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Robert Coffelt, Centerton’s chief building inspector, talks Thursday about his experience with the l...

Judge Mary Ann Gunn of the Washington County Drug Court talks to drug offenders Monday at Fayettevil...

GREEN TEAM - Luke Lopez of Happy Hollow Elementary School’s Green Team plays Thursday on a train scu...

CLEANING ‘HILLARY’S GARDEN’ - Hailey Maras, 10, gathers leaves Thursday while working with her fello...

PLANT PREP - Adamaris Mendoza, 7, a second-grader at Eastside Elementary School in Rogers, carries p...

RIDE ’EM, COWGIRL - Audrianna Hale rides a stick horse Thursday around a course at Parsons Stadium i...

ACADEMIC AWARDS - Heritage High School sophomores Stephanie Parker, left, and Carley Thompson chat T...

DEAD DAYS - Alex Tice studies Thursday for a final in molecular phylogenetics at the Arkansas Union ...

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT - Michelle Stephens, left, executive director of the Helen R. Walton Chi...

Gordon Fischer, left, and Debbie Fischer look over brochures Thursday of candidates running for elec...

Fayetteville girls track and field athletes celebrate after winning the Class 7A State Track and Fi...

Rogers High’s Jake Rylee is congratulated by his teammates following his two-run home run during Th...

Springdale junior Gabe Gonzalez leads the field on his way to a second-place finish in the mile run...

Rogers High’s Ashley Ferguson looks to tag out Bentonville’s Meg McGuirt at second base Thursday in...

Fayetteville sophomore Sydney Conley sails to
1 the sand to clear 19 feet, /2 inch to win the lon...

pringdale Har-Ber’s Blayne Stemple throws to first to complete a double play as Fayetteville’s Doug...

Fayetteville senior Josh Baker celebrates a two-run home run with his teammates during the fifth in...

Rogers Heritage’s Brittany McClain, left, clears a hurdle ahead of Little Rock Central’s Te’Laura W...

Har-Ber senior Houston Pruitt, left, pumps up his team after he hit a solo home run to tie the game...

Kirstie Hesseltine of Springdale Har-Ber clears the bar at 5 feet, 8 inches, to win the high jump c...

Springdale High’s Lara Couch forces out Har-Ber’s Hailey Hudlow at second base on Thursday in Sprin...

Bentonville’s Will Aenchbacher, right, and Springdale High’s Gabe Gonzalez begin the final stretch ...

Bentonville’s Ryan Harralston, left, gloves the throw from catcher Blake Baxendale as Rogers High’s...

During the May Festival of the Arts, Eureka Springs celebrates its diverse art scene even more than ...

Works of art, like this sculpture by Mel Shipley, will be celebrated even more than usual during the...

Artist Wendi La Fey participates in the May Festival of the Arts’ annual ARTrageous Parade, Eureka S...

The historic Victory Theater building has been the permanent home of the Rogers Little Theater since...

Glass works by Ed Pennebaker will be featured at the Fayetteville Underground through May. New exhib...

Mike Jackson, left, and Bill Wilks, members of the local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachro...

Springdale High’s Jose Landaverde has been effective for the Red’Dogs this season at center-midfield...

Springdale High catcher Erica Graham, left, tags Rogers High senior Alex Cook out at the plate Wedne...

Rogers Heritage’s Phillip Amaya moves the ball downfield against Rogers High on April 16 at Heritage...

Second-graders from Bellview Elementary School in Rogers marvel at the interior of War Eagle Cavern ...

Rogers High junior goalkeeper Mary Eoff has started 19 games and posted eight shutouts to her credit...

Fayetteville’s Sarah Correll, right, talks with her teammates on April 15 during a match at Bentonvi...

Happy Hollow Elementary School Principal Sharon Pepple turns some earth using a trackhoe with help f...

J.C. Harp, left, Farmington street supervisor, and Dan Ledbetter, Farmington public works director, ...

Sugar Creek Elementary School students reach Wednesday for a giant inflatable globe during a perform...

Bentonville goalkeeper Abby Risner comes out to challenge Fayetteville’s Casey O’Brien on April 15 a...

Lainey Quandt, 9, left, a third-grade student at R.E. Baker Elementary School in Bentonville, plants...

Sixth-graders Taylor Stephens, 12, from left, Cedric Beard, 12, Mykell Evans, 12, and David Dawkins,...

Hallie Aenchbacher, stern, and Sophie Cosgriff head down the Elk River during a Bentonville High Sch...

Woodland Junior High quarterback Austin Allen runs away from the Rogers High defense during the
se...

Shailyn Conner, left, and Niamh Martinez work on their plastic building block robot Wednesday at the...

Benton County Sheriff’s deputies remain on the scene of a shooting Tuesday where a 6-year-old girl w...

Myra Hernandez, left, and Norma Garcia, both 9, search for books to check out Wednesday at the Roger...

Bill Rankin of Centerton shows a 6.79-pound largemouth bass he caught and released at Lake Bentonvil...

Visiting Jurors Robert Somol, professor and director of the School of Architecture at the University...

Russ Tucker (left) and Roy Cope, both employees with Best Banner and Sign Company, install the sign...

In this July 11, 2006 file photo, a vessel sails towards a wind farm off the coast of Whitstable on...

Springdale Har-Ber track and field coaches Brett and Jodi Unger have seen the number of athletes par...

A woman believed to be Elaine Cox sits in the grass after a 6-year-old girl was shot in her home Tue...

Michael Freeman, right, and Neal Hollingsworth, with Northwest Communication of Bentonville, run dat...

Chef Rob Nelson glazes slices of cantaloupe as he creates a dish at River Grille in Bentonville on A...

Fayetteville’s Tevin Whitney begins the final lap while leading the field in the 800 meters on his w...

Gary Morris, director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program sponsored by the Economic Opportun...

Kirsten Palmer, 7, gets a close-up look at a flower while dressed as a flower Tuesday at the Botanic...

Bentonville senior Jonathan Mortensen makes a practice throw Tuesday at the school. Mortensen recent...

Sugar Creek Elementary School principal Cathy Hancock, right, and assistant principal Stephanie Summ...

Fifth-graders Autumn Palmer, 11, left, and Kaylee Zamastil, 10, work to tie-dye T-shirts with their ...

Cars drive Tuesday on Eighth Street near Melissa Drive in Bentonville. The project opened for traffi...

Shiloh Christian second baseman Kyler Offenbacker looks toward the mound while covering first base a...

Gentry senior Eryan Beck is a three-time all conference star for the Lady Pioneers and is the team’s...

Carlos Castillo, right, admires an award he was presented Tuesday by Highfill Police Chief Jack Sand...

Bernice Young Elementary School students Jordan Knipe, right, and Chloe Mangham, both 10, participat...

Former NFL player Bo Eason sets a theatrical kickoff block Tuesday with Alysia White (from left), 9,...

Collin Thompson, first grader from Shaw Elementary School demonstrates how to look through a magn...

Volunteer Alison Demorotski of Elm Springs prepares historical photographs for storage in the collec...

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a Siemens Energy wind turbine blade plant in Fort Madison...

In this Feb. 21, 1965 file photo, New York City Police Sgt. Alvin Aronoff grips hands of 22-year-old...

In this image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Linus, center, is shown with Charlie Brown and...

A forum for candidates of Benton County judge and sheriff hosted by the Bella Vista Republican Women...

Fun Time Shows employees Rev. William Pinkard (left) of Malden, Mo., and James Mayweather of Tope...

University of Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino talks with reporters about the new football recruits duri...

Pea Ridge’s Ryan Roughton hits the ball against Shiloh Christian on Monday in Prairie Grove.

Fayetteville’s Megan Newberry hits a double during Monday’s nonconference game against Elkins in Elk...

The Ozark Big-Eared bat, shown hanging from a wall of a cave, is an endangered species that official...

Mary Stewart of Bella Vista listens to candidates for Benton County judge and sheriff speak Monday d...

Bentonville firefighters work to put out a fire that started Monday morning at an Arvest Bank branch...

Rogers High School students Jeremy Elzey, from left, Briana Craig, Baine Farmer and Julio Cortez tim...

Joe Weatherford of Fayetteville untangles leashes Monday while volunteering at the Fayetteville Anim...

A $2.4 million cleanup is under way at the former R&P Electroplating at 2000 Pump Station Road in Fa...

Edith Correa, a fifth-grader at Elmdale Elementary School in Springdale, looks at lockers in the sev...

Springdale emergency workers look over the accident scene Monday after clearing the injured in a thr...

Shiloh Christian’s Samuel Harvill celebrates after sacking Lonoke quarterback Rollins Elam twice in ...

Tayler Estrada of Bentonville, left, was selected by U.S. Youth Soccer for its Olympic Development P...

Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino yells instructions to his players during practice April 21 in Fayettevi...

Fayetteville National Cemetery Expansion

Utility companies remove damaged power poles around Yazoo City, Miss. Sunday following Saturday's to...

An apartment at 213 Erin Place in Springdale is on the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality’...

First Baptist Church Bentonville Senior Pastor Phillip Smith leads a prayer during service Sunday mo...

Bentonville’s Kaisha Arnold delivers a pitch during the third inning of Bentonville’s 4-1 loss to Sp...

Julie Holland, with Holland’s Wildflower Farm in Elkins, sows seeds Sunday at the Hobbs State Park-C...

David Keeley, right, secures sensors to Madison Bates’ arm April 16 to analyze his throw as part of ...

Crews prepare property Friday that will be for crypts at Fayetteville National Cemetery. The Regiona...

Meghan Gallo of Fayetteville, a University of Arkansas law student, holds one of several kittens Fri...

Area residents walk Sunday through Compton Gardens in Bentonville during the Aveda Walk for Water sp...

Kenzie Swank, from left, Garrison Snell, James Osthoff and Crystal Skahan talk Saturday during the B...

Hultz Smith sits for a portrait at Pontiac Coffee Shop in Springdale on Tuesday. Smith was recently ...

Allen McGaugh, trailer mechanic with Willis Shaw Express, repairs a water pump on the engine to a r...

Andrea Mutzhaus of Farmington has a 6-year-old son, Jaden, and is working to finish her degree with...

A View from the Top volunteers Heather Kolinski, left, and Tina Faulkner visit the April 17 fundrai...

Springdale Har-Ber High School football coach and Fincher Foundation guest speaker Chris and April ...

Kendrick Fincher Hydration Foundation founder Rhonda Fincher, second from left, foundation board me...

Artosphere supporters Tim Kral, from left, Karen Kapella and Nick and Carolyn Cole gather at the op...

Hosts Joan and Bruce Johnson, from left, visit with Symphony Orchestra of Northwest Arkansas Board ...

Tim Vogt, from left, Morgan Hooker, Terri Trotter and Sandy Edwards visit in the Walton Arts Center...

Fayetteville Public Library Board members Lorraine Brewer, from left, Elizabeth Jordan, Karen McDon...

Symphony Orchestra of Northwest Arkansas supporters Pete and Shirley Esch, from left, Jim McGehee a...

Author Sapphire, second from right, is welcomed to the Fayetteville Public Library on Tuesday by li...

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Progressive dinner hosts John and Marsha Phillips welcome Walton Art...

“Beyond Sublime: Changing Nature” curator Andrea Packard, from left, Walton Arts Center President a...

Gentry’s Jessica Vanhook, left, and Shiloh Christian’s Lindsey Roe vie for the ball during Saturday’...

Gentry’s Courtney Millsap, above, collides with Shiloh Christian goalkeeper Paulina Doubleday during...

WEEKEND BOWLING = Jaylen Ramirez of Oklahoma City concentrates during warm-ups at the Teen Masters B...

Bentonville’s Holyn Marshall moves the ball up the field during an April 15 game against Fayettevill...

Fayetteville’s T.J. Foster, right, slides into second base as the ball pops out of the glove of Roge...

Amy Locke, left, of Farmington and her 10-year-old daughter, Molly, adopted Mona, a 7-month-old beag...

Rogers High’s Ashley Ferguson swings at a pitch during an April 6 game against Rogers Heritage at Ve...

Springdale High’s Chris Huebner pitches during Friday’s game at Bentonville.

Elaina Gardner, 4, stands beneath an umbrella while enjoying the 28th annual Springfest Saturday, Ap...

RAIN OR SHINE - Scott Gardner of Fayetteville eats a corn dog Saturday while holding his 1-year-old ...

RAIN OR SHINE - Jessey Carter of Fayetteville smiles Saturday while demonstrating her Hypnohoops on ...

FAMILY FUN - Benjamin Armijo, 8, of Fort Smith takes aim Saturday for the bulls-eye while playing a ...

SODDEN STREETS - Karli Jackson, 6, of Rogers watches Saturday as runners participate in the annual S...

Cancer survivors get a rousing round of applause Saturday during the annual Susan G. Komen Race for ...

Jacki Doyle, right, Melissa Herrington, center, and Marcy Bagwell sit under a tarp Saturday as they ...

DRENCHED DASH - Runners make their way through the rain Saturday at the start the Race for The Cure ...

David Lenkovitzki, who has practiced tai chi chuan 30 years, participates Saturday in a celebration ...

Sydney Walker, 1, walks Saturday morning with her mother, Jasmine Walker of Bentonville, through the...

At least one person was killed and more than a dozen others were injured Saturday afternoon in Pope ...

Quarterback Nick Petrino drops back to pass during the first half of the annual Red-White game Satur...

The sun peaks through the clouds on a rainy Saturday prior to Arkansas' Red-White game at Razorback ...

NOTHING SETTLED - Fayetteville’s Austin Allen attempts a double play after getting the force out on ...

Rogers Heritage’s Zac Stewart dives to stop a one-hopper in shallow right field Friday during the Wa...

Rogers Heritage’s Reed Brown beats the tag by Fayetteville first baseman Clarke Smithson on a pickof...

Rogers Heritage’s Brandon Brzozkiewicz, right, celebrates after crossing the plate ahead of teammate...

Fayetteville starter Bryce Roberts delivers a pitch during the first game of Friday’s doubleheader a...

HAR-BER HIKE - Carrie Griggs, left, and Missy Corder, right, walk Friday with Griggs’ children Jorda...

RAIN GARDEN - Jeff Hickle with the Illinois River Watershed Partnership spreads compost Friday at th...

Paul L. Maier conducts a seminar comparing Islam and Christianity at Bella Vista Lutheran Church in ...

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE - Rogers High School juniors receive awards Friday for academic excellence at t...

Greg Leding, left, and Bill Ramsey, candidates for the House of Representatives race in District 92,...

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL - University of Arkansas students Stacy Tan, a junior from Malaysia, and boyfriend...

SOBERING LESSON - Greenland High School freshman Emily Sherer is removed Friday from a wrecked car b...

Rick Porterfield from the McDonald County, Mo., Road Department spreads base rock Friday as part of ...

Sue Bentel reads a book Friday to her kindergarten class at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Be...

ALLURING ACRYLIC ABSTRACT - Douglas Walton, left, of Ruston, La., works with Janis Ward of Fayettevi...

CARD PARTY - Marlys Petersen, from left, Dorleen Kessler, Doris Burwitz and Donna Michener play cana...

The Rev. Peter Gillquist talks with Rich Ratliff, Julia Campbell and others in the lobby of the Unio...

RAIN GARDEN - Ron Mynatt, left, and Sean Jill plant an American Holly tree Friday at the Horsebarn T...

Shiloh Christian freshman Danile Evans hands the baton to senior Andrew Evans as they run in the 4x8...

Gravette freshman Alex Lovell clears 5-feet, 9 inches to win the high jump Friday at the 4A-1 Distri...

Bentonville’s Nick Stefanic throws a pitch against Springdale High during Friday’s game in Bentonvil...

Prairie Grove sophomore Adam Mesenbrink competes in the high jump Friday at the 4A-1 District Track ...

STILL TEAMMATES - Teresa Clement, left, and Sandi Rutherford, right, sign as guardians for their dau...

Springdale High’s Devin Bryan takes the throw as Bentonville’s Ryan Harralston steals second during ...

Cambre Horne-Brooks of Northwest Arkansas' Community Clinic loves to be in the community effecting c...

Utah assistant attorney general Thomas Brunker, center, talks with Salt Lake County prosecutor Bob S...

President Barack Obama gestures during a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members in ...

David Kernell, front right, leaves the Federal Courthouse with his mother, Lt. Col. Lillian Landriga...

A small bowl of gumbo comes along with many of the entrees served at R. Landry’s New Orleans Cafe i...

The Seafood Pasta is a popular menu item at R. Landry’s New Orleans Cafe in downtown Fort Smith. It...

Blackened chicken at R. Landry’s New Orleans Cafe in Fort Smith is served over rice with corn and b...

Workers have come from as far away as France to create a 13th century castle from stone quarried on...

California pop rockers Rooney will release a new album, “Eureka,” in June. The group will perform M...

The entire cast of “Cats” celebrates Grizabella’s ascension to the “Heaviside layer” in the popular...

Bentonville’s Kate Lacina reacts after making the final out in the Lady Tigers’ 4-1 loss to Springda...

Rogers High senior Caroline Kelley, center, smiles to the applause of her friends and classmates as...

Bentonville’s Courtney Haskell, center, leads teammate Sheldon Vanderpool, left, and Fort Smith Sou...

Northwest Arkansas’ Mike Moustakas crosses home plate and celebrates his home run with Johnny Giavo...

Springdale Har-Ber senior Kirstie Hesseltine, right, embraces teammate Summer Morgan after her recor...

Springdale Har-Ber senior Kirstie Hesseltine clears the bar at 5 feet, 7 inches while competing in ...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Brittany Rodgers, center, is greeted at the plate after hitting a solo home ru...

Rogers Heritage senior Madison Scott competes in the triple jump Thursday during the 7A-West Confer...

Fayetteville senior Quinton Smith clears the final hurdle on his way to first place in the boys 110...

TRICKS OF THE TRADE - Author Susan Campbell Bartoletti, right, speaks Thursday to a group of Woodlan...

FUTURE FLOWERS - McNair Middle School seventh-graders, from left, Abigail Walker, Josie Brown, Sydne...

Benton County Judge Dave Bisbee, left, speaks Thursday on the steps of the Benton County Courthouse ...

Dan McKay was named the new CEO of Northwest Health System last week. He will be in charge of a vari...

COURTHOUSE CONFERENCE - Benton County Judge Dave Bisbee, from left, his attorney, Howard Slinkard, a...

FARM FRIENDS - Anibal Umand, left, and Sequoyah Chowdhury, both with Leverett Elementary School in F...

SCHOLARSHIP GALA - Bob Burns, second from left, founding president of NorthWest Arkansas Community C...

TREE PLANTING - Kimberly Crumby, kindergarten teacher at Harp Elementary School in Springdale, ties ...

FURRY FARM FRIENDS - Risay Robert, 8, feels the soft fur of a young boar goat Thursday at the Washi...

RETRIEVING RECYCLABLES - Tony Beardsley, right, and Digger Lauter, both with the Clorox Company’s sa...

CLAY CREATION - A student from Laura Waters’ advanced ceramics class at Heritage High School in Roge...

The Mountain Ranch development is located at 549 Coral Canyon Loop in Fayetteville.

NEW COAT ON KINGFISH - Eric Snodgrass, owner of Snodgrass Signs in Fayetteville, paints a sign Thurs...

Where’s the bun? KFC’s Double Down sandwich features chicken filets acting as bread slices, as well ...

Courtney Fortson shoots a layup during practice at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.

Jason Palmer (left) and Chad Ladish, both of Fayetteville, chisel Arkansas native stone for a stone...

Facilities crew member Matt Percival of Fayetteville cleans the tops of an installation titled "Blue...

Senior Taylor King isn’t one of Arkansas’ regular singles players, but he serves as an inspiration t...

Casey Jo Magee and the Arkansas Razorbacks have their sights set on a return to the Super Six at the...

Rogers Heritage junior Liza Eppley, left, pushes upfield as Har-Ber junior Maggie Gartner defends in...

Springdale Har-Ber coach Lynn Lawson looks toward the infield while a Fayetteville relief pitcher wa...

Lesa Lay, third-grade teacher at Bonnie Grimes Elementary School, talks Wednesday with her students ...

Rogers High’s Jeremiah Fleeman is working to put an injury-plagued cross country season behind him a...

Reel Recovery anglers, from left, Jim Rowenhorst, Paul Miller, Chuck Minehan and Russ Kinerson fish ...

Taylor Smith of Springdale shows a wild turkey gobbler he killed April 11 during the opening weekend...

Ford McIntosh of Rogers lands a Beaver Lake crappie.

Northwest Arkansas pitcher Louis Coleman has a deceptive delivery that keeps hitters off-balance. Th...

Judy Ingram, mother of Nina Ingram, still hopes that her daughter’s murderer will be caught. Nina wa...

Fayetteville’s Stephen Soerens competes during the long jump competition on April 9 at John McDonnel...

$University of Arkansas students, from left, Marty Hamilton, John Lipscomb, Casey Burns and Robyn Rig...$

Bentonville senior Meg McGuirt has set school records this season in hits, 44, and bases stolen, 38,...

Lowell Jester, right, networks Wednesday with Laura Bennett, corporate recruiter for Tyson Foods, du...

Benton County Judge Dave Bisbee, right, exits the Benton County Jail on Wednesday in Bentonville aft...

Phillip Mangham, right, polishes a window Wednesday on the Arkansas Missouri passenger train as Bud ...

Stitt home design captures sunlight for energy savings.

LEED Platinum award-winning office renovation at Stitt Energy Systems in Rogers.

Certified by the Green Plus Program, Brick Street Botannical repurposes castaways like concrete or g...

In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deep...

Holland Henry, 2, of Fayetteville holds the hand of her mom, Crystal Henry, as they and Holland's si...

Jesus Naranjo, 11, from Northside Elementary School in Decatur, avoids obstacles as he carries a wat...

Springdale High senior shortstop Hannah Neal has been dominant at the plate this season for the Lady...

Springdale Har-Ber shortstop Ashton Long makes a throw to first during the Lady Wilcats’ game Thursd...

Lee Waltrip with Affordable Towing pulls a white Ford pickup from the window of Pontiac Coffee House...

Emergency personnel from Rogers and Avoca fire departments work Monday evening for more than an hour...

Dani and Richard Fried, who live near Lake Atalanta Park, look at plans Tuesday for renovating the p...

Rogers High junior Erica Owen recently broke the school record in the 3,200-meter run, which had sto...

Jason Quail, the “Ecogeeco,” talks about alternative fuels and biofuels to second-graders Friday at ...

Rogers High’s Slade Hames signs to play golf for Arkansas Tech University on Tuesday in the school’s...

Fayetteville center fielder Doug Wolf is batting .472 with five doubles, three triples and two home ...

University of Arkansas students Payton Bentley, from left, Chelsey Price, Will Porter and Dillon Ben...

Springdale High’s Chloe Brown smiles after signing a letter of intent to play softball at Missouri S...

Bentonville’s Kelsey Wheelhouse heads for the finish line and takes second place in the 800-meter ru...

Randall Greenway, right, is escorted Tuesday by Benton County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Chris Sparks int...

Rogers Heritage third baseman Brandon Brzozkiewicz stretches to make a catch during Tuesday’s game a...

In this April 24, 2009, file photo, Colorado Rockies president Keli McGregor looks on before the Roc...

FILE - In this July 2009 file photo, Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets, arrives at the Courthou...

A motel marquee welcomes Facebook's first-ever data center currently under construction in Prinevill...

This artist's rendering made available by the U.S. Mint shows the tail side of the first in the new ...

Rogers Heritage’s Travis Entwisle reaches second base during a March 30 game against Fort Smith Nort...

Elkins’ Hunter Guffey slides in to second base ahead of the throw to Greenland’s Ryan Duchanois on M...

Bentonville’s Shane Boedeker competes in the shot put Monday during the 7A-West Conference Track and...

Gravette’s Chris Cowgur, right, is forced to make a high catch as Farmington’s Tony Morales steals s...

JD’s Oldies Salvage, 22611 Abbeytown Road in Springdale, is shown Monday. The salvage yard is facing...

Carlos Barrera crosses Little Sugar Creek on the Lake Bella Vista Trail in Bentonville on Monday. Ba...

Jong Jun Shen puts an aphid in a vial Monday while collecting insects in a wheat field at the Univer...

Springdale High School students Nicholas Hopkins, left, and Simon Luangsisombath eat dinner Monday d...

Dan Mowery of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department works with a jackhammer attached to...

Nathan Redman, left, Rogers Historical Museum research assistant, and assistant director John Burrou...

Wes Brinson uses a jackhammer Monday to cut away concrete steps on the east side of First United Met...

Salma Nazarkhan cleans up a flower bed Monday at Leverett Elementary School in Fayetteville with oth...

Jamie Daniels of Farmington pays to park in a Fayetteville municipal lot Monday. About 20 of these p...

Despite his broken foot, Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett hasn’t spent too much time sitting around...

Bill Coleman, Chairman of the Board with the Locke-Fern & Dollard Road Waterworks Public Faciliti...

Arkansas' Monk Kreeder at bat against Georgia Sunday afternoon in Fayetteville.

Springdale High junior Gabe Gonzalez runs during the Bulldog Relays April 1 at Harmon Field in Fayet...

Chris Moore sits on his truck in the driveway of his Springdale home practicing his electric guitar ...

Kimmie Parker, right, and Emily Redmon, both 10, work on grocery bag art projects Friday at West For...

Willie Stilwell, right, and Denis Bookout, both with Roofing Systems of Springdale, seal a rubber po...

Sandra Davis, a horse trainer from Farmington, braids the forelock of horse Boutime before it compet...

Travis Mansell, 16, left, and Colby Isbell, 14, reach the end of their bungee run before starting th...

Disney Rae Humphrey, 13, a seventh-grader at Pea Ridge Middle School, poses Friday for a photograph ...

Georgia third baseman Colby May jumps for the ball as Arkansas' Collin Kuhn steals third in the four...

Bentonville Public School K-4 Elementary Zones

Springdale Har-Ber’s Jorge Gonzalez heads the ball against Springdale High during Friday’s game in J...

Farmington’s Teighlor Williams slides under Dardanelle catcher Brittany Battenfield to score a run d...

Rogers Heritage goalie Ruben Arrue puts the ball back in play during Friday’s game against Rogers Hi...

Keith Harviston with ARC Construction measures to install ceiling joists at a home under constructio...

Jennifer Kelley, center, of Springdale received assistance from Pagnozzi Charities to help outfit he...

Michael Williams, an eighth-grade science teacher from Bentonville, left, paints the walls of a kitc...

Steven Warriner, right, a University of Arkansas student from Conway, helps Megan Hudgens of Lincoln...

Art Hobson, left, is interviewed by Nicholas Brown, 11, as the two participate in the Fayetteville F...

Fayetteville freshman Austin Allen watches the ball after connecting for an RBI single in the fifth ...

Connor Fysh, 15 months, of Rogers, visits Saturday with Pixie, one of the adoptable dogs at the Bell...

Alec Saxton, 6 months, passes by vendor booths Saturday during the Inaugural Northwest Health System...

Renny Reyes with Professional Concrete Specialties bends a piece of iron Wednesday while preparing t...

Bentonville senior Leah Whitlow heads toward the finish line and helps the Lady Tigers win the 3,200...

JoAnne Cobb squeezes a hand grip strength testing machine for physical therapist Shelia Wilkerson on...

Hope Bumstead, 9, right, and Andrea Barlow, 10, plant vegetable seeds April 9 at the Gravette Garden...

Springdale High’s Fidel Sandoval, left, battles with Springdale Har-Ber’s Carlos Chavez for control ...

James Clark, technical services director for Springdale Water Utilities, demonstates Friday how to t...

Rafael Pizano, left, pulls nails from a threshold Saturday as he and Justo Navarro, both with Handym...

Tammy Todd, an employee at PB2 Architecture and Engineering in Rogers, helps Abby Sullivan, 6, pedal...

The Aktion Club, a group for people with disabilities associated with Kiwanis International, takes a...

Brooke Schultz of Fayetteville, daughter of University of Arkansas diving coach Dale Schultz, is a c...

Springdale High’s Jose Landaverde, right, pushes the ball away from Springdale Har-Ber’s Jose Gonzal...

Prairie Grove pitcher Jalen Beeks, left, reaches to apply the tag as Elkins’ Chad Curry scores a ru...

Members of the University of Arkansas racquetball team, from right, Juan Ruiz of Chihuahua, Mexico,...

Dee Dee Lamb, director of historic programs for the Washington County Historical Society, prepares ...

Johnny Haney, left, talks to former U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson, right, and his wife, Susan, following...

Dave Bisbee, from left, Bob Clinard, Tim Henderson Sr. and Robert Stephenson Jr., all candidates fo...

Lauren Nicholson, 3, of Rogers walks a balance beam Friday as her mother Tracy looks on at Pine Cre...

Siloam Springs catcher Zach Houston, left, runs down Huntsville’s Mac Adkins for an out in the firs...

A maroon Jeep Cherokee is overturned Friday in the northbound lane of Thompson Street at the inters...

Leah Tripp, an eighth-grader from Central Junior High in Springdale, tries to unscrew a nut from a ...

Rogers High’s Cesar Merlos, left, battles for control of the ball Friday with Rogers Heritage’s Jos...

Roslyn Sullivan, 2, of Springdale, waits to get her hair done Friday at the “beauty shop” during th...

Heritage High School students Mason Reynolds, left, and Bethany Bishop prepare an argument Friday d...

Jordan Martin of Rogers Heritage High School student keeps notes Friday during the tournament at in...

Mason Moser, left, of Rogers Heritage High School, debates Bilal Tanseem of Little Rock Central Hig...

Jamilah Hashemi, a recent doctoral graduate at the University of Arkansas and former resident of Sa...

Jamilah Hashemi, a former resident of Saudi Arabia, right, describes the abaya to Alexa Naumovich, ...

Bentonville High seniors Ethan Sandusky, from left, Elena Sanz and Shannon Sullivan get ready to re...

Marek Kiewra, left, from Poland, talks with Full Gospel Evangelistic Association president Curt Bez...

President Barack Obama sits next to Paul Volcker, chairman of the President's Economic Recovery Advi...

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza presides over an arraignment in January 2009.

Political author and commentator Dick Morris speaks to a group assembled at a rally organized by the...

Stock futures fell Friday even after Bank of America and General Electric provided fresh signs that ...

President Barack Obama signs a memorandum establishing the Great Outdoors Initiative Friday at the W...

A crowd of a few thousand gathered on the steps of the Arkansas State Capitol for a Tea Party rally ...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Miranda Watkins swings for a hit during Thursday’s game against Rogers High at ...

Participants in a Tax Day Tea Party Rally applaud Thursday at the Frisco Stage in downtown Rogers. T...

Amanda Weitzel, 17, of Garfield, bowls Saturday at Rogers Bowling Center. Weitzel recently bowled a ...

Fayetteville’s Anne Mitchell, right, and Bentonville’s Carlen Johnson go up for a header on April 15...

Political author and commentator Dick Morris speaks Thursday to a group assembled at a rally organiz...

Cheryl Dennis, left, and Chris Hartley, right, join Ellen Smith, director of the Washington County H...

Fayetteville seniors Matt Stelte, left, and Brad Hollenbeck are congratulated by other members of th...

Carolyn Spann of Fayetteville washes a car Thursday during a fundraising car wash for the Northwest ...

Workers from Ozarks Electric Cooperative work Thursday in a section of the Walnut Crossing Subdivisi...

John Olive and Sara Milford (left), both of Fayetteville, plant some traditional medicinal plants Su...

Erica Preston, left, LaJeana “Pete” Hester and Sarah Phipps of Simmons First Bank work to create flo...

Kenny Reed, left, and John Wiles lift a large copy machine into a cardboard box Thursday at Arvest B...

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Thursday.

Lynn Donald-Carver, co-founder of Arkansas Support Network, explains why she loves the sunroom at he...

Spencer Erickson, left, and Augusto Garcia work Friday to build a brick pillar around support beams...

Springdale High’s James Shorter has been the Bulldog’s leadoff hitter, batting .600 and totaling 15...

Bruce Wylie, left, and Jennifer Wylie, center, both with Smith Tile, and Matt Reichenbach with the ...

Rogers Heritage starter Hunter Wood delivers a pitch Tuesday during the War Eagles’ game against Be...

Sheila Edwards shows a pair of morel mushrooms she found near Farmington last April.

Matt Victoriano, left, talks about energy issues Wednesday at the Omni Center for Peace, Justice an...

Fayetteville senior forward Brandon Sikes has scored nine goals this year for the Purple’Dogs and s...

Willis Miller of Fayetteville paints a group of tulips Wednesday in front of French Metro Antiques ...

Bentonville senior Rylea Wallace, right, and Fayetteville sophomore Melanie Lee, center, battle for...

Russ Tonkinson of Rogers casts a fly rod for white bass on the War Eagle River last week. White bas...

Rachel Rice, left, and her son Rylan Rice, 4, shop for flowers Wednesday at Bogle’s Garden City in ...

Rogers High’s Tanner Kaza pitches against Fayetteville on Tuesday in Fayetteville.

Har-Ber freshman forward Lupe Lopez, left, battles with Heritage junior forward Taylor Thomas for th...

Gary Morris, middle, RSVP Director, and Marsha King, left, speak Tuesday with Ellen Thompson, about ...

Van Buren firefigher David Moore, center, is washed and scrubbed down inside a decontamination area ...

Don Lang carves a rabbit for one of his grandchildren on April 8, during a Bella Vista Woodcarvers m...

Apple & Sage Pork Chops are one of the six varieties available in McCormick’s new Recipe Inspiration...

Davone Crawford, left, and Stephen Soerens, both Fayetteville High School juniors, attempt to naviga...

Susan Regan, left, leads a tour Tuesday of the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks’ thousands of spring b...

Bentonville’s Kaisha Arnold delivers a pitch during the third inning against Fayetteville on Tuesday...

Jan Lea from Secure Arkansas seeks signers Tuesday to a petition to limit benefits to illegal immigr...

Jack Burns, 4, left, and brother Oliver Burns, 2, watch their mother, Jodie Burns, vote in the Bento...

Bentonville’s Logan Pearson dives for the throw from catcher Blake Baxendale while attempting to pic...

Rogers High’s Jason Carmichael safely slides into second base as Fayetteville’s Ryan Dunn receives t...

Marianela Alicea, 18, of Springdale takes photos of the pieces in "Answering the Call," an exhibi...

Joe Owens with the Arkansas Music Pavilion in Fayetteville works on cleaning up after the music v...

Hino Motors Maufacturing plant in Marion

University of Arkansas students walk across the Fayetteville campus to class Monday.

Rogers Heritage freshman Hope Burrell has played in every game this year and has worked her way into...

Rogers Heritage freshman Hope Burrell skipped soccer in the fall to concentrate on cross country.

LIGHT READING - Amanda Nguyen studies Monday at Wilson Park in Fayetteville. Nguyen, a University o...

Guests and members of the Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Committee gather Monday at 930 Cali...

GRAVETTE — Coming off a win a Gravette left fielder Derrick Strzelecki catches a fly ball for an out...

Tim Burton of the Springdale Public Works department floats a newly poured slab of concrete Monday a...

WELLNESS WORK - Volunteer Betty Lawson waters tulips and daffodils Monday in the garden at the Roger...

Northwest Arkansas’ Derrick Robinson runs toward home plate as Corpus Christi’s Brian Esposito waits...

LIBRARY LEARNING - Kiera Brown, 3, moves pieces through a puzzle in the Bogle Children’s Library in ...

Annual current and proposed tuition and mandatory fee amounts for full-time undergraduate in-state s...

Arkansas quarterback Nick Petrino, right, tosses a ball to quarterbacks coach Garrick McGee before p...

Camp War Eagle is preparing for its fifth summer season.

Ozark Natural Foods, a cooperative food store, launched a new Web site Monday using local contractor...

Al Gerhart, co-founder of the Sooner Tea Party and founder of Oklahoma Constitutional Alliance, is s...

Flags wave along Michigan Ave. Bridge outside the Chicago Tribune Tower. Lenders said Monday they ar...

Gary William Dunn is escorted Monday into the Johnson County Courthouse in Clarksville for jury sele...

Carter Lankford, 15, left, and Jesse Colwell, 14, right, visit Thursday while Kayla Close, 16, cente...

James Mosteller sorts through elecronics Thursday dropped off at the Washington County Environmental...

Joshua Elders builds a retaining wall Monday at the entrance of Camp War Eagle. The camp is working ...

Rogers High’s Andy Couture reaches for a ground ball during Wednesday’s game against Springdale High...

Henry Rodriquez, 11, left, Jasmyn Cordero, 11, and Juan Escobar, 11, read Friday in the school libra...

Runners applaud during the opening ceremonies of the Hogeye Marathon in Fayetteville on Sunday morni...

Carlos Garcia of Springdale fishes Sunday off the dam at Lake Fayetteville. Garcia said he had caugh...

Kadi Ryan, 16, holds a squirming 12-week-old black bear cub called Wilbur at Wild Wilderness Drive T...

Makayla Ulrich, 6, plays with a puppy March 31 at Bentonville’s Bark Park. The park, opened in May, ...

Arkansas' Brett Eibner, who hit a grand slam against Mississippi State on Sunday, celebrates with te...

Springdale High School senior Irvin Camacho, left, watches Saturday as a group of students dance wh...

Reality Check Executive Director Beth Bryant, center, and keynote speaker Shannon O’Dell, second fr...

Photographer Darrick Monson, second from right, and his family Rebecca Monson, from left, Cecily Mo...

Big Brother Big Sisters board member Bo Bittle, from left, visits with Todd and Shelley Simmons on ...

Eagle Award winner David and Imelda McClinton stand for a photo at the Washington Regional Gala.

Eagle Award recipient Carl Collier, center, is joined by Brant and Meredith Dowse, from left, Virgi...

Ben Clarke, 2, plays with his sisters, Audrey, 11, right, and Grace, 8, after arriving home Wednesd...

Staff Photo Sarah Bentham
Merry Dye holds a portrait of her daughter, Mariah West, at her home in R...

Photographer Richard and Anne Wells stand next to his photograph "Suite View of the Past" at Crystal...

Sindy Vega, right, applies makeup to Ashley Tibbitts, 18, of Rogers, before Tibbitts has her portrai...

Kevin Williams, manager of Meeks Lumber and Hardware, helps Anna Boyd of Bentonville pick out a lad...

Eagle Award winner Dr. Dan and Suzie Bell enjoy the reception following the Kenny Loggins performan...

Reality Check volunteers Francisco Juan, from left, Levi Baldonado, Robert Bell, Samantha Messanger...

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas supporters Bruce and Karen Armstrong, from left, Tim...

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America president and CEO Karen Mathis, second from left, is welcomed t...

Bentonville’s Logan Pearson waits for the throw from catcher Blake Baxendale while attempting to pi...

Springdale High junior Gabe Gonzalez leads the field on his way to a win in the 3,200 meters in a t...

Runners cross the starting line Saturday for a 5K race for the Northwest Arkansas Autism Support Gr...

Springdale Har-Ber catcher Brittany Rodgers
forces out Fayetteville’s Katie Richardson in the fif...

MICHAEL ZAMORA �� THE MORNING NEWS
James Brownell, 15, packs up a box of his belongings Monday, Mar...

Judy Pertle, from left, as Mother Nature helps Lilian Hanlon, 4, and her sister Vivian Hanlon sort ...

Rogers Heritage’s Jonathan Leon clears the ball Friday during the War Eagles’ 2-1 victory over Bent...

Trusty Mike Duffy stirs a pot of pasta Friday at the Benton County Jail. Food costs are one of the ...

William Chambers finished second in the 14-and-under Arkansas State Table Tennis Tournament.

William Chambers, 10, plays a game of table tennis with his father, James, on Wednesday at the Jone...

John Kang stands in his front yard near a 100-foot oak tree May 2, 2008, toppled by wind from an ea...

A repair crew from Ozarks Electric Cooperative Corporation work to restore power May 2, 2008, to re...

George Edgmon walks a rugged trail Saturday at Lake Fayetteville, joining dozens of other volunteer...

Jim Harmon of Fayetteville sweeps out a historic schoolhouse Saturday during the annual Park Day at...

Blake Talbot, center, of Little Rock watches a computer monitor as consultants Dustin Kinsel, left,...

Life Harvester Church members Lequita Means of Springdale, right, Nedra Brown, center, and friend A...

STAFF PHOTO ANDY SHUPE
Volunteer and Civil War re-enactor Jim Starbird of Van Buren uses a chain sa...

James Cooke, right, of Siloam Springs, photographs Diana Quiroz, 17, of Rogers, for Help Portraits ...

Sara Yingling, Fayetteville high school senior,
collects trash Saturday from under a pedestrian br...

Mykel Stephens walks through the remains of his tornadodamaged home on March 13, 2006, at the inter...

John Blair, right, shows Elaine Rooney of Bella Vista the proper fly casting technique Saturday dur...

Fayetteville junior Anne Mitchell sprints upfield against Springdale High on Friday in Jarrell Will...

Jill Hall, left, of Rogers, looks at Janet Dills’ booth Saturday during the Rogers Mothers of Presc...

Cobblestone Project volunteers (from right) Raigon Copeland of Rogers, and Josh Mapili and Erica Dur...

Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett tosses a pass during the first day of spring practice March 30.

Fayetteville sophomore Sydney Conley, center, nears the finish line to come in second in the 100-met...

Fayetteville sophomore Lindsay Borderlon, right, kicks for a goal as Springdale High’s Brittany Jerg...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Valerie Reina comes in to win the 3,200 meters in a time of 11:17.76 on Friday...

Concrete is laid Friday on the westbound lanes of Wagon Wheel Road east of the intersection with In...

Rogers Heritage’s Alexy Silva, left, and Bentonville’s Colton Seyfarth battle for the ball Friday d...

Bentonville’s Michael Craig, right, battles Rogers Heritage’s Eric Murdock for the ball Friday duri...

Bert Lott of Gonzalez, La., splits wood Thursday during the spring clean-up.

Elkins senior Grace Heymsfield leads the field in the 1,600 meters on her way to winning the race F...

Chessica Rizley, a University of Arkansas agriculture education major from Pea Ridge, replaces the ...

Joe Bennett of Guthrie, Okla., starts a controlled burn Friday at the north side of Lake Fayettevil...

Bentonville sophomore Brittani Reagan leaps while competing in the long jump Friday in the John McD...

Bentonville’s Brian Flores pushes the ball upfield Friday against Rogers Heritage in Bentonville.

Mike Melnachuk, fire manager for the Arkansas chapter of The Nature Conservancy, uses a drip torch ...

Evelyn Landaverde, right, spreads her arms as Sheriff’s Deputy Hunter Ayre performs a routine check...

Sheriff’s Deputy Hunter Ayre, left, uses a metal-detecting wand to check Kelly Reid for weapons Thu...

Benton County deputy prosecutor Ben Poole
talks about receiving his Certificate of Naturalization...

University of Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson, center, and tight end D.J. Williams, right, speak ...

Patricia Colligan of Fort Worth weeds a flower bed Thursday at the Mount Sequoyah Retreat and Confe...

Rogers Heritage’s Brittany McClain clears the bar during the high jump competition in the John McDo...

Katie Arth, left, and Savannah Bikoff dress as condoms and hold signs Friday encouraging people to ...

Fayetteville junior Casey O'Brien passes the ball upfield against Springdale Friday at Jarrell Willi...

Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino reacts during warm-ups prior to Arkansas' second scrimmage of the sprin...

Fannie Mae executives Robert Levin, the former executive vice president and chief business officer, ...

Springdale High’s Sarah Chewning clears the final hurdle while competing in the girls 100-meter hurd...

Strike, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals mascot, waves to fans Thursday after landing on the Arvest B...

Rogers High sophomore Bailey Taylor attempts to clear the 7-foot mark while competing in the girls p...

University of Arkansas Collin Kuhn celebrates after hitting a home run in the 3rd inning of the game...

WAR EAGLE RELAYS - Fayetteville’s Stephen Soerens splashes into the sand pit while competing in the ...

Gravette second baseman Chris Cowgur, left, misplays the throw from the plate as Farmington’s Alex M...

Bentonville’s Courtney Haskell races in the boys 100-meter run during the War Eagle Relays on Thursd...

Bentonville senior Tyler Trudo has spent the past four years on the Tigers’ varsity track team and i...

NATURALS 5, MISSIONS 1 - Northwest Arkansas’ Chris McConnell throws to first to complete a double pl...

John Twiford plays the role of Judas Iscariot in the current tour of “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Ted N...

C.J. Taylor, 12, laughs with his friends as they enter Arvest Ballpark on Thursday in Springdale on ...

Harry Harmon cuddles his granddaughter, Kate Harmon Hanney, in this undated photo. The Rogers pediat...

ARKANSAS 16 ACCIDENT - Fayetteville police Cpl. Rich Duncan climbs an embankment Thursday after exam...

DIRECT HIT - Fayetteville police and fire personnel attend to a Ford Taurus after the vehicle’s driv...

ROCK ON - Shay Mayes, left, and Justin Barnett, both with Mayes Masonry of Fayetteville, lay rock Th...

A car passes by a fence covered in graffiti April 1 on West End Street in Springdale.

HORSING AROUND - Stacy Nazario of Pinnacle Friesians in Siloam Springs loads her 8-year-old Friesian...

Mark Rockwell of Rockwell Farms Nursery unfolds a sheet of frost cloth Thursday while preparing to c...

Kasey Lancaster, center, performs on stage as Helen Keller during dress rehearsal for “The Miracle W...

For the most part, West draws with old markers, crayons, nail polish and liquid paper, Hausam says. ...

Fireworks light up the sky as the scoreboard at Arvest Ballpark reflects the line for the Naturals o...

Naturals fans enjoy the opener against San Antonio Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Arvest Ballpark in Spr...

PRECIOUS WORDS - Sapphire, author of the novel “Push,” which became the film “Precious,” will speak ...

Hope Holmes, left, plays Annie Sullivan and Kasey Lancaster plays Helen Keller during a pivotal scen...

Beat This Meat, which combines marinara, meatballs, pepperoni, Italian sausage, bacon, ham, mozzarel...

A SHOW WITH NO HEART - The last time The Heartless Bastards were in town, it was as an opening act t...

Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn watches on during the fifth inning of Arkansas' victory April 3 against...

Youth Bridge director of development Nancy Hairston tells us why she loves the pond her husband buil...

Farmington’s Katy Chavis delivers a pitch against Springdale High on March 29 in Springdale.

Rogers Heritage’s Ashley Pool delivers a pitch Tuesday against Rogers at Veterans Park in Rogers.

Firefighters respond to a plane off the runway Wednesday at the Rogers Municipal Airport. No one was...

Odyssey of the Mind competitors, from left, Mariah Voelkel, Autumn Wilson and Abbey Sutton sing the ...

Lake Wilson City Park is a quiet destination for a range of outdoor activities on the outskirts of F...

Karen Mowry of Nob Hill crosses Lee Creek barefooted during a ride Sunday at the annual Ozark Mounta...

King’s fish attractors are made of plastic pipe and plastic strips that create artificial tree branc...

Mark Smidt of Fayetteville plays the piano Wednesday as Amadeus Mozart at Asbell Elementary School i...

Ginny Broyles, who has worked in the horticulture field for 13 years, divides ginger plants into pot...

Fayetteville pitcher Camie Bales throws against Har-Ber in the first inning Tuesday at Southwest Jun...

Bentonville senior Hannah Nilsson drives the ball up the field during the Lady Tigers’ game Monday a...

Bentonville Mayor Bob McCaslin, right, shares a laugh Wednesday with Fire Chief Dan White following ...

Clay Chipson walks Mica, his 3-year-old Chihuahua, amid the blooming redbud trees Wednesday lining C...

A billboard reading “Are you good without God? Millions are.” is visible from Interstate 540 in Spri...

Rogers High’s Jason Carmichael reaches for the throw to second base as Springdale’s Cory Ponce slide...

Sean Ryan’s first grade physical education class plays a game of Simon Says Wednesday on a National ...

Northwest Arkansas’ Aaron Crow will start the Naturals’ season opener tonight against the San Antoni...

Visitors listen as Daniel Martinez, 18, of Rogers speaks Wednesday in support of immigration refo...

Bailee Wallace, 11, gets help from Field Instructor Naima Montacer crossing a creek while on a hike ...

Arkansas' Zack Cox is greeted by Bo Bigham as he scores a run last month in the bottom of the first ...

Diners at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. can try a little bit of a lot of things in a dish called Shrimper’s ...

Crews with the Tontitown Area Fire Department clean up the scene of a truck fire on U.S. 412 west of...

Springdale firefighters douse a grass fire Tuesday at 2359 Cimmaron Avenue in Springdale. Strong win...

Fayetteville’s Beverly Woessner, left, tries to tag Har-Ber’s Alyssa Deshong out at second Tuesday d...

Rogers Heritage catcher Kaitlyn Tumey, left, checks runners in the infield as Rogers’ Alex Cook roll...

Rogers Heritage High School senior Michael Burner removes hurdles Tuesday from the track at Gates St...

University of Arkansas architecture students prepare a piece of a modular home Tuesday for transport...

Lisa Devine, left, a longtime volunteer at Woodland Junior High School and Fayetteville High School,...

Rogers High’s Adrian Rogers, center, and Fayetteville’s Audrey Thorn fight for the ball during the s...

Gene Kelley, crew leader with Fayetteville’s Transportation Division, tamps a concrete stamping mold...

Bentonville’s Meg McGuirt leans in to make a base hit during the first inning of Tuesday’s doublehea...

James Dorsey negotiates a downhill section Tuesday of the Slaughter Pen Mountain Bike Trail in Bento...

Jo Ellyn Bach, right, plays Tuesday with grandchildren Joseph Bach, 5, left, and Jessica Bach, 5, on...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Preston Pianalto safely slides into home as Rogers Heritage’s Spanky Purdy bobb...

Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino yells during practice Tuesday at practice inside Razorback Stadium.

Lew Indorf (cq) with Ken's Signs, Inc., helps guide an aluminum sign into place Monday outside th...

Lola Weems (middle) and her husband McKinley Weems (right) both of Eureka Springs enjoy the shade of...

Janis Hatch strolls past a patch of tulips while walking her bloodhound, Beaumont, around Wilson Par...

Police Chief Steve Hamilton helps place 466 pinwheels in front of the Rogers Police Station on Monda...

Police pull Abel Tomlinson of Fayetteville from a tree in front of the Washington County Courthouse ...

Prairie Grove’s Zack Schrock attempts a bunt during Monday’s game against Shiloh Christian in Prairi...

Jeff Clardy, right, gets help from Lyndl Rothenberger, electrical maintenance worker for Washington ...

Prairie Grove catcher Judi Nichols, left, tries to control a throw to the plate as Bentonville’s Lau...

Charles Duell, left, candidate for circuit judge, speaks Monday to the Washington County Bar Associa...

Bentonville senior Hannah Nilsson dribbles the ball against Fort Smith Southside early in the game M...

Cory Silva, left, and Heath Stamps install a 50-foot-long sunroom Monday along the south side of Hel...

Firefighters and police from Bentonville and Bella Vista transport two Kansas women to a hospital af...

Northwest Arkansas’ Ernesto Mejia, left, and Clint Robinson are expected to provide some clout in th...

This map, created using Google Earth, shows the approximate path of the Toyota Corolla that veered o...

Firefighters from Bentonville and Bella Vista work to removed two women trapped inside a Toyota Coro...

Helen Hager of Rogers (left) and a small gathering pray during an Easter sunrise service at the Fri...

Rachel McCome of Fayetteville posts a note on the memorial wall Saturday morning at the Surviving t...

First lady Ginger Beebe and Rev. Vic Nixon hold hands during the Benediction for the Easter Sunrise ...

Brandon Kapner, 13, left, and Noah Kapner, 11, show some of their training Wednesday at their home n...

Intong Sivixay of Rogers launches his boat Sunday at the Dr. Don Roufa/U.S. 412 access on Beaver Lak...

Passengers break out the lifejackets before a windy Easter family reunion cruise Sunday on Beaver La...

Mike Hinesley, from left, Jenn Terry and her nephew Max Terry, 7, stretch to retrieve a discarded ba...

Rogers High’s Karson Walker watches as her one-run RBI double sails into right field during the thir...

The Rev. Clifton Vaughan delivers a sermon Sunday during the 87th annual Easter Sunrise Service on M...

Todd Spindler gives his son Mason Spindler, 7, a big push to get started swinging while Mason’s sist...

David Turner of Little Rock was among President Barack Obama’s national examples of insurance rescis...

Wal-Mart doesn’t have a retail store in the District of Columbia, but it does have a lobbying office...

Clarksville Mayor Billy Helms (left) and Matt Wylie, chairman of the Clarksville Economic Committee,...

FILE — Brandon Barber of The Barber Group poses near one of his Fayetteville deveolopments.

Merlin J. Augustine Jr., founder and chief executive officer of M&N Augustine Foundation, center, s...

Parker James Kehrli, 1, crawls to his basket Saturday during the Mayor’s Easter Egg Hunt at The Chu...

Davie Joe Hardin, 3, collects Easter Eggs with his father, Steve Hardin, on Saturday at the annual ...

Construction continues March 25 at the Fayetteville Health and Rehabilitation Center’s main entranc...

Honoree Denise Garner, second from right, is joined by her mother Helen Firmin, second from left, a...

Gerald Demory (from left), director of operations at the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank, Dede Peters ...

Construction crews work March 24 on the renovation at Springdale Health and Rehabilitation Center.
...

Wyman Morgan, right, Springdale administration director, looks over Arvest Ballpark during an inspe...

Rogers Heritage’s Diego Santillian battles for control of the ball with Fort Smith Southside’s Spen...

STAFF PHOTO FLIP PUTTHOFF
Lowell second-grader Allison Villines and teacher Casey Kuth work Wednesd...

Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas Executive Director Jodi Dilday, second from ri...

Tom Crosby, volunteer with the Springdale Senior Center, gives a dinner to Jo Ann Heikkila and her ...

Tina Faulkner, from left, and Heather Kolinski from PepsiCo will help host “A View From the Top” in...

Mike and Doris Cassidy pause for a photo Monday evening at the Women’s History Month banquet.

Bentonville Mayor Bob McCaslin, from right, Marty Lehman and Chris Sooter show support for the Nort...

Women’s History Month honoree Bonnie Cook, second from right, is joined by sons Don Cook, from righ...

Retired journalist and professor Roy Reed, from right, talks with “South Pacific” performers Sumie ...

Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter board President Scott Tassani, from left, is joined by fellow...

Macy’s puppies spend some free time outside their pen at the Humane Society for Animals in Rogers. ...

Labette Community College coach Jamie Green encourages her team against Midland College during the ...

Fayetteville midfielder Tyler Ho started as a freshman last season and has taken on a larger offens...

Heather Fallen, center, of Fayetteville pays for a bouquet of daffodils Saturday from Aaron Steege-...

A.L. Hollingsworth of Springdale stands Friday next to his constable car. He’s been a Benton County...

Children make short work of a ribbon cutting ceremony Saturday for the grand opening of Gilmore Par...

Children scramble for hundreds of eggs Saturday during Easter Eggstravaganza on the Bentonville Squ...

Deputy Scott Santos, left, helps guide Nevaeh Wahlberg, 6, of Bentonville, to run away from an atta...

The brown boat associated with the movie “How to Train Your Dragon” holds merchandise Monday in the...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Hannah Bender delivers a pitch during Thursday’s game against Springdale High t...

Fayetteville assistant coach Kyle Adams speaks with senior guard Jack Jones during the first half o...

Fayetteville assistant coach Kyle Adams speaks to his team during the second half of the Class 7A St...

Bentonville’s Tyler Jordan, center, goes up for a header against Harrison’s Hunter Rogers, left, dur...

Gravette High School football coach Bill Harrelson

Meagan Johnson, right, Rogers High, fights for control of the ball against Springdale Har-Ber’s Lupe...

EGG HUNT - Johnathon Hollon, 18 months, of Westville, Okla., pulls plastic eggs out of the pocket of...

SAM’S SERVICE - Sam’s Club Logistics Division employees Tanesha Marshall, left, and Roger Craven are...

FIRST FRIDAY - Sue Ann Overstreet gets a freshly grilled chocolate and hazelnut crepe Friday from Cr...

LEAPING LAVAN - Lavan Douglas, 6, leaps over a hurdle Friday ahead of Mekiah Goodhart, 8, while part...

MACADOODLES OPENING - Chris Thomas, right, buys beer Friday from Mike James at the grand opening of ...

ZAMBONI ZONE - Merv Fleshman, left, recreation manager, and Jeremy Guyll, recreation supervisor, res...

Rogers High School seniors cheer as a spirit stick is passed around the senior’s section during the ...

HUMAN BOWLING - Rogers High School students, from left, Max Muirhead, Ben Cabell, Gabriel Fountain, ...

‘DOUBLE BLESSINGS’ - Dinara Sallikhova, from left, holds her twins, Sitora and Samandar, Michelle Po...

EXPANDED MENU - “Sandwich artist” Ashley Zimmerman prepares a breakfast sandwich Wednesday at Subway...

Visitors make their way through Devil’s Den Cave in this 2005 photo. Devil’s Den Cave and Devil’s Ic...

OPENING DAY - Janet Bachmann of Fayetteville picks daffodils Wednesday in anticipation of the openin...

A crew moves concrete barriers Tuesday to shift traffic to two newly paved lanes on East Central Ave...

Diane Barrett superintendent for the West Fork School District.

THIS LITTLE LIGHT - The Rev. Mike Sypult, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church, sits for a portrait W...

Pastor Mike McDaniel uses books for research before writing his Easter sermon in his office at Grace...

Karen Chambers, from right, Carolyn Ruhde, Richard Harris and Nita Nordgren package doughnuts donate...

Richard Harris, right, and Charles Cotton package breaded chicken pieces donated by Tyson Foods.

A couple fill out paperwork to receive food from the Bread of Life food pantry run by First United M...

Rogers High’s Jeremiah Fleeman rounds the final curve before placing second in the 1,600-meter run d...

Bentonville’s Kaisha Arnold pitches against Rogers High Thursday in Bentonville.

Springdale junior Gabe Gonzalez rounds the final curve before winning the 1,600-meter run during the...

Springdale High’s Erica Graham, right, waits for the call after Springdale Har-Ber’s Mercedes Schmid...

Rogers Heritage’s Eric Murdock, right, battles for control of the ball with Fort Smith Southside’s J...

Fayetteville sophomore Sydney Conley runs to victory in the 100-meter dash during the Bulldog Relays...

VICTORIOUS IN PINK - Bentonville’s Meg McGuirt fields a throw from the catcher Thursday before taggi...

Bentonville’s Alex Cooper slides into second base as Rogers High’s Kayla Merritt tries to turn a dou...

Bentonville’s Kelsey Wheelhouse rounds the curve and heads into the front stretch on her way to winn...

IN THE SWEET SUNSHINE - Peyton Boosey, 10, of Fayetteville plants sweet peppers Thursday in a commun...

Carson Thomas, 4, left, follows his great-grandfather, Ed Coombs of Springdale, as he mows the lawn ...

Josh Chapman with the Rogers Fire Department, left, supervises rookie firefighters during a training...

Students in Yvonne Durfee’s advanced English class, from left, Casi Caton and Rebecca Daniel work on...

Nadine Devich creates a sign advertising a baseball game to benefit the ALS Association Thursday at ...

CHIEF GREETER - Danny Bowen of Fayetteville pauses Thursday after returning Chief Redfeather to his ...

PHOTO HOP - Gavin Adams, 3, of Rogers checks out the Easter Bunny on Thursday after having his photo...

The R&P Electroplating building stands behind a chained gate Thursday at 2000 Pump Station Road in F...

Marcia McDaniel (left) of Bella Vista and Mary Lynn Gollier of Ottawa, Kan., view the "Looking at Ou...

Erickson Dimas-Martinez is escorted Thursday from the Benton County Courthouse Annex in Bentonville ...

RAISING AWARENESS - Jackie Stout, left, and Rogers Stout, both volunteers at the Northwest Arkansas ...

At 7:40 a.m. on July 4, 2003, eyewitness Art Rantalla watched as this 150-foot-long geometric crop c...

APPLE A DAY - Artwork by Butterfield Trail Elementary School students will be on display and for sal...

The Crooked Hook Catfish and More Buffet at 669 E. Robinson Ave. in Springdale offers a few differen...

The Crooked Hook Catfish and More Buffet at 669 E. Robinson Ave. in Springdale offers a variety of f...

A stone angel is central to the themes and plot of the Fort Smith Little Theater Production of “Look...

Kathy Jonson picks out a rose to buy from Deana Dickey’s stand at the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market o...

The Mooney-Barker Drug Store, open in southern Madison County for almost 70 years, will be the topic...

Donna Kilmer of Special Olympics Arkansas tells us why her back patio is her favorite space.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/William Moore
Sophomore Lorianne Gillespie of Fayetteville ties a teal r...

Janet Moore of Rogers sorts through census forms at the Rogers Activity Center while waiting to as...

Har-Ber senior Brandon Zamzow scoops up a ball hit into shallow right field Tuesday against Bentonvi...

Barry Miller, left, drug and alcohol safety education program director for Decision Point, responds ...

Wyman Morgan, from left, administration director with the Springdale Mayor’s Office, Mike Janda, bui...

Rogers High pitcher Trace Craig will start the first game of next week’s 7A-West Conference doublehe...

Warren Cunningham of Springdale takes in the wonders of Sweden Creek Falls. The waterfall plunges 80...

Bob Dell of Trinity Tree service ropes off the top of a tree before cutting it Wednesday at a reside...

Pea Ridge pitcher Brandon Easterling is 3-0 with one save this season for the Blackhawks.

Kings River Preserve takes in more than 4,000 acres on both sides of the stream in the Rockhouse are...

Gregg Rhodes of Barbee Equipment feels the texture of an elephant sculpture Wednesday while helping ...

Sam Galen, 8, right, watches as his friend Jackson Plumlee, 9, signs a card for Sam during an Americ...

Bentonville senior Arthur Flowers tries to catch Springdale Har-Ber senior JT Bowen off first base T...

Fayetteville’s Brad Hollenbeck runs for home plate during Tuesday’s game against Springdale High in ...

Springdale High junior Tiffany Wiseley practices the discus Wednesday at Joe Roberts Track in Spring...

Kathy Grisham, second from left, executive director of the Community Clinic talks Wednesday as, from...

Prairie Grove junior Jalen Beeks stepped right off the basketball court as the Tigers’ point guard a...

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