Fort Smith News

Crews have cleaned up "the majority" of mineral oil in a Fort Smith spill from almost three weeks ago, according to a spokesman for OG&E, the company whose transformer exploded and caused about 16,000 gallons of mineral oil to spill into Massard Creek in Fort Smith.

A father and son have been cleared in the death of a man who broke into their Fort Smith home and killed their son and brother.

Amenities at the Fort Smith Department of Sanitation are about to get a drastic upgrade thanks to the passage of a resolution at Tuesday's Board of Directors meeting that will allow the city department to spend a little more than $3 million for a new landfill scale facility.

They did not have to come. They chose to come after Fort Smith residents reached out and asked for help.

Consumers living in Northwest Arkansas have 38 banks to choose from which makes Benton and Washington counties one of the most competitive markets for bankers in the country.

Changes are on the way to Harry E. Kelley Park in downtown Fort Smith and it could mean more shows and booze.

Mercy officials provided details Monday on the $42 million Orthopedic Hospital in Fort Smith that should be completed by October 2014 and could add to up to 100 jobs to the economy.

Toby Yancy MULBERRY, Ark. - Authorities have arrested a man living near Mulberry after he was allegedly caught with $2 million in stolen heavy equipment and other materials.

Federal and state authorities say 23 people have been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges in western Arkansas.

Editor's note: Maylon Rice is a former newspaper reporter, columnist and editor at several newspapers over the past 40 years.

A Pocola man is in stable condition at Sparks Medical Center after a car he was driving tumbled 30 feet down a ravine Saturday morning.

Two Crawford County men were arrested Wednesday after deputies discovered approximately $2 Million in stolen heavy equipment and lumber.

Family, friends and even strangers were at the 188th in Fort Smith to welcome home SPC.

Several years ago, an action movie was released which featured the line "you take care of your own".

EARLIER THIS MORNING POLICE SAY ANOTHER MAN WAS FOUND SITTING IN A CHAIR, WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD.

Girls Inc. of Fort Smith recently presented more than $10,000 to Sarah Edgmon, Destiny Gordon, Jessie May, Stephanie Poarch, Danielle Huggins, Kylie Ballard and Rebecca Bass.

When members of the comprehensive plan steering committee meet on June 20, both the committee and members of the public will begin to have a clearer picture of what to expect as the process moves forward during the next 18 months.

One could easily think that as the fifth generation of family leadership at First National Bank of Fort Smith, Sam T. Sicard's professional fate was determined from an early age - that he would automatically take a job in finance and follow in his late father Sam M. Sicard's footsteps.

Police in Fort Smith said one man is dead and another in critical condition after an apparent murder and attempted suicide at a home in Fort Smith.

The community of Spiro is grieving after the drowning of 19 year old Timothy Thompson at Bluff Hole Park in Mulberry.