Committee of Whole Awaits Possible Veto, Attorney General's Opinion
All 15 Washington County justices of the peace will review tax-dollar and other financial issues at a committee level, unless there's a veto or the attorney general says it's illegal.
View ArticleAlderman Seeks Rules Change for Mobile Vendors
Alderman Matthew Petty wants to see rules for mobile vendors changed as more food trucks, snow cone stands and Airstream trailers open shop in parking lots.
View ArticleRegistration Saturday For Community Gardens in the Parks
Residents can register Saturday to garden at a park land community garden.
View ArticleTwo Men Accused Of Shooting At Car
Two Rogers men were in the Benton County Jail on Sunday, arrested on charges of attempted capital murder after police said shots were fired at a car Friday night.
View ArticleNew Use For Jail Annex
The Benton County Jail annex that opened in 2011 to ease overcrowding has sat empty for the last month. That will change in the coming months.
View ArticleCounty To Hold Planning Appeal
Three Benton County justices of the peace will hear an appeal today of a decision by the county’s Planning Board to block a metal recycling business from operating near Gentry.
View Article$500,000 bonds for men accused of shooting at car
Two Rogers men are each being held on half million dollar bonds after their arrests in connection with shooting at a vehicle Friday night. Douglas Blake Huston, 18, and Robert Aaron Thomas, 18, were...
View ArticleUA student hospitalized with possible alcohol poisoning
A 19-year-old University of Arkansas student was transported to Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville on Saturday with possible alcohol poisoning, said Lt. Gary Crain, a spokesman for the...
View ArticleNew Walmart Neighborhood Market set for Southwest Bentonville
A new Walmart Neighborhood Market is set to open in Bentonville's fastest growing area this fall. Southwest Bentonville will be home to the 41,179-square foot market at the northwest corner of...
View ArticleRegional Airports Could Lose Towers Under Sequestration
Air traffic control towers in Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Springdale and Rogers could close should sequestration be triggered Friday, according to an Federal Aviation Administration news release.
View ArticleAT A GLANCE: Council Action
Council Action Rogers’ City Council net Tuesday and passed:
View ArticleMayor Proposes Pay Plan
With the books closed on 2012, Mayor Lioneld Jordan is prepared to increase employees’ salaries above and beyond what City Council members discussed when they approved the city’s 2013 budget.
View ArticleMan Given Four More Years
A man already serving 147 years in prison for eight counts of attempted capital murder, including shooting a Fayetteville police officer, pleaded guilty to a felony driving while intoxicated charge...
View ArticleSpringdale Felon Sentenced for Gun
A Springdale man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a gun.
View ArticleStudent Faces Gun Charges
Washington County prosecutors charged a University of Arkansas student in connection with illegally having a gun on campus after he accidentally shot himself in the hand at the KUAF radio station.
View ArticleSeed Swap Planned
Area farmers and gardeners are invited to a community seed swap from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the University of Arkansas Global Campus, 2 E. Center St.
View ArticleWaste District Approves Budget, Shows Profit
The public entity responsible for solid waste management in Washington and Madison counties hopes to make a slight profit for the first time in two years.
View ArticleMayor: 'Dominoes' Lined up for Development
Mayor Doug Sprouse, in his state of the city speech Tuesday, compared the preparation for economic development in the city to lining up dominoes.
View ArticleCouncil Delays Downtown Demolition
A historic downtown building will have more time to repaired.
View ArticleHobbs Celebrating Leopold at Saturday Event
Family activities are scheduled Saturday at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area in celebration of the life and career of Aldo Leopold who helped shape conservation and the modern environmental movement,...
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