Man Sentenced For Sexual Indecency
A Benton County man who police said took part in a home invasion, assorted burglaries and the beating of two men should have been in prison when the crimes occurred, ...
View ArticleCity’s Sales Tax Revenue Down
Police: Driver In Chase Arrested A driver who led law enforcement officers on a chase up and down Interstate 540 Monday during the 4 p.m. rush hour was in the Sebastian County Jail, authorities said ...
View ArticlePostal Study Perplexes Some
The U.S. Postal Service's estimate it would cost only $100,476 annually to drive unprocessed mail from Fayetteville to Little Rock has some people scratching their ...
View ArticleMoehring Candidate For Justice Of The Peace
Barry Moehring of Bentonville hopes his business background and political experience in Arizona will help him land a seat on the Benton County Quorum Court from District ...
View ArticleCenter Lane On Crossover Road To Close
County planners took a preliminary look Wednesday at a proposal to add to the loading dock at the Allens Canning Company's Reading Road plant in Siloam ...
View ArticleCentral EMS Adopts Budget
Central Emergency Medical Services got the green light Wednesday to add more staff, possibly give raises, buy two new ambulances and find a location for a station in eastern ...
View ArticleResignation accepted by council
Printer friendly page Councilwoman Joyce Myers of Ward Two, citing poor health and a lengthy illness, sent a letter announcing her resignation to the Hamburg City Council and council members ...
View ArticleCrossett bond issues nearing payoff completion
Printer friendly page As a pair of bond issues are nearing payoff well ahead of schedule, Crossett Mayor Scott McCormick would like to see at least one bond issue approved by voters in the ...
View ArticleElection commission proposes new county map
Printer friendly page A new redistricting map for the Ashley County Quorum Court moved closer to final approval after a special called Quorum Court meeting Tuesday afternoon in Hamburg. The ...
View ArticleFlash flood watch continues until 12 noon
Printer friendly page A flash flood warning rfor Chicot and southeastern Ashley counties, along with southeastern Boliver, Sunflower and Washington counties in Mississippi was lifted at 8 a.m. ...
View Article2 dead, 1 critically wounded in St. Francis County
The Tuesday night slayings left a man dead in Forrest City and a woman dead in Haynes, where her husband was found alive but with a gunshot wound to the ...
View ArticleError sets Arkansas inmate free 33 years early
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- A mistake by a clerk set an habitual offender free from prison 33 years early and the man is accused of taking part in a home invasion during the time he was supposed to ...
View ArticleMen's basketball hosts Louisiana Tech
Fan Guide FAYETTEVILLE -- The University of Arkansas men's basketball team is set to host Louisiana Tech tonight at 7 p.m. inside Bud Walton Arena in its last game before the holiday break. ...
View ArticleWal-Mart pulls formula after baby dies in Missouri
-; Wal-Mart has pulled a batch of powdered infant formula from more than 3,000 of its stores nationwide after a newborn Missouri boy who was fed the formula died from what preliminary tests indicate ...
View ArticleWal-Mart to open in hard-hit eastern New Orleans
-; Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it plans to open a supercenter by 2013 in eastern New Orleans, an area outside the central city that has struggled to rebuild since levees and floodwalls failed during ...
View ArticleMindy McCready's mom wants grandson back in Fla.
Gayle Inge and her husband, Michael Inge, said Thursday in a news release that their 5-year-old grandson Zander should be returned to them in ...
View ArticleArk. gov. backs health exchange partnership idea
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe is supporting a partnership with the federal government to implement the insurance exchange required under the health care law after efforts for a ...
View ArticleSWEPCO, environmental groups settle on coal plant
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- An electric utility can finish building a $2.1 billion coal-fired power plant in southwest Arkansas after announcing a settlement Thursday with environmental groups that ...
View ArticleCrawford urges compromise on payroll tax extension
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Republican Congressman Rick Crawford of Arkansas is urging House Speaker John Boehner to compromise on an extension of payroll tax cuts, even if means agreeing to a ...
View ArticleUnemployment applications lowest since April ’08
-; The number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped last week to its lowest level since April 2008, extending a downward trend that shows the job market strengthening. First-time ...
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