Convenience Store Burglarized
Four men are suspected of stealing about $2,000 in cash and merchandise from Stop & Go late Thursday, according to police.
View ArticleHarp Students Plant School Garden
Residents may soon get free or inexpensive produce from a garden students at Harp Elementary School planted using research and skills they acquired in the classroom.
View ArticleVeterans Home Expects More Trouble
Regulators will cite the Fayetteville Veterans Home again, this time in a complaint involving restraint of a patient on Dec. 8, the state Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday.
View ArticleSchool Projects Moving Forward In Washington County
The Farmington School District is just weeks away from breaking ground on the first phase of a high school, adding to the list of school construction in Washington County.
View ArticlePainting Restored To Original Luster
A tightly rolled oil painting on canvas that depicts a bit of the city’s history has been restored.
View ArticleCharter School Officials Eye New Site
The question of exactly where a new charter school will be located when it opens in August has not been settled.
View ArticleReport: Men Flee Police Early Friday
Two men ran from Rogers police and one fired a weapon during an early traffic stop Friday.
View ArticleAmbulance Talks To Resume
Benton County’s ambulance service debate will resume April 16 when county and fire service officials gather for what County Judge Bob Clinard called “an all-out push” to resolve the issue of how to pay...
View ArticleOrganic Farming Small Part of Farm Bill
Congress expects to pass a new farm bill this year and local organic farmers hope it grants them more funding.
View ArticleBIRTHS
Lacey and Bobby Jasan of Bentonville, a boy, Cooper Quinn Jasan, born July 29, 2012, at Willow Creek Women’s Hospital in Johnson Heather Kortlandt and Richard Aaron Polikoff of Fayetteville, a girl,...
View ArticleRECORDS
Arrests Arkansas State Police Eddy Rigoberto Hernandez, 19, of 1002 Flynt St. in Siloam Springs was arrested Friday in connection with two counts of endangering welfare of a minor in the first degree,...
View ArticleSulphur Springs Makes Bad Call Hiring Brackney
Count us among those who were amazed when the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training last year upheld the certifi cation of Coleman “Duke” Brackney to be law enforcement off cer.
View ArticleCounty Planning Review Continues
Benton County’s planning regulations are still being tweaked as officials look to simplify the development process.
View ArticleGrants Advance Learning
Teachers are reaching outside school budgets to help bring new ideas to students through grants.
View ArticleArea lotteries
Numbers drawn Saturday: Missouri Lotto 3-16-21-25-27-44 Estimated jackpot: $2.1 million Oklahoma Lotto 4-13-14-16-19 Hot ball: 16 Estimated jackpot: $3.8 million Powerball 11-23-26-46-55 Powerball: 27...
View ArticleRumors abound for another Clinton run in 2016
Hillary Rodham Clinton left the State Department nearly two months ago, but she still needs a staff to keep up with the considerable business of being Hillary Clinton. A half-dozen people now work for...
View ArticleNew Mexico supercomputer decommissioned
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s the end of the line for Roadrunner, a first-of-its-kind collection of processors that once reigned as the world’s fastest supercomputer.
View ArticleGrades still high, teacher evaluations queried
Across the country, education advocates and their allies in both parties have revamped the way teachers are graded, abandoning methods under which nearly everyone was deemed satisfactory, even when...
View ArticleOut-of-state job commutes require drive
Mike Swart lives in St. Louis on the weekends, but drives five hours to Bentonville for work every week, typically spending Tuesday through Friday in Benton County.
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