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- One Car Accident Kills Lake Village Teen
Arkansas State Police report that Erma Mondragon, 19, of Lake Village was killed early Thursday night and three other family members were injured in a single-vehicle accident in Chicot County.
- Chicot County Gets Disaster Declaration
Lake Village - Chicot County in southeastern Arkansas has been declared a federal disaster area because of agricultural losses caused by wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
- 3 Ark. school buses crash; dozens of kids hurt
Elementary school students caught with pot in class The Collier County kids are 13, 12 and 11 years old.
- Delta Students to go to Washington DC
Eighth grade students at Lakeside Middle School in Lake Village, Arkansas are preparing for a trip to Washington DC. The students will tour famous Washington monuments and buildings, along with universities such as Howard, George Washington, and Georgetown. The trip will take place in the spring after the state Benchmark exams. It will last 4 days and 3 nights. 16 students and 5 teachers will attend. According to one of the students, Roberto Bernal, "I'm looking forward to seeing the White House, the Pentagon, and the city of DC. I've never taken a trip on a plane to another state."
- AGFC to have shorter turkey season
PINE BLUFF - Commissioners with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wasted little time before agreeing to purchase their first piece of property utilizing funds from oil and gas leases on the state's wildlife ...
- Four people detained in weekend shooting at Univ. of Cent. AR
Police have detained four men in connection with Sunday's shootings that left two students dead on the University of Central Arkansas campus.
- Ark. Highway Improvement At Lake Village Planned
Arkansas highway officials have decided to make improvements to the existing U.S. Highway 65/82 after completing an environmental study of various proposals.
- Lake Village doctor charged in drug, fraud case
Authorities arrested a Lake Village doctor Friday and accused her of fraudulently prescribing narcotics and other drugs to herself and others.
- Program Gets $2.6M To Open 10 Charter Schools
The Knowledge is Power Program of charter schools has received a $2.6 million grant to open 10 more schools in four Arkansas towns by 2019.
- Funding for Small Hospitals
Malvern and Lake Village aren't the first small towns to face losing their hospitals.
- State Storm Assistance Details Released
Ten Arkansas counties have been named state disaster areas as a result of storm damage from the severe storms, high winds and flooding that occurred earlier this month.
- Voters Pass Hospital Tax
Voters in Hot Spring and Chicot counties have approved sales tax increases that will keep two rural hospitals open.
- Rural hospitals in Ark. seek additional funding
The fate of 2 rural hospitals in Arkansas will be decided tomorrow, when voters in Hot Spring and Chicot counties go to the polls.
- Evacuee lost one home already, but wouldn't live anywhere else
Posted by Chris Bynum, Staff Writer, The TimesPicayune September 01, 2008 11:08AM CNN's Anderson Cooper stood in the rain in the French Quarter, gusts of wind accenting his report as Gustav stopped waiting to ...
- Benton hires six police officers
One of the best groups in a while, sergeant says The Benton Police Department has hired six new officers and Sgt.
- Louisiana residents hunker down in Arkansas
Waves of Louisiana residents arrived Sunday in Arkansas to medical aid, housing, and meals as Hurricane Gustav threatened a repeat of the deadly hurricanes three years ago.
- 1 held in prescription fraud case
Authorities shut down a southeast Arkansas doctor's office this week and arrested a staff member in possession of narcotics, fraudulent prescription pads and more than $ 2, 000 in cash, authorities said Friday.
- Clothesline Fair to feature handcrafted items, entertainment
BROOKE McNEELY Northwest Arkansas Times Curt Farhat marks the front of the Arts Center of the Ozarks tent Wednesday in preparation of Prairie Grove's Clothesline Fair at the town's battlefield park.
- Shrieking injured victims fake, but real lessons learned at camp
The screams were so unnerving that staff members at the C. A. Vines Arkansas 4-H Center nearly called 911 - even though they knew a Red Cross group was holding a Rapid Response Camp at the sprawling wooded ...
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City DescriptionLake Village is a city in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,823 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Chicot County.
Lake Village is named for its location on Lake Chicot, an oxbow lake formed from the Mississippi River. Lake Chicot is the largest oxbow lake in North America and the largest natural lake in Arkansas.
The state Tourist Information Center in Lake Village is located on a pier extending out into Lake Chicot. It is the only Center in the state completely heated and cooled by solar energy. However, it is scheduled to be replaced by a more modern center.
According to legend, the remains of Hernando De Soto are buried in Lake Chicot. Also, Charles Lindbergh made his first nighttime flight over Lake Chicot and Lake Village in April 1923. See here for a list of sites asscoiated with the de Soto Expedition.
Lake Village is located at 33°19′54″N 91°17′1″W / 33.33167, -91.28361 (33.331592, -91.283497).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,823 people, 1,090 households, and 705 families residing in the city. The ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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