Schools Seek Aid In Finding Sub Teachers
Some school district administrators are concerned that they will have to offer health insurance to substitute teachers when a federal health-care law takes effect in January. Also, schools spend a...
View ArticleEx-LR 911 dispatcher had been fired from Benton
The Little Rock dispatcher who recently resigned amid an investigation into a call that involved a woman and child trapped in a sinking vehicle had been previously fired by another city for “poor...
View ArticleClerks to scrub archives to 1939
Social security numbers and bank records for thousands of Arkansans must be removed from online court archives, the state Supreme Court ordered last week.
View ArticleAlamo attorney rebuts FBI affidavit
An attorney for convicted evangelist Tony Alamo said an FBI agent’s affidavit that Alamo controls property that is listed in the names of members of his ministry is based on “speculation” and “hearsay.”
View ArticleUPS driver: 4 million miles, not single dent
If Larry Richey were an astronaut, he would have traveled to the moon and back more than nine times over the past 41 years.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “It really is like pouring a Coke … on a gigantic forest fire.” Dennis Milligan, Saline County circuit clerk, on his staff of two trying to perform court-ordered redaction of sensitive...
View ArticleEx-officer admits to ‘pot’ escort
One of two former Little Rock police officers accused of escorting what they believed to be a 1,000-pound marijuana shipment across the city pleaded guilty Friday to a single charge in return for six...
View ArticleMEETING INFORMATION: Rogers Planning Commission
Meeting Information Rogers Planning Commission Commissioners are scheduled to meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, 301 W. Chestnut St.
View ArticleUtility Commissioners Concerned Over Credit Card Use
Water utility commissioners are reviewing credit card charges made by Craig Noble, former general manager, who resigned earlier last month.
View ArticleCity Creates Safer Streets
The city added a crosswalk last week at the intersection where a high school student was hit by a school bus last year on a state highway.
View ArticleCounty Eyes Court Needs
Work is about to begin on a study of Benton County’s needs for a new building to house circuit court judges, prosecutors, public defenders and support staff.
View ArticleSmall Idea Turns Into Big Business
James Smith was looking for furniture and couldn’t find anything he liked.
View ArticleArguments in Holly Trial Begin
Opening arguments are set to begin after a jury was chosen in the Washington County Circuit Court trial of a Rogers man charged with second-degree murder and first-degree battery in connection with a...
View ArticleRECORDS
Arrest Benton County Sheriff’s Office • Duncan Elliot May, 18, of 100 Woodridge Lane in Rogers was arrested Monday in connection with sexual indecency with a child. May was being held Monday in the...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS
Friday Fayetteville Planning Commission — Room 111, City Administration Building, 113 W. Mountain St.
View ArticleCool Snap Relief From State’s Summer Heat
The cool snap many Arkansans have been enjoying over the past several days isn’t just unseasonable — in some cases, it’s record-breaking.
View ArticleMotel owner gets 30 years for arson
A Eureka Springs motel owner has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiring to burn a competitor’s motel.
View ArticleMachete Suspect, 20, Charged In Homicides
After delivering a single fatal machete blow to Brandon Del Prince’s shoulder and chest on the night of June 26, Gregory Aaron Kinsey chased, then hacked at Nathan Young on the ground until the man...
View ArticlePerjury probe led to seizure of files
Arkansas State Police investigators seized two computer hard drives and other materials from the Carroll County sheriff’s office Jan. 7 because a deputy’s court testimony didn’t jibe with state...
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