Park Work Continues In Bentonville
The site of the city’s community center lies squarely between the Bentonville of yesteryear and the city Bentonville has become.
View ArticleCouncil Discusses Retirement Programs
Four of six aldermen said they would be interested in seeing the city switch retirement programs for non-uniformed employees after seeing a preliminary survey at a work session Wednesday.
View ArticlePancakes, Santa In Centerton Saturday
Centerton will hold its monthly community pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. at the City Hall Community Room, 290 N. Main St. The cost is $4 for adults and $1 for children.
View ArticleBluegrass Concert Set At Library
The Bentonville Public Library will present its fifth annual concert featuring Still on the Hill at 3 p.m. Saturday.
View ArticleRogers Teachers Earn National Certification
Ten local teachers received National Board Certification this year.
View ArticlePolice Warn Against Phone Scam
Police are warning residents about a phone scam that “promises something for nothing."
View ArticleJones Center Receives $23 Million in Grants
The Jones Center and Jones Trust will receive $23 million in grants it was announced this morning.
View ArticleThe nation in brief QUOTE OF THE DAY
“What we have yet to see is a proposal of any kind with any kind of specificity.” White House press secretary Jay Carney, who said “there are a lot of ideas floated” at the Capitol on breaking the...
View ArticleLawmakers quiz Gearhart
Lawmakers questioned why the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville responded to a $3.1 million shortfall in its Advancement Division by reassigning the two employees responsible for the remainder of...
View ArticleNo call yet on payout in killing
The Arkansas Claims Commission hasn’t decided how much the state should pay for improperly releasing a teenage burglar from custody who subsequently killed a Little Rock man.
View ArticleJailed man cited in bomb finding
A 40-year-old Harrison man being held in the Boone County jail on numerous felony charges was cited Friday with an additional charge of criminal use of a prohibited weapon after an apparent pipe bomb...
View ArticleCity official accused of trying to trade job for sex
West Helena’s Parks and Recreation Department director was arrested Dec. 6 over accusations he exposed himself to a woman and promised her a job if she performed sexual favors for him, according to a...
View ArticleFire forces closure of Arkansas 103
A wildfire of unknown origin burned up to 80 acres Friday and forced closure of Arkansas 103 north of Clarksville for most of the day, Johnson County Emergency Management coordinator Josh Johnston said.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Nighttime blaze hits Hector school: Authorities said firefighters have contained a blaze that broke out overnight at an elementary school in Pope County.
View Article40 years term for abduction
A Faulkner County Circuit Court jury convicted a Conway man late Thursday of kidnapping and other crimes related to his theft of a Skittles-painted car and the abduction of its owner last year, a...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I think there’s more talk about this going around this legislative body than there is about football coaches.” Sen. Jimmy Jeffress, D-Crossett, regarding the University of Arkansas’...
View ArticleDeath-penalty-law fix on way, legislators told
Deputy Attorney General Dennis Hansen told legislators Tuesday that his office is rewriting the death-penalty statute to answer a state Supreme Court ruling this summer that said the law gave too much...
View ArticleLowell To Consider Alcohol Sales Fee Ordinance
Lowell aldermen are scheduled to review a proposed ordinance Tuesday establishing fees levied on businesses selling alcoholic drinks.
View ArticleLincoln Supply Closes After 67 Years
Tractors and farm equipment parts have been a staple on the corner of Main Street and Pridemore Drive for 63 years.
View ArticleHome Sales Stay Strong
Northwest Arkansas home sales are on track to beat last year’s total. Realtors sold 458 homes in Benton and Washington counties in November, up from 414 homes a year earlier, according to MountData, a...
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