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Tabasco sauce CEO, innovator AVERY ISLAND, La. — Paul C.P. McIlhenny, chief executive and chairman of the board of the McIlhenny Co., which makes the trademarked line of Tabasco hot-pepper sauces sold...
View ArticleState likely to see only slight snow, sleet
A weather system cutting across Arkansas today threatens to drop snow in the northern part of the state later tonight and cause some severe weather in the southern quarter of Arkansas this afternoon.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “As teachers, we compete with video games, texting, music, Internet, movies. So rather than compete with it, why not join it?” Anne Minton, Prairie Grove Middle School teacher, on...
View ArticleFive killed after four crashes on state roads
Over the past eight days, five people died in crashes on Arkansas roadways, according to Arkansas State Police fatal crash reports.
View ArticleTrial moved in SAU horse-theft case
The horse theft trial of Wendi Cox has been moved to Union County.
View ArticleCity government vote decision set
The Hot Springs Board of Directors will decide March 5 whether to call a special election in the spring on a voter initiative to change the form of city government.
View ArticleGrant Money To Pay for Trailhead Construction
A federal grant will help the city build a trailhead on the Razorback Greenway.
View ArticleSchool Board to Meet at Owl Creek
The Fayetteville School Board will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Owl Creek School cafeteria.
View ArticleCommittee of Whole Awaits Possible Veto, Attorney General's Opinion
All 15 Washington County justices of the peace will review tax-dollar and other financial issues at a committee level, unless there's a veto or the attorney general says it's illegal.
View ArticleAlderman Seeks Rules Change for Mobile Vendors
Alderman Matthew Petty wants to see rules for mobile vendors changed as more food trucks, snow cone stands and Airstream trailers open shop in parking lots.
View ArticleRegistration Saturday For Community Gardens in the Parks
Residents can register Saturday to garden at a park land community garden.
View ArticleTwo Men Accused Of Shooting At Car
Two Rogers men were in the Benton County Jail on Sunday, arrested on charges of attempted capital murder after police said shots were fired at a car Friday night.
View ArticleNew Use For Jail Annex
The Benton County Jail annex that opened in 2011 to ease overcrowding has sat empty for the last month. That will change in the coming months.
View ArticleCounty To Hold Planning Appeal
Three Benton County justices of the peace will hear an appeal today of a decision by the county’s Planning Board to block a metal recycling business from operating near Gentry.
View Article$500,000 bonds for men accused of shooting at car
Two Rogers men are each being held on half million dollar bonds after their arrests in connection with shooting at a vehicle Friday night. Douglas Blake Huston, 18, and Robert Aaron Thomas, 18, were...
View ArticleUA student hospitalized with possible alcohol poisoning
A 19-year-old University of Arkansas student was transported to Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville on Saturday with possible alcohol poisoning, said Lt. Gary Crain, a spokesman for the...
View ArticleNew Walmart Neighborhood Market set for Southwest Bentonville
A new Walmart Neighborhood Market is set to open in Bentonville's fastest growing area this fall. Southwest Bentonville will be home to the 41,179-square foot market at the northwest corner of...
View ArticleRegional Airports Could Lose Towers Under Sequestration
Air traffic control towers in Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Springdale and Rogers could close should sequestration be triggered Friday, according to an Federal Aviation Administration news release.
View ArticleAT A GLANCE: Council Action
Council Action Rogers’ City Council net Tuesday and passed:
View ArticleMayor Proposes Pay Plan
With the books closed on 2012, Mayor Lioneld Jordan is prepared to increase employees’ salaries above and beyond what City Council members discussed when they approved the city’s 2013 budget.
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