Police: Man Traded Mischief for Booze
Police said a young man cut the brake lines on a woman’s car in exchange for a bottle of vodka.
View ArticleElkins Superintendent Applicants to be Interviewed
Two Northwest Arkansas educators are among five applicants who will be interviewed next week for the Elkins school superintendent’s job.
View ArticleShots Fired at Apartment Complex
Police said shots were fired but no one was hit during a disturbance at an apartment complex early Wednesday.
View ArticleCities to Begin Paying for Hazmat Team
Taxpayer dollars from Washington County and its small cities will pay for a countywide hazardous material response team from Fayetteville and Springdale.
View ArticleSchool Offers Short Seminars for Parents
A program dealing with academic, health, behavior and other topics will be offered Saturday at Owl Creek School.
View ArticleArt Center Ready to Build Facade
The Art Center of the Ozarks, with renovation nearing completion inside, will move its focus to the outside of its building.
View ArticleFoundation Provides Opportunities for Students
Geocaching, wood carving, art, nuclear chemistry, Special Olympics and ukulele lessons — all opportunities available to students in Springdale Public Schools, and all opportunities provided with...
View ArticleNorthwest Health Giving Healthy Food Options
Hospitals are all about making people better, and Northwest Health System is working to keep them healthier in the first place.
View ArticleAquatic Center Rates Set
Parks Department employees are wading through hundreds of details as they ready for the opening of the aquatic center in May.
View ArticlePolice Search Yields No Fetus At Site
Police ended their search at 764 Serenity Drive where a fetus was reported buried, but nothing was found Wednesday.
View ArticleStudent Prep For Art Shows
A partnership between Oakdale Middle School students and Pupuseria Metapan makes everyone happy said Rosa Herrera, part-owner of the family restaurant.
View Article35-Year Sentence Ends Case
Jose Carrera stood in a Benton County courtroom Wednesday morning and faced his cousin — the man who murdered his wife almost five years ago.
View ArticleLibrary Offers Technology Courses
The public library will help those new to social media became a bit more computer savvy through a series of technology classes this spring, director Hadi Dudley told the Library Advisory Board on...
View ArticleStudent Suspended For Bringing Gun
A Thomas Jefferson Elementary School third-grader was suspended this week for bringing an Airsoft gun to school.
View ArticleCommission Ponders Election Changes
Benton County’s Election Commission is still considering changes in how the county will hold future elections, but there is no decision in sight.
View ArticleMobile home burns in Rogers
A 76-year-old woman was pulled from a burning mobile home by onlookers and police Thursday, witnesses said. The woman was hospitalized. The front porch and entry to the unit were charred by the flames....
View ArticleBentonville man arrested in child porn investigation
A Bentonville man was arrested Wednesday in connection with possessing numerous images of child pornography. Josh Ivan Howard, 38, was being held Thursday in the Benton County Jail with a $15,000 bond...
View ArticleSebastian County JPs will vote on funding for death settlement
The Sebastian County Quorum Court will convene for a special meeting Tuesday to consider an ordinance appropriating $145,000 as part of a settlement in a federal court jail death lawsuit.
View ArticleMan gets 25 years in Delta drug case
A Lee County convicted rapist and drug dealer who shot at federal agents as they tried to arrest him in 2011 was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Truck near McCrory strikes 2, killing 1 McCRORY — Arkansas State Police said a pickup in Woodruff County struck two people who were walking on the road, killing one and injuring the other.
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