Alma News

Former U.S. Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt said it took him "about 25 years" to get Interstate 540 completed from the Fayetteville area to I-40 at Alma.

A section of U.S. 71 in Crawford County already pinched to one lane will be closed to traffic for the next two weeks.

Aren't we blessed to have those happy days to remember? Lest I forget to mention it, I wish to apologize for my mistake in reporting about Norma Watson's sister, Virginia Risley of Prairie Grove, Ark.

Several law enforcement agencies were part of a joint effort to serve warrants Thursday for drug related crimes in Crawford County.

Arkansas Valley Electric workers are busy today trying to get one of their substations back on-line. Many residents in Crawford County were temporarily without electricity overnight after an explosion and fire at that substation.

FIRE FIGHTERS ARE AT THE SCENE OF AN EXPLOSION AT A POWER SUBSTATION NORTHEAST OF ALMA.

The state Supreme Court on Thursday found no merit in a lawsuit by 14 western Arkansas school districts claiming that the state was violating the state constitution by relying too much on property taxes to fund schools.

Mountainburg police have charged a man with an alleged rape of a 7-year-old child.

It doesn't seem like much, really. They're just traffic signs, and easily can be replaced, so what's wrong with taking one for a room decoration? Ask Stacie Dyer of Alma, or any of her three children, or any of 18 passengers on board an Alma school bus what's wrong with that.

Two Alma High School seniors have been arrested in connection with last week's collision of a school bus and a pickup truck in Crawford County.

A Crawford County family is counting their blessings today after lightning struck their home last night.

At 7:20 A.M. Wednesday morning emergency crews were called to the intersection of Highway 282 and Lancaster Road in Alma to help children in a school bus crash.

An Alma school bus went through an intersection Wednesday morning where a stop sign was missing and collided with a pickup truck, injuring a number of people.

An Alma school bus was involved in an accident Wednesday morning with a pickup, injuring several people.

Traffic is down to one lane on a short stretch of U.S. 71 north of Mountainburg because heavy rains the last two years are causing a portion of roadway to slide down a hillside.

The state's high court is to hear oral arguments later this month in a lawsuit by 14 school districts accusing the state of violating the constitution by relying too much on local property taxes to fund schools.

William Craig Comstock grew up in the River Valley. He played football and competed in track and field at both Cedarville and Alma schools.

Fire officials in Crawford County are investigating a Monday morning apartment blaze that killed a toddler.

Crawford County officials have identified the two-year-old child who died in an early morning apartment fire on Monday.

Three local police agencies are working together to catch the people responsible for several recent thefts and burglaries.