Jonesboro officer will not be charged in shooting of man
http://bit.ly/1LutBbe ) that prosecutor Scott Ellington says two days of grand jury testimony did not produce evidence that Officer Heath Loggains should be charged. Police Chief Rick Elliot released ...
View ArticleFamily of drowning victim pushes for life jacket use on Beaver Lake
<br> <br>NWA Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER Sgt. Rich Gauert takes one of the Benton County Sheriff’s Office boats out Thursday from the Prairie Creek Marina at Beaver Lake for ...
View ArticleBentonville wins baseball state title
FAYETTEVILLE -; A pair of three-run innings was enough for Bentonville to win the Class 7A baseball state championship Friday night at Baum Stadium. <br>The Tigers scored three runs in the ...
View ArticleParents end year in Springdale literacy program
<br> <br>SPRINGDALE -- Evangelina Arauja Martinez, 52, smiled Friday as she walked across the stage in the Performing Arts Center at Springdale High School to receive her certificate of ...
View ArticleBentonville School Board member denies bullying in statement
<br> <br>BENTONVILLE -- School Board member Rebecca Powers issued a statement Friday defending herself against criticism of a comment she posted on Facebook about a student. ...
View ArticleStreet and lane closings planned in Springdale
<br> <br>SPRINGDALE -- Drivers soon may see some delays because of road work. <br>The northern lane on Don Tyson Parkway between 40th Street and Carley Road will be closed for ...
View ArticleNorthwest Arkansas jail populations climb as state inmate backlog resurges
<br> <br>FAYETTEVILLE -- The number of men and women held in Washington and Benton county jails soared this week, which local and state officials said signals an end to the recent lull in ...
View ArticleBenton County seeks engineer for War Eagle Bridge
<br> <br>File Photo/NWA Democrat-Gazette/ANTHONY REYES Pedestrians cross the War Eagle Bridge in 2012 to get to the War Eagle Mill Craft Show and the War Eagle Fair. Benton County ...
View ArticleADEQ helps Fayetteville cap old landfill at regional park
<br> <br>FAYETTEVILLE -- The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality agreed Thursday to spend up to $3.4 million to finish capping and repairing the closed C&L Landfill this ...
View ArticleMan dead after fire at Little Rock home
<br> <br>LITTLE ROCK -- A man is dead after a Friday morning fire ravaged his single-story home. <br>Firefighters received a call to 4721 W. 24th St. at 8:57 a.m. Friday, Little ...
View ArticleSocial worker testifies about Bentonville convicted murderers childhood of...
<br> <br>BENTONVILLE -- A convicted murderer's childhood was filled with reports about him being physically and sexually abused and at times having to beg for food or eat from the ...
View ArticleDuggars State Police notice went nowhere in 03
<br> <br>SPRINGDALE -- An Arkansas State Police corporal who gave Josh Duggar "a very stern talk" in 2003 about the teen's improper sexual conduct started the clock on the ...
View ArticleFlash flood watches set for western northwestern Arkansas
The National Weather Service says the watches extend through the long Memorial Day weekend. Forecasters say unsettled weather conditions will continue through the holiday weekend as a developing ...
View ArticleWeatherford seeks $1.3M from Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A Texas company is asking Arkansas' highest court to require the state to return more than $1.3 million in taxes it collected on sand that was used in natural gas ...
View ArticleJonesboro officer not charged
<br> <br>JONESBORO -- A Jonesboro police officer who fatally shot a machete-wielding man in April will not be charged with a crime, a Craighead County grand jury determined Friday. ...
View ArticleCounty No crime in inmates suicide
<br> <br>FORT SMITH -- Sebastian County's prosecuting attorney has ruled that there was no criminal fault in the death of a county jail inmate who hanged himself in his cell in ...
View ArticleTop two named at Maumelle High
<br> <br>Velimir Petrovic graduated as valedictorian of Maumelle High School in the Pulaski County Special School District. <br>Aaron Woodall graduated as salutatorian. ...
View ArticleHistoric roll adds Little Rock Federal Building
<br> <br>The Federal Building in downtown Little Rock has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the country's official list of historically significant properties, ...
View ArticleLR Central names senior classs top 2
<br> <br>Sherry Gao graduated as valedictorian of Little Rock Central High School in the Little Rock School District, and Chuang Z. Tang graduated as salutatorian. <br>Gao, daughter ...
View ArticleUA junior one of 58 Truman Scholars
<br> <br>A University of Arkansas at Fayetteville student interested in public policy has been named a Truman Scholar. <br>John "Grant" Addison of Cabot is one of 58 ...
View ArticleFriday is deadline to assess property
<br> <br>Arkansas residents have until Friday to have their personal and business property assessed or face a penalty. <br>State law requires all Arkansas residents to assess their ...
View ArticleHope police arrest man in 14 killing
<br> <br>HOPE -- Hope police arrested a man in the 2014 killing of 57-year-old Gary Tuberville, whose body was found July 2 inside a home on South Ferguson Street. ...
View ArticleGroups apply for fees in hog suit
<br> <br>Attorneys for the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance and other environmental groups applied for $370,510 in attorneys fees this week in the lawsuit the groups filed against the ...
View ArticleOwner of PB Huddle House settles suit over racial slurs
<br> <br>H2H Enterprises Inc., a management company that owns three Huddle House restaurants in Pine Bluff, White Hall and El Dorado, has paid $15,000 to resolve a federal lawsuit ...
View ArticleDown legal for tailgate however …
<br> <br>Dear Mahatma: I recently acquired my first pickup truck. Someone told me it was illegal to drive it with the tailgate down. True? -- Magnolia <br>Dear Magnolia: In the ...
View ArticleTask force on LR-area crime told of new law
<br> <br>For two months now, officials involved in central Arkansas' criminal justice system have been brainstorming ways they can improve the system at the state, county and local ...
View ArticleDoctors licenses stopped by board
<br> <br>The Arkansas State Medical Board on Friday suspended the licenses of four doctors charged this week in a federal investigation into prescription drug abuse. ...
View ArticlePrivate option OK for 250799
<br> <br>The number of people approved for coverage under Arkansas' expanded Medicaid program last month reached 250,799, surpassing the number state officials estimated to be ...
View ArticleTreasurer settles for $30000 in ex-workers civil-rights suit
<br> <br>The state's treasurer has opted to settle a federal lawsuit filed against him by a former employee from his time as the Saline County clerk. <br>An attorney for ...
View ArticleLockheed aid will pay off study predicts
<br> <br>If the Arkansas Legislature approves an $87.1 million aid package for a defense contractor with a facility in Camden, the state will recoup the money -- plus an additional $16.3 ...
View ArticleClinton got now-classified text on her email
<br> <br>WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email account about the deadly attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Libya ...
View ArticleNo role for troops in Iraq Clinton says
<br>JIM COLE <br>Credit: AP <br> <br>Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with employees during a tour of the Smuttynose Brewery, Friday, May 22, ...
View Article4.7 surge in holiday travelers forecast
LIVE TRAFFIC MAP: Real-time data on traffic conditions The motor and leisure travel organization AAA has estimated a 4.7 percent increase in travelers from last year -- the highest travel volume for ...
View ArticleArkansas treasurer settles ex-workers civil-rights lawsuit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas' treasurer has settled a federal lawsuit filed against him by a former employee when he served as the Saline County ...
View ArticleAnalysis Arkansas session tests governor for future fights
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson appears unlikely to face any insurmountable obstacles in his push for incentives to lure a defense project to the state, or any of the other ...
View ArticleJosh Duggar Records Destroyed By Arkansas Police At Judges Request
Josh Duggar, star of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" admitted to sexually abusing underage girls in the early 2000s. (Photo: Danny Johnston) | ASSOCIATED PRESS <br> <br> ...
View ArticlePolice Springdale man arrested linked to gang activity
<br> <br>A Springdale man linked to gang-related crimes was arrested Saturday in connection with rape, terrorist threatening, false imprisonment and a misdemeanor offense, police said in ...
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Saudi national responsible for mosque massacre
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia has said that the suicide bomber at the mosque attack killing 21 worshipers was a Saudi national and a member of Islamic State (IS), Saudi Press Agency ...
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