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Music fest risks not excessive, lawmaker says; Fort Smith event starts today
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Max Bryan
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Matt Ludwick, from left, John Pettey and Josh Cobb set up a tent Wednesday, July 28, 2021, outside the Riverfront Amphitheater in Fort Smith in preparation for Peacemaker Festival. The festival will be held July 30-31 at the amphitheater and feature 10 musical acts including headliners Cody Johnson and Paul Cauthen. [Max Bryan/NWA Democrat-Gazette]
FORT SMITH Attendees at this weekend s Peacemaker Festival face the same covid risks as people at any other social gathering held at this time, according to an area health official.
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Fort Smith mayor recognizes local athletes signing with the NFL with Key to the City
On May 11, Mayor McGill will present a key to the City of Fort Smith to Tre Norwood and Kiondre Thomas for their accomplishments of signing with the NFL. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 1:22 PM CDT May 9, 2021
FORT SMITH, Arkansas Fort Smith Mayor McGill will hold a press conference to recognize two local athletes signing with the NFL.
During a press conference on May 11, Mayor McGill will present a key to the City of Fort Smith to Tre Norwood and Kiondre Thomas.
Norwood was drafted to the NFL in 7th round pick 245 by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Two men from Fort Smith who took part in World War II died this past week. One fought in Japan and the other worked on the nuclear bomb that would ultimately end the fighting.
Alva “Gene” Beckham, immortalized on the OK Foods grain silo in the 2016 Unexpected Project after working there for 70 years, died Dec. 7 at the age of 94. He was buried in the Fort Smith National Cemetery on Thursday, Dec. 10. He was an Army veteran who had been stationed in Japan and Korea.
James Claude Alexander Jr., a 1939 graduate of Fort Smith Senior High School who went on to Princeton engineering school before working on the Manhattan Project, died Dec. 6 at the age of 98 in Naples, Florida. He had been a director of Sparks Regional Medical Center for 25 years and Fort Smith Boys and Girls Club for 58 years.