Local authorities want to warn the public about job scams on the Internet.

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A man wanted for sexually abusing a juvenile female in Fort Smith has been arrested in Oklahoma on similar complaints, a Police Department spokesman said Wednesday.

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Times Record Staff Readers donated $21,231.83 to this year’s Community Christmas Card, benefiting the Next Step Day Room and its residential programs, Esther Home for women and children and Gabriel House for men.

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Keith Edward Blaine, 46, of Fort Smith was arrested in the 3500 block of Park Avenue on a misdemeanor contempt warrant for failure to pay a fine. The Police Reports in Wednesday’s edition of the Times Record incorrectly listed Blaine’s arrest as a felony.

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At its Dec. 22, meeting, the Jacksonville City Council’s Foxwood Partnership Committee determined that no money could be set aside in 2010 to assist the privately owned golf course at the local country club because of budget constraints. The city also doesn’t have a written legal opinion from the city attorney on whether taxpayers’ dollars [...]

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A crowd of construction representatives filed into the Jacksonville mayor’s office Dec. 16, to watch a bid opening involving the creation of the first-ever brick farmers market pavilion near Community Center off Municipal Drive.

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Awaiting the release of a burn victim from an area hospital, police arrested a third person in the Oct. 10 fire, which destroyed a Sunnyside home.

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LITTLE ROCK — A former director of the Iowa Medicaid program was named today to head the Division of Medical Services at the Arkansas Department of Human Services.

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Don’t head to Stifft Station for lunch today. The venerable Oyster Bar will be closed. A spokesman reports a small electrical fire in a walk-in cooler this morning at the rear of the restaurant. The Fire Department extinguished it quickly. The restaurant is currently without power and reopening today looks problematic, the spokesman said. The restaurant had planned [...]

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Add AT&T to the list of Tiger Woods’ dropped sponsorships.

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