Graduates join corps to go forth and teach
A newly created teacher corps program will send 21 recent college graduates with degrees in fields such as chemical engineering, biology, English, studio art and international studies into some of the...
View ArticleSchools face cut or rate increase
Despite the Legislature’s attempt this year to shore up the state’s health-insurance plan for public school employees, the plan will face a $61 million shortfall next year unless premiums are raised or...
View ArticleUA System chief says no to guns on campus
University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt has recommended that the board of trustees opts out of a new state law that would allow faculty and staff members to carry concealed handguns on...
View ArticlePrairie Grove teen’s death tied to wind
Storms from a large system that spawned a deadly Oklahoma tornado raked Arkansas on Monday evening and Tuesday, killing a Prairie Grove man in Springdale.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Sentencing today in molesting case TEXARKANA — Federal prosecutors are seeking the maximum sentence for a former Texarkana-area youth baseball coach who pleaded guilty to molesting young players.
View ArticleUA, Waltons redirect millions to Arkansas World Trade Center
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the Walton family have formulated a plan to establish a $5 million endowment for the university’s Arkansas World Trade Center using proceeds from a $300...
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATH
Jewish insurgent in Warsaw ghetto revolt WARSAW, Poland — Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful...
View Article’11 tornado sparked changes in Joplin
After two years, Sharon Reeve still remembers how she noticed the stormy weather from her home in Joplin and heard the tornado siren, but she didn’t immediately take cover.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We’re showing the rest of the world what we’re made of here.We owe it to the people who lost their lives in the storm to move on and make it better.We got a clean slate to start...
View ArticleFather faces charge in death of son
A Fort Smith man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death last March of his 2-month-old son from what doctors said was shaken baby syndrome.
View ArticleSchools Considered Tornado-Safe
School buildings generally are considered safer places to be in severe weather, officials say, but building a school strong enough to withstand 200-mph wind can add millions to a construction project.
View ArticleOne Dies In Storm
Downed trees and power lines were littered across Benton County on Tuesday from a storm system that spawned a deadly tornado in Oklahoma then roared through Northwest Arkansas Monday night.
View ArticleAT A GLANCE: Commission Action
At A Glance Commission Action Rogers' Planning Commission met Tuesday and approved: • A permit for Rios De Agua Viva for a church at 1926 S. M St., a residential single-family zone.
View ArticleUPDATE: Bomb squad finishes vacant hotel investigation
The Bentonville Bomb Squad responded to a report of a suspicious item at the vacant Travelodge in Bentonville Wednesday morning.
View ArticleJacob Holly murder trial delayed
The trial of a Rogers man charged in connection with second-degree murder and first-degree battery in connection with a double stabbing under an Elkins bridge has been delayed again.
View ArticleRECORDS: May 23rd
Arrests Farmington w Ricky G. Swift, 46, of 144 S. Holland Drive was arrested Tuesday in connection with felony false imprisonment in the second degree, assault on a family or household member in the...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: May 23rd
Today Benton County Quorum Court — Quorum Courtroom, County Administration Building, 215 E. Central Ave., Bentonville
View ArticleAgencies helping relief effort
As Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Tyson Foods Inc. pledged aid to the residents of Moore, Okla., affected by Monday’s tornado, other organizations began collecting non-perishable food, household items and...
View ArticleBudget Bump Sought By UA
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville is asking trustees to approve a budget of $513.2 million today for the coming fiscal year, an increase of 5.9 percent, after several years of shrinking state...
View ArticleState Legislators Tour Hog Farm, Face Critics
About two dozen state legislators concluded a two-day tour Wednesday of what have become the two of the most discussed features of Newton County in recent months: the Buffalo National River and...
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