City Creates Safer Streets
The city added a crosswalk last week at the intersection where a high school student was hit by a school bus last year on a state highway.
View ArticleCounty Eyes Court Needs
Work is about to begin on a study of Benton County’s needs for a new building to house circuit court judges, prosecutors, public defenders and support staff.
View ArticleSmall Idea Turns Into Big Business
James Smith was looking for furniture and couldn’t find anything he liked.
View ArticleArguments in Holly Trial Begin
Opening arguments are set to begin after a jury was chosen in the Washington County Circuit Court trial of a Rogers man charged with second-degree murder and first-degree battery in connection with a...
View ArticlePerjury probe led to seizure of files
Arkansas State Police investigators seized two computer hard drives and other materials from the Carroll County sheriff’s office Jan. 7 because a deputy’s court testimony didn’t jibe with state...
View ArticleBlogger files lawsuit over e-mail request
A liberal blogger says Secretary of State Mark Martin won’t hand over documents in the format he wants, a violation of the state’s Freedom of Information Act. On Monday, he filed a lawsuit in Pulaski...
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Siblings drown in Greers Ferry Lake Two Little Rock residents drowned during an outing with friends and family at Greers Ferry Lake on Saturday afternoon after they were caught swimming in “extremely...
View ArticleSheriff apologizes for drinking offense
Saline County Sheriff Bruce Pennington apologized Monday for being drunk enough in public to be arrested but said he doesn’t plan to resign.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I don’t see where any of that justifies 12 people coming down here to serve a search warrant. It doesn’t make sense to me.” Bob Grudek, Carroll County Sheriff, regarding a State...
View ArticleLawyer to run for attorney general
Little Rock lawyer Leslie Rutledge, who announced Monday that she’s running for attorney general, said she will stand up to the federal government and work to create a business-friendly environment in...
View ArticleMan given prison in tax-evasion case
The president of a Fort Smith company that provides consulting services on Department of Transportation regulations was sentenced in federal court Monday to 30 months in prison for failing to pay...
View Article2 die in accidents on Arkansas roads
Separate accidents on Arkansas highways resulted in the deaths of two state residents over the weekend, according to preliminary Arkansas State Police fatality reports.
View ArticleCouncil Considering Street Plan Revision
The City Council will consider a change in the plans for street improvements that could demolish a former alderman’s house.
View ArticleJuvenile Charged As Adult
A 16-year-old who police said participated last month in the robbery and beating of a man will face charges as an adult.
View ArticleIndian Art Program Set At Rogers Library
George Sabo of the Arkansas Archeological Survey will speaking about Native American rock art in Arkansas at 1 p.m.
View ArticleBenton County To Get Sesquicentennial Civil War Marker
Samuel Curtis, a major general in the Union Army, established in February 1862 one of the largest Union camps in Arkansas, an occasion that will be honored next week with a marker from the Arkansas...
View ArticleFormer Alderman, Bar Owner Dies
Family and friends remembered Robert “Swifty” Reynolds as a public servant who’d go out of his way to get things done for people.
View ArticleDay Of Drinking Foreshadowed Deadly Fight, Jurors Told
A July day spent drinking and fishing by the White River near Elkins last summer turned deadly and now a Rogers man is on trial, charged with second-degree murder and first degree battery.
View ArticlePolice Search For Hit, Run Driver
Ambulance crews took a pedestrian with severe injuries to the hospital Monday after a vehicle hit him near a fast food restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard then fled.
View ArticleSpringdale Man Sentenced To 50 Years
A Springdale man was sentenced to 50 years in prison last week after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl.
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