Justices Of The Peace Defend Oversight Role
Benton County justices of the peace say they question the purchase of a pickup by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office as a matter of budget policy and practice, not on the merits of buying the pickup.
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<strong>Community Christmas Card Helps Those In Crisis</strong>
View ArticleStudents, Families Need Your Help
Donations to the Community Christmas Card have reached more than $10,900. Money from the campaign is given to Northwest Arkansas school districts where it’s used to help needy students.
View ArticleSchool Chiefs Staying Tuned To Legislature
School officials plan to watch for a variety of education-related issues when the legislative session begins in Little Rock next month.
View ArticleService Becomes Part Of School Programs
<strong>Officials Say Volunteerism Teaches Service</strong> College applications, scholarships, internships and job applications often ask for a student’s volunteer experiences. Volunteer...
View ArticleParents Question District’s Restraint Policy
Lauren Parrish noticed a bruise on her 9-year-old autistic son’s upper arm one night in August while preparing his shower. He refused to explain how he got the bruise, she said.
View ArticleNew Sign Project Planned
Headed to a tournament at the Gary Hampton Softball Complex? Want to check out the farmers’ market near the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks?
View ArticleU.S. 79 reroute finished
Motorists began riding on a new section of U.S. 79 in Monroe County for the first time in some 80 years last week.
View ArticleCrawford County JPs face higher mills, cuts
The Crawford County Quorum Court is facing its own “fiscal cliff,” with its members deciding between imposing the first property-tax increase in 33 years or cutting services and possibly jobs, County...
View ArticleLR police want camera array to improve watch
Little Rock police plan to add high-definition “crime monitoring cameras” to their growing arsenal of high technology policing tools next year.
View ArticlePine Bluff Pumped Over Plans For Fire Station
Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services Lt. Harold Clark stopped his white, city-issued sport utility vehicle in front of a lot at 32nd Avenue and Beech Street on a recent morning.
View ArticleGiving of time, talent is on rise
After graduating high school in Abingdon, Md., Emily Finch spent two years at a junior college. She said she felt as though her studies had her on a hamster wheel — “going nowhere.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s a cultural thing they’ve grown up with... doing service.When I ask students in a class if they are volunteers, it’s seldom that someone doesn’t raise their hand.” Angela Oxford,...
View Article20 years on, paraplegic says best is yet to come
It was a warm, sunny day when aspiring Olympian Lance Weir took his final steps.
View ArticleFordyce man dies after vehicle hits pole
A Fordyce man died after his car struck a utility pole in Desha County early Friday morning. Feaster Rideout Jr., 58, of 922 Moore St., was headed north on First Street in McGehee about 6:36 a.m. when...
View ArticleStudents Get Lessons on Nutrition, Gardening
Students at one local school are learning more about the food they eat from their school garden and about farm operations because of FoodCorps service workers assigned to the Fayetteville School...
View ArticleCity Piggy-Banks Money
The city now has a $4 million reserve fund for emergencies. The City Council voted Tuesday to create the emergency reserve fund, taking it from money formerly earmarked for specific projects.
View ArticleRECORDS: December 17th
Arrests Benton County Sheriff’s Office Ethan Nathaniel Ervin, 23, of 1201 Herbaugh was arrested Saturday in connection with felony breaking or entering and theft by receiving and misdemeanor failure to...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: December 17th
Today 9:30 a.m. Rogers Board of Adjustments — City Hall, 301 W. Chestnut St.
View ArticleSewer Work Continues
Few things last forever. Concrete and clay sewer pipes are among those things that don’t. Much of the sewer pipe running under city streets in older sections of Rogers are in serious need of...
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