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Group of Fort Smith residents sue Whirlpool

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:49:13 -0400

FORT SMITH, Arkansas - A collection of homeowners and landlords have filed lawsuits targeting the Whirlpool Corp., worried that their property values have suffered because a degreasing solvent used at a recently shuttered plant leaked near a neighborhood more than a generation ago.

Judge denies bid to delay Alamo property hearing

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:10:22 -0400

TEXARKANA, Arkansas - A federal magistrate has denied a bid by a follower of convicted evangelist Tony Alamo to delay the sale of six Fort Smith properties.

Prosecutors charge Ark. man in death of infant son

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:19:34 -0400

FORT SMITH, Arkansas - Sebastian County prosecutors have charged a man with first-degree murder after his 2-month-old son died.

Fort Smith stresses pet rules for storm shelters

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:45:06 -0400

FORT SMITH, Arkansas - Fort Smith school officials say that while they are happy to open their shelters to the public during bad weather, they aren't happy when people break the rules.

Historic Fort Smith building to be renovated

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:31:27 -0400

FORT SMITH, Arkansas - A building in downtown Fort Smith spared from the wrecking ball last July seems destined for renovation.

Fort Smith to crack down on red-light runners

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:28:02 -0400

FORT SMITH, Arkansas - Fort Smith police say the streets are about to become safer and some bad drivers are going to have to come up with some fine money.

Arkansas Best freezes nonunion pensions

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:19:05 -0400

FORT SMITH, Arkansas - Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. says it is freezing its pension plan for employees who are not in a union.

Highway department moving district HQ to Barling

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:42:04 -0400

BARLING, Arkansas - The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department says it's moving its District 4 administrative offices in Fort Smith to Barling.

Sebastian County voters easily pass tax extension

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:29:32 -0400

FORT SMITH, Arkansas - Sebastian County voters easily approved a 10-year extension of a 1-cent sales tax to pay for public safety and other services.

Stallbaumer named publisher at Fort Smith paper

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:34:54 -0400

FORT SMITH, Arkansas - A longtime publisher of The Morning News at Springdale is returning to Arkansas as publisher of the Times Record newspaper at Fort Smith.

Security squadron deployed from Fort Smith

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:34:09 -0400

FORT SMITH, Arkansas - Members of the 188th Security Forces Squadron have left Fort Smith for deployment to an undisclosed airbase in the Middle East.

Okla. woman guilty of trying to sell children

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:56:50 -0400

SALLISAW, Oklahoma - A Sallisaw woman has pleaded guilty to charges of trying to sell her two children to a Fort Smith, Arkansas woman.

Fort Smith homeless camp being dismantled

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:35:18 -0400

FORT SMITH, Arkansas - Homeless people living on a railroad-owned piece of land near the Arkansas River in Fort Smith have about a week to clear out.

Fort Smith police arrest man for false alarms

Wed, 08 May 2013 03:35:04 -0400

FORT SMITH, Arkansas - Police in Fort Smith have arrested a man for allegedly making two separate calls to 911 in which he falsely claimed an undercover officer was down.