Schwartz To Kick Off College’s Themed Semester
Jessica A. Schwartz will give the presentation “Radiation Sounds: Marshallese Music and Nuclear Silences” at NorthWest Arkansas Community College on Jan. 26.
View ArticleSearch Under Way For Missing Shotgun
Benton County Sheriff’s Office deputies spent hours Thursday searching for an unloaded shotgun that fell off a part-time deputy’s car Wednesday night.
View ArticlePolice Chief Warns Of Meter Scam
Police Chief Jon Simpson warned Thursday of a possible scam involving a telephone caller asking for credit or debit card information to pay for new electric meters being installed across the city.
View ArticleOfficials Aim To Repeal Wage Scale
Benton County Judge Bob Clinard and state Rep. Dan Douglas, R-Bentonville, will promote legislation to abolish Arkansas’ prevailing wage scale. The scale sets pay rates for workers on...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office Shotgun Still Missing
A shotgun that fell off a part-time deputy’s car had not been found as of Friday night, Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck said.
View ArticleMan Accused Of Animal Cruelty
A Siloam Springs man is accused of dragging his dog behind a pickup.
View ArticleBella Vista Named Best Place To Raise Kids
Bloomberg Businessweek has named the city the Best Place to Raise Kids in Arkansas.
View ArticleCollege Trustees Meet Administration
NorthWest Arkansas Community College trustees were introduced to campus administrators on Friday during a board retreat.
View ArticleRockwell’s art exhibit’s focus
Famed American illustrator Norman Rockwell captured his subjects as they celebrated life’s everyday moments — their trials, triumphs, struggles for social justice and a raw human spirit.
View ArticleJudge Won’t Close County Bridge
Benton County Judge Bob Clinard said he will not comply with a state order to close Hickory Creek Bridge in the far southeastern corner of the county.
View ArticleBentonville Hands Out Outstanding Citizen Awards
Bentonville Mayor Bob McCaslin honored three residents with Outstanding Citizen awards Jan. 15. Larry and Elise Kirkpatrick and Joshua Rogers were honored for their service to the community.
View ArticleLast Farm Pesticide Class Set
The application of restricted-use pesticides, tools commonly used for controlling certain weeds, brush, insects and other pests, requires farmers obtain certification through programs sanctioned by the...
View ArticleMARRIAGE LICENSES: January 21st
Jan. 10 Valentin Correa Ruiz, 26, and Deidre Lynn Martin, 22, both of Siloam Springs Anthony Edward Rotramel, 26, Wood Ridge, N.J., and Emily Rose Marshall, 24, Gentry Robert Pendleton Snow, 41, and...
View ArticleRESTAURANT INSPECTIONS: January 21st
Information is from state Health Department records. Restaurants are listed in order of inspection date. All reports are from regular food service food store inspections unless otherwise noted....
View ArticleRunners Prepare For Race
“It is amazing what I get reeled into.” So writes David Wright, director of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, in a blog documenting his training for the Bentonville Half Marathon.
View ArticleHistoric Laws Provide Peek Into Past
The big issue at the last City Council meeting was how to classify advanced training for the city’s Bomb Squad. But 110 years ago, the concern was keeping people from harming others with a bean flipper.
View ArticleDeputy’s Shotgun Returned To Office
A shotgun that fell off a part-time deputy’s car has been returned to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, according to Maj. Rob Holly.
View ArticleCrime Patrol Online
Three Benton County Sheriff's Office detectives will patrol the Internet instead of local roads and highways.
View ArticleCounty Eyes Reserve Fund
Benton County can expedite its road program as long as the county keeps the recently approved 1/2 cent sales dedicated to road work.
View ArticleBoulevard, Alcohol On Agenda
City leaders will continue a discussion on the future of North Walton Boulevard at tonight’s City Council meeting, a week after a public hearing drew vocal opposition to one component of the plan.
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