FORT SMITH — Manufacturing managers have told area and visiting Arkansas legislators that proposed Interstate 49 and other transportation improvements are of critical importance to their operations.

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Authorities arrested a man Thursday who went to a local mall after he allegedly robbed a Greenwood bank.

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MOUNTAINBURG — The flood warning sirens sounded at 12:45 p.m. Thursday, and within seconds, the Mountainburg School District’s more than 700 students and about 110 faculty and staff left their buildings, walking briskly to high ground.

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Manufacturing managers on Thursday told area and visiting Arkansas legislators that proposed Interstate 49 and other transportation improvements are of critical importance to their operations.

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Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — A Fort Smith nightclub accused of numerous violations of state liquor laws will have its private club permit suspended for 45 days and pay a $1,500 fine, state Alcoholic Beverage Control Division Director Michael Langley said Thursday.

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A 44-year-old man already in prison on a drug conviction was sentenced to another 80 years Thursday after a jury convicted him of two sex crimes.

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A man driving a stolen vehicle was arrested in Van Buren after a high-speed chase, according to a police report.

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Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Thursday his office has joined a multistate investigation into whether FedEx improperly classified its drivers as independent contractors rather than as employees.

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Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — Condemned killer Stacey Johnson will make his case for executive clemency at a hearing on March 29, the state Board of Parole said Thursday.

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A community meditation area at a Van Buren church has been vandalized, a church member said Thursday.

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