Fayetteville Named Green Ribbon School District
The Fayetteville School District has been honored by the U.S. Department of Education with the Green Ribbon School District Sustainability Award.
View ArticlePolice Find Variety of Drugs in Apartment
Police arrested a University of Arkansas student Monday after finding a variety of prescription “uppers, downers,” other illegal drugs and thousands in cash at his apartment north of the campus.
View ArticleBenton County GOP Disavows Remarks
A man and his wife resigned their posts Monday on the Benton County Republican Committee after he expressed a desire to shoot legislators in a committee newsletter.
View ArticleGold retrial reset pending appeal
The retrial of a Springdale man, Arjel Gold, accused of rape and robbery, was reset Tuesday because of a pending appeal.
View ArticleThree deputies fired amid sexual harassment allegations
Three Washington County detention officers have been fired amid allegations of sexual harassment, according to Sheriff Tim Helder.
View ArticleWitonski Resigns From Position
SPRINGDALE— Megan Witonski who was recently hired as deputy superintendent of personnel for the Springdale School District resigned Monday to take a job with the state, according to...
View ArticlePolice suspect man attempted suicide after rape arrest
A man apparently jumped Tuesday from the third level of a parking deck at Northwest Medical center in a suicide attempt after being arrested in connection with the rape of an 8-year-old girl, according...
View ArticleUA Fort Smith among 6 schools chasing dropouts
A consortium started last year to help five higher-education schools in the state’s extreme northwest corner graduate more students is expanding its reach farther south and west by accepting a sixth...
View ArticleCleanup of Mayflower oil spill changes to repair
Cleanup of the oil spill in Mayflower is transitioning from emergency response to long-term remediation and restoration, Mayflower Unified Incident Command Center officials said in a joint news release...
View ArticleStieglitz artwork to debut in state
The Alfred Stieglitz Collection will make its Arkansas debut this fall, more than a year after a Tennessee judge approved an agreement for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to share the art...
View ArticleFort Smith park’s start delayed till May 2015
The opening of a Fort Smith/ Sebastian County aquatics park will be delayed for a year, until Memorial Day weekend 2015, even though the Quorum Court voted last week to appropriate its half of the $8...
View ArticleNo mental disorder, filing on suspect says
A Franklin County woman charged in the shooting death last year of a state Highway Department worker at an Interstate 40 rest stop does not suffer from a mental disease or defect, according to a...
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Backpack sparks Tech bomb scare RUSSELLVILLE — An abandoned backpack prompted a scare Monday on the Arkansas Tech University campus, but authorities said there was no threat.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “When you see our rates, they still reflect our community college roots.” Paul Beran, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith chancellor, on the school’s graduation rates, after an...
View ArticleUA police looking into report of rape
Police at the University of Arkansas are investigating a report that a student was raped in a Fayetteville campus dormitory last weekend, a spokesman said Tuesday.
View ArticleRECORDS: April 24th
Arrests Springdale • Antonio Fernandez-Martinez, 39, of 423 N. West End St. in Springdale was arrested Monday in connection with felony leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, driving while...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: April 24th
Today Noon Springdale Housing Authority — 5 Applegate Drive
View ArticleOklahoma sheriff reviews ’78 death
Sequoyah County, Okla., Sheriff Ron Lockhart is taking a new look at some old cases.
View ArticleEcclesia Gets Softball Team
The chance to bring recognition — and maybe new students — to Ecclesia College excites the coach and members of the school’s new softball team.
View ArticleInside the Springdale School District
“Getting better at getting better” is a constant theme in the Springdale school system.
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