Judge: Dig up the pipe

Because DeSoto Gathering Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Soutwestern Energy, never received permission from the leaseholder of a 10-acre parcel in the northern White Couny before installing a pipeline, it'll have to be removed. White County Circuit Judge Bill Mills first ruled against the leaseholder, then reversed his decision in the leaseholder's favor.

DeSoto obtained permission from the owner of the land to install the pipeline, but DeSoto never contacted the leaseholder, who has a lifetime lease on the property. Here's more from the Searcy Daily Citizen.