Posh hotel on track as bookings pile in
The tony new 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville has reservations on its books beginning in mid-March, but construction is ahead of schedule and the art-themed boutique hotel has already booked its first...
View ArticleMore to do in underage offenders’ education, two say
A decade after the U.S. Justice Department identified serious problems, Arkansas juvenile-justice officials say they are doing a better job of educating the state’s juvenile offenders. But lawmakers...
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Funeral date set for UAFS student FORT SMITH — A funeral is set for Wednesday for a Fort Smith college student who died a week after falling 100 feet from a bluff in Newton County.
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Iowan, 115, briefly world’s oldest person DES MOINES, Iowa — A 115-year-old Iowa woman has died less than two weeks after inheriting the title of world’s oldest person, her family said Monday.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “David spoke with compassion about whatever suffering and confusion that man must have been through to do something like this.” The Rev. Lowell E. Grisham, about parishioner David...
View ArticleGalileoScope Workshop, Night Viewing At Hobbs Friday
Hobbs State Park–Conservation Area will offer a hands-on astronomy workshop, at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
View ArticleLive Christmas Trees Recycled As Lake Habitat
Residents may dispose of their live Christmas trees at Bella Vista Village’s Lake Windsor.
View ArticleSchool Survey Deadline Extended
The deadline for a survey sent out by the Bentonville School District has been extended, district officials said Monday.
View ArticleDavis Pleads Not Guilty
A Bentonville man pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of kidnapping and killing his wife.
View ArticleBella Vista Council Nixes Pension Change
Despite the majority of the City Council expressing interest in switching to a state-run pension plan for the city’s nonuniformed employees, aldermen voted down a change to Arkansas Public Employees...
View ArticleBoard Approves Zones
The Bentonville School Board approved new attendance boundaries that will impact more than 1,000 students during a meeting Monday.
View ArticleCity Eyes Alcohol Regulations
Officials will review an ordinance in the coming weeks that will set regulations for business owners who want to sell alcohol in the city.
View ArticleLife-skills services mire insurance talks
State insurance-exchange planners and providers of services for the developmentally disabled agreed to keep talking Thursday about how to comply with a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
View ArticleDorcas House gets $200,000 gift
Dorcas House, a facility for women who are recovering from domestic violence and addiction, has received $200,000 in federal funds, according to Chris Masingill, co-chairman of the Delta Regional...
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Man arrested in rape, stabbing SEARCY — Police on Wednesday arrested a man who they said repeatedly stabbed a Searcy woman and then raped her 12-yearold daughter.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s not worth the struggles that we had so far over the last couple of years on that issue.” Chris Villines, executive director of the Arkansas Association of Counties, on circuit...
View ArticleNo more letters, jailed couple told
TEXARKANA — A husband and wife accused of kidnapping and murder can no longer send letters to each other in jail, according to an order signed this week by a federal judge.
View ArticleDate rules out asphalt case’s judge
A judge who had tangled with the defense for Faulkner County Administrator Jeff Johnston will not preside over Johnston’s felony theft-of-property case after all.
View ArticleParagould police chief rethinking foot patrols
A Paragould Police Department proposal to begin foot patrols in high-crime areas with officers carrying semiautomatic rifles and requesting photo identification from people they stop has raised concern...
View ArticleCounty Adopts 2013 Budget
More than 570 Washington County employees will get a 50-cent per hour raise next year after the Quorum Court adopted its 2013 budget Thursday night.
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