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Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Five people were killed in automobile accidents Saturday in Little Rock, near Camden and in Fort Smith, the Arkansas State Police reported. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6722227/5-killed-in-accidents-on-state-roads Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:47:08 -0700 Manufacturers in Fort Smith have cut thousands of jobs over the past few years, but companies are surviving the recession, which experts say is the first step to eventually restoring some jobs. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6693461/fort-smith-factories-survive-recession Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:29:08 -0700 The board overseeing the planned U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith has settled on the name of a gallery that will focus on how the agency worked in troubled times. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6693031/marshals-museum-settles-on-gallery-name Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:33:08 -0700 A Fort Smith attorney says a judge’s order last month that he retrieve e-mails the attorney obtained in defiance of an earlier order is invalid and unenforceable. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6692782/lawyer-files-objection-in-arkansas-e-mail-case Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:55:08 -0700 FORT SMITH — Nearly 60 years after an Arkansas soldier disappeared on a frozen battlefield during the Korean War, his remains were laid to rest with military honors. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6642452/soldier-iilled-in-korea-laid-to-rest Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:21:08 -0700 A Fort Smith heating and cooling products manufacturer is laying off 43 employees. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6641703/rheem-lays-off-43-at-fort-smith-plant Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:33:08 -0700 A funeral for an Arkansas soldier who disappeared nearly 60 years ago during the Korean War will be held in Fort Smith. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6633128/funeral-set-for-arkansas-soldier-killed-in-korean-war Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:04:08 -0700 A Fort Smith lawyer who police expected would turn himself in two weeks ago was arrested on a theft warrant when a deputy pulled him over for a traffic violation. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6579779/fs-lawyer-arrested-on-felony-warrant Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:39:08 -0700 Gerber Products Co. in Fort Smith will pay $900,000 to settle accusations of hiring practices that discriminated against women and minority-group applicants, the U.S. Department of Labor said Tuesday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6575972/labor-dept-gerber-inks-settlement-in-hiring-case Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:08:08 -0700 Ken Roetzel of Springdale won his first Arkansas Scratch Senior Bowlers Tour title at Midland Bowl in Fort Smith, topping a field of 25 players. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6559857/bowling-roetzel-s-first-scratch-senior-moment-rewarded Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:55:08 -0700 FORT SMITH — Authorities were searching Friday for an illegal immigrant who is wanted in connection with setting his girlfriend on fire in Sebastian County. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6558504/man-sought-after-girlfriend-set-on-fire Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:58:08 -0700 FORT SMITH — An Alma man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday after a Crawford County jury found him guilty of two counts of rape. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6558505/alma-man-found-guilty-of-rape Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:58:08 -0700 Sparks Health System to sell to Florida fi rm Sparks Health System in Fort Smith said Friday that its board of directors approved a non-binding agreement to sell the business to a Naples, Fla.-based hospital operator, Health Management Associates Inc. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6554404/news-in-brief Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:16:08 -0700 Jack Moseley , the retired editor of the Times-Record in Fort Smith went missing for a time last night  while on a walk through woods of family property in Texas. All is well. Unless Jack has softened substantially, I can imagine some of his post-search... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6550016/missing-editor Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:30:08 -0700 Authorities say a 34-year-old Fort Smith man has drowned in the Arkansas River. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6521556/fort-smith-man,-34,-drowns-in-river Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:19:08 -0700 An Oklahoma county official has been sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined in Fort Smith for patronizing a prostitute and refusing to submit to arrest. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6505415/oklahoma-official-jailed-for-patronizing-prostitute Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:25:08 -0700 Billings, Mont. — The estate of a Wisconsin woman who died in a building fire at Fort Smith, Mont., during a fishing trip has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the business where she was staying. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6490558/glendale-woman-s-estate-sues-business-where-she-was-killed-in-fire Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:44:08 -0700 A longtime Fort Smith attorney is wanted for felony theft by deception for allegedly holding $65,000 of a client’s money for more than a year-and-a-half. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6496666/fort-smith-attorney-accused-of-theft-by-deception Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:15:08 -0700 Nashville, Tenn.-based Logan’s Roadhouse chain will open its first central Arkansas outlet in mid- to late August at 410 Elsinger Blvd., off Oak Street in downtown Conway. The chain also has locations in Fayetteville (3611 N. Shiloh Drive) and Fort Smith (6201... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6450171/transitions Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:46:08 -0700 The Democrat-Gazette finally reported today on the developing controversy over the elected county official flim-flam to fake-retire for a few months as a means of drawing both retirement (at the double counting rate provided only elected officials) and regular pay.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6425610/double-dip-watch Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:00:08 -0700