Board Considers Zone Changes
The Bentonville School Board will review and possibly approve new attendance boundaries for elementary and junior high students at a meeting tonight.
View ArticleEast Central To Reopen Thursday
East Central Avenue will reopen to traffic Thursday after more than a year of construction between the square and East J Street.
View ArticleDavis Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge
A Bentonville man pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of kidnapping and killing his wife.
View ArticleRECORDS: December 18th
Arrests Fayetteville • Jennifer Clay, 26, of 564 E. Lafayette St. was arrested Monday in connection with felony possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and furnishing prohibited articles...
View Article'Santa Drives a Big, Brown Truck'
Ken Jones fired up his cellphone camera in late November to make a video for his family.
View ArticleLincoln Schools Look At Security Measures At Buildings
The Lincoln School District is reviewing its crisis management plan because the district does that review every December, although the Connecticut school shooting last Friday weighed on school board...
View ArticleGroup Reviews City, UA Plans
Members of the Town and Gown Advisory Committee familiarized themselves Monday with long-range city and University of Arkansas plans in an effort to address issues that come with population growth on...
View ArticleVictim’s grandfather forgiving
When he learned of the death of his grandson in the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., David Lewis of Fayetteville said that he forgave the shooter.
View ArticleSenators urge settling claim in boy’s death
Two state senators Monday urged state Department of Human Services officials and the parents of a dead Bentonville fourth-grader to settle a $3 million wrongful death claim.
View ArticlePosh hotel on track as bookings pile in
The tony new 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville has reservations on its books beginning in mid-March, but construction is ahead of schedule and the art-themed boutique hotel has already booked its first...
View ArticleMore to do in underage offenders’ education, two say
A decade after the U.S. Justice Department identified serious problems, Arkansas juvenile-justice officials say they are doing a better job of educating the state’s juvenile offenders. But lawmakers...
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Funeral date set for UAFS student FORT SMITH — A funeral is set for Wednesday for a Fort Smith college student who died a week after falling 100 feet from a bluff in Newton County.
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATH
Iowan, 115, briefly world’s oldest person DES MOINES, Iowa — A 115-year-old Iowa woman has died less than two weeks after inheriting the title of world’s oldest person, her family said Monday.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “David spoke with compassion about whatever suffering and confusion that man must have been through to do something like this.” The Rev. Lowell E. Grisham, about parishioner David...
View ArticleGalileoScope Workshop, Night Viewing At Hobbs Friday
Hobbs State Park–Conservation Area will offer a hands-on astronomy workshop, at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
View ArticleLive Christmas Trees Recycled As Lake Habitat
Residents may dispose of their live Christmas trees at Bella Vista Village’s Lake Windsor.
View ArticleSchool Survey Deadline Extended
The deadline for a survey sent out by the Bentonville School District has been extended, district officials said Monday.
View ArticleDavis Pleads Not Guilty
A Bentonville man pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of kidnapping and killing his wife.
View ArticleBella Vista Council Nixes Pension Change
Despite the majority of the City Council expressing interest in switching to a state-run pension plan for the city’s nonuniformed employees, aldermen voted down a change to Arkansas Public Employees...
View ArticleBoard Approves Zones
The Bentonville School Board approved new attendance boundaries that will impact more than 1,000 students during a meeting Monday.
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