Officials try to identify burned body
Franklin County officials await autopsy and DNA testing results to confirm the identity of a person whose burned body was found in a burning car at the end of an isolated county road over the ...
View ArticlePride Parade is Saturday in Fayetteville
The Northwest Arkansas Pride Parade is set to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday in downtown Fayetteville. The theme for this year's parade is "Color Outside the ...
View ArticleFort Smith man dies in house fire
A fire destroyed a Fort Smith home over the weekend and killed the occupant, 74-year-old James E. Ballard, according to a fire department ...
View ArticleFriends fueled blaze deputies say
A group of friends literally added fuel to a fire that went on to consume more than 5 acres of timber in west Pulaski County on Sunday night, investigators ...
View ArticleImmigration backers hail ruling
Ryan McGeeney Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/RYAN MCGEENEY --06-25-2012-- Arkansas United Community Coalition executive director Mireya Reith, left, attorney Charles M. Kester, center, and Rogers/Lowell ...
View ArticleEthics panel issues caution to state officer
The Arkansas Ethics Commission has found probable cause that State Police Capt. Lance King violated state law when he accepted season football tickets, bowl tickets and a Sugar Bowl ring from the ...
View ArticleHeat spares few Arkansans topping 100 setting records
At least five Arkansas cities set records for searing temperatures Monday as a ridge of high pressure over the central United States pushed the thermometer to triple digits in the Natural ...
View ArticleArkansan Accused of Setting Fire to Grandparents Home
A Bentonville man is under arrest after causing more than $25,000 in damage to his grandparents' home. On Wednesday, June 20th, the Bentonville Police and Fire Departments were called to a ...
View ArticleSo frugal he made lures with cat hair
One winter, Carl Farler proved just how frugal he could be when instead of buying fly-tying fur for fishing lures, he decided to get ...
View ArticlePB man 29 gets 6 years in murder
A 29-year old Pine Bluff man was sentenced to six years in prison for second-degree murder Friday in Circuit Judge Jodi Dennis' court, according to the judge's ...
View ArticleArkansas loses sentencing law for young killers
In a case with origins in Arkansas, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a mandatory life sentence without possibility for parole for children who commit murder constitutes "cruel and ...
View ArticleState law wouldn’t violate ruling supporters insist
A U.S. Supreme Court opinion Monday that allows corporate contributions in state-level elections has no bearing on a proposed Arkansas initiated act that would restrict corporations and unions from ...
View ArticleTeen Arrested In Connection With Arson Flooding Home
McDONALD COUNTY - A 36-year-old Rogers, Ark., man was arrested at about 5 a.m. Monday after a manhunt by several law enforcement ocers from the McDonald County Sheriff's Department and the ...
View ArticleCity Leaders Consider Hiring Broker
City leaders are considering hiring an insurance broker to find health insurance for employees to save the city and employees money next ...
View ArticleLPGA Ready For Heat
Get the person out of the sun and into a shady or air-conditioned location. Lay the person down and elevate the legs and feet slightly. Loosen or remove the person's clothing. Have the person ...
View ArticleComplex To Replace Motel
Samantha Baker Credit: STAFF PHOTO The Twin Arch Motel, 521 N. College Ave. in Fayetteville, has no visitors Monday. Rogers-based Community Development Partners have plans to convert the motel, ...
View ArticlePolice Investigate 911 Kidnapping Call
Police are investigating what appeared to be a kidnapping incident, after a 911 caller said she heard a female yelling for help inside a ...
View ArticleCouncil To Review Meter Contract
The Bentonville City Council will consider awarding a $6.6 million bid to Mueller Systems for an automated metering system at its meeting at 6 p.m. ...
View ArticleCounty Farm Family Vies For State Honor
A family from Prairie Grove will compete against seven other Arkansas families for top honors in the 66th Annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year ...
View Article‘Constitutionalist’ Seeks Council Ward 4 Seat
A west Fayetteville resident and engineer for a poultry products company is the second person to announce he'll enter the race for the Fayetteville City Council's Ward 4 ...
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