Arkansas e-Link, a statewide broadband network, will begin operations in Crittenden County, connecting health care and educational institutions for telemedicine and distance learning.

A demonstration of the training and equipment capabilities was held today at Crittenden Regional Hospital in West Memphis. With most of the e-Link technology already in place at sites in the county, services will begin once personnel at those locations complete training with the new equipment and systems.

Arkansas e-Link, led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, is using high-speed data transmission lines to connect 413 community institutions for videoconferencing between medical professionals, patients and doctors and others along with the real-time exchange of patient data and readings. Twelve of the 413 are in Crittenden County. When the rollout is completed, e-Link will have a presence in all 75 Arkansas counties.

Some students from West Memphis High School feel a bit uneasy after a reported shooting happened at their school late Saturday night.

"I kind of feel more unsafe than I already did at this school," said senior Lindsey Woods while waiting for basketball practice to begin Sunday afternoon.

Less than 24 hours before Woods went to practice at West Memphis High School, reported gun shots were fired in the courtyard between the gym and the performing arts center.

"It makes me not want to be here. It makes me feel really weird and awkward that somebody got shot right here," said Woods.

A West Memphis-based non-profit called Life Enrichment and Development hosted a Black History Month celebration at West Memphis High School's Performance Arts Center.

The shooting happened as the crowd was leaving after the program.

(WMC-TV) - A Mid-South fish and wildlife officer was honored for his bravery in Washington D.C. Wednesday.

Michael Neal works for the Fish and Wildlife Department in Arkansas.

His heroic actions ended a shootout and standoff in West Memphis in 2010. It was those heroic actions that earned Neal the Medal of Valor.

Dash cam video shows officers arriving to find their fellow officers Brandon Paudert and Bill Evans shot dead on the side of the road.

Less than one hour after the officers were found dead, surveillance cameras at the West Memphis Wal-Mart caught the van driven by the shooters, Jerry and Joe Kane, as they pulled into the parking lot.

Arkansas wildlife officer Michael Neal pulled up just in time to see the father and son open fire again, this time injuring Crittenden County Sheriff Dick Busby and Deputy Chief W.A. Wren.

In an interview soon after the shootout, Neal talked about what he did and why he did it.