Two new restaurants coming to Springdale
Two new restaurants are set to open in Springdale, in what a Springdale Chamber of Commerce official called a sign of an improving local economy. Bleu Monkey Grill will be at 1100 48th Place. Rib ...
View ArticleSWAT standoff ends in Bentonville
Misty Gittings The scene of a police standoff in Bentonville on Tuesday morning. Bentonville police are in standoff with an armed ...
View ArticleSevere weather possible for area
The National Weather Service is predicting thunderstorms, possibly severe, across Northwest Arkansas this evening. There is also a small chance of tornadoes in the area, according to forecasts. ...
View ArticleOfficers arrest 2 on drug charges
Two people were arrested on drug charges Tuesday, according to a report from the Baxter County sheriff's office. A probation officer performing a home inspection for Marcus Wayne Hill, 29, ...
View ArticleFirst State Bank agrees to FDIC consent order
Printer friendly page First State Bank officials said Tuesday that the bank has entered into a Stipulation and Consent to the Issuance of a Consent Order with representatives of the Federal ...
View ArticlePrayer Day event slated for Friday
Printer friendly page Friday will allow Ashley County residents the opportunity to pause together with others around the world for a moment of prayer. The annual local observance of World Day ...
View ArticleCouncil OKs PD pay hike
Printer friendly page Crossett Police Chief Tommy Sturgeon said his department has had difficulty in attracting and maintaining qualified officers due to offering less pay than neighboring ...
View ArticleStop Sign Being Moved from Old Warren Road to Highway 54 near Pine Bluff
Drivers who frequent the intersection of Old Warren Road and Highway 54 south of Pine Bluff will want to note an upcoming change.On Monday (March 5), the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation ...
View ArticleDow Closes above 13,000 for First Time since 2008
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is closing above the key 13-thousand-point mark for the first time since May of 2008.A report on consumer confidence that was better than expected helped push the ...
View ArticleAudit Finds State OK in Unemployment Payments
Going after Arkansans who fraudulently collected unemployment benefits: that's one of the recommendations from an audit report released ...
View ArticleTrial for Man Charged With Shooting Officer Begins
Wednesday, officer Matthew Kimery will take the stand. Prosecutors say Inthisone shot him in the shoulder at a home near the campus of UCA. Police believe Inthisone was going after his ...
View ArticleLawmakers Again Let Trucking Tax Repeal Idle
Speaker of the House Robert Moore has been trying to have the tax break repealed since it was part of a deal with the trucking industry that never came to ...
View ArticleAR Demanding Results, Not Procedures, from Health Care
Allison says the enormous shortfall has human services considering a new way of paying for health care. Paying doctors to heal patients, instead of treating ...
View ArticleGroup Wants Dialogue with City Board of Directors
Occupy Little Rock took to the steps of City Hall in response to questions posed and comments made by the Little Rock Board of Directors last week. The group is hoping to clear the air to come to an ...
View ArticleCDI Owes Nearly $500K in Payroll from January
According to the State Department of Labor, Russellville-based Child Development, Inc. owes more than 400 employees across the state from payroll unpaid in ...
View Article8th Circuit sends Lee County schools suit back
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A federal appeals panel has reversed the dismissal of portions of a discrimination case filed by a Lee County schools worker who says she was discriminated against because ...
View ArticleArk. House leader still hopes for tax break repeal
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas House Speaker Robert Moore said Tuesday he hopes a meeting with Republicans will jump-start the effort to repeal a $4 million tax break on commercial truck ...
View ArticleObama, Paul file to appear on Ark. ballot
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday filed to appear on Arkansas' Democratic primary ballot in May, as his campaign prepared to open an office in a state where he lost by ...
View ArticleGibraltar settlement ends Rothstein Razorback suit
Scott Rothstein 's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, will not go to trial. The last defendant to face allegations of aiding Rothstein - Coral ...
View ArticleNo. 4 Arkansas shuts out BYU, 5-0
Photo Album FAYETTEVILLE – Four Razorback pitchers combined for a three-hit shutout and the top four batters in the Arkansas order each had an RBI as the fourth-ranked Razorbacks defeated BYU ...
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