Ernest Dumas’ column for this week’s Times on the fallout from the Court of Appeals ruling on the coal-burning power plant in Hempstead County merits posting today in the heat of American Electric Power’s decision to forge ahead with construction. If the Supreme Court isn’t moved by the power company’s expensive dare he predicts the plant will [...]

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SALLISAW — “We’re still in limbo,” Sequoyah County Commissioner Bruce Tabor said Monday regarding a solution to the county jail’s funding dilemma.

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Times Record Staff A section of Independence Street between South 31st Street and Old Greenwood Road will be closed from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to a news release.

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Special to the Times Record Five area residents were among 34 people statewide appointed by Gov. Mike Beebe to state boards and commissions.

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Times Record Staff A local transient reported to Fort Smith police that a man raped her at a church on Saturday.

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While much remains to be done before Crawford County Quorum Court members decide on an emergency medical service provider, they did eliminate two options Monday.

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LITTLE ROCK — An independent investigation may be in order to get to the bottom of an escape by two convicted killers and other recent serious incidents in the state prison system, the state House majority leader said Monday.

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LITTLE ROCK — Outgoing state Education Commission Ken James is headed to the private sector.

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SALLISAW — Sequoyah County commissioners’ unanimous approval of a lease-purchase agreement Monday helped clear the way for the county Sheriff’s Office to acquire a few new, sorely needed patrol vehicles.

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Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — A 15-year-old pilot flying across America as a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen is scheduled to make a stop today in Arkansas.

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