Five of the nine county offices will be contested – either in the May 18 primary or November general election.

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The Crawford County Quorum Court backed off plans for a new county travel policy Monday amid concerns that the policy would lead to micromanaging.

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The next Crawford County Fair is not until September, but some members of 4-H are already starting a fundraising drive aimed at buying new sheep pens for the livestock barn.

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Crawford County Sheriff’s Office is celebrating the arrival of $15,000 in grants that will allow them to purchase a more advanced fingerprint processing system that will tie into a national crime database.

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The City of Van Buren must continue to pay City Attorney N. Donald Jenkins Jr. while his law license is suspended and he is unable to perform his duties for the city, according to an Arkansas attorney general’s opinion.

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Garner Abattoir and Meat Processing Plant, which at one time had five generations of Garners working at the business, is under new ownership.

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A faulty heating system is believed to be the cause of a Friday night fire that destroyed a downtown Alma business and sent one firefighter to a Fort Smith hospital.

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Bond has been set at $10,000 for a Van Buren man accused of sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old girl.

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“Praise God, that’s all I can say” were the only words former Van Buren police detective Micklos Molnar could muster on Thursday when he was resentenced to time served after being convicted in 2009 of stealing drug seizure funds.

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Members of the Van Buren City Council will consider purchasing a fire truck when they meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the city council room of the Municipal Complex.

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