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Sebastian County Quorum Court votes to pay $3 million to settle inmate death lawsuit
The Sebastian County Quorum court voted on August 20 to settle a lawsuit over an inmate who died in the Sebastian County County Jail in 2021.
Arkansas county agrees to $3 million settlement over detainee’s 2021 death in jail
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — A county in western Arkansas has approved a $3 million settlement with the family of a man who died from dehydration and malnutrition while being held in a local jail. The Sebastian County Quorum Court on Tuesday unanimously and without discussion voted to settle...
Sebastian Countywide Fall Cleanup Campaign begins Sept. 14
SEBASTIAN COUNTY, Ark. — The Sebastian Countywide Fall Cleanup Campaign begins Sept. 14. Cleanup site dumpsters will be available for residents with proof of residency through a driver's license. If you do not have a nearby cleanup site and live in Sebastian County, you can use any of the...
Elias Rector DuVal (1836–1885)
In the late nineteenth century, physician Elias Rector DuVal (sometimes rendered Duval) was a leader in the drive to modernize medicine in Arkansas. In the 1870s, he cofounded the Arkansas State Medical Association (ASMA) and the Arkansas Medical Society (AMS). E. R. DuVal was born on August 13, 1836, in...
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