Officials Set Alcohol Zones
Planning commissioners established Tuesday where liquor stores will be allowed now that voters have approved the sale of alcohol in Benton County.
View ArticleBoard OKs Remodel
Band boosters at Rogers High School will move from a tent to a concession stand once construction approved Tuesday night by the School Board is complete.
View ArticleWalmart Property Rezoned Commercial
The Planning Commission voted to rezone 15 acres south of Washington Junior High School on Tuesday, allowing Walmart to go forward with development plans.
View ArticleAssociation Approves Three-Month Budget
The Property Owners Association passed a budget for the first three months of 2013, the first time an abbreviated budget has been used, at a special meeting Monday.
View ArticleJudge Rules Against Acquittal Hearing
Circuit Judge Jon Comstock has decided not to hold a hearing to decide whether a murder suspect should be acquitted because of mental illness.
View ArticleCommittee OKs 2013 Budget
Benton County’s Budget Committee approved a 2013 budget Tuesday that leaves about $20,000 in projected revenue unspent.
View ArticleMissouri Man Accused Of Rape
An Independence, Mo., man has been arrested in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
View ArticleChild Found Dead
Family members and strangers gathered Tuesday night to mourn a 6-year-old girl whose body was found that morning minutes after she was reported missing from her home.
View ArticleChild homicide: Girl attended Sugar Creek Elementary
A homicide investigation in the death of 6-year-old Jersey Bridgeman enters its second day today. Jersey was a kindergartner at Sugar Creek Elementary School, said Mary Ley, Bentonville School District...
View ArticleI-540 lanes to shut 4 days in Fort Smith
The southbound lanes of Interstate 540 between Arkansas 45 and Arkansas 255 will be closed from Tuesday through Friday next week, the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department's Fort Smith...
View ArticleArkansas 187 Bridge to shut for work
Routine maintenance on the Arkansas 187 Bridge over the White River at Beaver will require closures starting Monday, according to Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department officials.
View ArticleTwo fires deemed suspicious
A fire that destroyed an abandoned camp car on railroad tracks near 12th and Easy streets was the second fire classified as suspicious in nature on Tuesday. The car was on a railroad spur behind the...
View ArticlePolice: Cell-phone flasher arrested with marijuana
Police in Boise who responded to a complaint about an Arkansas man using his cell phone to show his genitals to a woman arrested the man when they found nearly 30 pounds of marijuana in his motel room.
View ArticlePolice on warrant search find shed on fire
A shed caught fire while police were searching there for a man with warrant, said Keith Foster, a spokesman for the Rogers Police Department.
View ArticleBridge over White River at Beaver to close for work
The Arkansas 187 bridge over the White River at Beaver will be closed daily starting Monday, according to a news release from the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. The bridge will be...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “My fear is what we’re missing by focusing so much attention on our technology.We should use technology — not make it a lifestyle. My fear is it’s becoming too much a part of our...
View ArticleCrystal Bridges disavows Web spoof
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will be open on Friday, regardless of what a spoof website claims.
View ArticleHearing Set for Former Finance Director
A special City Council meeting is scheduled at 10 a.m. Nov. 29 for a hearing for Jerry Hudlow, the city’s former finance director.
View ArticlePresentation Explains Bullying to Students
Bullies rely on reactions to know their taunts have sting.
View ArticleRailroad Fire Classified as Suspicious
A fire which destroyed an abandoned camp car on railroad tracks near 12th and Easy streets was the second fire classified as suspicious in nature Tuesday.
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