Man Arrested in Connection With Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
Police arrested a Springdale man Sunday in connection with allowing an 11-year-old girl to watch pornographic material on his cellphone and failing to register as a sex offender.
View ArticleMan Accused of Kidnapping, Assault
A Springdale man was arrested in connection with kidnapping a 2-year-old boy early Sunday morning.
View ArticleTests: Norovirus the culprit in Hellstern illness
Test results confirmed that norovirus sickened hundreds of children at Hellstern Middle School last week, School District officials said today. Norovirus causes a person’s stomach and intestines or...
View ArticleVotes on lease of Peabody are nigh
The Little Rock Board of Directors is set to vote tonight on the lease agreement to change the Peabody Little Rock hotel to a Marriott.
View ArticleAnnual census counts homeless
Staff and volunteers from agencies that help the homeless in Fort Smith will spend the day today conducting an annual census of homeless people in the city.
View ArticlePB City Council to re-evaluate residency requirement for chiefs
The Pine Bluff City Council is scheduled tonight to discuss whether to enforce or amend a 2000 ordinance that requires the city’s department heads to reside in Pine Bluff.
View ArticleMan in hospital after stabbing; 5 charged in attack
A 27-year-old Crawford County man is in a Fort Smith hospital with multiple stab wounds, and five men are in the Crawford County jail charged with attacking him, Sheriff Ron Brown said.
View ArticleElection board picks three finalists
The State Board of Election Commissioners said Friday that it will interview three state employees for its director position, with a goal of having someone in the post by Feb. 1.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Counterfeit bills spent in stores BONANZA, Ark. — Authorities in Sebastian County are investigating an influx of counterfeit money that has been passed in stores in Bonanza and Hackett.
View ArticleVehicle overturns; Manila man dies
A Manila man died Friday when his vehicle overturned into a lake in Mississippi County, according to a preliminary Arkansas State Police accident report.
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I am elated. Nothing can break that excitement. It is a great day.You can feel it in the air.” Wilma Donley of Little Rock, who was among 100 people watching President Barack Obama’s...
View ArticleGovernor’s appointments
The executive director of the Democratic Party of Arkansas will step down to take an $82,256 spot on the Arkansas Parole Board.
View ArticleDNA leads to arrest in 2002 rape, beating
A 43-year-old construction worker living in Pocola, Okla., was arrested by Fort Smith police Friday on a warrant alleging that he raped a woman 10 years ago, when she was 31. Leroy Eugene King was...
View ArticleResentencing is set in bomb case
Randeep Mann, a former Russellville doctor who is serving a life sentence for his 2010 conviction for orchestrating a grenade explosion in 2009, was scheduled Friday for a resentencing hearing at 1:30...
View ArticleLegislative calendar
This is a calendar of public events of the 89th General Assembly for today.
View ArticleArt show’s top honor awarded to Tulsa man
Mark Lewis of Tulsa has won the Grand Award at the Arkansas Arts Center’s 55th annual Delta Exhibition, which opened Friday.
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: January 22nd
Today 5 p.m. Springdale City Council committees — Room 236, City Administration Building, 201 Spring St.
View ArticleRECORDS: January 22nd
Arrests Benton County Sheriff’s Office • Thomas Powers Wilkinson, 22, of 422 Sadie Lane in Centerton was arrested Sunday in connection with probation violation. Wilkinson was being held Monday in the...
View ArticleCity Receives Volunteer Award
Gov. Mike Beebe and the Arkansas Department of Human Services recognized Fayetteville as a Volunteer Community of the Year last week for the fourth consecutive year.
View ArticleGirl found in cage; dad set for court
A preliminary hearing is set for Jan. 30 for a Tulsa man charged with child neglect after police said they found his 18-month-old daughter locked in a metal cage.
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