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Fort Smith police are looking for a missing girl who wandered off from her home on May 17.

FORT SMITH, Ark — Update: Leal was found safe by police. Fort Smith Police are investigating a missing child who reportedly wandered from her home. Police are looking for 3-year-old Yaretzi Leal, who reportedly wandered off from her residence in the 3100 block of N 6th Street at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17.

Stacy Hurst and Ken Kupchick want more time to explore options in an effort to save the historic St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith from a June 1 demolition date. They’ll need a real “Hail Mary” and likely more than $15 million to keep the building intact.

The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved an ordinance at its regular meeting Tuesday (May 17) that will better aid lower income households who qualify for the city’s Project Concern that provides utility payment help. Project Concern is a utility assistance program developed in 1983 that offers relief to...

Last weekend, the Acorn High School baseball team completed in the 2A West Regional Tournament at Mansfield. In the first round on Friday, the Tigers matched up with Life Way Christian, and defeated the Warriors 9-4, to clinch a spot in the 2A State Tournament and advance to the Regional semi-finals.

Crystal Sallis knows what it is like to live in the dark.   Everything about her that is bright, from the joy in her voice to her color-coordinated outfit, stands in sharp contrast to the battles she has fought over the past year. ...

The sales tax extensions, if passed, would collect money for the police and fire departments as well as parks and consent decree projects. The city will run out of money to pay for consent decree projects in late 2022 or early 2023 if people do not pass the tax extension. After that, the city would have no money to put toward consent decree projects, Director Lavon Morton said.

On Friday, May 6th, the Arkansas State Police initiated an investigation involving allegations of criminal acts and criminal actions that potentially took place on a Greenwood School District bus transporting students involved to a school sanction sporting event.

(AP) Patricia Lemar, 44, of Slidell, Louisiana; Leonard Lemar Jr., 46, of Slidell; and Malinda Shano, 50 of Terrytown, Louisiana, died in the crash near Mulberry on Thursday, according to a preliminary report from police. The injured were hospitalized in undisclosed condition, according to the report. A group of motorcyclists...

There have been 81,417,100 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow. In the Fort Smith metropolitan area, which covers parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma, a total of 71,822 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 25,541 confirmed infections for every […]

The Oklahoma slow pitch softball high school season was completed last week. Here are my final rankings for Fort Smith area teams. Previously, only a top-five were released. 1. Pocola (28-5): The Class 3A champions won its first title since 2007 and third overall. Allyssa Parker was dominant state tournament performance, going 6-for-6, with nine runs scored and two home runs. In the 9-3 finals win over Morrison, the freshman went 3-for-3 with a double and a triple. Previous ranking: No. 1.

On Monday night the Sebastian County Sheriff's Office hosted a candlelight vigil and memorial service to honor law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. In attendance were Fort Smith Police Chief Danny Baker, Capt. Philip Pevehouse of the Sebastian County Sheriff's Office, Sebastian County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Shue, police Chaplain...

Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus has achieved Arkansas State Board of Nursing approval to offer programming in medication assistant-certified (MA-C). The MA–C program provides certified nursing assistants (CNAs) with additional training to improve long-term care staffing practices supporting better patient care. The 100-clock hour training enables the nursing assistant, under the supervision of a registered nurse, to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to provide prescribed patient medications.

With the COVID-19 pandemic still in full swing, 2021 was another challenging year for the Fort Smith Fire Department, including 2021 being the busiest year for service calls to the department according to Deputy Fire Chief Boyd Waters. The Fort Smith Board of Directors on May 11 received an annual...

Beginning on Monday, May 23, law enforcement will have patrols across Arkansas watching closely for motorists not using their seat belts.

Elections are ahead Tuesday, May 24 in Fort Smith, Sebastian and Crawford counties for school board seats and county offices. More: City to see possible 58% sewer rate increase if sales tax vote fails Voters in Fort Smith will also decide two sales tax issues. ...

There was once a burning Buick Century set ablaze in the night near Fort Chaffee. The car fire spread to an electric transformer that went up in flames and then exploded near Fort Chaffee. This was reported about 1939. Here comes another, let's say, tale from Fort Smith passed down...

Community School of the Arts has announce a gift in the amount of $250,000 to support the CSA Inspiring Excellence campaign to build a new Center for the Creative Arts. First National Bank of Fort Smith presented the school with the check at their community block party in celebration of their 150th anniversary Saturday, May 14.

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A pair of local law enforcement agencies partner together to host a candlelight vigil and memorial service for fallen officers on May 16.