Show Helps Kids Engage In Reading
Children attending a special program Thursday at the Springdale Public Library saw a performance of folk tales designed to get them interested in reading.
View ArticleVolunteers Get Backstage View Of Tournament
Volunteers from around the country are helping staff the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G this week.
View ArticleBarbecue Benefits Altrusa
Altrusa International of Rogers will receive the proceeds of a chicken barbecue to be held Saturday near the intersection of Second and Locust streets.
View ArticleDredging Work In Case Continues
The search for evidence continued Thursday in connection with the 2006 disappearance of April Dawn Andrews.
View ArticleBoard Progresses On Raising Assessments
The Property Owners Board is ready to move forward with a plan to raise assessments for members.
View ArticleSchool Polling Sites In Limbo
Benton County’s Election Commission put off a decision Thursday on using schools as polling places for the Sept. 17 millage election in Bentonville.
View ArticleLatin America Provides Export Potential
Economic growth in Latin America opens doors to Arkansas companies.
View ArticleKohl’s Remodeling Rogers Store
Workers fenced off a portion of the Scottsdale Center’s main parking lot in advance of a remodel of the Kohl’s store in Rogers.
View ArticleSpringdale shooting investigated, one in custody
Police are investigating a shooting Thursday night in a Springdale neighborhood.
View ArticleTeenager arrested in Springdale beating, robbery
A 16-year-old has been arrested in connection with the Tuesday beating and robbery of a Springdale man, according to a news release from the Springdale Police Department.
View ArticleSales Tax Revenue Continues To Increase
<p>After a couple of static months, Bentonville's sale tax jumped 47 percent this month compared to last year, with Rogers and Fayetteville also showing increase, but Springdale dropped 5...
View ArticleReported home invasion investigated in Springdale
Police are investigating a reported home invasion robbery this morning at apartments at apartments on Greens Drive in Springdale, according to a news release from the Springdale Police Department.
View ArticleFirm is OK’d, will examine state treasurer
The Legislative Council on Friday signed off on the state Board of Finance’s proposed $215,000 contract with a Chicago-based investment consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of the state...
View ArticleUA: Going ‘green’ saved $5.2 million
At the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, it’s taken time for some to get used to the automatic light switches and thermostats that began popping up there a few years ago.
View ArticleProgram spurs equine adoptions
Wes Prestridge of Dover likes wild horses “because you can ride the hair off of them.” Prestridge was at the Benton County Fairgrounds on Friday looking over 42 mustangs and eight burros that were up...
View ArticleDecatur aims for cool summer school
Donia Uribe stood in pitch black darkness for a moment Friday during a field trip to War Eagle Cavern in Rogers.
View ArticlePB told to repay funding
A review by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has revealed that Pine Bluff must reimburse $199,907 in community development block grant and HOME program funds that have been...
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Officer quits amid paid-sex allegation HOT SPRINGS — The Garland County sheriff ’s office received a resignation letter Thursday from a marine patrol officer accused of paying a teenage prostitute for...
View ArticleGI’s body returned to family
Twenty-five years ago, Johnie Martin gave a DNA sample to the U.S. Department of Defense. On May 21, it finally paid off. Martin’s DNA helped identify the remains of his uncle, Cpl. Marvin E. Omans,...
View ArticleNOTEWORTHY DEATH
Best-selling author of thriller novels Vince Flynn, a best-selling author of thriller novels set in a world of canny terrorists, inept politicians and freedom-loving counterterrorist assassins, died...
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