Fort Smith News

He's considered to be one of the most violent sex offenders in Arkansas. Now that he's moved to Fort Smith, officers will be notifying those in the neighborhood that he now lives next door.

A man charged with raping a woman and severely beating two men pleaded innocent Wednesday in Sebastian County Circuit Court.

Roland Smith , former superintendent in Rogers, has been named as interim chief of the Greenland School District , now under Arkansas Education Department control in an effort to right it financially.

Markel is 66 years old and has committed several sexual crimes against children and adults.

A man who escaped the Miller County jail and was arrested nearly two weeks later in Fayetteville said he broke out to go visit his grandmother.

TIMES RECORD * HRAACHE@SWTIMES.COM A local man and woman wanted on suspicion of holding a Fort Smith household at gunpoint Tuesday were arrested Saturday.

TIMES RECORD * ASHERRILL@SWTIMES.COM The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 39 will hire an auditor to conduct a forensic audit to determine how much money is missing, according to lodge officers.

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U. S. Rep. John Boozman took to the air Friday to get a big-picture look at the pros and cons of sites for a new Arkansas River port in the Fort Smith area.

TIMES RECORD * WFREEMAN@SWTIMES.COM A city attorney compares a former police major to the Velveteen Rabbit in a filing Friday in Sebastian County Circuit Court.

In the past, the two cities have worked separately, but leaders from both cities said more barge traffic is needed on the Arkansas River.

The Fort Smith city directors voted to ban vehicles from being parked in front yards.

The Police Department will get to spend more than $ 130, 000 on weapons that can do their intended job without being fired.

Driving on Clayton Expressway in Fort Smith's northwest corner, five miles of levee are readily visible as the ridge follows the Arkansas River in a big curve around the city.

Police say when they arrived at a 911 call early Wednesday morning on Fort Smith's north side, they found a very disturbing scene; two men beaten unconscious, and a third person raping a 55-year-old woman.

A local family is fueling their cars with the fried grease from their restaurants.

Monday night the Fort Smith City Council passed a parking ordinance with a 5 to 7 vote.

'Borat' creator Sacha Baron Cohen in his latest guise, as 'Bruno.' A wrestling match turned love-in in Arkansas had all the trappings of the filmmaker's pranks.

FORT SMITH - Flows on the Arkansas River are forecast to drop to the point where the Army Corps of Engineers will be able to lift a small-craft advisory on at least part of the waterway.

Armed robbers have left several victims beaten and bloodied after attacks this past week in Fort Smith.