Festival Notes
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr. was sold out. More than 400 people attended the event at Crystal Bridges. There were around 100 people who were turned away. Some had tickets. Media were...
View ArticleSpringdale police chief plans retirement
SPRINGDALE -- Kathy O'Kelley, Springdale police chief for almost a decade, said Thursday she plans to retire at the end of June.
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Country singer Sara Evans nailed the national anthem at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale on Thursday night.
View ArticleFees not paid, 934 lawyers suspended
Nearly 1 out of 10 of the state's licensed attorneys had their law licenses suspended Thursday for failure to pay fees owed to the state.
View ArticlePulaski Countyto consider LGBT protection proposal
LITTLE ROCK -- The Pulaski County Quorum Court will consider an ordinance Tuesday establishing nondiscrimination policies for conducting business and amend the personnel policy to include protections...
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• Following his sold-out panel discussion at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, actor Robert De Niro reportedly dined at the Walton family home north of Bentonville. Among the other...
View ArticleFayetteville mayor to host town hall meeting
FAYETTEVILLE -- Mayor Lioneld Jordan's first town hall meeting of the year is scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 224 N. East Ave.
View ArticleAudit request irks Bentonville School Board president
BENTONVILLE -- School Board President Travis Riggs blasted fellow board member Wendi Cheatham this week for seeking a special state audit of the School District without telling other members and for...
View Article'Distinguished' grads to speak at college ceremonies
BENTONVILLE -- Matthew Campbell described as family some of the students he took multiple classes with the past few years at Northwest Arkansas Community College.
View ArticleSpringdale commission discusses police chief position
SPRINGDALE -- Officials spoke Friday about first looking within the Springdale Police Department for a new chief.
View ArticleFilmmaking Australians find Bentonville
BENTONVILLE --Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope had to look up Bentonville on a map. The city at the heart of the new Bentonville Film Festival isn't exactly the first American metropolis that came to mind...
View ArticleLittle Rock police strap on cameras to test
LITTLE ROCK -- Police equipped five officers with body cameras as the state's largest police department began a 30-day test of the devices Friday.
View ArticleBogles donate $1 million to UA agriculture
FAYETTEVILLE -- A Bentonville couple has pledged $1 million to fund teaching and research at the University of Arkansas agriculture college.
View Article51-year-old indicted in identity-theft case
A federal indictment filed Friday accuses William Elvis Marshall, 51, of Greenbrier of using another man's identity to receive tax refunds, insurance payouts and various federal benefits for more than...
View ArticleProperty notices in print under fire
LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas media advocates are criticizing a recently enacted law that frees the state auditor's office from advertising lengthy lists of unclaimed property in newspapers in all 75...
View ArticleFayetteville officials permit Dickson Street water slide
FAYETTEVILLE -- The third time's a charm for a Utah-based company planning to bring a 1,000-foot-long inflatable water slide to Dickson Street this summer.
View Article"Stay Tuned" for State Revamp, Governor Says in Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he's looking at reorganizing state government.
View ArticleSpringdale police say they nabbed youths accused of stealing cars, commercial...
SPRINGDALE -- Police arrested four boys linked to a rash of commercial burglaries and vehicle thefts in the city, according to a Springdale Police Department news release.
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