William Leach Spice William Leach Spicer was born on October 12, 1918, in Yell County, the only child of William Jacob Spicer, a Methodist minister who served for sixty-four years, and Ora Leach Spicer. His parents married in 1917 in Logan County. Spicer’s paternal grandparents, Monroe Moses Spicer and Delia C. Cummings, are buried at Stony Point Cemetery in Logan County, anchoring the family to the western Arkansas countryside that includes Yell County. .As his father moved

On the evening of December 27, 1932, Mary Ellen Wolfenberger closed her dressmaking shop in Muskogee and began the walk toward her home. A middle-aged woman of about 45 or 50 who weighed roughly 175 pounds, she had spent 25 years as a seamstress in the city and was widely known for her charity work. She often sewed layettes and clothing for the needy and for the previous eight years had taught a free sewing class at the Young Women’s Christian Association. She was also active

Johnson A 20-year-old Fort Smith woman accused in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy has been booked into the Sebastian County Adult Detention Center after authorities returned her from an out-of-state arrest. Jasmine Ashanti Johnston was taken into custody at the facility on Saturday evening, August 1, on charges of first-degree murder and armed aggravated robbery. Both offenses are listed with an offense date of July 8, 2026, though the underlying incident occurred the