Institute Adds High School Welding Class
High school students will soon be able to get a head start on their careers through a new welding class at Northwest Technical Institute.
View ArticleCar Show Returns To Springdale
Coffee and Cars, the monthly antique car show presented by the Springdale Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon in downtown Springdale.
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Career Criminal Sentenced For Gun — A convicted Fayetteville felon was sentenced Thursday to federal prison for having a gun.
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Arrests Fayetteville Sherry McManus, 54, of 116 S. Government Ave. was arrested Thursday in connection with felony possession of a controlled substance. She was in the Washington County Detention...
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The University of Arkansas released the 1,726 names on the Chancellor’s list who earned a 4.0 grade point average for the fall 2012 semester taking 12 or more course hours. Students in Benton,...
View ArticleLatin Bee Highlights Classical Learning
Children in red and blue polo shirts squeezed onto the bleachers for a modern spelling bee in a classic language Thursday night.
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The University of Arkansas released the 1,726 names on the Chancellor’s list who earned a 4.0 grade point average for the fall 2012 semester taking 12 or more course hours. Students in Benton,...
View ArticleResidents See Plans for Planned Razorback Widening
Highway Department officials on Thursday heard from the public about plans for widening Razorback Road from Martin Luther King Boulevard past Reynolds Razorback Stadium to Maple Street and up the hill...
View ArticleFayetteville Shooter Sentenced To Prison
A convicted felon was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his part in a shooting the past spring in southeast Fayetteville that left a man with a bullet wound to the shoulder.
View ArticleCareer Criminal Sentenced For Gun
A convicted Fayetteville felon was sentenced Thursday to federal prison for having a gun.
View ArticleArrest made in jewelry, liquor store burglaries
Fayetteville police have arrested a man in connection with burglaries and thefts at a jewelry store and a liquor store, according to a news release from the Fayetteville Police Department.
View ArticleMedics’ gear gets upgrade
Franklin County paramedics and emergency medical technicians will soon be able to give cardiac specialists a head start in treating victims of heart attacks and related emergencies.
View ArticleBaxter County JPs OK funds for jail beds
The beds that Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery removed in December are back in the county jail, and sheriff’s deputies have returned to patrolling the county after an emergency cash appropriation...
View ArticleBill shifts pensions of court’s workers
As part of an ongoing disagreement between the legislative and judicial branches, a legislative panel voted Thursday to convert additional state Supreme Court workers into employees of the state.
View ArticleUCA trustees approve loan request
The University of Central Arkansas board of trustees on Friday approved a resolution allowing the school to seek state approval to obtain a loan of up to $3 million to pay for skyboxes and a...
View ArticleNewspaper veteran Foreman to speak
Gene Foreman, a 41-year veteran of the newspaper business and former editor with the Philadelphia Inquirer, will speak from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House on the University...
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “You’re searching for some meaning in the whole thing that you just went through and you want to do anything for people to remember your child who wasn’t here very long and for people...
View ArticleHorse thief, 20, faces 40 years
Jaci Rae Jackson pleaded guilty Thursday before Judge Larry Chandler in Columbia County Circuit Court to six counts of conspiracy to commit theft of property for her role in the November 2011 theft of...
View ArticleBar exam results
The state Board of Law Examiners has released the names of students who passed the general Arkansas Bar Examination given Feb. 26-27.
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