The Fort Smith Fire Department fought a fire at an apartment complex Wednesday afternoon that was caused by a shorted-out box fan.

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SALLISAW — A Muldrow man charged in the July 21 shooting of a 13-year-old Muldrow boy pleaded not guilty at his first Sequoyah County District Court appearance Wednesday.

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Following a five-day trial, a LeFlore County jury found a Heavener mother guilty of child neglect Friday in the burning of her child and recommended she be sentenced to 50 years in prison.

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BARLING — The Barling Board of Directors on Tuesday unanimously agreed to amend the 2011 budget and to adopt an updated Sebastian County Hazard Mitigation Plan for the city.

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The Fort Smith Board of Directors will decide Thursday in a special meeting whether to refer the question of a 1 percent prepared-food tax to voters.

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The financially troubled U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday it will study more than 3,600 local post office branches and stations throughout the U.S. to determine the feasibility of shutting them d

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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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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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Following a five-day trial, a LeFlore County jury found a Heavener mother guilty of child neglect Friday in the burning of her child and recommended she be sentenced to 50 years in prison.

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