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‘The Marines answered my prayer’ | Woman rescued from flood near Arlington National Cemetery reunites with Marine heroes

Local News

‘The Marines answered my prayer’ | Woman rescued from flood near Arlington National Cemetery reunites with Marine heroes

Local News

12-year-old killed in crash after state troopers used PIT maneuver to stop car

Leden Boykins’ parents are asking if Georgia State Troopers could have found a way to save his life instead of stopping the car the way they did.
Remembering 9/11

She escaped from the 68th floor on 9/11. She's finally found peace on a Milton horse farm

“There's a third class of people like me, who just went to work that day, they walked out, and now they’re spiraling out of control," Bergeron said.
Features

Get paid $1,300 to watch 13 Stephen King movies by Halloween

No degree is required, and neither a drug test nor background check will be performed.
Military News

'We were just blissfully happy' | Wife of soldier killed in Kabul describes love for high school sweetheart

Ryan Knauss, 23, died in an attack outside the Kabul, Afghanistan airport on Thursday. He graduated from Gibbs High School in Knoxville, his family said.
Heartwarming

'It made me a fighter' | Nurse accomplishes lifelong dream of being a nurse after battling leukemia

Ashtyn Fritz was diagnosed with leukemia at 5 years old. She made it her life goal to become a nurse. Now she's back at the hospital that saved her life.
Local News

101-year-old Maine woman may be the oldest person in the world still lobstering

Virginia Oliver was born and raised in Rockland. She's been lobstering since she was 8. At 101-years-old, Oliver goes three times a week with her son.
Local News

Holly Hill woman credits turning 100 years old to good old fashioned prayers

The mayor of Holly Hill proclaimed August 3rd to be Pauline Young Day.
Science

Lithium could be key to turning Arkansas oil patch into a battery boomtown

America's future will rely on batteries. The crucial chemical in those batteries is plentiful under Arkansas—the trick is pumping it out.
Money

REWIND: Bad luck bill? The strange history of the $2 bill

Though rare, there are still more than a billion dollars in $2 bills in circulation, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Local News

As the delta variant spreads, here's why Arkansas can't enact a new mask mandate

The Arkansas legislature this year passed a new law that bans the state from enacting any new mask mandates but private businesses are still allowed to.
Features

Evidence in the West Memphis Three case 'likely lost or destroyed'

The West Memphis Three: It's a case that caught national attention for decades. Today, defense attorneys are still fighting to solve who killed three young children.

Zion Road experiencing phased closures through March 2022

5NEWS Daily Headlines | Sept. 22, 2021

Lots of sunshine, low humidity and Fall-like temperatures

Sunshine and 70s today

Fort Smith/Fayetteville News | 5newsonline KFSM 5NEWS | Get the local news and weather where you live from 5NEWS. Covering Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Bentonville, and all of Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley.

‘The Marines answered my prayer’ | Woman rescued from flood near Arlington National Cemetery reunites with Marine heroes

12-year-old killed in crash after state troopers used PIT maneuver to stop car

She escaped from the 68th floor on 9/11. She's finally found peace on a Milton horse farm

Get paid $1,300 to watch 13 Stephen King movies by Halloween

'We were just blissfully happy' | Wife of soldier killed in Kabul describes love for high school sweetheart

'It made me a fighter' | Nurse accomplishes lifelong dream of being a nurse after battling leukemia

101-year-old Maine woman may be the oldest person in the world still lobstering

Holly Hill woman credits turning 100 years old to good old fashioned prayers

Lithium could be key to turning Arkansas oil patch into a battery boomtown

REWIND: Bad luck bill? The strange history of the $2 bill

As the delta variant spreads, here's why Arkansas can't enact a new mask mandate

Evidence in the West Memphis Three case 'likely lost or destroyed'

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