A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a Fort Smith man to return his 7-year-old daughter to her mother’s custody in El Salvador.

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Editor’s Note: Each year, the Times Record newsroom staff votes on the Top 10 local stories of the year. Continuing problems at the Sebastian County Detention Center ranks as the No. 3 story of 2010.

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The Fort Smith Department of Sanitation has changed collection days this week for trash, yard waste and recyclables of city residents whose usual collection day is Friday.

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Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker recently was released from the hospital.

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Law enforcement authorities made a second arrest Tuesday, sewing up their investigation into the Dec. 22 robbery and shooting at a Washburn man’s home, Sgt. Hobe Runion of the Sebastian County Sheriff

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LITTLE ROCK – The Aerospace Education Center will close at the end of the year after 15 years, its board chairman announced Tuesday.

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Arkansas players pulled into the team hotel in New Orleans on Tuesday, officially arriving for the Sugar Bowl. It ended a five-day Christmas break for the Razorbacks — who were released by coach Bobby Petrino to go home on Dec. 23 — and kicks off the final week of the 2010 season. Arkansas was welcomed by [...]

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Van Buren’s Central Middle School has been named an Arkansas Diamond School to Watch, joining six other Arkansas middle schools so designated since Arkansas became a Schools to Watch state in 2005.

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LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Dustin McDaniel issued a consumer alert Tuesday cautioning the public not to be duped into buying duplicate Sugar Bowl tickets.

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Many new faces will appear at the Crawford County Courthouse beginning Jan. 1.

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