Rhodes Chevrolet in Van Buren is serving as a collection location for tornado-relief donations for Joplin, Mo., victims.

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Twenty-three citizens graduated Thursday from the ninth Fort Smith Citizens Academy.

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Residents of Denning in Franklin County and Clarksville in Johnson County continued initial steps toward recovery from deadly tornadoes Thursday.

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The LeFlore County Detention Center Public Trust has fired both its jail administrator and the jail captain.

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PIEDMONT, Okla. – In storm-weary middle America, many people counted themselves lucky Thursday after powerful storms swept through the region for the third time in four days but apparently claimed no

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LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a petition to reconsider its ruling that a Van Buren man who pleaded guilty to Medicaid bribery in 1984 was not qualified to be on the 201

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LITTLE ROCK – Gov. Mike Beebe declared seven western and northwestern Arkansas counties as disaster areas Thursday because of damage caused by severe storms and tornadoes this week.

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Thousands of local residents were left without power after this week’s severe weather, and local power companies have been working since then to restore electricity to all of them.

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The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a small craft advisory for the Arkansas River in Arkansas because recent heavy rains have caused flows to rise.

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The Fort Smith Housing Authority will break ground in June on the construction of three new single-family homes in the 1900 block of North Ninth Street.

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