Stories from Wednesday, July 4, 2012

OSAGE -- A raging wildfire that started early Wednesday afternoon near U.S. Highway 412 in eastern Carroll County is 70 percent contained as of 7 a.m. Thursday, said Arkansas Forestry Service ranger Darrell Bohannon. As of this morning, Bohannon said the fire had moved in the bluffy areas surrounding the more than 200 acres scorched since 1 p.m. yesterday. The burned area is near Osage off County Road 927, about 9 miles south of Alpena...

New plan allows medics on scene to call closest helicopter; sheriff clears the air