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- City looking at potential improvements
With the arrival of 2009, the Rector City Council continues to keep an eye toward the future.
- Four Plead Guilty In Series Of Thefts On Trail
Four people pleaded guilty Wednesday for their roles in a series of springtime muggings on a city-owned trail that put downtown Fayetteville residents on edge.
- More of this story
Hamburg Public Works Director Jimmy Hargis told the Hamburg City Council in its regular meeting on Monday night, November 24, that the city needs to look at a recycling program to cut the costs of material ...
- 4 Arkansas cases featured on America's Most Wanted
Popular FOX show America's Most Wanted is featuring four Arkansas cases this weekend, including the search for Anne Pressly's killer.
- Smackover board meets to consider hearing procedures
The Smackover School Board held a special meeting Monday to consider the procedures for a hearing regarding the employment of district superintendent Darrell Porter.
- Parts of state see flooding, hail, weak tornado in storm
A slow-moving storm drenched much of Arkansas early Tuesday morning, sparking golf ball-size hail, a weak tornado and flash flooding that threatened three people.
- Celebrating a new church
The Rev. Darrin Smith, a missionary from Temple Baptist Church in Fordyce, started the mission four years ago.
- The Winds of Ike
Well, hello, everyone! Didn't we have and exciting weekend? Hurricane Ike just passing through! I hate to be inhospitable, but I am glad he didn't stick around any longer and I am glad he didn't bring us a ...
- Death made to look like suicide, state says at ex-police chief's trial
After shooting his wife in the head as she slept in their bed, former Fordyce Police Chief Doug Gill repositioned a. 38-caliber revolver to make it look like a suicide, a prosecutor said Monday as Gill's trial ...
- Capital Murder Trial to Start Over Fordyce Death
Jury selection will begin Monday in the capital murder trial of a former Fordyce police chief accused of shooting his Sunday school teacher wife to death and making it look like a suicide last year.
- Radio Affiliates Announced
' Arkansas State Athletics and East Arkansas Broadcasters announced the finalized list of affiliates for the upcoming football season Thursday morning.
- Opponents of wet county state case at meeting
In the first organized opposition to making Clark County wet, Larry Page of the Arkansas Faith and Ethics Council led an open forum Monday night with about 50 people in attendance.
- Fayetteville police make arrests in robbery cases
Fayetteville police arrested three men allegedly linked with recent robberies in downtown Fayetteville, but investigators say another suspect remains at large.
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- 2 arrested in fire that ruined Kingsland school 5 years ago
Authorities say they've arrested two suspects - including a former volunteer firefighter - in connection with a fire that destroyed Kingsland High School five years ago.
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City DescriptionFordyce is a city in Dallas County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 4,799 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Dallas County.
Fordyce is located at 33°48′53″N 92°24′52″W / 33.81472, -92.41444 (33.814765, -92.414460).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.1 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,799 people, 1,737 households, and 1,186 families residing in the city. The population density was 727.8 people per square mile (281.2/km²). There were 2,024 housing units at an average density of 307.0/sq mi (118.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 48.61% White, 49.66% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.75% from other races, and 0.38% from two or more races. 1.19% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 1,737 households out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.4% were married couples living together, 17.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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