NWAonline stories: Bentonville

A Benton County justice of the peace said Friday greed is behind the increasing demands of cities for payment for rural ambulance service.

A woman claims a Siloam Springs man raped her because the police had been called about him smoking marijuana, according to court documents filed Thursday.

Benton County officials have prepared for the Feb. 11 vote on rural ambulance service by sending letters to voters and holding public meetings on the issue. They also are getting details of the voting process ready for election day.

Northwest Arkansas Classical Academy officials expect nearly all of their classrooms to be full even after they increase capacity by more than 20 percent this fall.

Criminal proceedings ended today with a jail and prison sentence for the Decatur couple who were arrested after their 5-year-old shot himself.

A Decatur couple received prison and jail sentences after their 5-year-old shot himself last year.

Benton County’s plan to pay for future rural ambulance service will be discussed at the following town hall meetings:

Officials hope a road project that’s been in the works for nearly three years will be finished by this fall.

Mouie Lanje, 16, was sitting in the “hot seat” in the middle of his sophomore English class at Bentonville High School when he asked his classmates what it would be like to live without basic human rights.

NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s enrollment is down 6.1 percent from what it was this time a year ago, something officials attribute largely to an improved economy and a new academic policy.

One of the School District’s top administrators will leave this summer to lead a district in Kansas.

The city has become the preferred place for work, play and living life, Mayor Bob McCaslin said in his State of the City report at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting.

The public library will hold a Dating Awareness Safety workshop at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday where teens will hear from professionals about warning signs of unsafe relationships.

Rep. Dan Douglas, R-Bentonville, will run for re-election to the District 91 seat of the state House of Representatives, he announced Wednesday.

A former youth minister who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl will serve 118 days in the Benton County Jail.

The Asian Pacific Associates Network will host a 2014 Chinese New Year dinner gala from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Li’s Home Cooking.

Bentonville will be represented when the best dance teams from across the country converge in Florida this weekend.

Amazeum recently received $20,000 from two state representatives that will help pay for a Touchable Tornado section of a weather exhibition at the children’s museum.

A murder suspect will make his first court appearance Friday morning after being brought from Virginia in connection with the death of a Springdale man.

An Old High Middle School student was diagnosed with pertussis this week, prompting the school to send letters home notifying parents of other students who might have been exposed to the disease.

Benton County Official Says Greed Drives City Demands

Man Being Held On $100,000 Bond

Benton County Readies For Ambulance Vote

Northwest Arkansas Classical Academy Plans Expansion

Decatur couple whose son shot himself sentenced

Case Ends With Jail, Prison Sentences For Decatur Couple

More Benton County Ambulance Town Halls Set

Windmill Road Project Starting In Bentonville

Civil-rights era studied through letters and art

NWACC's Spring Enrollment Down

Administrator Leaving Bentonville School District

Mayor Gives State Of Bentonville Report

Bentonville Library Has Teen Dating Awareness Workshop

Bentonville’s Douglas Seeks Second Term

Former Rogers Youth Minister Begins Jail Sentence

Chinese New Year Dinner Gala Set In Bentonville

Bentonville Dance Team Headed For National Stage

Amazeum Get Money For Touchable Tornado

Murder Suspect In Benton County Jail

Bentonville Middle School Reports Pertussis Case