Branch News

Seven University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students in a Community Leadership class gave some timely advice to city leaders May 6 in an end-of-the-semester presentation.

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, AR - Arkansas lawmakers have advanced legislation aimed at cutting off public funding to Planned Parenthood, a move that the organization says could also cut off money to doctors, rape crisis centers and domestic violence shelters.

Sen. Gary Stubblefiled, R-Branch, is a graduate of County Line High School in the city of Branch, according to his legislative biography, which says Stubblefield also attended the University of Arkansas.

About 2,000 Franklin County residents were without power Thursday night, as the power company worked to correct the problem.

The major highway artery into Fort Smith that carries more than 50,000 cars a day will soon undergo a more than $78 million upgrade that will result in traffic congestion on the main Interstate corridor through the city.