RECORDS: December 6th
Arrests Arkansas Department Of Community Correction w Brian Keith McGinn, 29, of 14886 Mariano Road in Bentonville was arrested Wednesday in connection with revocation of suspended sentence or...
View ArticleTontitown Begins Water Utility Takeover
The city started Tuesday picking up the reins of the Tontitown Water Utility from the Water and Sewer Commission.
View ArticleDistrict Moves on Blogosphere
The School District’s Communications Department is building a blogging network intended primarily to encourage parents to share what’s happening at their children’s schools.
View ArticleDonations Needed
The Community Christmas Card fund to benefit needy children through the local school districts held $4,079 as of Wednesday.
View ArticleGod Bless America Concert Friday
The Jack Mitchell Band will perform at the fourth annual God Bless America concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Riordan Hall.
View ArticleStudents To Hold Christmas Sale
A learning project at Crossroads Alternative School will culminate in a bazaar from 1 to 5 p.m. today at The Annex, 2922 S. First St.
View ArticleStudents Test Knowledge
Ten students lined up in front of the student body of Birch Kirksey Middle School on Wednesday ready to be grilled on geography.
View ArticleOfficial Leaves District
Justice of the Peace Frank Winscott has sold his home and moved out of District 2, but he’s not immediately giving up his seat on the Benton County Quorum Court.
View ArticleAssociation Seeks More Money From City
The Property Owners Association has requested the monthly police and fire buildings lease rate change to more than $14,000 a month from the current $650 a month, beginning next year.
View ArticleWarm Weather Bests Rink
Children aren’t the only ones dreaming of a white Christmas this year. City workers are hoping for cooler temperatures to keep ice on the skating rink at Lawrence Plaza.
View ArticleCollege To Review Contract
NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s next president could be paid the highest salary allowed by the state if her proposed contract is approved during a special meeting today.
View ArticleOfficials Delay Action
Benton County planners delayed a decision on a metal recycling facility near Gentry, hoping more information will be available for a renewed discussion in January.
View ArticleLindgren Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison
A Siloam Springs man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday after a jury found him guilty of drug crimes.
View ArticleCar-Mart opens 118th dealership, plans 3 more in quarter
America’s Car-Mart, the Bentonville-based auto lender, announced Thursday that it has opened its 118th dealership, in Enterprise, Ala.
View ArticleCDC: Language barrier caused Tyson chlorine gas leak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a chlorine gas leak at an Arkansas poultry plant last year that sickened nearly 200 people occurred because a worker couldn’t read English.
View ArticleUDATE: Couple found guilty in death of great-grandchild
William Staten, 51, and Margette Staten, 61, were found guilty this afternoon of misdemeanor negligent homicide in the death of their great-grandson, Joniah Chronister, 2.
View ArticleMurder, kidnapping charges filed against Davis
Prosecutors filed formal murder and kidnapping charges Wednesday against a Bentonville man in connection with his wife’s death. Perry Dennis Davis Jr. is charged with capital murder and kidnapping, a...
View Article3 in GOP agree to ethics penalty
Three Republican state senators will collectively pay more than $1,000 in fines and receive public letters of caution under their settlement of complaints filed with the Arkansas Ethics Commission.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Teen held in death of 80-year-old man Authorities have arrested a 17-year-old girl in the death of an 80-year-old man whose body was found in a ditch.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “There’s research out there that shows that kids actually do better, they eat better, if they go to recess first.” Molly Miller, a dietitian whose two children attend J.B. Hunt...
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