PORTIA, AR (KAIT) –
A Lawrence County woman was arrested following an investigation into the theft
of checkbook belonging to a man from Craighead County.

According to the
Lawrence County Sheriff Jody Dotson, Natasha Fain of Portia was arrest on and
charged with theft and forgery.

A Jonesboro man
reported to the sheriff's office his checkbook had been stolen in Portia. The
sheriff states at least six checks had been forged for over $700.

An investigation
into the incident led deputies to Fain.

Karisa Hendrix of Cherokee Village was one of two students recently awarded the Williams Baptist College Founders Award.

Dr. Tom Jones, president of WBC, presented the awards to Hendrix and Andrew Chandler of Sherwood on Friday, May 3, during the college’s annual graduates luncheon.

Faculty and administrators elect Founders Awards winners they believe are outstanding representatives of the college and its ideals.

According to an email from WBC:

Monday July 15, 1963, was pretty much like any other day in Your Region 8.

The sun had burned off a morning fog, according to the Farmer’s Almanac, lifting the temperature to a toasty 88 degrees.

Cardinals fans were probably feeling a little hot under the collar after Lou Brock and the Chicago Cubs shut out St. Louis, 2-0. A year later Brock would be playing for the “right team.”

Aside from Paul McCartney being fined 17 British pounds for speeding through his hometown of Liverpool, not much else was happening around the rest of the world.