FOUKE, Ark.—Five days after Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was raided, its controversial founder was arrested by FBI agents in Flagstaff, Ariz.

Those events have become significant in bringing this community of 800 people closer. There seems to be a sense of vindication and not a sense of embarrassment.

Chad Richardson, eating an order of fish with all the trimmings for lunch Friday, said law enforcement agencies were too slow in their investigation.

“It took too long. What took them so long?” Richardson asked.

Dean Langdon, a Miller County just...

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