Mountainburg, AR

FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Police Department responded to a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash on Saturday, Aug. 6. It took place at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Albert Pike and Rogers Avenue. All eastbound lanes were impacted for about 40 minutes before reopening. The accident reconstruction team was...

The Matthew 25 Project is welcoming children from Kindergarten to 12th grade to the free annual event from 6-8 p.m. Monday, August 8 First Baptist Church Van Buren.

At approximately 5:30 p.m. on August 5, the Arkansas Department of Health issued a "Boil Water" Notice for the area North of I-40 in Van Buren.

VAN BUREN -- Due to repairs ongoing at Fort Smith's Lee Creek Water Treatment Plant, parts of north Van Buren were without water Friday. A boil order was issued by the Arkansas Department of Health for residents north of Interstate 40 Friday due to contamination in the water system as repairs were ongoing. Areas...

A circuit court judge ordered the city of Fort Smith to pay $745,057 as a consequence of officials failing to inform the public that the city had stopped recycling from October 2014 to July 2017. Judge Stephen Tabor released the ruling Wednesday, berating the city for its actions. "It is...

Phase II of water conservation is in effect for Fort Smith after the Lee Creek Water Treatment Plant experienced a mechanical issue and was partially shut down for maintenance.

There’s a regional leadership change coming to publicly traded Regions Bank. After 46 years, Rogers bank executive Jerry Vest will retire on Aug. 31 as the Alabama bank’s top Northwest Arkansas market executive. Vest, 68, has worked for Regions Bank in various positions in Fort Smith and Rogers...

A judge is ruling the city of Fort Smith must pay for not recycling items it said it was recycling. Michael Tilley, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, takes us through the past, present and future of the case. Kyle Kellams has been the news director at KUAF for...

The body of a female person was found in a Fort Smith drainage ditch along Wheeler Avenue Wednesday afternoon. About 4 p.m. officers were called to a Dollar General about a female in crisis. The female fled the area, police were told and she was then found in the creek at Wheeler and Y Street, Fort Smith police reported in a news release.

The Fort Smith Police Department is joining forces with the city's Parks Department for the City Play Day on Saturday, August 5, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.