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Cell phone found after 9 months in lake...and it still works!

Cell phone found after 9 months in lake...and it still works!

 

Just before Independence Day last year Kathy Smotherman of Paragould got a new iPhone 4S.

She decked it out in a Razorback cover then headed for Lake Wappapello in Southeast Missouri where she and her family celebrated the holiday on their pontoon boat.

Kathy used her new phone to take photos of the fun and good times.

But, when the day came to an end, those good times sank like a stone in the bottom of a lake.

The phone was missing.

During a phone conversation with Your Region 8, Kathy said they “tore that pontoon apart.”

All that glitters...

All that glitters...

 

On Region 8 News at 10 Wednesday night we reported on a man who caught a three pound goldfish.

But that was in Michigan.

Check out what one Craighead County angler caught in a pond between Bay and Jonesboro.

Jennifer Novalick sent in this photo of a fish her neighbor, Colton Jones of Bay, reeled in this past summer.

Now that’s a big fish!

Have a photo you’d like to share?  Send it, along with a brief description, to YourRegion8@kait8.com.  Be sure to include your hometown!

Strange shapes carved in Big Lake woods

Strange shapes carved in Big Lake woods

MANILA, AR (KAIT) - Several acres of cleared land have appeared in north-central Mississippi County.

According to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the odd shapes are part of a habitat restoration project.

This forest revitalization project began around 2005 with the help of local lumber companies.

Throughout the years, letters of the alphabet slowly appeared on satellite imagery.

A lowercase "N", "T", and a backwards "S" are now all in plain sight.

Ghost Story: The child on the tracks

Ghost Story:  The child on the tracks

It's that time of year when ghosts and goblins haunt the night.  We asked you to share your close encounters with ghosts.  Ashley Berry of Jonesboro shared this chilling tale:

 

Share your ghost stories

Share your ghost stories


From goulies and ghosties

And long-leggedy beasties

And things that go bump in the night

Good Lord, deliver us!

-Scottish Prayer

Region 8 is full of haunted history.

Did you know Calico Rock is home to an authentic ghost town?  Or that a monster lurks in the White River?  Maybe you didn’t know that one of Arkansas’ most prolific serial killers, Dr. John Kizer, lived in Pocahontas.

Have you ever come face to face with a ghost?  Or experienced something creepy in the middle of the night?  

Illusionist to perform at The Ritz

One thing can be said about illusionist Reza:  he’s not your typical magician!

Rather than pulling rabbits out of hats, Reza can make a playing card disappear from a young woman’s hand then reappear on the end of a switchblade knife.   When it comes to his act, he doesn’t “phone it in;” instead, he can put a phone inside a blown-up balloon without bursting it.

Paragould preparing for invasion of zombies

Paragould preparing for invasion of zombies

 

Resident Evil, Walking Dead and Zombie Land fans rejoice!

The streets of Paragould will come alive this October with the undead.

The First-Ever Zombie Walk will be held Saturday, October 27, at Centennial Park.

Everyone is encouraged to dress up as a zombie and join in the fun.  Even zombie hunters are invited to participate.

Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by the walk at 7:30.  The cost is $3 for adults and $1 for children and includes a showing of the film Night of the Living Dead.