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U.S. News & World Report
February 7, 2018
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Fort Smith will appeal a ruling that three city directors violated the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act by discussing city business through email. The city's Board of Directors voted Tuesday to confirm the Jan. 30 filing of a notice of appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
U.S. News & World Report
February 1, 2018
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Police in Fort Smith are investigating what is being called the unexplained death of an 18-month-old girl. Cpl. Anthony Rice says police were called to a hospital Tuesday where the girl had been taken with unexplained bruises and died. The girl's name hasn't been released.
U.S. News & World Report
January 18, 2018
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — A Fort Smith man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing two brothers. The Times Record reports that 35-year-old Stanley "Sam" Ambrose Mazurek faced first-degree murder charges in the January 2017 deaths of 48-year-old Roger Allen WoodsÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
January 11, 2018
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — To keep flu sufferers from clogging its emergency room, a Fort Smith hospital has opened a separate clinic to keep non-emergency patients away. ... The Arkansas Health Department said three dozen people have died in Arkansas from the flu since October. Copyright 2018 TheÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
January 10, 2018
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Fort Smith will appeal a judge's ruling that city officials violated the Freedom of Information Act by conducting public ... The announcement comes despite a court order last week denying the city's motion for summary judgment in a civil lawsuit that alleged Fort Smith violated FOIA.
U.S. News & World Report
January 5, 2018
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Fort Smith officials violated the Freedom of Information Act in email exchanges from last year. The Times Record reports that the Sebastian County Circuit judge denied on Thursday the city's motion for summary judgment in a civil lawsuit that claims the cityÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
December 8, 2017
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Police in Fort Smith say a woman fatally shot a man who she said forced his way into her apartment. Police were called to the apartment in south Fort Smith Thursday afternoon where the woman said she shot the man after he entered her apartment. Police say the woman is beingÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
November 26, 2017
Share on Google Plus. FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Police in Fort Smith say the death of a man found on the city's south side may be connected to a slaying in Oklahoma. Police spokesman Anthony Rice says the body of the 28-year-old man was found Saturday in a wooded area known as Chaffee Crossing,Ãâà...
U.S. News & World Report
November 21, 2017
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Fort Smith officials have approved two incentives in an effort to persuade a business to come to the city and create up to 150 jobs. ... The city has been negotiating with Silgan for nearly a year in hopes to bring the company to western Arkansas, the Times Record reported .
