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Dave Hughes

Fort Smith bureau reporter

Fort Smith bureau reporter

Recent Stories

S Transportation authority draws praise

By Dave Hughes
Posted: March 18, 2010 3:33 a.m.

State legislators said Wednesday that they were impressed that a transportation authority was formed in western Arkansas and has made progress toward its goals.
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S Fighter wing sends 200 to Afghanistan

By Dave Hughes
Posted: March 9, 2010 4:26 a.m.

About 200 members of the Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing said goodbye to their families Monday and departed for a two-month deployment to Afghanistan.
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Arkansas soldier dies in Afghanistan

Sergeant from Fort Smith; proud of him, his wife of six weeks says

By Dave Hughes
Posted: March 5, 2010 5:13 a.m.

Because of the risks that soldiers take, Kaitlyn Owens didn’t like the fact that her husband was in the Army.
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Fiery crash, fatal to two, briefly shuts I-40 section

Blaze forces evacuation of 1 Pope County home

By Dave Hughes
Posted: March 2, 2010 5:35 a.m.

Two occupants of a tractor-trailer rig died early Monday in a fiery crash that closed Interstate 40 between London and Russellville in Pope County for more than an hour.
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S Police probe robbery that left baby dead

By Dave Hughes
Posted: March 2, 2010 5:07 a.m.

Authorities in eastern Oklahoma are considering what charges to file in a weekend robbery that left a 1-year old girl dead from a gunshot wound.
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S Petitioners seek Fort Smith shift in Sunday laws

By Dave Hughes
Posted: February 22, 2010 4:56 a.m.

Local business operators are circulating petitions calling for a referendum that, if passed, would allow for the Sunday sale of alcohol for off-premises consumption.
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S 16 trumpeter swans released in state

Iowa wildlife authorities hoping captive-raised birds will learn to migrate

By Dave Hughes
Posted: February 11, 2010 2:58 a.m.

Sixteen trumpeter swans from Iowa were released near Dardanelle on Wednesday morning in hopes they will one day leave Arkansas.
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S Innocent in gunfire on officer, 3 declare

By Dave Hughes
Posted: February 4, 2010 4:16 a.m.

Two men accused of shooting at an off-duty police officer said they mistook him for another man who is an adversary, according to Fort Smith police records.
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2 charged with murder in jailer’s killing

Oklahoma chase nabs third teen in rental truck with girlfriend at wheel

By Dave Hughes, Mike Linn
Posted: February 2, 2010 5:04 a.m.

Two teenagers accused in the beating death of a jailer and a subsequent escape from the Jefferson County juvenile lockup were held without bail on capital-murder charges Monday, and police caught a third escapee in Oklahoma.
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S Niece’s murder nets aunt 30 years

By Dave Hughes
Posted: January 26, 2010 4:42 a.m.

A former Franklin County woman was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison after pleading no contest to second-degree murder in the 1999 drowning of her adopted 14-year-old niece.
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