Sebastian County News

Firefighter James Wood describes his job to Lisa Sue Hardie as her grandson Matthew Westley Hardie explores the truck.

A countywide sales tax on the books in Sebastian County since 1994 is overwhelmingly approved again Tuesday night .

In two weeks voters will decide the fate of a one penny sales tax in Sebastian County that provides millions of dollars for public safety.

It started when a loader caught fire at the shavings mill on Highway 71 in Sebastian County, according to firefighters on the scene.

Voters in Sebastian County will go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to continue a 1-cent sales tax that's been in place for 20 years.

A man is behind bars after being shot by a Sheriff's deputy at the conclusion of a standoff.

Sebastian County deputies and a Greenwood police officer told English to drop the knife, but he kept holding it to his mother's chest.

Sebastian County deputies and a Greenwood police officer told English to drop the knife, but he kept holding it to his mother's chest.

A deputy opened fire on a man early Thursday morning after he held his mother at knife-point, according to Sebastian County Sheriff, Bill Hollenbeck.

A graduation ceremony was held Tuesday for the 2013 class of Leadership Franklin County - the organization's inaugural class.

Officials in Sebastian County say some of the 65 dogs seized from an alleged puppy mill in Waldron have severe health problems.

The county judge and city administrator walk into a Tea Party meeting to promote the renewal of a one cent sales tax.

When famed jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. noted that taxes are the price we pay for civilization, he likely had in mind taxes like Sebastian County's 1% sales tax.

Editor's note: This is final part of a two-part 2013 General Assembly recap from Sen.

Posted on: 11:58 am, May 1, 2013, by Alicia Agent and Katie Kormann , updated on: 01:01pm, May 1, 2013 A Sebastian County woman is being held without bond after police say she had been selling methamphetamine out of her Barling home.

Three people were arrested on drug and weapons charges near Greenwood Tuesday after Sebastian County deputies discovered large amounts of marijuana.

Designs for new softball fields to be built at Ben Geren Park were presented to the Fort Smith Board of Directors' noon study session today , but not without some harsh words directed directly at Sebastian County's maintenance of the current softball fields at the park.

Sebastian County deputies have located Kelton Martin, a 15-year-old boy they say went missing in the Huntington area late Monday The teen was last seen by his dad around 8 o'clock Monday night leaving his house.

The Sebastian County Sheriff's Office is searching for a 15-year-old Huntington boy who's been reported missing.

Greenwood Police Chief Will Dawson told 40/29 News a vehicle rolled over at the intersection of Gunther Street and Old Hackett Road in Greenwood, Sebastian County.