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Tornado Watch In Effect For Multiple Counties; Several Outages Reported
It was a bumpy Friday morning as severe weather moved through Northeast Oklahoma. Although the storms have passed for now, there is more active weather expected this weekend. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Le Flore County in OK until 10:15am. Tornado Watch for Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, Le...
State Bound!
Congratulations to Coach Jimmy Hurst and the Lady Pirates, who beat Antlers 11-4 to qualify for the State Tournament. The Lady Pirates took down the Valiant Lady Dawgs, 7-3 in Regional action Tuesday in Pocola. Though the team lost their first go-around with Antlers 5-10, the Lady Pirates redeemed themselves...
AT&T issue impacting customer's ability to call 911 in Washington and Crawford Counties, police say
WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — The Fayetteville Police Department (FPD) reported that some AT&T customers may not be able to call 911 due to a "cable cut." The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD), reported that around 7:30 a.m. they responded to "a vandalism report" at 6000 Midland Boulevard. FSPD said there was an "early morning copper theft" resulting in the disruption of numerous businesses. Officials said this is impacting customers from Fort Smith to Kansas City.
Fort Smith sales tax revenue posts small gain through March
Fort Smith sales tax rebounded some in March, allowing city officials to breathe a little. The March sales tax report shows the city’s share of the 1% Sebastian County sales tax was up 3.04% from March 2023 and the 1% tax for city streets was up almost 1%. This...
Sanders Gets Another USMTS Trophy
POCOLA, Okla. — Rodney Sanders has led countless laps with the Summit USMTS National Championship since his first win in 2009, and Saturday night he added one more as he won a legendary race that will be remembered for years to come. In the past, the Tri-State Speedway has...
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