Capital Murder Charges Filed In Stabbing Death
Washington County prosecutors formally filed capital murder charges Friday in the stabbing death of a Springdale man.
View ArticleFalse Alarm Calls Decline
Police are being called to nearly half as many false alarm calls as they did six years ago.
View ArticlePolice Investigate String Of Break-Ins
Police are investigating a string of car break-ins over the past two days.
View ArticleOdea Charged With 10 Counts
A Springdale School District bus driver was formally charged Friday with possessing child pornography.
View ArticleFleck Charged With Capital Murder
Benton County prosecutors have charged a Gentry woman with capital murder in connection with the shooting death of her husband earlier this month.
View Article‘Wall-Breaking’ Marks Project’s Start
The battle against child abuse continued Friday with the swings of some sledgehammers.
View ArticleFormer Athletic Director Dies
Bill Dawson, a former athletic director and assistant principal at Bentonville High School, died Sunday. He was 76.
View ArticleHospitals Adding Clinics, Physicians
Local hospital systems are under aggressive growth plans to help meet the needs of Northwest Arkansas residents.
View ArticleHome Sales Continue Improving
February home sales in Benton and Washington counties hit $63.3 million through 404 sales, according to MountData, a real estate marketing firm. That’s an improvement over February 2012, when 375 sales...
View ArticleAERT Sales Increase
AERT lost $2 million in 2012, improving on losses of $8 million in 2011.
View ArticleCeltic pride put on display
Crowds gathered in downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock on Saturday afternoon to celebrate Irish history and culture during the 14th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
View ArticleCocaine trafficker gets 200 months
A federal judge ordered a nearly 17-year prison term Friday for a Helena-West Helena man whom federal agents recorded in 2011 complaining about the quality of cocaine he’d purchased and accusing his...
View ArticleState’s population continues shift from rural areas to cities
New population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show that nearly two-thirds of the state’s counties lost residents between 2011 and 2012.
View ArticleRosie talk digs into women’s roles
One of Norman Rockwell’s most famous images associated with mid-20th century America and the Allied war effort in World War II served as the backdrop Saturday for an indepth public discussion about...
View ArticleDefendant mentally ill but triable, doctors say
A mentally ill Jacksonville man accused of killing a firefighter and trying to kill another firefighter and a police officer last year was not insane at the time, according to a mental-health...
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATH
DeLoach, top aide to FBI’s Hoover Cartha D. DeLoach, who as a top aide and confidant to J. Edgar Hoover was the FBI’s liaison to the White House and a powerful intermediary between Hoover and President...
View ArticleBoard favors shorter prison terms for four
A state board announced Wednesday that it has recommended that Gov. Mike Beebe shorten the sentences of four prison inmates, including one convicted in 1984 in a fatal shooting at a Stamps nightclub.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Population growth is a key part of the economic growth that’s occurring in our region. It’s still very robust given that the country’s still recovering from the recession.” Mike...
View ArticleSuspect in 1997 killing acquitted
Cedrick Simpson was acquitted of capital murder Friday by a Pulaski County jury that deliberated about 2½ hours to reject prosecutors’ claims that he had admitted to participating in the fatal holdup...
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