Sebastian County News

Tristan Honey turned himself into New Mexico authorities three days after he admitted to shooting a Fort Smith police officer.

The man who allegedly tried to kill a Fort Smith cop has been brought back to face an attempted capital murder charge.

The man accused of trying to kill a Fort Smith cop will be brought back tomorrow to face a charge of attempted capital murder.

Pope County goes wild for lottery Story date: Nov. 3, 2009 County ranks seventh in ticket sales By Michael Ford crime@couriernews.com The lottery is a hit in Pope County - at least comparatively.

Fort Smith Police Cpl. Barney Parsons was shot and injured while conducting a traffic stop early Sunday, the police department said.

An investigation is underway into a shooting that happened southeast of Greenwood this morning.

FT. SMITH, Ark. -- After two days of huge flu shot clinics, the state estimated Friday that it has administered nearly 120,000 flu shots.

Starting Thursday, people can get free flu shots at mass vaccination clinics going on around the state.

Sebastian County is holding is mass flu clinic Friday. Health workers said working at neighboring Crawford County's clinic on Thursday helped them learn valuable lessons that should help make their operation run smoother.

As Arkansas gears up for statewide mass flu clinics on Thursday and Friday, Sebastian County is asking for volunteers to help them with their efforts.

A Georgia sex offender is back behind bars in Sebastian County after he was mistakenly released Monday afternoon.

A former postal clerk from Oklahoma has been sentenced to probation for stealing pain medication intended for disabled veterans in Arkansas.

Some of improvements include an aquatics facility, expanded trail systems, and new sports fields.

A Muskogee man has been sentenced to five years in prison in Arkansas for setting fire to his girlfriend's home in Fort Smith.

The state parole board denied a request Wednesday to reduce the prison sentence of a former Greenwood teacher convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student.

Businesses in Sebastian County owe more than $650,000 in overdue taxes, and county officials are going after them, armed with a new law.

Neighbors of a convicted killer are breathing a sigh of relief now that he's back behind bars.

It's ironic and somewhat humorous that the biggest winner in the Arkansas lottery this far, Joe Pierce, is now in Sebastian County jail serving a six-year sentence for two sex-offense convictions.

The Arkansas housing market took a downturn in August, when both the average price and number of homes sold fell compared with a year earlier, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A report released Thursday by the Arkansas Realtors Association said sales fell 8.9 percent to 2,223. The average sales price in the 42 counties tracked by the ...

Arkansasa biggest lottery winner to date picked up his $75,000 prize in Little Rock on Tuesday, then surrendered to Sebastian County jailers to begin serving a six-day jail term on two sex-offense convictions.