Bevy of bills out to tame budget
Several bills designed to improve federal budgeting are making the rounds on Capitol Hill. There's the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act, the Honest Budget Act, the Baseline Reform Act, and the Biennial ...
View ArticleCorps Set To Tour Monte Ne
To preserve or destroy is the question preservationists and historians must resolve regarding one of the last surviving structures of Monte ...
View ArticleStudents Plan Water Project
A group of John Brown University graduate students are connecting the dots between the right people, the right organizations and the right resources to provide clean water to an indigenous community ...
View ArticlePolice Investigate Fatal Shooting
Fayetteville police were investigating the circumstances Sunday surrounding a fatal shooting at an apartment complex early Sunday morning, according to a news release from the police ...
View ArticleActivists Bring Acclaimed Anti-Coal Film to Arkansas
Arkansas residents will get a chance this week to see how they can stand up to proposed coal-fired power plants with special screenings in Fayetteville, Little Rock and Hope of the documentary ...
View ArticleSuper Bowl XLVI Riot Police
More than a thousand New England Patriots fans in Massachusetts took out their frustration over losing the big game on a university campus.About 1,500 students rioted at the University of ...
View ArticleHoping For A "Smash" Hit
Chances are you've seen a promo or two about NBC's new series "Smash".The musical drama about the making of a Broadway show finally debuts tonight at 9:00, following a two hour ...
View ArticleWA House Fire Kills Man, Two Sons; Ruled Murder-Suicide
Washington State authorities say they believe a Seattle-area man deliberately set off an explosion that took his life and the lives of his two ...
View ArticleGirl Scouts Now Taking Plastic
The Los Angeles Times reports 32 troops in 23 states now take plastic. They're using portable credit card scanners attached to smartphones.And if you have a cookie craving, there's an app ...
View ArticleCounty Alters Lot Tax
Andy Shupe Connections to utility services seen Friday in one of several lots in the Rupple Row development on North Keats Drive in Fayetteville. County Assessor Jeff Williams plans to change what ...
View ArticleSummit County coroner investigating death of Arkansas woman
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo.-The Summit County Coroner's Office is investigating the death of a 38-year-old Arkansas woman. Authorities say Misty Threatt of Siloam Springs, Ark., was found dead Sunday. ...
View ArticleShe Said, "Yes!" Sissy's Log Cabin Super Proposal
Nick Fellone surprised his girlfriend, Molly, by proposing to her live during the Super Bowl last night.The happy couple talked about the surprise engagement on KARK 4 Today. Watch the video to ...
View ArticleU.S. Closes Embassy in Syria, Pulls American Diplomats out of Damascus
The U.S. government is closing its embassy in Syria amid the escalating violence there, MSNBC reports.The news agency says American diplomats are being pulled out of the capital of Damascus ...
View ArticleEmergency Network for Natural Disasters in Development at UA
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas are developing an emergency communications network that will maintain operation during natural disasters and provide critical warnings and ...
View ArticleGreen Party Candidates for President
candidates in the race for the 2012 Green presidential nomination.They are Jill Stein and Roseanne Barr. Stein is a physician, longtime teacher of internal medicine, and pioneering ...
View ArticleFuneral planned as police investigate slaying
DYERSBURG, Tenn. (AP) -- A funeral is planned in Arkansas for a West Tennessee mother whose body was found last year as police continue to investigate her ...
View ArticleJefferson Co. says tax helped attract new employer
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) -- Collections from Jefferson County's three-eighths percent economic-development sales tax are in line to meet projected revenue ...
View ArticleChenal Country Club to host Southern Am tourney
The country club says the tournament will be held July 18-21. Last year's event was held at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla., and featured players from 33 states and 9 ...
View ArticleOfficials to hold meeting about Broadway bridge
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department has scheduled a public involvement meeting to discuss plans for the Broadway Bridge over the Arkansas ...
View ArticleFood truck court opens in LR
This is another version of the street vendor and they have been popular the world over. My earliest recollection are the street vendors in North Texas after WWII. The food tasted too good to ask ...
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