Barling News

Bikes, Blues and Barbeque kicked off Wednesday afternoon in Fayetteville. The bike rally brings in thousands, and over the years has become one of the biggest rallies in the nation.

TIMES RECORD * MCRIDER@SWTIMES.COM With plans made to purchase the vacated Pradco property at Jenny Lind Road, the Fort Smith School Board unanimously approved Monday a resolution to sell the school district's ...

Crappies typically lay their eggs in shallow protected areas, on harder bottoms where males can dig and defend a nest.

A Barling man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the stabbing death of his girlfriend's former brother-in-law. Police say Barry Murray stabbed Lonney Baker during an argument on October 4th.

BARLING - Gov. Mike Beebe traveled to Fort Chaffee on Labor Day to visit and thank volunteers and emergency workers aiding Hurricane Gustav evacuees and chipped in a bit of gubernatorial influence to ensure ...

The first plane carrying New Orleans evacuees to Fort Smith arrived late Saturday afternoon.

TIMES RECORD * ASHERRILL@SWTIMES.COM The Fort Smith School Board approved Monday the proposed 2008-09 budget that includes more than $134 million in expenditures for the district of nearly 14,000 students.

As new housing additions go up all over Fort Smith, more children are attending local schools.

Barling police say a young girl is recovering after being bitten by a dog that had escaped its owner's yard on J Street in Barling.

Monday brought three different groundbreakings at Fort Chaffee, all conducted by industrial companies planning large developments on that site.

Two companies plan to build new plants at Chaffee Crossing and another is moving its corporate headquarters to Fort Smith, officials announced Monday.

Monday brought three different groundbreakings at Fort Chaffee, all conducted by industrial companies planning large developments on that site.

QUOTE OF THE DAY "When he started outgrowing the house, we thought he was going a bit nuts." Erin Bogle, daughter of David Bogle, who created the Museum of Native American Artifacts, which opened Thursday, to ...

Three people were killed in accidents around the state Friday. Taylor C. Phelps, 15, of Charleston was killed in Fort Smith while trying to cross Rogers Avenue, which is also Arkansas 22, according to Arkansas ...

The Arkansas State Police has agreed to a $250,000 settlement with the relatives of a 20-year-old pregnant woman from Barling who was killed in a crash during a high-speed police chase.

City officials are reviewing the resumes of 38 people who are seeking the Fort Smith city administrator job.

QUOTE OF THE DAY "We've had over 100 drownings on Beaver Lake. We've yet to have anyone drown who was wearing a life jacket." Alan Bland, Army Corps of Engineers park ranger Article, 1 B Looking ahead Volunteer ...

Two Oklahoma men are in jail after a traffic stop linked them to the burglary of a Charleston, Ark., pharmacy. via KHBS

“She's 96 years old and still gets up to serve us at the polling place. She wants to wait on us. She's very active”

Alice Buckley of Barling has been a volunteer poll worker for more than 40 years _ more than half of them in Sebastian County.

'I'm 96 next month. My lady friend, she's in her 80s, says when she grows up, she wants to be like me,' Buckley said, laughing.

Buckley's joy in life makes everyone fall in love with her, said Marguritte Ward, a Barling polling place judge. Ward said she's known Buckley for years.

'She's got such an expression on her face when she talks about winning a beauty pageant. ... You get that smile and the mischievous look on her face no matter what,' Ward said. Read more

“When it's completed this intersection will be a 4 way intersection”

Get ready to stop on your way to work if you're driving near the intersection of Highways 22 and 59 in Barling. via KFSM-TV Fort Smith