Authority Board Accepts Fee Analysis
Determining the cost for a city to connect to the Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority wastewater facility involves many factors, board members discovered Tuesday.
View ArticleSchool Looks To Expand Services
An in-house after-school program may be in place next year at the Benton County School of the Arts.
View ArticleCharter Superintendent Resigns
Paul Hines, superintendent of the Benton County School of the Arts, resigned Monday night during a special meeting of the charter school’s board.
View ArticleHolly To Get Mental Evaluation
A Bentonville man accused of kidnapping, raping and killing a 6-year-old girl in November will be sent to Little Rock for a mental evaluation.
View ArticleBus Driver Arrested In Child Porn Investigation
A bus driver for the Springdale School District has been arrested on suspicion of possessing hundreds of images of child pornography, said Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck.
View ArticleOfficials Want Alternative Fueld Information
Benton County’s justices of the peace were reluctant Tuesday to commit the county’s money and equipment to a proposal to build a compressed natural gas fueling station.
View ArticleCouncil Taught Disclosure Lesson
New City Council members got a crash course in the state’s Freedom of Information law during Tuesday’s council meeting.
View ArticleCourt says reopen 2000 murder trial
A Polk County man convicted of kidnapping and murdering his 12-year-old niece in 1999 should have his case reopened, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
View ArticleSchool district, city tax case argued
A 2010 voter-approved tax to fund construction on Fayetteville High School should not be diverted to other city projects, an attorney for the school district told the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday.
View ArticleNew PB officer held in thefts
A Pine Bluff police officer — accused of stealing things from people he knows — was arrested Thursday at the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy in Camden.
View ArticleEducation post gets 16th hopeful
The Arkansas Department of Higher Education said Wednesday it has received another application for the director’s job.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
2 officers quizzed in fatal shooting POCAHONTAS — Police Chief Cecil Tackett has suspended two officers with pay after the fatal shooting of a man they were attempting to arrest.
View ArticleChief of Elkins’ schools to resign
Elkins School District Superintendent Megan Witonski is resigning at the end of the school year.
View ArticleDistrict arrests stir hiring review
The arrest this week of a security guard on a sexual-assault charge, the second such arrest and charge in 15 days in the Little Rock School District, has prompted the district to re-examine its...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Be well prepared or fail, it is that simple.” Hotelier Jack DeBoer, on his message to University of Arkansas at Fayetteville students studying hospitality and restaurant management...
View ArticleClinton School to host attack preparation talk
A panel discussion on efforts to counter the threat of weapons of mass destruction and ensure domestic preparation for hazards will be held Thursday at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of...
View ArticleNorthwest Arkansas Apartments Fill Up
It is a good time to be an apartment owner in Northwest Arkansas.
View ArticleSpringdale Businessman Dies In Stabbing
Jose Mabte said as he turned in to the Elmdale Manor Apartments on Wednesday night, his car’s lights hit two men
View ArticleLaw Students Arguing For Trip To National Championship
Future Perry Masons tried a murder case Thursday in Fayetteville but instead of someone going to prison, law students got to show off their courtroom skills.
View ArticleSchool Board To Consider Superintendent’s Resignation
The School Board will consider Superintendent Megan Witonski’s resignation at Tuesday’s meeting.
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