... Friday. Pinkston was heading from West Memphis to Jasper, a city in northwest Arkansas, to visit a friend, Capt. Donald Oakes of WMPD said. When he did not arrive as expected, the friend immediately contacted authorities. The man was making ...

... small plane and was the only one injured. The plane was totally destroyed. Medical personnel prepare to MedFlight Donald Oakes from the back yard of a residence near Greenbrier where Oakes crashed his small plane. (Samantha Huseas Photo)