LITTLE ROCK – Police officers did not violate a drug suspect’s rights when they searched his private parts in the middle of a city street, the state Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.

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The city of Barling will hold a rabies clinic Saturday at the Barling Fire Department.

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A man was arrested after he allegedly left the scene of an accident where the vehicle he was driving struck a 4-year-old boy.

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The Pocola School Board tapped Ronald Sherrell of Ada, Okla., to be the district’s next superintendent.

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Authorities are searching for a Poteau man believed to be part of a duo who may have burglarized as many as 45 homes in Arkansas and Oklahoma, said LeFlore County Sheriff Bruce Curnutt.

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LITTLE ROCK – Two officers in the conservative grass-roots group Secure Arkansas filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the new federal health-care law.

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Citizens forums likely will return in May as a feature of the regular meetings of the Fort Smith Board of Directors.

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LITTLE ROCK – An Arkansas group known for opposing illegal immigration says it plans to push next year for state legislation similar to Arizona’s controversial new illegal immigration law.

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Consultants in jail and criminal justice system planning will meet with county, area and state officials Thursday and Friday to review and evaluate operation of the Sebastian County justice system and

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Fort Smith police are searching for a woman whose neighbors complained her residence was being used for possible illegal drug activity, a police spokesman said Tuesday.

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