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Sebastian County Fair & Rodeo returns | What to know
GREENWOOD, Ark. — The 111th edition of the Sebastian County Fair and Rodeo returns to Greenwood this month. According to its website, the Sebastian County Fair Association is a nonprofit organization "dedicated to educational pursuits in agriculture and the arts." The fair starts Tuesday, Aug. 20th, at 5 p.m.,...
Sebastian County Judge Hotz announces new election coordinator
FORT SMITH, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Sebastian County has a new election coordinator. According to Talk Business and Politics, Amanda Cravey is taking on the job. Sebastian County Judge Steve Hotz made the announcement Aug. 12. Cravey currently works in Hotz’s office as the grants writer and Freedom of Information Act administrator. She will take on […]
Sebastian County man gets 40 years for breaking into a house, shooting a sleeping man
SEBASTIAN COUNTY, Ark. — A Sebastian County man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced after breaking into someone's home and shooting them in 2023. James Vincent Barton was arrested and charged with attempted murder and aggravated residential burglary in September 2023. He pleaded not guilty shortly after. Sebastian County...
Sebastian County Fair & Rodeo
The 111th edition of the Sebastian County Fair & Rodeo in Greenwood, Ar. starts at 5 p.m. August 20 with $1 admission night to the fair. The admissions will be donated to United Way specifically for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. This program furnishes books free of charge to children.
Fort Smith Board of Directors tables purchase of new Parrot Island Water Park slides
FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Board of Directors tabled the two agenda items that would allow the city to purchase $4.2 million slides for the Parrot Island Water Park at a meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The City of Fort Smith and Sebastian County are split owners...
Fort Smith Board tables action on $4.2 million waterpark expansion, lease proposal
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Aug. 6) tabled a vote on spending $4.2 million to expand the Parrot Island Waterpark, and tabled a vote on a waterpark lease proposal with Sebastian County. Opened in 2015, Parrot Island Waterpark in the Ben Geren Regional Park features the area’s...
Waterpark lease, $4.2 million for slides on Fort Smith Board agenda
The Fort Smith Board of Directors will not only once again take up the subject of new slides at Parrot Island Waterpark, but is expected to consider a lease proposal with Sebastian County for its half of the joint venture. On the agenda for Tuesday’s (Aug. 6) regular meeting are...
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