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Our video of Fort Smith and Cisterna Italy has been published. Right now, it is only available on YouTube. For our Arkansas and Italy Audience. Enjoy!

Fort Smith, Arkansas & Cisterna, Italy Celebrate 40 Years of Sisterhood Fort Smith, Arkansas & Cisterna, Italy renewed their relationship ties in 2024 marking 80 years since the liberation of Cisterna and 40 years since becoming ...

A Breakthrough in the Morgan Nick case has been announced LIVE this morning

Full Livestream: Alma police officially name suspect in Morgan Nick case Alma police say DNA evidence from the infamous red truck tied Billy Jack Lincks to Morgan Nick's disappearance.Full article: https://www.5newsonline.com/arti...

Kris Kristofferson has died!
Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) was an American country singer, songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists.

In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in the country music supergroup the Highwaymen, which was a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the traditional Nashville country music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing.

As an actor, Kristofferson was known for his roles in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), Convoy (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980), Stagecoach (1986), Lone Star (1996), and the Blade film trilogy (1998–2004). Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.

Kris's father was a Major General in the Air Force and young Kris was raised as an Air Force Brat. He became an Army Officer and Helicopter Pilot and Rhodes Scholar! He had an amazing life. One of hit songs that went viral was WHY ME LORD. After gaining the reputation of an outlaw and bad guy, WHY ME LORD had a profound impact on people because it was so real and authentic coming from someone who considered himself truly lost from God.

In 1961, Kristofferson married his longtime girlfriend, Frances "Fran" Mavia Beer, eventually divorcing. Kristofferson briefly dated Janis Joplin before her death in October 1970. His second marriage was to singer Rita Coolidge in 1973, ending in divorce by 1980. Kristofferson married Lisa Meyers in 1983.

Kristofferson and Meyers owned a home in Las Flores Canyon in Malibu, California, and maintained a residence in Hana, Hawaii, on the island of Maui. Kristofferson had eight children from his three marriages: two from his first marriage to Fran Beer; one from his second marriage to Rita Coolidge and five from his marriage to his third wife, Lisa (née Meyers) Kristofferson.

Kristofferson said that he would like the first three lines of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire" on his tombstone:

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free

Kristofferson died at his home in Maui on September 28, 2024. He was 88. RIP

Posted As A National PSA in the 2024 Series
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Our Ms. Arkansas Senior America Has arrived in Atlantic City New Jersey for the National Pageant! Wish Her Luck!!!

Chad McQueen Has Passed Away

Chadwick Steven McQueen (December 28, 1960 – September 11, 2024), Age 63, was an American actor, film producer, martial artist, and race car driver. He was the only son and last living child of actor Steve McQueen (1930–1980). McQueen began his career as a film actor, playing the character Dutch in The Karate Kid and The Karate Kid Part II. His further acting work included main roles in direct-to-video action films including Martial Law, Death Ring, and Red Line. He also worked as a producer, winning a Telly Award for his documentary Filming at Speed. After his retirement from acting, McQueen appeared as himself on various television programs related to motorsports, including Hot Rod TV and Celebrity Rides. In January 2006, he was seriously injured (suffering a broken lower left leg, two fractures to his vertebrae, and multiple rib fractures) in an accident at the Daytona International Speedway while practicing for the 24 Hours of Daytona Sports Car race. He returned to Daytona during the 2007 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race to thank the medics and track workers who he said saved his life. McQueen subsequently stated that his driving days were over, and he wanted to become a team owner. Chad McQueen dated Jill Henderson White Pasceri in the 1980s, a USEF Equestrian rider and horse trainer. Jill is the daughter of trombonist Jimmy Henderson. He was married to Stacia Toten (who later wed Hockey Hall of Famer Luc Robitaille) from 1987 to 1990. The couple had a son, Steven R. McQueen (b. 1988), an actor, who was a regular in the television series The Vampire Diaries and Chicago Fire. McQueen married Jeanie Galbraith in 1993. His sister and only other sibling fathered by Steve McQueen, Terry, an owner of a Malibu film production company, died in 1998 of respiratory complications after a liver transplant, at the age of 38. McQueen died from organ failure at his ranch in Palm Desert, California on September 11, 2024, at the age of 63. According to a friend, Arthur Barens, McQueen had never fully recovered from an injury he sustained in a fall in 2020. Posted By HistoryDawg Productions as a National Public Service Announcement.