Police chase on U.S. 65 ends with driver dead
Witnesses told authorities that a man fatally shot himself as officers approached his pickup after a police chase Tuesday on U.S. 65 in Van Buren County, the Arkansas State Police said Wednesday.
View ArticleBridge presented in red, white, blue
Pulaski County Judge Buddy Villines on Wednesday unveiled his proposal for a red-white-and-blue Broadway Bridge and said he plans to offer a $20 million commitment from the county to pay for the...
View ArticleIslanders recognize residents at lunch
The head chef was about a half hour late, and the junior youth choir never showed, but the community advocates who were honorees at a thank-you banquet thrown by the Marshallese community Wednesday...
View ArticleBarling leaders pick Miner as police chief
Barling police Lt. Darrel Miner has been named the town’s police chief after the death earlier this month of Chief Tracy Powell.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Wrecks on state highways kill two A Pope County man died Saturday from injuries he suffered in a Friday crash and a Cecil man died after his car struck an oncoming truck Monday night, according to...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “You are like a guiding light for us. Many things we may not know, in how to move forward as a people. I know we have a long way to go, but we will get there. Be patient with us.” Atbi...
View ArticleBentonville Cadet Part of Game Festivities
A Bentonville cadet will be part of the U.S. Military Academy’s Marathon Team that will run the ceremonial game ball from West Point, N.Y., to Philadelphia for the 113th Army-Navy football game Dec. 8...
View ArticleRocky Branch Gift Wrapping Benefits Department
Gift wrappers from the Rocky Branch Volunteer Fire Department will wrap presents for shoppers from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Finder’s Keepers Fleatique, 119 E. Walnut St. in downtown Rogers.
View ArticleDonations Sought for Homebound Seniors
The city’s Community Services Division is accepting holiday gift donations for homebound seniors through Dec. 7.
View ArticlePanel Questions Legality of Buying Coffee, Water
Thousands of taxpayer dollars for years have paid to keep Washington County employees and office visitors awake and hydrated with coffee and water, but some justices of the peace worry buying those...
View ArticleWoman, Child Found
A woman reported missing Tuesday has been found, according to police.
View ArticleFinal Barbeque of Season Benefits FFA
Future Farmers of America in the Rogers high schools will receive the proceeds of a chicken barbecue set for Saturday.
View ArticleHudlow Doesn’t Show At Name Clearing Meeting
Jerry Hudlow, Rogers’ former chief financial officer, did not attend a special City Council meeting this morning called to give him a chance to clear his name.
View ArticleWoman killed after van hits trash truck
A West Fork woman died and two others were injured Wednesday after a van collided with a trash truck on Arkansas 170. Arkansas State Police identified Wylladen D. Richards, 54, as the woman who was...
View Article15 defendants, 118 lbs. of meth, 76.8 years of sentences
Fifteen Springdale defendants in a drug smuggling ring received a combined sentence of 76.8 years, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge.
View ArticleVeterans Concert Slated
The Veterans Council of Northwest Arkansas will present God Bless America, a concert to remember Pearl Harbor and Sept. 11, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at Riordan Hall, 3 Riordan Drive.
View ArticleCollege Honored As ‘Model Of Efficiency’
NorthWest Arkansas Community College is one of nine colleges and universities nationwide recognized by University Business magazine in its winter 2012 “Models of Efficiency” national recognition program.
View ArticleMan Accused Of Raping 17-Year-Old
A state prisoner who was part of a furlough program is accused of raping a 17-year-old girl while free, according to court records.
View ArticleSUV driver arrested in August hit-and-run
A Carlisle man who told police he had struck a deer at the same location and time where a pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle has been arrested, authorities said.
View ArticleMan mistaken for deer shot, killed
A 43-year-old Coal Hill man walking on a trail beside Horsehead Creek in westcentral Johnson County was fatally shot Wednesday by a man who mistook him for a deer, according to the Johnson County...
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