Piggies finally go to market
Eleven painted pigs were up for sale March 14 at the Ozark Literacy Council’s Piggies Go to Market.
View ArticleKeillor coming to Walton; snarky comic at UARK
Humorist, author and radio host Garrison Keillor will offer A Brand-New Retrospective at 7 p.m. Thursday at Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville.
View ArticleRe-Enactors Preserve The Nation’s Past
The rattle of muskets echoed in the trees Saturday, much as it did 150 years ago when Union and Confederate armies clashed nearby.
View ArticlePolice: Man Battered Two With Rock, Stick
A man faces felony charges after police said he hit another man on the face with a rock for tipping his wife.
View ArticleFreeze Could Nip Blooms
Spring officially began Wednesday, but freezing weather can be the norm for this time of year.
View ArticleMaking A Point
Stefan Neal Palmer never thought much about regulations of the custom-built blades he makes.
View ArticleLiquor Store Applications Top 300
The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Division has sent out more than 300 applications to people who want to open liquor stores in Benton County since the county voted in November to become wet, agency...
View ArticleStudent Loans Proposed To Fix Tuition Impasse
A student loan and forgiveness program could defuse the political “hand grenade” of in-state tuition for students who cannot prove U.S. citizenship, a Northwest Arkansas senator said Saturday
View ArticlePolice: Sex Offender Impersonating Officer
Benton County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a registered sex offender they suspect was impersonating a law enforcement officer, according to Capt. Brandon Rogers.
View ArticleLAWSUITS: March 25th
March 14 IMG College LLC v. Mark Martinez and Louie’s Grill & Bar Regions Bank v. Charles L. Casey and Betty L. Casey Northwest Arkansas Hospitals LLC and Northwest Medical Center v. Heather Berry
View ArticleRECORDS: March 25th
Arrests Benton County Sheriff’s Office • Brooke Nicole Francis, 25, of 9935 Jones Berg Lane in Neosho, Mo., was arrested Saturday in connection with felony possession with intent to deliver a...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: March 25th
Today 3 p.m. Fayetteville Town and Gown Committee — AT&T Conference Room, Arkansas Research & Technology Park, 700 Research Center Blvd.
View ArticleTwo Air Ambulances Requires Coordination
The addition of a second helicopter ambulance service in Benton and Washington counties will require more coordination among emergency services and could complicate residents’ plans regarding...
View Article40 Rally In LR To Keep Saturday Deliveries
About 40 people, including postal workers, family members and other supporters, gathered at the main post office on East Capitol Avenue in Little Rock on Sunday to protest a plan to end Saturday mail...
View Article2 School Districts Near Label ‘Distress’
The Lee County and Strong-Huttig school districts are well on their way to being classified by the Arkansas Board of Education next month as districts in “academic distress” because fewer than half of...
View ArticleNBC Program’s Exec To Talk In LR
Betsy Fischer Martin, a senior executive producer of NBC’s Meet the Press and managing editor of NBC’s political programming, will speak Tuesday at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public...
View ArticlePensioners Hold Hope For Police Fund To Join State Plan For Retirees
Jimmy Hardester was a 42-year-old Little Rock police detective when rheumatoid arthritis in his hands forced him to retire.
View ArticleMan Held In Girlfriend’s Suffocation
Authorities in Arkansas are holding an Indiana man who is accused of suffocating his girlfriend and leaving her body in the bathtub before heading west with their three children.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I think it’s important for all the emergency services to keep one thing in mind:The best interests of the patient.Whether that’s lifesaving care, or financial.” Julie Heavrin,...
View ArticleEx-Con Nabbed After LR Search
A man police shot at and caught after a three-hour search Thursday in a west Little Rock neighborhood has a string of prior arrests and convictions on drug and theft charges dating back a dozen years,...
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