Magazine house destroyed in blaze
An early morning fire destroyed a home in Magazine on Thursday, but all 10 people in the home at the time got out safely.
View ArticleLR club shooting injures 5 people
Five people were hit by gunfire and a sixth person was struck by a car fleeing the scene of a Little Rock nightclub shooting early Christmas Day.
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Trial set in suit against officer FORT SMITH — A September trial date is set for a Fort Smith woman’s lawsuit against a former police officer in the officer’s shooting death of her husbands.
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATH
Singer of No. 1 R&B hit ‘Rescue Me’ ST. LOUIS — Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with “Rescue Me” in 1965, has died. She was 72.
View ArticleConway man killed in driveway accident
A Conway man died Thursday after a pickup struck him in the driveway of his home, according to a preliminary Arkansas State Police fatality accident report.
View ArticleHot Springs Inn to become premier hotel
Much like a chrysalis from which a caterpillar emerges as a butterfly, scaffolding encases the former Royale Vista Inn, 2204 Central Ave., from which a premier hotel will emerge in the spring.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I really don’t mind it.The older you get, you go home for a little while and then you’re ready to leave.” Brianna Kitchen of Fayetteville, a resident assistant at the University of...
View ArticleTreasurer: $2,000 is too much
Garland County Treasurer Tim Stockdale says it’s “crazy” that the county is paying Justice of the Peace Ray Owen Jr. more than $2,000 per month in rent on a house Owen owns on Woodbine Street in Hot...
View ArticleIn Crawford County, slate full for prosecutors come ’13
Early 2013 looks to be challenging for the Crawford County prosecuting attorney’s office, with three murder cases and charges of first-degree battery and attempted-murder possibly going to trial in...
View ArticleOfficial To Start College Visits
North-West Arkansas Community College’s new president will start in July. Her preparations, though, could start as soon as next month.
View ArticleBond Pays For Projects
The 1 percent sales tax extension approved by voters in 2011 has put more than $27 million into capital projects this year, city officials said.
View ArticleExpert: Treatment Could Prevent Shootings
The shooting deaths of 26 people, including 20 children, in Newtown, Conn., affected people across the United States, according to a mental health professional.
View ArticleProject Planned In Fayetteville To Break Down, Recycle As Many Wreaths As...
Bo’s Project will be held Jan. 15 in conjunction with the removal of the wreaths from the Fayetteville National Cemetery. The project is an effort to break down as many wreaths as possible and send...
View ArticleAlderman Suggests Parking Resolution
The City Council next month will review a proposal to remove free parking along a residential street one block outside of the entertainment district parking zone.
View ArticleFire in Bentonville
Firefighters battled a blaze at 502 S.E. D St. early Friday morning. No one was home at the time of the fire, a neighbor said.
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: December 29
Wednesday 10 a.m. Benton County Quorum Court — Quorum Courtroom, County Administration Building, 215 E. Central Ave., Bentonville
View ArticleRECORDS: December 29
Arrests Bentonville-Roger Cravens, 37, of 708 S.W. Sterling Place was arrested Friday in connection with aggravated assault on a family or household member and terroristic threatening in the first degree.
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Air Force chief set to visit 188th FORT SMITH — The Air Force’s chief of staff plans to visit the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith as the base is likely set for closure under a defense spending bill.
View ArticleAustin Reflects on Council Corner
It’s been 26 years since Ed Austin took his seat on the City Council in the old City Hall building on West Central Avenue.
View ArticleChristmas Tree Disposals Planned
Benton County residents have multiple options for disposing Christmas trees this year.
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