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Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
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Good morning, Fort Smith. Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 29th of April.
BUSINESS NEWS
- ➤ More than 100 Joann stores closed Monday as the company began shutting down 255 locations by the end of April following its January bankruptcy filing — the Fort Smith Marketplace closed April 28 and remaining stores will shut by the end of May. 5 News
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ Fort Smith man Anthony R. Harley was arrested on April 23 for possession of child sexual abuse materials and now faces a rape charge after a child under age 10 reported repeated abuse and videos of minors were found on his cellphone—he remains in custody on a $400,000 bond with his first court appearance scheduled for Wednesday. River Valley Democrat-Gazette
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ Alt-country singer Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers will perform solo on May 2 and May 3 at White Water Tavern at 8:30 p.m.—tickets cost $40 and his set will feature selections from his latest album. Arkansas Times
- ➤ The final spring concert of the Levitt AMP Fort Smith Music Series will take place on Thursday, May 1 at 6 p.m. at Harry E. Kelley River Park Amphitheater — Memphis-based Southern Avenue will perform with the local Brooke White Band as gates open at 5:30 p.m. River Valley Democrat-Gazette
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ The Sebastian County Election Commission met Monday to test voting machines and prepare ballot boxes ahead of early voting starting May 6 and the May 13 election. Voters in Fort Smith and Mansfield will cast ballots in races including a sales tax measure designed to fund improvements to the city’s wastewater system. 4029 News
- ➤ The Fort Smith Board of Directors is proposing to end mosquito repellent spraying this summer as part of $2.6 million in spending cuts that would save about $74,000 a year. City Director Neal Martin said the change will let nature take its course—homeowners can try their own spraying, and the board will vote on the proposal at a meeting on May 6. 4029 News
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