10 home matches highlight spring schedule
The University of Arkansas women’s tennis team released its 2012 spring schedule on Thursday and 10 home matches highlight the campaign along with 16 ranked opponents. Even with the large ...
View ArticleCrystal Bridges, Louvre, will collaborate
nwaonline.com/crystalbridges Crystal Bridges will join the Louvre in Paris and two other museums in the United States in a four-year collaboration resulting in annual "focused ...
View ArticleAttempted Commercial Burglary at Dollar General
Rogers police are investigating an attempted commercial burglary Tuesday night at Dollar General on West Walnut Street, according to a news release. Officers responding to an alarm found that the ...
View ArticlePet microchipping will be required in Fayetteville
-; Fayetteville dog and cat owners will soon be required to microchip their pets. A new ordinance, which City Council members unanimously approved Tuesday, will replace the city's existing ...
View ArticleConstruction set to begin on Arkansas 21c hotel
The 21c in Bentonville will be a combination boutique hotel, contemporary art museum and restaurant modeled after the existing 21c location at 710 W. Main St. in downtown ...
View ArticleLittle Rock directors repeal 1957 declaration
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A 1957 declaration by Little Rock city directors supporting Gov. Orval Faubus' intervention at Central High School and criticizing President Dwight Eisenhower's ...
View ArticleMan charged with Ark. race crime pleads guilty
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A man pleaded guilty Wednesday to three charges for his part in a plot to firebomb an interracial couple's home in northeast ...
View ArticleAdams is SEC Special Teams Player of the Year
Joe Adams has been named SEC Special Teams Player of the Year, it was announced Wednesday. One of the most versatile and dynamic players in college football, Adams leads the country with three punt ...
View ArticleBeebe intends to grant pardons to six
Beebe's office said Wednesday that all six people have paid their fines and completed jail time and parole-and-probationary requirements. Beebe intends to pardon Jackie Bourne of Hensley, ...
View ArticlePryor questions why no Purple Hearts for 2 soldiers
-; Several lawmakers say two soldiers who were shot outside a military recruiting station in Arkansas two years ago should be awarded the Purple Heart. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, along with ...
View ArticleBernice Young Elementary locked down
-; Bernice Young Elementary School in Springdale was locked down from about 2:45 p.m. to 3:25 p.m., district spokesman Rick Schaeffer said. Lt. Kevin Lewis with the Springdal Police Department said ...
View ArticleWill North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Hays Run for Re-Election
North Little Rock's chief executive officer, Patrick Hays, says he may be calling it quits.Hays has been mayor of North Little Rock for nearly a quarter century.Citing his years of service and ...
View ArticlePleasant Pointe Apartment Fire
A fire broke out at the Pleasant Pointe apartment complex near Green Mountain Drive. One woman jumped out of a second floor window and injured her arm. all sixteen units of the building received ...
View ArticleEnd of sports’ fee ties sought
The University of Central Arkansas' athletic department is working to end its dependence on nonsports-related student fees but still relies heavily on them and other auxiliary funds such as ...
View ArticleDemand on the rise at state’s food banks
Credit: None/None Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/RYAN MCGEENEY --12-09-11-- Helping Hands pantry supervisor Richard DeWitt of Bentonville selects items to fill a shopping cart of food for a family in ...
View ArticleCaraway to ask voters for sales-and-use tax for officer, upgrades
Caraway voters will decide Tuesday on a 1 percent sales-and-use tax that would be the first of its kind since the Craighead County town incorporated in ...
View ArticleSearcy to vote Tuesday on funding issue
Searcy voters will decide Tuesday whether to approve a sales tax aimed at funding a new road connecting Arkansas 36 and U.S. 67 in White ...
View ArticleMagazine ads to promote Ark. as cultural locale
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas tourism officials say the state will buy advertising in magazines to promote the state as a destination for arts and ...
View ArticleCache River flooding said to be getting worse
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Flooding along the Cache River in Craighead, Lawrence and Jackson counties seems to be getting worse and more frequent, according to farmers and a state official.A ...
View ArticleNidec lays off more than 50 from Paragould plant
PARAGOULD, Ark. (AP) — A maker of electric motors has laid off more than 50 workers from its plant in Paragould.Nidec Motor Corporation spokesman Mark Polzin says 48 hourly and eight salaried ...
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