DNA leads to arrest in 2002 rape, beating
A 43-year-old construction worker living in Pocola, Okla., was arrested by Fort Smith police Friday on a warrant alleging that he raped a woman 10 years ago, when she was 31. Leroy Eugene King was...
View ArticleResentencing is set in bomb case
Randeep Mann, a former Russellville doctor who is serving a life sentence for his 2010 conviction for orchestrating a grenade explosion in 2009, was scheduled Friday for a resentencing hearing at 1:30...
View ArticleLegislative calendar
This is a calendar of public events of the 89th General Assembly for today.
View ArticleArt show’s top honor awarded to Tulsa man
Mark Lewis of Tulsa has won the Grand Award at the Arkansas Arts Center’s 55th annual Delta Exhibition, which opened Friday.
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: January 22nd
Today 5 p.m. Springdale City Council committees — Room 236, City Administration Building, 201 Spring St.
View ArticleRECORDS: January 22nd
Arrests Benton County Sheriff’s Office • Thomas Powers Wilkinson, 22, of 422 Sadie Lane in Centerton was arrested Sunday in connection with probation violation. Wilkinson was being held Monday in the...
View ArticleCity Receives Volunteer Award
Gov. Mike Beebe and the Arkansas Department of Human Services recognized Fayetteville as a Volunteer Community of the Year last week for the fourth consecutive year.
View ArticleGirl found in cage; dad set for court
A preliminary hearing is set for Jan. 30 for a Tulsa man charged with child neglect after police said they found his 18-month-old daughter locked in a metal cage.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I send doctor’s notes every time. I call them every time he’s sick. He’s never been tardy.” Christie Rollins, who received a letter from Fayetteville School District officials...
View ArticleBones at lake called prehistoric
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said skeletal remains found at Lake Eufaula are from prehistoric times.
View ArticlePorn earns man eight years in prison
A Fort Smith man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to eight years and four months in prison after he pleaded guilty last summer to one count of transporting child pornography.
View ArticlePryor sets March 16 to kick off campaign
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor is kicking off his 2014 re-election campaign with fundraisers in Little Rock on March 16 that include former President Bill Clinton, Pryor’s campaign manager said Tuesday.
View ArticleEscort Halt Questioned
A lengthy discussion at Tuesday’s City Council and committee meetings created no changes in the decision to stop police escorts for funeral processions.
View ArticleCity Receives Volunteer Award
Gov. Mike Beebe and the Arkansas Department of Human Services recognized Fayetteville as a Volunteer Community of the Year last week for the fourth consecutive year.
View ArticleFuel Spill Leads To Arrest
Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested two people in connection with a fuel spill Tuesday morning on Arkansas 16.
View ArticleCouple Claims Clinic Glitch Left Them Childless
A Washington County jury is being asked to decide if a local women’s clinic was negligent, causing a woman to have surgery that left her unable to have children.
View ArticleBeam Signing Draws Crowd to New High School
People weren’t deterred by late afternoon dropping temperatures to get a first look at the new Elkins High School.
View ArticleMayor Touts Rogers
The city has never been in better shape, Mayor Greg Hines said Tuesday during his state of the city address before the City Council.
View ArticleMental Health Professional To Speak At Hobbs
Donald Wleklinski, mental health clinical coordinator at the University of Arkansas, will speak Saturday at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area on the impact of nature on mental health.
View ArticleClinic Counts 100,000th Patient
Three-year-old Kenneth Davis got a box of goodies and lots of attention Tuesday morning at the Rogers Community Clinic.
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