Fort Smith sets vote on changes to animal-control law
City directors here say they will vote next week on proposed changes to the city’s animal control ordinance that will impose fines for dogs running loose, encouraging owners to secure them at home and...
View ArticleEx-veterans official settles state lawsuit
The Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs settled a wrongful termination lawsuit Tuesday with the former administrator of the Little Rock Veterans Home.
View ArticleUAMS: Medicaid boost vital
The chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences said Tuesday that his institution will lose $22 million in federal funds in 2014, but would more than make up for it if the state adds...
View ArticleFort Smith man missing, to be charged in shooting
A warrant was issued Tuesday for a 25-year-old man charging him with first-degree battery in the shooting Monday of another man in Fort Smith, according to the Fort Smith Police Department.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Missouri’s stretch of U.S. 71 renamed The director of a coalition pushing for creation of a nonstop highway from New Orleans to the Canada border say Missouri’s completion of its portion of the project...
View ArticleDrugmaker contests lawyer fees
Attorneys for drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, fined $1.2 billion for Medicaid fraud in April in Pulaski County Circuit Court, returned Tuesday to fend off demands that the company now be forced to...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today QUOTE OF THE DAY
“We are trying to extend higher education to all.What are the education options for students who are not able to renew their Challenge scholarships because of low scores? Are they able to stay in...
View ArticleInfant girl hurt, man faces charge
Thomas Edward Smith is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 4 in Logan County Circuit Court on charges of battery in the first degree related to injuries sustained by his stepdaughter, 21-monthold Brookelynn...
View ArticleA&P Commission Select Audit Firm
Advertising and Promotion Commission representatives and the city’s accounting manager for investments and cash on Tuesday selected a Rogers company to audit the commission’s finances in 2013.
View ArticleTontitown Stakes Claim to Land
Tontitown voters decided Tuesday to annex 88 acres on the city’s northern border, an area that also has been claimed recently by Elm Springs.
View ArticleSchool Facilities Get New Names
The newly renovated facility for the school district’s Alternative Learning Environment program now has a name.
View ArticleCouncil Approves 2013 Budget
The City Council approved on Tuesday a 2013 budget with a substantial pay raise for city employees.
View ArticleTontitown Police Chief Named
An experienced police officer was named police chief for Tontitown.
View ArticleRaises on Tap for Aldermen
One of the final decisions the current City Council could make is whether to increase the amount aldermen are paid for their civic service.
View ArticleSpringdale Moving Forward After "Race"
The Springdale School District did not win this year’s Race to the Top district competition.
View ArticleDeputies: Woman Hit Girl for Wearing Wrong Outfit
A Springdale woman faces criminal charges after deputies said she slapped and scratched her 8-year-old stepdaughter for refusing to wear a blue shirt.
View ArticleAndrade Likely to Die in Prison for Shootout
Sergio Hidalgo Andrade Martinez, 52, who was found guilty last week of eight counts of attempted capital murder, including wounding a Fayetteville police officer, was sentenced Tuesday to 147 years in...
View ArticleAppeal Filed in Child Heat Death Case
The great-grandparents of a child who died in a car in the Walmart parking lot appealed their conviction to Washington County Circuit Court.
View ArticleAldermen OK Fire Trucks
Two pumper trucks and a ladder truck will give the Rogers Fire Department a solid front line and reserve fleet, said Tom Jenkins, fire chief.
View ArticleNACA Officials Discuss Buy-In Costs
Establishing how a member of the Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority will be charged to connect to the authority wastewater plant is complicated some members learned Tuesday.
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