A man was killed after a shooting at a Saline County residence early Friday morning. Another man has turned himself in. On October 20, 2023 at just before 2:30 a.m., deputies with the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) responded to the scene. In a statement from the SCSO, a shooting happened in the area of […]
Jury deliberates 20 minutes; gives 52-year sentence to Paron man who drowned his children
A Saline County jury convicted Jonathan Welborn, 32, of Paron of two counts each of Negligent Homicide and Endangering the Welfare of a Minor in the First Degree in connection with the deaths of his two children that drowned when Welborn drove his vehicle into a pond. The jury sentenced Welborn to the maximum consecutive […]
Suspect Arrested in Murder of Lonsdale Man
UPDATE JUN 4, 2017 According to the U.S. Marshal Service, they arrested Benjamin Gurley, age 36, of North Little Rock as a homicide suspect in the recent murder of Lonsdale man, James Lamere. He was arrested in Jerusalem, Ar. UPDATE MAY 31, 2017 According to the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO), at approximately 8:30 a.m. on […]
Sheriff’s Office Seeks Dangerous Subject on the Loose
Over the past several months, both the Patrol Division and Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) have had numerous contacts with Roy Franklin Duncan. He is described as a white male, age 47, 6’1″ tall, weighing 200 pounds, with black hair & brown eyes. Recent known addresses are 18000 BLOCK […]
Sheriff’s Office Finds Info on 19th Century Fallen Deputy and Family
UPDATE SEP 22, 2015, 9:14PM: Lt. Ron Parsons contacted MySaline to let us know what he found out about the fallen Deputy of 1847. The Saline County Sheriff Deputy killed in 1847 has been traced down and found to be Gilbert Byrd Burchfield. He was approximately age 34-35 years old at the time of his […]