A beloved Fort Smith resident is taking on a new role in the community while paying homage to the woman she brought to life for years. Carolyn Joyce, who embodied the beloved bordello owner Miss Laura ...

Anyone who wrote Fort Smith’s obituary when the city’s manufacturing jobs dwindled about 15 years ago should think again. Despite living in the shadow of its trendier neighbors to the north (we see ...

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The front door of the old brothel swings open and the sunlight reaches Theresa Elder-Rhine, the tour guide sitting in a chair. She leads visitors up the creaking steps of the former 1890s house of ill ...