Bokoshe, OK

Fort Smith faith leaders reacted to the overturn of Roe v. Wade Friday and the new law making abortion illegal in Arkansas. The Rev. Bud Reeves, First United Methodist Church, said abortions are opposed in the church, except in the cases of rape, incest or risk to life the mother.

Jaylin Williams sat in the center where multiple tables in Northside's arena lined up the Arkansas All-SEC forward with his family on Thursday night. There were his four siblings, his parents to his right and left when the Grizzly great was selected 34th overall in the NBA Draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder, the closest franchise to his Fort Smith home. ...

"If your family doesn't love you, I will love you." "I wanted to kill myself, my life depended on my transition." "It made me feel alive, I don't normally dress like this, this is something I don't normally do, but I feel so welcomed and so happy to be part of the LGBTQ community."

More than 1 million Americans have died from COVID-19 – more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined. In the Fort Smith metropolitan area, which covers parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma, a total of 988 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 351 fatalities […]

The market for industrial hemp has not grown as fast as the plants in Arkansas. The climate may be great for the crop touted a few years ago as a money-maker and a new source for everything from clothes, textiles, building materials to fuel and food. So What's up with...

WEST SILOAM SPRINGS – From rowdy country to raw emotion, Confederate Railroad covers a wide range of feelings with their iconic music. The band will bring those emotions to the SEVEN Bar stage inside Cherokee Casino & Hotel West Siloam Springs on Thursday, July 14 and to Lee Creek Tavern inside Cherokee Casino & Hotel Roland on Saturday, July 16.

Demolition work at Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw began this week and Cherokee Nation Deputy Principal Chief Bryan Warner, who has history with BRD, said he could not be more excited. The demolition work, by American Demolition of Tulsa, will include removal of the former Racino building and the grandstands,...

Sitting behind a table draped with a black tablecloth in his old high school gym, Jaylin Williams sat with family surrounding him.   Williams, a star sophomore forward at Arkansas, held back tears as he addressed the crowd that had gathered for him. On the court at Fort Smith Northside in Fort Smith, Arkansas –...

Picture this: You have a preschooler who attends a place where their day is filled with singing, playing instruments, painting, drawing, working with clay, dancing and acting. Children are engaged in singing their ABCs and 123s; they’re painting and drawing the shapes of letters and numbers; they explore dance movements and other motor skills to reinforce the curriculum; and they spend time in theater creating characters that teach all of the elements that a preschooler should know before moving into kindergarten and first grade. And your child loves it.

The LeFlore County Museum is normally closed on Monday, but will be open the evening of Monday, July 4th. (LCHS) LeFlore County Historical Society Executive Director David Deaton invites the community to come visit the museum and cool off after you find the perfect viewing spot for the City of Poteau’s Fourth of July Fireworks display.

Fort Smith officials are examining the feasibility of building an indoor sports complex in the city.  The city used a grant to pay Conventions, Sports & Leisure International to conduct a study examining what having an indoor sports complex would look like in Fort Smith, said Tim Jacobsen, the executive director of advertising and...

The Primary Election is Tuesday, June 28, and area registered voters will be casting ballots for state officers, congressional officers, legislative, district and county officers. In addition, voters in one Haskell County town will be deciding on the continuation of a franchise for a utility company. Read this week's Stigler...

More residential living will open in downtown Fort Smith as early as January 2023, with Ghan & Cooper Commercial Properties beginning a $6.5 million renovation of a former hotel into 66 apartments. The developers say it will provide “convenience living” amid “modern luxuries.”. Fort Smith-based Ghan &...

FORT SMITH, Ark. — A Chipotle Mexican Grill will open in Fort Smith later this year and will be part of a multi-tenant redevelopment of the former Logan’s Roadhouse restaurant in the northeast corner of Rogers Avenue and Interstate 540. Eric Nelson, principal and vice president of brokerage...