An amended lease the Fort Smith Board of Directors approved Tuesday will give the city and the Advertising and Promotion Commission three more months to work out a long-term contract for operation of

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A planned $43,000 study of county jobs factored into several key decisions when Sebastian County Quorum Court members met to discuss the 2012 budget Tuesday night.

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Van Buren police are searching for a man wanted on suspicion of defrauding customers using credit cards at the gas station where he worked.

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Fort Smith police are seeking leads regarding a situation Monday in which two men are reported to have fired gunshots at one another.

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Three people were arrested on Thanksgiving Day, accused of burglarizing the Panama and Howe Police departments.

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Police say a 56-year-old man died of knife wounds in a residence at 9200 Tedburn Circle, near the Cloverdale shopping center, shortly before 4 a.m. today. Police quote witnesses as saying the man had been fighting with another man who’d left the scene. His name is known. The victim, whose kin have not been notified, [...]

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UCA DEREK OWENS: In the open field. The New York Times reports today on a class action lawsuit against the NCAA alleging negligence toward the risk of concussions in college sports. Plaintiffs include two Arkansas athletes, but the article focuses almost exclusively on Derek Owens of Russellville, injured fielding a punt for the University of Central Arkansas in [...]

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This is by no means the first report with similar findings, but it never hurts to attempt to penetrate Arkansas legislative skulls with facts that challenge their wishful thinking: From researchers at the University of Georgia: States that prescribe abstinence-only sex education programs in public schools have significantly higher teenage pregnancy and birth rates than states with [...]

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Steve Brawner Column Look past the loss to that NFL-quality team from Louisiana Friday, and it’s clear that Razorbacks athletics has come a long way the past few years. That’s in large part because the athletic department is doing things Long’s way.

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas is inching closer to its first road trip of the season. One that will send the Razorbacks to Connecticut to play the Huskies, the 2010-11 national champions.

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