NWAonline stories: Bentonville

BENTONVILLE -- Downtown Bentonville will host Oktoberfest during the October First Friday.

CAVE SPRINGS -- Benton County's second town hall meeting on rural ambulance service drew a handful of Cave Springs area residents out on a rainy night to hear officials explain the two ballot issues.

DECATUR -- Debbie Weston, Decatur Housing Authority executive director, resigned Friday after admitting she used authority money to pay for personal expenses, explaining she deducted the value from unused vacation pay.

BENTONVILLE -- James Smith and Craig Soos will compete for the Bentonville City Council Ward 3, Position 1 seat.

BENTONVILLE -- The annual Benton County fall cleanup will have some changes this year, organizers said.

BENTONVILLE -- Prosecutors on Friday charged a former Siloam Springs school teacher with raping a 13-year-old boy, but Mary Faith McCormick maintains her innocence.

BENTONVILLE -- There was just enough sunshine Friday morning at Lincoln Junior High School to make Craig Colorusso's Sun Boxes sing.

BENTONVILLE -- East Central Avenue from North Main Street to Southeast/Northeast A Street will be closed from 6:30 a.m. Sunday to 6:30 a.m. Monday.

BENTONVILLE -- The seventh annual City Expo will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the library.

BENTONVILLE -- Twelve-year-old Jimmy Zink climbed out of a minivan and called to a friend, "Do you want to rip off this door with me?"

BENTONVILLE -- The lead investigator in Barry Gebhart's arrest has defended his role after the case was panned by the defense and prosecutors.

BENTONVILLE -- Officials hope to have the Bentonville Community Recreation Center in the dry within six to seven weeks, Pat Carroll, Crossland project manager, said Friday.

BENTONVILLE -- Proposed boundary lines determining which students will attend which high school will be presented for the first time at today's School Board meeting.

BENTONVILLE -- The School Board on Monday got its first look at new attendance boundaries proposed to take effect with the opening of West High School in two years.

BENTONVILLE -- Benton County's justices of the peace will get their first look at the county's proposed 2015 road paving plan tonight.

BENTONVILLE -- An injured Rogers man was able to jump out of a vehicle and flee his kidnappers, according to a Benton County Sheriff's Office official.

BENTONVILLE -- Proceedings were suspended Monday in the murder case of a Bentonville man accused of killing his grandmother.

BENTONVILLE -- Bentonville's new high school dominated discussion at Tuesday's Benton County Transportation Committee, with officials expressing a need for more information from the School District and Centerton as the county's budget takes shape over the next few months.

BENTONVILLE -- Chad Yoes will challenge incumbent John Skaggs for the City Council Ward 1, Position 2 seat in November.

BENTONVILLE -- School District teachers would get 1.27 percent raises this year under a proposal from finance director Sterling Ming.

Oktoberfest Marks Bentonville's October First Friday

Benton County Ambulance Meeting Draws Small Crowd

Decatur Housing Authority Executive Director Resigns

Smith, Soos Seek Bentonville Ward 3 Seat

Benton County Readies For Cleanup

Former Siloam Springs Teacher Charged With Rape

Here Come The Sun Boxes In Bentonville

Portion Of Central Avenue In Bentonville To Close

Bentonville City Expo Planned For Tuesday

First TinkerFest Draws Large Crowd

Gebhart Investigator Defends Case

Bentonville Community Center Construction Continues

Bentonville School Boundaries Discussion Begins Today

Bentonville School Board Gets Boundary Proposals

Benton County Officials To Consider Road Plan

Two Arrested In Stabbing, Kidnapping

Mental Evaluation Granted For Murder Suspect

Benton County Officials Worried By School Traffic

Skaggs, Yoes Compete For Bentonville Ward 1 Spot

Raises Proposed For Bentonville School District Staff