Found in woods, missing teen OK
A South Sebastian County teenager was found unhurt Tuesday morning after becoming lost and spending the night in the woods, according to the sheriff’s office.
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PB gunfire leaves 1 dead; 1 injured PINE BLUFF — Police in Pine Bluff said they are investigating a murder and an attempted suicide Monday by an 83-year-old man.
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATH
Grammy Award-winning cellist, 88 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Grammy Award-winning cellist Janos Starker has died after months of declining health. He was 88.
View Article2 wells searched by FBI officials for body from ’75
Oklahoma and FBI officials searched two wells in a rural Franklin County community Tuesday on a tip that a woman missing since 1975 was killed and dumped down one of the wells. The searches turned up...
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We have one industry, and only one industry. It’s not like we’ve got shirt factories and things like that.This scenic beauty I think is what makes us.” Eureka Springs Alderman James...
View ArticleFormer nurse gets probation in phony-prescriptions case
Like the former chief executive officer of the Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic, where she used to work, retired nurse Catherine Minor was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to three years’ probation and...
View ArticleNew State Law Impacts County Politics
State lawmakers have given county judges new authority over Quorum Court committees.
View ArticleTablet Transition
The packet of information for the city Planning Commission shrank Tuesday, from a pile of papers several inches thick to the size of an iPad.
View ArticleAldermen Willing to Help with Housing Project
A nonprofit group with plans to build homes for people of modest means in southeast Fayetteville could get a $1 million boost from the city to help pay for the project.
View ArticleMysterious Creatures Appear In Downtown Park
Downtown merchants are pleased but baffled about the two metal sculptures that mysteriously appeared recently in Centennial Park.
View ArticleFoundation Off And Running
With Beaver Lake shimmering blue in the background, officials with the Beaver Lake Foundation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed the legal document that allows the foundation to begin assisting...
View ArticleBirds To Be Celebrated At Hobbs
Birds will be the topic of the day Saturday at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area. Family-oriented activities are planned at the Visitor Center from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday.
View ArticleYard Sales Increase With Spring Arrival
Yard sale signs sprouted amid tufts of green grass over the weekend as people took advantage of warmer temperatures to do some spring cleaning and make a few dollars.
View ArticlePanel OKs Study For New Building
A proposed new courts building took a small step forward Tuesday when the Benton County Quorum Court’s Public Safety Committee voted unanimously for a $65,000 study on the project.
View ArticleHigh School Forums Under Way
Tony Johnson didn’t vote for the second high school millage increase last year, but he plans to do so this year.
View ArticleGroup To Sponsor ‘Water Safety Night’
The Arkansas Emergency Nurse’s Association is sponsoring “Water Safety Night” at Arvest Park on Saturday.
View ArticleATF to aid probe into church fire
Federal agents are joining local authorities in investigating the cause of a fire that burned a historic Little Rock church to the ground early Sunday.
View ArticleArchitecture students pitch museum plans
The idea of a hardwood museum gave fifth-year architecture students at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville a focal point for their design visions.
View ArticlePB native Branton, noted lawyer, dies at 91
Leo Branton Jr., a lawyer who helped successfully defend Angela Davis in a sensational 1972 murder case, has died.
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