Theater Money Exhausted
A $116,345 contract to restore the parapets on the Victory Theater building, home of the Rogers Little Theater, was approved by aldermen Tuesday. Alderwoman Marge Wolf, who was involved with the Rogers...
View ArticleRogers Man Gets 25 Years In Prison
A Rogers man pleaded guilty Monday to almost two dozen felony charges in connection with a string of residential burglaries across Benton County.
View ArticleNWACC Board Eyes Fees
New student fees, along with increases of existing fees, might be used to help balance NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s budget in the next fiscal year.
View ArticleThree In Line For School Job
Three men have been identified as finalists for the principal’s job at Bentonville High School.
View ArticleTransit Changes Detailed
Big changes are under way to make Ozark Regional Transit more efficient, its director told City Council members Tuesday.
View ArticleRetired Ambassador Offers Insight To Marshall Islands
The relationship between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands is difficult to describe, Martha L. Campbell, retired ambassador to the islands, told an audience Tuesday.
View ArticleBrackney Hired As Chief
A former Bella Vista police officer who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in connection with a shooting death in 2010 is the new police chief of Sulphur Springs.
View ArticleShooter, Liars Sentenced in Boxley Gun Battle
Four people pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a shoot-out last summer on Boxley Avenue.
View ArticleTwo Cited, Two Injured After Accident
Police cited a city employee and a motorist after a three-vehicle accident involving a fire truck and sewer truck at noon Tuesday on Crossover Road.
View ArticleStudents OK After Being Struck By Vehicle
A University of Arkansas student driving a Chevrolet Tahoe struck two other students Monday morning near the law school.
View ArticleKindergarten Registration Begins Thursday
Kindergarten registration for the next school year begins Thursday at each of the nine elementary schools.
View ArticleCasey's Hits Roadblock
City Council members will decide whether Casey’s General Store can build a gasoline station with access to Wedington Drive.
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to burglaries, sexual assaults
A Rogers man was sentenced to 30 years in prison after admitting to sexually assaulting three women. Jose Luis Molina-Pleitez, 22, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of sexual assault in the...
View ArticleThree arrested after traffic stop
Three people were arrested Tuesday on drug charges after sheriff’s detectives made a traffic stop at the intersection of Arkansas Highway 72 and Price Coffee Road in Bentonville. Sgt. Andy Lee, who...
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Stepson charged in Tennessee slaying A stepson has been charged in the death last month of a Benton pastor who was a former University of Central Arkansas basketball player. The pastor was killed in...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We just don’t have the industry in McDonald County to keep them here.You have to go where work is.” Patricia Beshears, mayor of Pineville, Mo., on a Census report saying 2,560...
View ArticleCourt of Appeals
The Arkansas Court of Appeals released opinions Wednesday. The court’s ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here. The full opinions and other court proceedings, including per curiam...
View ArticleTask force chief runs after suspect, dies
The director of the 5th Judicial District Drug Task Force died Tuesday of natural causes while chasing a parole violator in Clarksville, Clarksville Police Chief Greg Donaldson said Wednesday.
View ArticleMayor's Town Hall Scheduled Monday
Mayor Lioneld Jordan will hold his first town hall meeting of the year from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Boys & Girls Club, 560 N. Rupple Road.
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