Archive | October, 2011

Regional Chamber Of Commerce Gives First Latture Award

Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce President Paul Harvel on Thursday declared Russ Bragg the winner of the first Paul Latture Sr. Award.

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Officials Hope To Find New Employer To Occupy Whirlpool Site

Local government and business leaders say they will work with Whirlpool Corp. to market the plant in Fort Smith in hopes of re-employing the 1,000 people who will lose their jobs when the plant closes

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LeFlore County Audit Probed

POTEAU — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is investigating findings of the 2010 fiscal year audit regarding LeFlore County’s northern district, District 1, First Assistant District Attorney

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Plant Opened In 1962 As Norge

The Whirlpool plant at 6400 Jenny Lind Road in Fort Smith has a long history in the city.

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Highway 10 Sale Set

 The second annual “Sell It Again on Highway 10” event began Thursday and will continue through Saturday, according to a news release.

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Foreclosure Rate Up

The mortgage foreclosure rate for the Fort Smith area was 1.81 percent in August, an increase of 0.18 percentage points from 1.63 percent in August 2010.

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Rice Case Aims At Tort Cap

LITTLE ROCK — Lawyers for an agricultural company ordered to pay a $48 million judgment in a lawsuit over tainted rice asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a judge’s ruling that struc

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CBID Tackles Office Building Proposal

Members of the Central Business Improvement District Commission discussed the development of a marketing plan for a proposed downtown office building at their monthly meeting Thursday.

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Hearing Set In Parents’ Slayings

POTEAU — A Muldrow man accused of killing his parents in July will have a preliminary hearing at 2 p.m. Jan. 26, LeFlore County Special Judge Jeffrey Singer decided Thursday.

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Police Say Black Belt Roughed Up Intruder

A Crawford County man who is a fifth-degree black belt told a Sheriff’s deputy he believes he broke a man’s collarbone, several ribs and possibly his jaw or cheekbone after the man attempted to rob hi

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