The American Trucking Associations’ Truck Tonnage Index — a key measure of health in the national trucking industry — rose 2.8% in June.

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A Memphis man suspected of shooting three women, killing two, in Fort Smith on Monday is in custody.

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If you haven’t visited Leslie Peacock’s art blog “Eye Candy,” lately, you should take a gander. A $20 million gift from Walmart will cover admission costs for visitors to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. But what about special exhibits? Check out Leslie’s blog for her take and see the museum’s press release. [ Subscribe to [...]

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The world’s largest retailer donated $20 million to the art museum to allow for free admissions.

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The U.S. House of Representatives took the correct path a few weeks ago they it voted to cut spending by $111 billion for fiscal year 2012 and to cap spending in future years at a gradually smaller share of the economy. "Cut, cap and balance" is an excellent specific plan— in contrast to President Barack Obama, who did not present one— to address what is a spending problem and not a "revenue problem,"¨ as most Democrats proclaim.

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Senator John McCain criticized “some members” of the Republican Party for being disingenuous about the reality of passing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, saying it was “unfair” and “bizarro.” You gotta love the honesty from a seasoned member of Congress. Said McCain: “What is really amazing about this is that some [...]

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FORT CHAFFEE — Members of Task Force 463 were “under it, on it and above it” as they built a floating bridge across the Arkansas River at Fort Chaffee on Wednesday.

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Fort Smith police have named a suspect in the shooting deaths of two local women.

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Sheriff’s deputies located the body of a Sequoyah County man, possibly the victim of a homicide, inside a residence on Wednesday morning.

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A man charged with negligent homicide after a toxicology report found he had multiple drugs in his system when he drove off the road and killed a Fort Smith man has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

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