CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas woman has been arrested after police say she stabbed her 38-year-old son to death.
The Conway Police Department says 55-year-old Jessie Mae Johnson was arrested Saturday morning in the fatal stabbing of Christopher Helms.
Johnson was being held in the Faulkner County Detention Center on a charge of first-degree murder. It was not immediately clear if Johnson is represented by an attorney.
Authorities say the stabbing occurred at a residence where witnesses say they saw Helms curse his mother. Witnesses say they then saw Johnson stab her son with a kitchen knife.
Police say Johnson was holding her son and she and Helms’ sister were administering CPR in an attempt to revive him when police arrived at the residence.
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Authorities say Helms later died from his stab wound.
Forecasters issue flood warnings for White River in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings for the White River in Arkansas after thunderstorms dropped heavy rain across the state.
Forecasters issued the warnings shortly before 10 a.m. Saturday and say storms that dropped as much as three inches of rain in parts of the state have pushed the river’s level above flood stage in many areas.
The flood warning will remain in effect until Wednesday for the White River in Prairie, White and Woodruff counties. The river’s flood stage at Georgetown is 21 feet and the river’s level was 28.6 feet at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Forecasters say structures have already flooded near Nimmo and West Point and in the Georgetown vicinity. The river’s level is forecast to fall to 26.5 feet by Tuesday morning.