Alumni Remember High School’s Past
The Tiger mascot and Bentonville High School’s black and gold colors united several generations at the school’s football homecoming pep assembly Friday morning.
View Article4 liquor-sales votes point to shift in state
Voters in four cities in the northwest part of the state will head to the polls next month to decide whether to allow the retail sale of liquor on Sundays. The issue is on the ballot in Springdale,...
View ArticleOn second day, sun shines on state fair
The sun shone down on the Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show on Saturday after rainfall the night before threatened to dampen the festivities.
View ArticleCivil War battle lives in Prairie Grove
Eight year-old Keeli Brown joined a small crowd, some with fingers in their ears, at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park to watch history in action Saturday morning.
View ArticleHopeful for JP: Whites at risk
A candidate for Boone County Quorum Court cohosts a white nationalist radio program and spoke at two annual rallies of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in 2008 and 2009.
View ArticleDivorces
BENTON COUNTY The following divorces were recorded in the circuit clerk’s office from Oct. 4-10.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Churches would probably rather it didn’t happen. But it’s so deep in the culture now that I think it’s less of an issue for even some of the more conservative churches.” Bill Leonard,...
View ArticleEducation notebook
School chief plans fiscal-year forum Jerry Guess, the superintendent of the Pulaski County Special School District, will present to the public a recap of the district’s 2011-12 operations at 6 p.m....
View ArticleFaculty at Tech presses for visa
The Arkansas Tech University faculty is pressuring administrators to sponsor a visa for an Indonesian professor after a school leader said the university will no longer provide such immigration...
View ArticlePryor, wife file to end their marriage
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, DArk., and his wife, Jill, are mutually ending their marriage of more than 20 years, the senator said in a statement issued Friday.
View ArticleJudge deposits Gould mayor in jail for day
Gould Mayor Earnest Nash was released from a Star City jail late Thursday after spending more than a day there on an order by a circuit judge who found him in contempt of court.
View ArticleMedian draws mixed reviews
Business people, residents and public officials have differing opinions about the new six lane U.S. Highway 412.
View ArticleDistrict tabs Wiggins to fill Raymick’s position
Siloam Springs School District Federal Programs Coordinator Jody Wiggins was named the district’s next assistant superintendent at Thursday’s school board meeting.
View ArticleUpdated Casey’s General Store plan receives approval
An updated plan for Casey’s General Store at U.S. Highway 412 and Progress Avenue that moves a driveway west received the Siloam Springs Planning Commission’s approval. Before the Planning Commission...
View ArticlePolicy expected to help public with fines
A new policy expected to come before West Siloam Springs Board of Trustees next month would help those who cannot pay their fines.
View ArticleSmart to speak at anniversary celebration
Elizabeth Smart will speak about overcoming extreme adversity and not allowing one’s future to be dictated by their past during a Healthy Wo m a n second anniversary celebration Oct. 18.
View ArticleCOMMUNITY DIGEST
Cincinnati calendar The Cincinnati Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary has published its first annual 12-month, fullsize wall calendar with 12 different pictures taken by Cincinnati residents of...
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