Downtown Plan Needs Community Support
A proposed plan to revitalize downtown met with approval at a public hearing, but several people said making the plan a reality will take a huge effort.
View ArticleSchool Nearing Goal
The New Technology High School has 292 students set to enroll when it opens in August, just short of officials’ goal of 300, director Lance Arbuckle said.
View ArticleAT A GLANCE: Commission Action
At A Glance Commission Action Rogers Planning Commission met Tuesday and approved: • An application by Hook Line & Sinker requesting a permit to expand their business to sell boats and marine...
View ArticleCharity Helps Job Seekers
Landing the interview may be the first step in getting the job, but members of a new Rogers nonprofit group say they will help to better equip women re-entering the work force.
View ArticleSchool Board Races Take Shape
Candidates for school board seats in Benton County are gathering signatures on petitions in advance of the filing period that opens July 2 and ends July 9.
View ArticleDefense Seeks Another Evaluation For Proffitt
Attorneys for a Rogers man accused of killing an 11-month-old boy want a mental evaluation done by a defense expert.
View ArticlePond Drained In Search For Evidence
Benton County Sheriff’s Office deputies spent Monday and Tuesday draining a pond in search of evidence.
View ArticlePlanners Rezone Property
The Planning Commission rezoned property off Southwest Been Road to medium-density residential Tuesday night, paving the way for a multifamily housing development north of The Links at Rainbow Curve.
View ArticleMercy Opens New Program
A new Senior Behavioral Health Program opens Monday on the seventh floor of Mercy Medical Center.
View ArticleBenton County pond search connected to missing teen
Benton County sheriff's detectives received an anonymous letter that the body of a missing Pea Ridge teenager may be in a pond off Arkansas 94. April Dawn Andrews, 15, left her home at Kings Lane...
View ArticleUPDATE: Gas leak fixed, evacuation over
People were evacuated from University of Arkansas buildings Wednesday morning after a gas line ruptured on Dickson Street near the Hillside Auditorium. The leak was fixed and the evacuation ended...
View ArticleMan hospitalized after robbery, 2 arrested
A man was flown to Springfield, Mo., after he was beaten during a robbery, according to police dispatch records.
View ArticleGame & Fish seizes swan, kills babies
Sandra Fite knew the Harris Brake Lake swans she’d come to see as pets were in trouble when she saw the cages.
View ArticleBody recovered near Kings River
The body of a 55-year-old woman was found Tuesday along Kings River near Berryville, according to a news release from the Carroll County sheriff’s office.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We are an elderly county — probably 75 percent of our income comes from Medicare and other secondary sources.As our population gets older, they tend to become our patients.” Betty...
View ArticleUtility sopping up mineral-oil spill
Oklahoma Gas & Electric continues to collect and contain mineral oil that spilled from a ruptured transformer on June 1 near Fort Smith, a spokesman for the company said.
View ArticleDurrett Running For Prosecutor
Matt Durrett, assistant prosecutor, announced he's a candidate for prosecuting attorney.
View ArticleThreet Is Candidate For Circuit Judge
Washington County Prosecutor John Threet is running for circuit court judge in the 4th Judicial District, which includes Washington and Madison counties.
View ArticleGas Leak Prompts Campus Evacuation
Several thousand students evacuated nine University of Arkansas buildings late Wednesday morning after a construction crew cut an underground gas line on Dickson Street near the Hillside Auditorium.
View ArticleInstitute Graduates Receive Two Diplomas
Tonya Carter said she regrets dropping out of high school two weeks before graduation.
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