FORT SMITH — The Arkansas Climate League won a $100,000 Community Energy Innovation Prize from the U.S. Department of Energy to be used to install solar panels on the Elizabeth McGill Drop-In Center.  Read More   ​ 

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Former Jacksonville State linebacker Larry Worth wrapped up a two-day official visit to Fayetteville on Saturday afternoon and committed to the Hogs afterward.  Read More   ​ 

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Patricia Spears Jones Forrest City native Patricia Spears Jones is soon to receive the Porter Fund’s Lifetime Achievement Award, a distinction handed out every five years to an Arkansas writer with a “substantial and recognized body of work.” Past recipients of the award, which comes with a $5,000 prize, include Donald Harington in 2004, Miller…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend.  Read More   ​ 

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Even as signatures are being gathered for a ballot measure that would expand the state’s medical marijuana program, the cannabis industry in Arkansas has grown explosively since the first dispensary opened in 2019. Medical marijuana sales in 2023 totaled more than $283 million, and the state department of health reports that more than 97,000 Arkansans…

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Jacksonville police on Thursday were investigating a shooting on Crestview Drive that left one man wounded, a police news release states.  Read More   ​ 

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JACKSONVILLE, Ark. – The Jacksonville Police Department is investigating a Thursday afternoon shooting that left one man injured. Authorities said officers responded to the 200 block of Crestview Drive around 2:07 p.m. in reference to a shooting. When they arrived, officers said they found a man who had been shot. They said he was taken…

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The Jacksonville Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened in the 200 block of Crestview Drive on Thursday afternoon.   Read More   ​ 

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JACKSONVILLE, Ark. –  Not having enough space is an issue many animal shelters across the nation are dealing with, including the Jacksonville Animal Shelter which is at capacity. The Jacksonville Animal Service shelter said they have caught people on camera dropping dogs off at their front steps and they, along with the police department, are…

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