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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I do not want to push these two [tax issues] up together. If we do, we’ll lose them both.” Crawford County Judge John Hall, saying an illtimed tax vote for a new jail could threaten...
View ArticleAnimal-welfare fund offers grant for refuge’s new cats
The International Fund for Animal Welfare has said it will give Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge near Eureka Springs a $40,000 grant if it can raise an additional $40,000 in matching funds from other...
View ArticleChoir Heading to All-State
Springdale will be represented in Hot Springs next week when three of the best choirs in Arkansas convene.
View ArticlePlanners Deny Rezoning Request
Planning commissioners rejected Tuesday a rezoning request for multifamily housing near Dixieland Road and Brooks Place.
View ArticleParents Will Conduct Survey
Parents at Westside Elementary School said Tuesday they will conduct their own survey on how many families will be split between high schools through proposed boundary changes.
View ArticleSeizure Causes Four-Car Pileup
Three people were taken to Washington Regional Medical Center on Tuesday after a four-car pileup at College Avenue and Zion Road.
View ArticleWarning System Test Set for Today
Lowell will testing its outdoor storm warning system at noon today, weather permitting.
View ArticleLincoln Schools Open
Lincoln schools opened Tuesday as planned after a second emergency closure because of illness.
View ArticlePolar Plunge Saturday
Hundreds of people will plunge into Beaver Lake on Saturday to support Special Olympics Arkansas.
View ArticleAccused Killer Set for Mental Evaluation
A Fayetteville man accused of fatally shooting a woman in the head in August has a mental evaluation set March 4 at the Arkansas State Hospital.
View ArticleGeorgia Man Convicted of Fraud
A Georgia man was found guilty in federal court of swindling a Bentonville woman out of $300,000.
View ArticlePlanners Removing Street Extension
City planners will remove a recommendation to extend Northwest Fifth Street from the North Walton Boulevard redevelopment plan, the director of community development told the Planning Commission on...
View ArticleCity to Sell Land to Kum & Go
Residents can expect to see a new Kum & Go convenience store on land where the former Tyson Mexican Original plant has sat vacant for years.
View ArticleOfficials Eye Reserve Cash
Benton County’s justices of the peace will be looking at how to use reserve money, with potential needs including raises or bonuses for employees, providing ambulance service and building up a “rainy...
View ArticlePolice identify 21-year-old woman killed in wreck near Rogers
A 21-year-old Rogers woman was killed this morning in a two-vehicle wreck on Arkansas 12 east of Rogers, according to a fatal crash summary from Arkansas State Police.
View ArticleHanson Sentenced in White Powder Incidents
Philip Hanson of Siloam Springs was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to 15 years in prison for sending threatening letters and white powder to former coworkers at DaySpring.
View ArticleTwo arrested in Missouri following chase that started in Rogers
Two men are in jail in McDonald County, Mo., following a chase that started in Rogers and involved several agencies, according to a news release from the Benton County Sheriff's Office.
View Article10 arrested in Benton County drug sting
Ten people were arrested as the result of a Feb. 1 drug sting in Rogers, Sheriff Kelley Cradduck announced during a news conference Wednesday. Seven of those people were arrested on-site and three...
View ArticleMom sues over son’s jail suicide
The mother of a 23-yearold Pulaski County jail inmate who killed himself is suing the county and Sheriff Doc Holladay, alleging wrongful death.
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