Four Fired At Veterans Home
Four workers were fired for giving false statements after a patient’s arm was broken at the Fayetteville Veterans Home, the director of the state Veterans Affairs Department said Monday.
View ArticleTurnout light at Bentonville second high school forum
Turnout was light at a public forum this morning to discuss the second high school issue.
View ArticleCox: Most service restored in area
A power disruption dropped service to Cox Communications customers in several Northwest Arkansas communities on Tuesday morning.
View ArticleStanley Ludwig, retired Springdale judge, dead at 67
Stanley Ludwig, a retired judge, died Tuesday of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to an account in police records confirmed by Chief Kathy O'Kelley.
View ArticleMonroe County loses inmate workers at jail
The Arkansas Department of Correction’s Act 309 Oversight Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to suspend Monroe County’s inmate worker program for one year after an investigation revealed a sexual...
View ArticleFlair for paper crafting wins UA student $15,000 award
University of Arkansas graduating senior Emily Chase put her patience and artistic ability to work, turning paper into a $15,000 fellowship to further her career in paper crafts and clothing design.
View ArticleTestifying, ex-official’s filing says
Attorneys for the former University of Central Arkansas chief of staff charged with commercial burglary in a cheating scandal at UCA indicated in a court filing that he will testify on his own behalf...
View ArticleFound in woods, missing teen OK
A South Sebastian County teenager was found unhurt Tuesday morning after becoming lost and spending the night in the woods, according to the sheriff’s office.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
PB gunfire leaves 1 dead; 1 injured PINE BLUFF — Police in Pine Bluff said they are investigating a murder and an attempted suicide Monday by an 83-year-old man.
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATH
Grammy Award-winning cellist, 88 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Grammy Award-winning cellist Janos Starker has died after months of declining health. He was 88.
View Article2 wells searched by FBI officials for body from ’75
Oklahoma and FBI officials searched two wells in a rural Franklin County community Tuesday on a tip that a woman missing since 1975 was killed and dumped down one of the wells. The searches turned up...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We have one industry, and only one industry. It’s not like we’ve got shirt factories and things like that.This scenic beauty I think is what makes us.” Eureka Springs Alderman James...
View ArticleFormer nurse gets probation in phony-prescriptions case
Like the former chief executive officer of the Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic, where she used to work, retired nurse Catherine Minor was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to three years’ probation and...
View ArticleNew State Law Impacts County Politics
State lawmakers have given county judges new authority over Quorum Court committees.
View ArticleTablet Transition
The packet of information for the city Planning Commission shrank Tuesday, from a pile of papers several inches thick to the size of an iPad.
View ArticleAldermen Willing to Help with Housing Project
A nonprofit group with plans to build homes for people of modest means in southeast Fayetteville could get a $1 million boost from the city to help pay for the project.
View ArticleMysterious Creatures Appear In Downtown Park
Downtown merchants are pleased but baffled about the two metal sculptures that mysteriously appeared recently in Centennial Park.
View ArticleFoundation Off And Running
With Beaver Lake shimmering blue in the background, officials with the Beaver Lake Foundation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed the legal document that allows the foundation to begin assisting...
View ArticleBirds To Be Celebrated At Hobbs
Birds will be the topic of the day Saturday at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area. Family-oriented activities are planned at the Visitor Center from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday.
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