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Franklin County Man Wanted in Parents’ Death Arrested in Oklahoma

ETNA – A Franklin County man accused of killing his parents has been captured.

According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 23-yearold, Dustin Jordan was found near Lake Arcadia in Edmond, Oklahoma on Tuesday night.

Jordan is accused of killing his parents: 53-year-old Kathy Jordan and 56-yearold, Michael Jordan, according to Franklin County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies were called to a welfare check at a home in the Etna community Monday afternoon. A man and woman later identified as the Jordans were found dead inside the home. It appeared the two were targeted, according to authorities.

Jordan is currently being held in the Oklahoma County Jail.

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Hundreds of Dead Dogs Found inside Containers behind Monticello Home

DREW COUNTY – The Drew County Sheriff's Office, the Department of Health and the State Department of Environmental Quality are investigating after hundreds of dead dogs were found inside containers at a home in Monticello.

'The house had been turned over to the animals like a big human dog house it's unlivable,' Sheriff Mark Gober said.

The Sheriff's office said they received phone calls and complaints about dogs running loose and growling at kids.

When they went to the home on Rose Hill Cut-Off Road they found dogs buried inside totes.

According to documents from the Health Department there were 500 twenty-gallon storage totes with dead dogs in them behind the house. Reports also state there were dog feces everywhere inside and outside the home.There were numerous dead dogs in decomposing states outside.

The Sheriff said the totes are in a disclosed location and it will be up to the Department of Environmental Quality to properly dispose them.

The Department of Health said there were 43 live dogs removed from the home. It's unclear where the dogs were taken.

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Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas Receives $50,000 from the Walmart Foundation

JONESBORO – The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas has received a $50,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation State Giving Program.

The grant presentation took place Tuesday at the Walmart Supercenter on Highland Drive in Jonesboro. The grant funds will be used to assist with hunger relief efforts by providing 320,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables for the Food Bank’s Fresh Produce Distribution Program.