The operator of the Trane Parts Center at 4700 Phoenix Ave. is changing its name and logo to reflect a change in business emphasis, the company CEO confirmed Wednesday.

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The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce has created and filled a new position and reconfigured how it will handle economic development, Chamber President and CEO Paul Harvel confirmed Wednesday.

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Chester will have its first Farmer’s Market and Poultry Swap on Saturday and continuing through October.

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The Sequoyah County Commission has called a special meeting Friday to consider approving a fiscal 2011-12 budget for the county.

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A Mansfield man avoided a potential prison sentence in exchange for pleading guilty Wednesday in Sebastian County Circuit Court to aggravated cruelty to an animal.

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MCDONALD’S SITE: Gene Fortson says a real restaurant won’t work here. It smells like the deal is done for McDonald’s to dump one of its busy fast-food restaurants smack into the maelstrom of an intersection — University and Markham — that doesn’t need the traffic stress. The Planning Commission, generally development friendly, failed, on a 5-5 vote, [...]

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Chester will have its first Farmer’s Market and Poultry Swap on Saturday and continuing through October.

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A Van Buren man accused of sexually abusing a minor female over several years has pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of second-degree sexual assault in Crawford County Circuit Court.

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A Mountainburg man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly sold more than $6,000 in stolen car parts to a local scrap metal dealer, according to a police report.

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In the 12th Judicial District Circuit Court in Fort Smith on Sept. 21, Circuit Court Judge Michael Fitzhugh heard pleas and sentenced the following:

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