburg Police Department and Greenbrier County Sheriff’s Office took them into custody.
Also taken into custody was White’s boyfriend Rodney Trent, 52, of Lester, West Virginia. The two women are alleged to have helped Hartman escape using a pickup truck and jet skis. Trent faces felony charges for allegedly harboring a s*x offender and for assisting the trio while on the run.
A comprehensive investigation is underway. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.

08/18/2023

Fish for free in Arkansas Aug. 23
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission unanimously approved a special free fishing day during today’s regularly scheduled meeting at AGFC Headquarters. Anyone will be able to fish in Arkansas without a fishing license or trout permit Aug. 23.
The free fishing opportunity comes as a result of an update to the AGFC’s license system. The AGFC has been working with its license system vendor, PayIt Outdoors (formerly Sovereign Sportsman Solutions), to update the license purchasing experience for Arkansas hunters and anglers. The process will require the license-purchase system to be unavailable for data transfer Aug. 23, preventing anyone from purchasing or renewing their license on that day. All other fishing regulations will remain in place Aug. 23.

08/11/2023