Project’s aim to bring state story to screen
Filmmaker Beth Brickell of Los Angeles plans to make an uplifting movie in the spring about a doctor who gave his life to save the lives of others during the Great Depression in rural Arkansas.
View ArticlePickup hits tree; driver, 82, killed
One person died and another was injured when the pickup they were riding in went out of control, struck a tree and burst into flames Friday morning, according to Arkansas State Police reports.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s like a big Disneyland ride to them.” Bruce Caldwell, a biologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, on hundreds of vultures that congregate and dive off Bull Shoals Dam to...
View ArticleMARRIAGE LICENSES: July 8th
June 27 James Andrew Dir, 49, and Kimberly Joy Parks, 33, both of Raytown, Mo.
View ArticleLAWSUITS: July 8th
June 27 City of Rogers, Arkansas v. William Trotter and Dixie Trotter Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. v. Kayla R. Vicente Midland Funding LLC v. Danny Becklund Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. v. Charles T....
View ArticleRECORDS: July 8th
Arrests Fayetteville • Kenneth Kalke, 44, of 129 Main St. in West Fork was arrested Sunday in connection with felony possession of a controlled substance. Kalke was being held Sunday in the Washington...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: July 8th
Monday 4 p.m. Rogers Airport Commission — Conference Room, Beaver Lake Aviation, 5 Hammerschmidt Drive
View ArticleDowntown Water Feature Envisioned
A design for a master plan to revitalize downtown Springdale includes one feature that is short a basic requirement: water.
View ArticlePolice Request New Vehicle
The Rogers Police Department’s Special Weapons and Tactical team will respond to incidents in a new vehicle if an expenditure is approved by City Council members Tuesday night.
View ArticleIncident With Raccoon Interrupts Movie Night
A movie night at 3309 S. E St. was interrupted in Rogers on Saturday night when a bullet intended for a raccoon ricocheted into the kitchen.
View ArticleGroup Laying Plans To Re-Create Leverett Elementary
Plans are under way to convert Leverett Elementary to a school with an integrated curriculum with more science, technology, engineering and mathematics wrapped into reading and writing.
View ArticleVoters To Decide Fire Dues On Tax Bills
Voters in several rural areas in Washington County will go the polls Tuesday to decide if they want fire district dues placed on property tax bills.
View ArticleSuperintendent Active Online
Not many school superintendents in Arkansas communicate with the public in as many ways as Bentonville’s Michael Poore.
View ArticleNew Pharmacy Proposal To Be Considered
The Bella Vista Planning Commission will discuss large-scale development plans for a pharmacy, to be located on the site where Macs Get N Go and Decker Eye Clinic are currently at the intersection of...
View ArticleNew Routes, New Residents
Larry Kelly is happy enough as one of Gravette’s newest residents. Outside Prairie Grove, however, Frank Ditmars isn’t thrilled with the prospect of city dwelling.
View Article5 plead guilty in Springdale meth case
Five people pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to their various roles in a Springdale methamphetamine distribution ring that was busted last fall.
View ArticleState called to adopt same-sex marriage
Government officials and gay-rights advocates touted the potential economic benefits of legalizing same-sex marriage in Arkansas during a joint news conference at the state Capitol on Monday.
View ArticleGuilty plea made in gun-at-school case
A Fort Smith man arrested in March for having a loaded handgun on school property as Lavaca Elementary School children were being dismissed pleaded guilty to federal charges Monday.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Shannon Hills man shot dead in home Shannon Hills police responded to the city’s first homi cide in six years after a man was found shot inside his home Saturday morning.
View ArticleBail set for couple facing meth charges
Bail was set Monday in Johnson County Circuit Court for a Searcy couple arrested Saturday when sheriff’s deputies found about a quarter pound of methamphetamine hidden in their car, according to the...
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