Jury Finds Gentry Man Guilty
A jury didn't believe a Gentry man when he claimed he was the victim at his rape trial.
View ArticleMan Held In Federal Case
A former Gravette volunteer firefighter was arrested last week in a federal case in connection with child pornography.
View ArticleBentonville museum gets girlhood art show
Holly Pyne Connor spent four of her 17 years at the Newark Museum piecing together the major traveling exhibition, Angels & Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th-Century American Art, while carrying out...
View ArticleElection Officials Reject School Voting Sites
Benton County election officials Thursday rejected an offer to use Bentonville School District facilities as polling places for the Sept. 17 school election.
View ArticleCounty Officials Resume Ambulance Debate
Benton County’s justices of the peace resumed the debate over ambulance service Thursday night in an unscheduled discussion after they disposed of the Quorum Court’s regular business.
View ArticleBentonville Rotary Named Club Of Year
The Rotary Club of Bentonville has been named 2012-13 large club of the year for District 6110.
View ArticleSchool Board Filing Period Looms
Benton County residents are certain to see some familiar names when they go to vote in school board elections in September.
View ArticlePrekindergarten Program Growing
The Bentonville School District will expand its free prekindergarten program for low-income families this fall.
View ArticleFire Damages Restaurant, Church
A fire Saturday afternoon caused extensive damage to a building shared by a restaurant and a church.
View ArticleJorgenson Era Comes To College
Evelyn Jorgenson fondly recalls growing up on a farm in central Missouri where, even as a child, she played the role of an educator.
View ArticleMARRIAGE LICENSES
June 20 Robert Michael Albertson, 40, and Glenna Faye Wise, 33, both of Rogers Robert Nelson Belote, 32, and Leah Michelle Morgan, 28, both of Lowell Ephram McCracken Butler, 66, Joanna Louise Watson,...
View ArticleLAWSUITS
June 20 Kristi Beaver and Gary Beaver v. Ray L. Brown Thomas Koontz v. Lindsay Hill Bank of New York Mellon and Bank of New York - Trustee v. Dana S. Ott, Randall D. Chasteen and United Build Homes...
View ArticleRESTAURANT INSPECTIONS
Information is from state Health Department records. Restaurants are listed in order of inspection date.
View ArticleCity Creates Safer Streets
The city added a crosswalk last week at the intersection where a high school student was hit by a school bus last year on a state highway.
View ArticleCounty Eyes Court Needs
Work is about to begin on a study of Benton County’s needs for a new building to house circuit court judges, prosecutors, public defenders and support staff.
View ArticleSpringdale Man Sentenced To 50 Years
A Springdale man was sentenced to 50 years in prison last week after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl.
View ArticleChanges Coming To Former Travelodge
The Planning Commission will consider a lot split today for the former Travelodge on South Walton Boulevard, the site where Cracker Barrel applied for a sign variance in May.
View ArticleVoters To Decide Ambulance Fee Issue
Voters in the Northeast Benton County Fire Department’s emergency medical services district will decide July 9 if they’re willing to pay more for ambulance service.
View ArticleWoman Claimed Son Injured Self With Knife
The mother of a 5-year-old boy who shot himself in the eye told medical personnel her son injured himself with a butcher’s knife, according to court documents.
View ArticleLawsuit Filed Over Waste Districts’ Fee
A disagreement between two solid waste districts has resulted in a lawsuit.
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