NWAonline stories: Bentonville

BENTONVILLE -- The jury trial for a Bella Vista couple accused of mistreating three children will not take place Tuesday.

BENTONVILLE -- A Siloam Springs man was sentenced to 23 years in prison Thursday for raping a girl.

BELLA VISTA -- Two brick walls and the face of the garage were all that remained of the home at 128 Leicester Drive on Thursday morning.

BELLA VISTA -- The Salaries Committee, appointed by Mayor Frank Anderson, will meet from 11 a.m. to noon today and from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at American Legion Post at Bella Vista Way and Kingsland Road.

BENTONVILLE -- There will be 120 trees available to residents through the Tree and Landscape Advisory Committee's spring tree giveaway.

BENTONVILLE -- A plan to convert R.E. Baker Elementary School into a charter school for grades kindergarten through eight drew a lukewarm response from the School Board on Thursday.

BENTONVILLE -- Benton County's justices of the peace have finalized plans to pay for rural ambulance service through the end of the year.

On April 11, I received a phone call from Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality. This phone call was an issuance of an emergency order of the director to cease all unpermitted discharges into the West Fork of the White River. Butch Bartholomew and Robert White, the engineer from McClelland Engineering, presented two solutions to the department to solve the problem. One was to control the flow of discharge from the manhole at the treatment plant and to send that rain water and sewer discharge through the plant. The second was to increase the flow of wastewater through the plant without compromising the complete treatment and without bypassing any treatment units. The first solution to divert the flow from the manhole was completed, in operation, and approved by an inspector from state department on Tuesday. That stopped all untreated discharge into the White River.

CAVE SPRINGS -- Alderman Randell Noblett has announced he'll run for Cave Springs mayor in this year's election.

BENTONVILLE -- Opening three schools in the last two years added millions to the School District's operating budget. District officials agreed some budget adjustments were necessary.

BENTONVILLE -- Benton County's justices of the peace, tasked with monitoring county spending, have exceeded their own budget for the first four months of the year.

BELLA VISTA -- The City Council will discuss its second land buy this year when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Highlands Crossing Center.

ROGERS -- One would never know by looking at Terri Walker multiple doctors have given her from three to four months to live.

BENTONVILLE -- Circuit Judge Tom Smith hopes a recent program will lead to a better understanding of how the juvenile justice system works.

BENTONVILLE -- Republican candidates for governor and lieutenant governor will speak during a meeting of the Republican Women of Bentonville tonight.

BELLA VISTA -- The city will not be making a second land purchase just yet, and the search continues for an adequate location for a permanent Street Department.

BENTONVILLE -- School District administrators said they will re-evaluate their plan to convert R.E. Baker Elementary into a charter school for grades kindergarten through eighth.

BENTONVILLE -- Two of the city's three storm sirens that were out of service during Sunday's tornado watch are expected to be repaired by this afternoon, said Brent Boydston, fire chief.

Jury Trial Rescheduled For Bella Vista Couple Accused Of Abusing Three Children

Siloam Springs Man Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison

Fire Guts Bella Vista Home

Salaries Committee To Meet In Bella Vista

Bentonville To Giveaway Trees

Bentonville's Baker Elementary School Targeted As Charter Site

Benton County OKs Ambulance Funding Plan

West Fork Working On Problems

Noblett Runs For Cave Springs Mayor

Records

Bentonville School District Focused On Spending Cuts

Benton County Quorum Court Exceeds Budget

Land Purchase To Go Before Bella Vista Council

Rogers' Race For The Cure Provides Support For Participants

Benton County Meeting Discusses Function Of Juvenile Court

Republican Women Hosting State Candidates

Search Continues For Street Department Site

Public Meetings

Bentonville Committee To Reconsider Charter Site

Bentonville Storm Siren Situation Being Solved