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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 06:45 pm

Crawford County News

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Trail of Tears Stops In Van Buren

The Cherokees knew John Drennen's name. Drennen, one of the founders of Van Buren, a Whig politician, landowner and prominent businessman, was also an Indian agent and superintendent of Indian Affairs for the ...

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail

Wed Jul 16, 2008

KHBS

Police Question Teens In Car Burglaries

Police investigating a string of car burglaries in Crawford County have questioned some local teenagers about the crime.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers

Sun Jul 13, 2008

KHOG-TV Fort Smith

Missing Teen Found Safe, But Drunk

Crawford County sheriff's deputies searched two hours for a missing teenager in Rudy Saturday night, before finding him safe, but intoxicated.

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Related Topix: Rudy, AR

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Benton County Daily Record

Kilpatrick sentenced to 30 years for sex crime

A Springdale man faces 30 years in prison after pleading guilty on Thursday to a sex crime involving an 18-year-old woman in August 2006.

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

ScrippsNews

Certifying a levee as safe is costly and difficult

Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 15:25. Even where levees are thought to be sound, communities are finding it difficult and expensive to get them certified to meet tough new federal flood insurance ...

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Related Topix: US News, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA

Thu Jul 03, 2008

CW Arkansas

80-year-old man arrested while on appeal bond

An 80-year-old man who was free on bond while he appeals a 70-year prison sentence has been arrested again for alleged delivery of a controlled substance, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Fort Smith, AR

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Herald-Leader

Crawford County : Osha to analyze collapse of trench

A federal investigator is in Crawford County looking into the trench collapse that killed one worker and injured another last week, according to the Crawford County sheriff's office.

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Related Topix: OSHA

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Benton County Daily Record

Crawford County : Trench being dug caves in, killing one

One man was killed and another injured when a trench collapsed near Van Buren on Friday.

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Related Topix: Van Buren, AR

KAIT-TV Jonesboro

Deputies Identify Man Who Died in Trench Collapse

Authorities have identified the man who died when a trench he was working in collapsed in Crawford County.

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

Benton County Daily Record

Crawford County : Inmate escapes for a day, all but toe hidden in clothes pile

A toe sticking out of a pile of laundry spelled the end of freedom for an escaped Crawford County inmate.

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KATV Little Rock

Trench Collapse Kills Worker Near Van Buren

Authorities say one man is dead and another is trapped in mud up to his waist after a trench collapsed around them as they were installing sewer lines in Crawford County.

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Related Topix: Van Buren, AR, Fort Smith, AR

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Officer.com

Arkansas Inmate Leaves Toilet Paper Rose after Escape

Crawford County authorities say an inmate escaped the county jail and left behind a rose fashioned out of toilet paper because he felt sorry for breaking out.

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Tue Jun 24, 2008

4029TV.com

Escapee From Crawford County Jail At Large Tuesday Afternoon

Authorities in Van Buren are searching for an escapee from the Crawford County Jail Tuesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Van Buren, AR

Sat Jun 21, 2008

KFSM-TV Fort Smith

Counties declared disasters again

Disaster declarations are on Governor Beebe's desk from Sebastian and Crawford counties, after strong winds damaged homes and took out power lines this past Sunday.

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Related Topix: Sebastian County, AR

Thu Jun 19, 2008

KHOG-TV Fort Smith

Judge Declares Sebastian County Disaster Area

Van Buren and Crawford County weren't the only areas hit hard by Sunday's storms.

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Related Topix: Van Buren, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Weather

Tue Jun 17, 2008

KFSM-TV Fort Smith

River Valley News

Power stays off for thousands around the River Valley Updated: Thousands of people were still without power Monday night as more storms began moving through the area.

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Related Topix: Alma, AR, Iraq, World News, Fort Smith, AR

Thu Jun 12, 2008

Van Buren Press Argus-Courier

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A Stilwell, Okla., man planning to take his family on a summer vacation early Saturday morning was instead an inmate at the Crawford County Detention Center.

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Tue Jun 10, 2008

Van Buren Press Argus-Courier

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Three out-of-state men arrested by Arkansas Highway Police officers in separate marijuana arrests on Interstate 40 have pleaded not guilty in Crawford County Circuit Court.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Sun Jun 08, 2008

Times Record

Thunderstorms Shake Area

TIMES RECORD * HRAACHE@SWTIMES.COM A group of several thunderstorms roared into west central Arkansas Sunday, uprooting trees and knocking down power lines across multiple areas.

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Related Topix: Sebastian County, AR, Weather, Arkansas, Huntington, AR, Fort Smith, AR

Fri Jun 06, 2008

Benton County Daily Record

262 pounds of 'pot' seized in I-40 stops

The Arkansas Highway Police in the past month seized more than 260 pounds of a marijuana on Interstate 40 in Crawford County, the agency announced Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Alma, AR

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