... helicopter on night patrol seeking illegal hunters crashes in Cleburne County and takes the life of wildlife officer Monty Carmikle of Heber Springs The fourth and final nature center opened in December - the Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature ...

The tragic death of Monty Carmikle of Heber Springs in a helicopter crash early Sunday morning spurs several lines of thought. Carmikle was 45 years old, a veteran ...

... place at 1 a.m. Sunday outside Quitman, said Arkansas Game and Fish Commission spokesman Keith Stephens. Sgt. Monty Carmikle, 45, of Heber Springs died in the crash. With him was Jerry Fryar of Ozark, who was taken to a Conway hospital ...