Guns on campus is divisive issue at UA
Recent school shootings and renewed efforts in the Arkansas Legislature to allow concealed-carry guns on college campuses have prompted University of Arkansas faculty members and students to make their...
View ArticleDisaster aid OK’d; storms hit state
President Barack Obama declared seven Arkansas counties major disaster areas from Christmas ice and snow damage on Tuesday, as a new storm crossed the state carrying high winds.
View ArticleThe state/region in brief
Woman hit by car ID’d as of Lonoke Police on Monday identified Jamie Hicks, 37, of Lonoke as the woman who was fatally struck by a vehicle in Cabot on Saturday night.
View ArticleFugitive is focus of Arkansas hunt
State, local and federal authorities were combing the rural Dyer-Mulberry area during Tuesday’s storms for a Virginia man wanted in Georgia on charges ranging from obstruction of justice, forgery and...
View ArticleNW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Judge Tabor just doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing, and I don’t mind telling him so. It’s not over. ... We will win the battle.We will have to go another route, probably the state...
View ArticleStorms Cause Wind Damage, Power Outages
A line of severe storms caused wind damage to about 40 homes in Elkins on Tuesday afternoon. Orvetta Cox of 14124 Hummingbird Road said she ran to her hallway when she heard her roof began to crack....
View ArticleTontitown, Fire Department Split Difference
A compromise at Tuesday’s meeting between the City Council and the Tontitown Area Fire Department opened the door for the organization to eventually become part of the city government.
View ArticleAnother Elser Wins Spelling Bee
“Proficient” is one word that might describe Caroline Elser’s spelling ability. It also was the word she spelled correctly to win the Washington County Spelling Bee on Tuesday night.
View ArticleApollo Theater Unsafe
The last theater building remaining from Emma Avenue’s heyday may face demolition.
View ArticleRogers Focuses on Enrollment Numbers
A growing district and increasing enrollment is creating changes for Rogers schools, Superintendent Janie Darr said during a Tuesday meeting detailing proposed changes to attendance zones in the School...
View ArticlePolice Link Man to Computer Child Porn
Police said a Rogers man who posed as a 16-year-old boy faces felony charges after he exchanged sexually explicit text messages with a girl posing as a 15-year-old.
View ArticleShelter to Offer Free Spay, Neuter Services
The Animal Shelter will offer free spay and neuter services three days in February and March, according to a city news release.
View ArticleCouncil to Carry Over $48 Million
Plans for a range of city projects can continue if aldermen agree Tuesday to add $48.1 million to the city’s $134.9 million budget for 2013.
View ArticleSex Offender Faces New Charge
A Level 4 sex offender was arrested Monday in connection with sexually assaulting a woman.
View ArticleMetal Recycler Appeals Permit Denial
Benton County is facing an appeal of the decision by the Planning Board denying a request to allow a metal recycling business operate at a site near Gentry.
View ArticleBill limits liability for small airstrips
Bob Shingledecker spent most of his adult career immersed in technology — first as an aircraft mechanic for the U.S. Air Force, then as an automotive technology instructor. When he took his first...
View ArticleFour plead not guilty to deadly beating
Four Prairie Grove residents facing murder charges related to the death of 48-year-old Ronnie Lee Bradley pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Washington County Circuit Court. Anthony Allen Swinford, 35,...
View ArticlePolice arrest teen in Gentry armed robbery
Police arrested a 13-year-old boy Tuesday afternoon in connection with an armed robbery at the Phillips 66 Station, according to a news release from the Gentry Police Department.
View ArticleColleges boosting Internet offerings
The University of Arkansas System will encourage its campuses to offer a free, online, credit-bearing course in cooperation with a private company as a way to recruit students to a new menu of online...
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