Fourth-graders join whinnying tradition
Some 2,200 fourth-grade students from schools around Northwest Arkansas spent part of Thursday with Frederik the Great.
View ArticleFormer lawyer nabbed in DWI
A former Fayetteville lawyer with two outstanding warrants and about $1 million in civil court judgments against him was arrested Nov. 23 in Eureka Springs on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
View ArticleSolo Cups Become Art In UA Exhibit
Kelly Brenner Justice’s solo exhibition at the University of Arkansas Union adds new meaning to the term “solo.” The centerpiece of the artist’s Solo Show is a pyramid of 55 classic Solo cups cast in...
View ArticleIt’s a full plate for counselors
College and career counseling are some of the many responsibilities of high school counselors, who also coordinate student schedules, respond to crisis situations, comfort students in distress and...
View ArticleHudlow Doesn’t Show At Name Clearing Meeting
Jerry Hudlow, the city’s former chief financial officer, didn’t attend a special City Council meeting Thursday called to give him a chance to clear his name. Hudlow’s attorney Stephen Wood also didn’t...
View ArticleSchool Board Starts Millage Vote Discussion
School Board members unofficially decided they want something built that will relieve capacity at Bentonville High School by 2016 during a meeting Thursday. Travis Riggs, board president, said that...
View ArticleFifteen Sentenced In Drug Case
A federal judge sentenced 15 Springdale residents to a combined 76.8 years in prison Thursday for distributing more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine, according to Conner Eldridge, U.S. attorney for...
View ArticleBudget Vote Nears
The City Council will have a 2013 budget ready for a vote at its next meeting. The council, gathering Thursday as the Finance Committee, sent an adjusted budget to the Dec. 11 meeting with a...
View ArticleRaises On Tap
The city’s three elected officials who earn more than $80,000 annually could get salary increases next year for the first time since 2009.
View ArticleTwo Businesses Sued Over Immigration Offers
Two Springdale businesses are accused of offering to process immigration applications for permanent residency under a federal law that doesn’t exist.
View ArticleWoman Dies In Truck Collision
A West Fork woman died and two others were injured Wednesday after a van collided with a trash truck on Arkansas 170.
View ArticleCommittee Advances 2013 Budget
For the first time since elected, Justices of the Peace Tom Lundstrum and Rex Bailey might vote to adopt a Washington County budget in December.
View ArticleI-540 lanes to shut 2 days for bridge work
The southbound lanes of Interstate 540 between Arkansas 45 and Arkansas 255 will be closed Monday and Tuesday of next week, the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department's Fort Smith headquarters...
View ArticleBentonville, Fayetteville depart for state championship
The Bentonville and Fayetteville high school football teams departed for Little Rock this morning. They meet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday for the 7A state football championship.
View ArticleRogers police seek runaway
The Rogers Police Department is looking for Alyssa Peckham, a 16-year-old Heritage High School student who is believed to have run away, according to a news release.
View Article6 Civil War structures pinpointed
Archaeologists have determined the location of five houses, a post office and a road that existed during the Battle of Prairie Grove, which took place on Dec. 7, 1862.
View ArticleSheriff: Shot fired by victim’s sibling
The man who shot 43-year old Thomas Edward Sears as Sears walked along a trail in Johnson County on Wednesday was his brother, Sheriff Jimmy Dorney said Friday.
View ArticleCommittee backing 188th opposes Obama veto plan
A committee supporting the Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing came out in opposition to a plan by President Barack Obama to veto a Senate bill that would limit money used to retire Air...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “This didn’t just happen in a field.This happened in somebody’s yard.” Alan Thompson, museum registrar at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park, on the documentation of structures that...
View ArticleSite For New Fire Station to be Decided
The decision by voters to build a fire station leads to a tough decision for the City Council: where to build it.
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