Pine Bluff Pumped Over Plans For Fire Station
Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services Lt. Harold Clark stopped his white, city-issued sport utility vehicle in front of a lot at 32nd Avenue and Beech Street on a recent morning.
View ArticleGiving of time, talent is on rise
After graduating high school in Abingdon, Md., Emily Finch spent two years at a junior college. She said she felt as though her studies had her on a hamster wheel — “going nowhere.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s a cultural thing they’ve grown up with... doing service.When I ask students in a class if they are volunteers, it’s seldom that someone doesn’t raise their hand.” Angela Oxford,...
View Article20 years on, paraplegic says best is yet to come
It was a warm, sunny day when aspiring Olympian Lance Weir took his final steps.
View ArticleFordyce man dies after vehicle hits pole
A Fordyce man died after his car struck a utility pole in Desha County early Friday morning. Feaster Rideout Jr., 58, of 922 Moore St., was headed north on First Street in McGehee about 6:36 a.m. when...
View ArticleStudents Get Lessons on Nutrition, Gardening
Students at one local school are learning more about the food they eat from their school garden and about farm operations because of FoodCorps service workers assigned to the Fayetteville School...
View ArticleCity Piggy-Banks Money
The city now has a $4 million reserve fund for emergencies. The City Council voted Tuesday to create the emergency reserve fund, taking it from money formerly earmarked for specific projects.
View ArticleRECORDS: December 17th
Arrests Benton County Sheriff’s Office Ethan Nathaniel Ervin, 23, of 1201 Herbaugh was arrested Saturday in connection with felony breaking or entering and theft by receiving and misdemeanor failure to...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: December 17th
Today 9:30 a.m. Rogers Board of Adjustments — City Hall, 301 W. Chestnut St.
View ArticleSewer Work Continues
Few things last forever. Concrete and clay sewer pipes are among those things that don’t. Much of the sewer pipe running under city streets in older sections of Rogers are in serious need of...
View ArticleBoard Considers Zone Changes
The Bentonville School Board will review and possibly approve new attendance boundaries for elementary and junior high students at a meeting tonight.
View ArticleEast Central To Reopen Thursday
East Central Avenue will reopen to traffic Thursday after more than a year of construction between the square and East J Street.
View ArticleDavis Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge
A Bentonville man pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of kidnapping and killing his wife.
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: December 18th
Today 4 p.m. Springdale Advertising and Promotion Commission — Council Chambers, City Administration Building, 201 Spring St.
View ArticleRECORDS: December 18th
Arrests Fayetteville • Jennifer Clay, 26, of 564 E. Lafayette St. was arrested Monday in connection with felony possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and furnishing prohibited articles...
View Article'Santa Drives a Big, Brown Truck'
Ken Jones fired up his cellphone camera in late November to make a video for his family.
View ArticleLincoln Schools Look At Security Measures At Buildings
The Lincoln School District is reviewing its crisis management plan because the district does that review every December, although the Connecticut school shooting last Friday weighed on school board...
View ArticleGroup Reviews City, UA Plans
Members of the Town and Gown Advisory Committee familiarized themselves Monday with long-range city and University of Arkansas plans in an effort to address issues that come with population growth on...
View ArticleVictim’s grandfather forgiving
When he learned of the death of his grandson in the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., David Lewis of Fayetteville said that he forgave the shooter.
View ArticleSenators urge settling claim in boy’s death
Two state senators Monday urged state Department of Human Services officials and the parents of a dead Bentonville fourth-grader to settle a $3 million wrongful death claim.
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