Rogers Proposes New Senior Ranking System
Class rank could be a thing of the past for the class of 2017 at Rogers high schools.
View ArticleBella Vista Courses To Open Monday
All Propery Owners Association golf courses will be open for play on Sunday, except Kingswood and Bella Vista Country Club, which will likely open Monday.
View ArticlePolice: Man Raped Girl
A Springdale man faces felony charges after police said he molested an 8-year-old girl.
View ArticleSherwood celebrates its history
The city of Sherwood is throwing itself a celebration party today and taking advantage of the opportunity to teach residents more about its history as a community.
View ArticleSurvivors, allies gather for victims’ rights week
Dozens of colorful balloons flitted above the banks of the Arkansas River on Sunday afternoon, dancing in the wind to the sounds of bagpipes, as Amy Stivers remembered the short life and violent death...
View ArticleMore Shooters Reloading Ammo
Crowded into one corner of Sturm’s Indoor Gun Range in Springdale, Steve Sturm works around a cluster of Dillon ammunition presses, aligning components, adjusting the flow of gunpowder and selecting...
View ArticleLR lecture topic is African justice
Fulbright scholar Paul Masamba Sita Nsimba will give a lecture titled “Culture, Society and Restorative Justice: Sub-Saharan Africa” at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service on...
View ArticleMan, 24, declared guilty in ’11 killing
The capital-murder trial that pitted brother against brother — both horrifically scarred in a childhood fire — ended with a life sentence for the younger man Thursday after his older brother invoked...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “It has been known about and visited as long as the town has been here so it definitely has been part of the entire history.” June Westphal, a Eureka Springs historian, about Pivot...
View ArticleSmokin’ in the Ozarks opens Friday in Rogers
The fifth-annual Smokin’ in the Ozarks Barbecue Contest will be Friday and Saturday at Pig Trail Harley Davidson in Rogers. The Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned event benefits Camp Corral, a...
View ArticleEx-rival admits election deceit
A former Faulkner County sheriff ’s deputy admitted Friday that he created a phony birth certificate last spring to make it appear that a rival candidate for sheriff had fathered an illegitimate,...
View Article2 state tours added to national program
The Civil War Helena Tour in Helena-West Helena and the Battle of Pine Bluff Audio Tour have been added to the National Park Service’s Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, an Arkansas Civil War...
View ArticleRECORDS: April 22nd
Arrests 4th Judicial District Drug Task Force • Josiah Starr, 18, of 15922 Hamstring Road in Fayetteville was arrested Sunday in connection with felony possession with intent to deliver and possession...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: April 22nd
Today 5:30 p.m. Fayetteville Planning Commission — Room 219, City Administration Building, 113 W. Mountain St.
View ArticleCity Plans Development Of Two New Parks
The number of sports fields in the city will more than double if preliminary plans for new parks become reality.
View ArticleCities, Counties Can Decide Liquor Issue
Liquor by the drink is illegal in Benton County except in private clubs, even though voters approved last year allowing liquor stores in the county.
View ArticleBoard Eyes High School Issue
The School Board will hold a work session Thursday in part to continue discussing a proposal to build a second high school.
View ArticleStandards To Impact Science Classes
New standards for teaching science, from kindergarten to 12th grade, focus on hands-on applications to engage students in an intense study of scientific concepts.
View ArticleRegion’s Caucus Still Cordial
Northwest Arkansas legislators split 11 to 5 in their vote on health care reform, but will not leave the session with grudges, delegation members from both sides of that issue said.
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