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Acreage swap generates displeasure in Barling

posted: 06/17/2013 3:59 a.m. Discuss

Chaffee Crossing and Arkansas Army National Guard officials say a land swap would benefit them both, but officials in Barling are feeling left out.

2 arrested in truck, machinery thefts valued at $3.5 million

posted: 06/15/2013 5:04 a.m. Discuss

A Crawford County man remained in custody Friday, accused of being in possession of an estimated $3.5 million worth of heavy construction equipment and tractors and trailers stolen from Alma to Conway and from Texas, Missouri and even Canada.

1 dead, 1 wounded in Fort Smith home

posted: 06/15/2013 4:55 a.m. Discuss

Police say a Fort Smith man shot and killed his ex-father-in-law Thursday morning, then shot himself in the head.

Crowding at county jail still unsolved as inspection nears

posted: 06/13/2013 4:56 a.m. Discuss

Efforts have stalled to increase inmate capacity for the Crawford County jail even as the state prepares to inspect the jail and check on the county’s progress in resolving its long-standing overcrowding problem.

23 face U.S. charges in plot to deal meth

posted: 06/12/2013 12:56 a.m. Discuss

FORT SMITH — A multiagency investigation has resulted in federal indictments against 23 people on charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and of using cell phones to further the drug’s distribution in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma, the U.S. attorney for western Arkansas announced Tuesday.

Wildlife officer’s sacrifice honored

posted: 06/08/2013 5:19 a.m. Discuss

What made Joel Campora a hero was not how he died but how he lived, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Chaplain Ken Key said Friday.

1,000 mourn sheriff who gave all

posted: 06/06/2013 12:09 a.m. Discuss

WALDRON — Scott County Sheriff Cody Carpenter, who died in the line of duty a week ago, was remembered Wednesday as a peace officer, family man and a protector of the community.

Teen recovering after gun accident

posted: 06/05/2013 2:37 a.m. Discuss

FORT SMITH — A 16-year old boy was recovering Tuesday from a gunshot wound in his upper torso after police say a friend accidentally shot him while they were playing at a Fort Smith home Monday.

Funerals set for 2 killed in flood rescues

posted: 06/05/2013 12:45 a.m. Discuss

Two Scott County law officers who died trying to save two women from raging floodwaters Friday will be remembered in funeral services today and Friday at Waldron High School.

Missing officer’s body recovered from river

posted: 06/03/2013 12:49 a.m. Comment 1

Searchers Sunday recovered the body of an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife officer who was swept away by floodwaters Friday as he and Scott County Sheriff Cody Carpenter tried to rescue two Y City women.

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