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Workers clamber over rubble piles that once were homes on the west side of Arkansas Highway 59 in Ci...

The building housing the volunteer fire department in Cincinnati, Ark. was destroyed during Friday's...

A possible tornado in Cincinnati, Ark. was reported by the National Weather Service Friday morning.

Wreckage from a destroyed barn covered an area near Cincinnati, Ark. Friday morning. The National We...

The menu at 3 Spoons Yogurt, located in the Garland Center on the University of Arkansas campus, fea...

Astronaut Richard H. Truly holds a plaque displaying a moon rock and a small Arkansas flag that he p...

Rep. Barry Hyde, D-North Little Rock and co-chairman of the Arkansas Lottery Commission Legislative ...

SCOOTING AROUND Roneen Brooksby and her son Wyatt, 3, enjoy a ride on a motorized scooter Thursday a...

CHRISTMAS CLEAR Troy Flood, left, and Gene Burton, both employees with Sprindale Public Works, unloa...

Morris Irvin, Springdale police officer, rewards police dog Xato on Dec. 21 after finding narcotics ...

Morris Irvin, Springdale police officer, watches as police dog Xato finds narcotics Dec. 21 during a...

Springdale Distict Judge Stanley Ludwig talks during arraignment hearing on Dec. 21 at the district ...

PLAYTIME IN THE PARK Ryan Livergood, 2, of Santa Barbara, Calif., looks out from a tire Thursday at...

PATCH IT UP Workers with Hutchens Construction of Cassville, Mo., patch the asphalt Thursday remove...

Workers operate heavy machinery while excavating on Dec. 22 to make room for expansion at Fayettevil...

HOLIDAY AFTERMATH Jeff and Shelly Fletcher remove lights from their Christmas tree Thursday at their...

SANCTUARY TAKES REINS Wayne and LeAnn Box, owners of Eagle’s Nest Draft Rehab and Sanctuary in Fayet...

Bentonville’s Mason Snow drives to the hoop during the Neosho Holiday Classic Thursday in Neosho, Mo...

Fayetteville junior quarterback Brandon Allen is one of many local football players who will be play...

Shiloh Christian quarterback Kiehl Frazier is one of many local football players who will be playing...

This photo from November shows the construction progress so far.

TheatreSquared’s “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)” had to add seats and performances...

This model shows what Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will look like when it opens in Novembe...

Hooshang “Hoosh” Nazarali runs Crosses Grocery and Cafe on Arkansas 16. Nazarali got a student visa ...

Sean Riedmueller, 4, right, and his brother, Ryan Riedmueller, 8, both of Perryville, play a video g...

Chris Pickering, left, and Jamie Kelley, both of Kansas City, Mo., and installers for ALT Inc., scal...

Visitors look over the construction of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville on Wedn...

Springdale Har-Ber senior Jason Holmstom shoots as Springdale High senior Curtis Evans defends in th...

Zack Hoyt, right, and Ken Richards row upstream in their drift boats before floating downstream to c...

Fayetteville sophomore Cameron Paschke, right, shoots over Searcy sophomore Antwan Arnold in the fir...

Patrons dance to the music of the band Neta on Dec. 4 at Scarpino’s on West Avenue in Fayetteville.

In this Nov. 11, 2010 photo, Leacroft Green places a package to the correct shipping area at an Amaz...

Firefighters respond after an explosion and collapse at the William C. Franks furniture store in Way...

Les Hale pulls the plugs on the livewells in his jon boat after removing it Thursday from Lake Sequo...

Wyatt Corbin, 7, looks for a book Thursday at the Bentonville Public Library. Many families are turn...

Larry Muller, of Lowell, plays the guitar Dec. 12 at the Cross Church Marshallese service in Springd...

In this Nov. 4, 2010 photo, an open house sign is seen on the front lawn of a home for sale in Los A...

Elvis Presley spent three days at Fort Chaffee during his induction into the U.S. Army before moving...

Springdale High sophomore Chasen Williamson drives to the basket in front of Tulsa (Okla.) Union jun...

Rogers Heritage’s Jonathan Warner drives around Trent Hayes of Diamond, Mo., in the second half Mond...

Fayetteville sophomore Jawan Smith shoots over a Clear Brook, Texas, defender in the first half Mond...

Bentonville’s Shelby Walker drives the ball past Seneca, Mo., defenders in the second half Monday du...

Nu Lee, left, helps her daughter Adora pick some fresh broccoli Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, at the Lee...

Nu Lee and her family grow vegetables and raise pigs, chickens, ducks and geese on their farm in Was...

Ceng Lee and his wife Vang Lee sort through tomatoes while selling produce Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010, ...

Nou Lee of Lincoln demonstrates Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, how spiritual "money" is folded in a tradit...

Pohn Sok-Amnouay is the president of the Buddhist Association of Northwest Arkansas and led the effo...

Chanboun is the resident monk at the Loation Buddhist Temple in Springdale. Chanboun conducts servic...

Edward Block, of Lowell, with the Omicron Zeta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, helps set up for t...

Snow removal crews work to clear runways at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Mond...

Sam’s Furniture pitchman Johnny Ross works on shooting a commercial at the Springdale location Dec. ...

Justin Tomlinson, 16, right, of Fayetteville, and Kathryn Gough of Rogers help set up for the M & N ...

Arkansas tight end D.J. Williams tries to break away from Ole Miss safety Fon Ingram during the thir...

Art experts say works such as Marisol’s Portrait of Martha Graham, a wood, plaster, oil and graphite...

Chuck Thayer of Springdale adds turkey to a to-go box for fellow volunteer Yolanda Jones of Elkins (...

Patrons watch the screens on gaming machines inside the Downstream Casino in northeast Oklahoma. Tri...

Grace Grame stirs a pot of stuffing with help from Biff Averitt for Christmas dinner at Central Uni...

Dan Puitt, right, a.k.a. “Danta,” presents Caesar Nava, 6, with a new bicycle for Christmas on Frid...

Vince Sheahan, from left, shows his spirit of the season while walking with Terri Sheahan and J.C. ...

Leo Kleinschmidt gets a serving of cranberry sauce for his Christmas dinner from volunteer Dan Hart...

Anyela Deybi Mendoza makes a pupusa on Dec. 3 at Deybi’s Restaurante Salvadoreño on Huntsville Aven...

A variety of aguas frescas can be found at El Cunado Taqueria in Springdale.

A muskrat carries a mouthful of dry grass to line its den along the shore of a pond in Bentonville’...

Brad Carpenter, with Airworks working with Multi-Craft Contractors, cleans up after helping to inst...

EDGAR MONTES
Age: 35 Heritage: Mexican-American Residence: Fayetteville
“My family discovered F...

ALVIN ‘PAPA RAP’ LOPEZ
Age: 55 Heritage: Puerto Rican-American Residence: Rogers
“I am so bless...

MARIBEL AND MARISELA TAPIA
Ages: 27 Heritage: Mexican-American Residence: Rogers
“Arkansas migh...

ayme Lowe, 9, left, wheels her new bicycle to her house Friday after Dan Puitt, center, delivered t...

Bentonville defensive end Chase Gogel, left, is the NWA Media Big Six Football Defensive Player of ...

Bentonville running back Tearris Wallace is the NWA Media Big Six Football Newcomer of the Year aft...

Bentonville’s Barry Lunney is the NWA Media Big Six Football Coach of the Year.

Fayetteville senior quarterback and Arkansas commitment Brandon Allen led the Bulldogs to the Class...

Construction continues Tuesday on the planned Walmart location in the Garland Center on the Universi...

The 3 Spoons Yogurt location in the Garland Center on the University of Arkansas campus features a s...

Jennifer Gomez, a graduate student from Columbus, Ohio, reads Tuesday as she waits for her sister wh...

A pedestrian walks past the Garland Center on Tuesday on the University of Arkansas campus which is ...

ALL-REGION CHOIR This fall 1,200 students from across the Northwest Region auditioned for the All-Re...

Mikayla Cathcart, 4, left, explains that she is 4 years old to her great-grandfather, Bob Hughey, ri...

Kevin and Ruth Trainor, from left, join Gen and Frank Broyles at the Dec. 13 holiday art show to ben...

Haley Graves, from left, Angie Graves, Cindy Bryant and Mitzi Traxson gather at the seventh annual S...

Volunteers Jordan Callaway, from left, Dawna Stevens, John McGinty, Bill Akers and Ryan Wanstreet he...

Cindy Webb, left, and artist Matt Coburn, right, talk with Tracy and John Pelphrey at their home dur...

SITTING WITH SANTA The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3031 held its annual Childr...

Glenn and Beth Allen, from left, join Buzz Smardo during intermission of the Arkansas Philharmonic O...

The Fayetteville Jazz Collective performs a jazz version of music from “The Nutcracker” during the A...

George and Sally Ann Borkowski, from left, join Chelsea Eng, Jill Eng and Kim Tisdale during intermi...

Nopachai Cholthitchanta, from left, joins Brian Rownak, Theresa Delaplain and David Shaver during in...

Rod and Phyllis McGuire of Eureka Springs enjoyed the festive concert at Arend Arts Center. They pla...

Jim Graham, from left, Audrey Bernath, and Judy and John Rownak enjoy the Christmas season with the ...

SMART GIVING David Wright, meat director for Harps, left, and Joe Horvath, account manager for Smart...

BARBERSHOPPERS SERENADE RESIDENTS Fourteen members of the Greater Ozarks Chapter of the Barbershop H...

Sam Galen of Bentonville was one of 50 current or former CARTI pediatric cancer patients who partici...

Andrea Sharp, center, and Life Styles Inc. board members Denise Garner, left, and Terrye Brosh visit...

Pel’s Pals supporters Judy Adams, from left, Meredith Green, Barbara Morris and Beth Green enjoy the...

Steve and Kelly Zega, from right, and Haley Zega welcome guests to their home for the seventh annual...

Life Styles Inc. board members Cyndy Spencer, from left, Hannah Lee and Karen McDonald welcome guest...

Jen Boyle of Rogers’ Samaritan Community Center finds the group’s food warehouse inspirational.

Navy Cmdr. Ted Sego calls his family to let them know of his arrival at Northwest Arkansas Regional ...

Nicholas Cox, 7, and Haley Cox, 11, help pack 600 boxes of food for Christmas to be given away by th...

Matthew Kemp, 11, a Bentonville Boy Scout from Pack 52, helps stack one of 600 boxes of food for Chr...

Samuel Pitts, 9, a Bentonville Cub Scout from Pack 136, helps move one of 600 boxes of food for Chri...

Eric Harris departs for Memphis, Tenn., from Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport on Christmas Eve in...

Edith Griffen, right, greets Lanell Allen at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport on Christmas Eve in...

SHOPPING WITH SANTA Santa welcomes customers Friday to the Walmart Neighborhood Market on East Robin...

George Junior High School students Maria Escobar, left, and Kurtis Westphal troubleshoot the startin...

Maggie Cervantes, left, talks with Westside student Camilo Valencia and his mother, Maria Rocha.

LIGHTS OF THE SEASON An elaborate Christmas lights display glows at the Jim Bolte residence at 224 W...

Erin Hightower of Conway, center, sings while holding a candle with her nephew, Benjamin Harrigan, 6...

Robert Harris of Fayetteville waves at passing cars Friday while working for the owners of Fayettevi...

Mary and Joseph adore the newborn Jesus in a living Nativity scene in front of the First United Meth...

Church members at the First United Methodist Church in Bentonville reenact the nativity as a gift to...

Children laugh while collecting candy from a pinata during a Las Posadas celebration Tuesday at a ho...

Children laugh while collecting candy from a pinata during the Las Posadas celebration Tuesday at a ...

Participants in a Las Posadas event re-enact the difficulties Mary and Joseph had in finding lodging...

West Fork running back/linebacker Logan Genz, right, is the NWA Media Small Schools Football Defensi...

Shiloh Christian senior quarterback Kiehl Frazier, right, was named the Player of the Year and runni...

Tré Asencio-Porter of Gentry has been named the NWA Media Small Schools Football Newcomer of the Yea...

Don Splichal with Beaver Lake Aviation removes a grounding device from an airplane after fueling it ...

Caryn Finney of Fayetteville looks through some merchandise Thursday at Bella’s Gifts in Springdale....

Vincent Chatman, a truck driver with P.A.M. Transportion Services, pumps diesel Thursday at the Pilo...

SEASONAL SURPRISE - Sierra Weaver of Mobile, Ala., left, is greeted Thursday by her father’s girlfri...

Fayetteville High School cheerleaders won the 2010 State Cheerleading Championship on Dec. 18. Back ...

Jennifer Keeler holds her son Boston, 2, while shopping for last-minute Christmas gifts Thursday at ...

Mike Carney runs a century-old handwritten document through a machine that takes wrinkles out of the...

Bentonville volleyball coach Michelle Coens, left, and setter/hitter Rebecca Brown have been named t...

Fayetteville sophomore Aubrey Edie is the NWA Media All-Big Six Volleyball Newcomer of the Year.

Actor Will Ferrell, right, signs a baby blanket for Eli Raymond and his 1-month old daughter Izabell...

Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza was voted best pizza in New Orleans by Gambit and Zagats in 2010.

Lighted angels stand in a wooded valley near the Brookhaven subdivision on Old Wire Road in Fayettev...

Country star Jason Aldean will perform at Fayetteville’s Barnhill Arena on Jan. 22. This concert mar...

Bill Boscia, left, of Fayetteville and Mike Diacheysn of Farmington look over motorcycles parked in ...

In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, students work at their computers in a classroom at the Ch...

Jon Woodward, executive director of Seven Hills Homeless Center, left, helps Jonathan Beasley, pasto...

Karen Morris of Shiloh Christian is the NWA Media Small Schools Volleyball Coach of the Year.

Siloam Springs’ Lizzy Briones is the NWA Media Small Schools Volleyball Player of the Year.

Gravette’s Monica White is the NWA Media Small Schools Volleyball Newcomer of the Year.

Zack Hoyt of Pea Ridge ties flies he’ll use to catch trout at the White River below Beaver Dam and o...

Marvin Schrimpf, a representative of United Lutheran Church of Bella Vista, presents Tanya Castaneda...

The Springdale Har-Ber Band performs on stage during a Christmas concert Dec. 6 in Springdale. Band ...

A house in the Beaver Dam Resort area falls into the Beaver Dam Wash in Beaver Dam, Ariz. Tuesday, D...

It came from the oven! A bonafide “Frankenfood,” the Cherpumple “Monster” Pie-Cake is made of a cher...

Claire O’Dell, 9, of Bentonville helps her friend Brooks Burleson, 4, of Rogers ice skate Tuesday du...

Springdale High senior Gabe Gonzalez won his second straight Class 7A cross country state championsh...

Springdale Har-Ber junior Valerie Reina is the NWA Media Cross Country Girls Athlete of the Year.

Eureka Springs plans a fundraising campaign to pay for the renovation of Basin Spring Park, a gather...

Ann Caldwell of Springdale works out Monday at the Springdale Youth Center.

Fayetteville senior Rob Hodous is the NWA Media Boys Singles Player of the Year.

The NWA Media Doubles Teams of the Year are the Bentonville High combinations of Caroline Koonce, fr...

Lindsey Magee, a dispatcher for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, records information Friday a...

Laura Kelly helps Alejandra Murguia, 11, adjust her bike helmet Wednesday at Leverett Elementary Sch...

Fayetteville senior Micah Radler was named the Girls Golfer of the Year.

Arkansas' Ashley Daniels, left to right, Quistelle Williams, Lindsay Harris and C'eira Ricketts reac...

Angela McGarrah (front) and Jennifer Ward fold laundry Friday after removing items from dryers at th...

ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE Clarisa Pierce of Fayetteville sings and laughs Saturday with her son, Sebastian,...

SANTA VISITS Tabitha Lantz, 3, watches as Santa reads a letter Saturday she wrote to him saying what...

Gary Townzen gives Jonah Cotton, 3, of Bella Vista a free haircut Saturday at Townzen’s Barber Shop ...

The Watershed Research and Education Center at the University of Arkansas Agricultural Research and ...

Amy Steele teaches geometry to Decatur High School sophomores and juniors, writing out the Pythagore...

Audrey Duncan teaches biology to sophomores and juniors at Decatur High School. The Decatur School D...

Ethan Putt of Rogers claps along with Brian and Terri Kinder’s songs Saturday at the Bentonville Pub...

Wrestlers weigh in for their weight class just prior to tournaments, so maintaining their appropriat...

Bentonville’s Sheyenne Walker, 17, left, and Bianca Dover, 14, watch as assistant coach Sherril Neal...

Bentonville’s Bianca Dover, 14, top, and Sheyenne Walker, 17, work through technique drills during t...

Bentonville senior Sheyenne Walker, 17, right, and freshman Bianca Dover, 14, are two of only six fe...

Northwest Arkansas Naturals hitter Clint Robinson watches his RBI single make its way to the outfiel...

George McFerron, director of facility services for Mercy Medical Center, talks Wednesday about the d...

W&B SERVICE TO MOVE W&B Service will move to 725 S. Lincoln St. in Lowell in February. The refrigera...

Charlotte Rankin, executive director of cardiovascular services for Mercy Medical Center, talks Wedn...

George McFerron, right, director of facility services for Mercy Medical Center, and John Bauer, proj...

Kelly Hill, from left, and Eureka Springs Historical Museum board members Chuck Welch, Butch Berry a...

LIONS CLUB OFFICERS The Fayetteville Evening Lions Club recently installed officers for the 2010-11 ...

Northwest Arkansas Newspapers director and former publisher Tom and Jennifer Stallbaumer, from right...

Eureka Springs Historical Museum board Vice President Sara Armellini, from left, museum Volunteer of...

St. Edward Mercy neonatologist Dr. Victor Coloso, second from right, is joined by Ronald McDonald Ho...

St. Edward Mercy President and CEO Jeff Johnston, from left, Bill Mathews, Ronald McDonald, Walter M...

Eureka Springs Historical Museum Facilities Director Ginny Miller, from left, visits with board memb...

Ronald McDonald House Charities Executive Director Stephanie Medford, from left, Henry and hospital ...

Maj. Tim Williford watches Tyson Foods’ Archie Schaffer and Annetta Young cut the ceremonial ribbon ...

Parrothead Club members shown from left, Shelley Wilmoth, Erica Powell, John and Anneta Bryant, Dale...

Brenda Nemec, left, and Carlene Clendenen served as chairwomen for the committee that organized this...

Jane and David Webb, from left, enjoy the holiday party with Jim and Laura Sawyer and John and Sara ...

Anita and Brad Karren and their son, Nicholas, enjoy the holiday party for Rogers Little Theater.

Erlene Robertson, from left, Marilyn Rader and Mary Lou Anderson make gift boxes at the hospital.

Hospital volunteers Pat Schamber and Isabelle Minton chat while selling the volunteers’ handmade goo...

Charlotte Horvath demonstrates how she cuts the pieces for the cloth bears volunteers make for child...

As a hospital volunteer for 50 years, Charlotte Horvath has seen the Rogers hospital evolve from St....

The American Legion Riders of District 1 presented a check to Seven Hills Homeless Center. The Legio...

Tim Dudley recently donated 100 books titled “How Could A Loving God” to Hospice of the Hills. John ...

Eureka Springs Historical Museum supporters Karen Avery, from left, Joann Johnson, Yvonne Capps, Bru...

Liz Smith, from left, joins Richard Dean Prudenti, Ed McClure and Mauricio Herrera at the Rogers Lit...

Teresa Smith of the United Way of Northwest Arkansas’ 211 program says she prefers to spend time on ...

RUST REMOVAL Ronnie Holland paints a rust-removing gel on an old Texas Rangerette bicycle Tuesday at...

Veterinarian Stan Baker gives Strider a quick kiss just before giving the 13-year-old horse an acupu...

CHRISTMAS CARING Joanna Pacheco, a kindergartner at Jones Elementary School, hugs a stuffed toy Frid...

TOY DONATION Casey Springer, left, Children’s Safety Center lead child advocate, helps Springdale Hi...

Steve Womack, Rogers Mayor and 3rd District Rep.-elect exchanges personal correspondence Friday with...

Saunya Burden, foreground, and other Sharing and Caring volunteers scurry Friday to distribute prese...

Ryan Petrancosta balances four Christmas packages while delivering them Friday during the Sharing an...

CHRISTMAS STORY Aaryn Elliott, a senior at Bentonville High School and the reigning Miss BHS, reads ...

TEAM PLAYERS Billy Ray Rutledge, from left, Springdale High School baseball coach, and players Parke...

Shiloh Christian’s Lindsey Roe, right, grabs a rebound in front Siloam Springs’ Shelbi Honeycutt, le...

Arkansas wide receiver Jarius Wright breaks away from the outstretched arms of Mississippi State def...

Arkansas’ Jarius Wright attempts to break away from an Ole Miss tackler on Oct. 23 in Reynolds Razor...

Bentonville’s Whittley Johnson cuts a cake Friday after signing to play softball for Lyon College in...

Siloam Springs’ Sarah Lowry, center, puts up a shot between Shiloh Christian’s Hannah Persing, left,...

West Fork’s Cody Cone tries to drive around a Bentonville defender during Friday’s game at Bentonvil...

West Fork’s Cody Cone, left, and Logan Genz, right, try to block a shot by Bentonville’s Nick Smith ...

Rogers Heritage guard Brittany Ward turns to shoot against Pea Ridge on Friday.

Walkers eat conchas Sunday during a rest break at Gulley Park in Fayetteville.

KNIGHTS HONORED Knights of Columbus Council 6609 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fayetteville was h...

The Aztec dancers from St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Rogers gather together Sunday during a...

Laura Torre, an Aztec dancer with St. Joseph Catholic Church, smiles during the pilgrimage.

Walkers cross a creek Sunday during a rest break at Gulley Park in Fayetteville.

A statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe waits during a rest break at Gulley Park in Fayetteville.

Leonardo Lopez, an Aztec dancer with St. Raphael Catholic Church, dances Dec. 12 during the fifth an...

Peter Kohler (left), vice chancellor for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences-Northwest Arkan...

Charles Ray Osterhout welds metal Thursday at Cram-A-Lot in Springdale. Osterhout has commuted from ...

Abigale Perry, 5, left, and Rebecca Garcia, 5, tow their homemade floats Thursday past students lini...

MOVING ON | Lowell Mayor Perry Long, center, greets well wishers Thursday afternoon during a farewel...

A worker welds a metal roof at the new Happy Hollow Elementary School.

Progress continues Thursday on construction of Happy Hollow Elementary School on Crossover Road in F...

NONPROFIT RECEPTION | Mary Beth Brooks, president of the Bank of Fayetteville, left, speaks Thursday...

CHRISTMAS WITH COMPTON | Gary Compton, superintendent of Bentonville Public Schools, gets settled in...

Jonell Hudson, assistant professor of pharmacy practice for University of Arkansas for Medical Scien...

Springdale High School seniors Terah Brewer, left, and Tyler Davis compare class rings Thursday afte...

Santa Claus poses for a photo with a fan during last year’s Children’s Christmas Train on the Arkans...

Anacrusis vocalists rehearse at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville. The group debuts Saturd...

Jeff Bridges plays Rooster Cogburn and Hailee Steinfeld is Mattie Ross in the upcoming Coen brothers...

Christian artist Tobymac will perform on Jan. 14 at the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Okla. Originally with...

Paul Haas will conduct the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, formerly the North Arkansas Symphony, whe...

Townsfolk burned down the original gallows at the Fort Smith National Historic Site. A re-created ve...

Children’s performer Brian Kinder, pictured here with his wife, Terri, will present Christmas shows ...

Bentonville guard Logan Pearson drives to the basket Monday against Elkins in Tiger Arena in Bentonv...

Northwest Arkansas manager Brian Poldberg and Manny Pina, right, plead their case to home plate umpi...

Rogers High forward Graham Parker shoots over Fort Smith Southside’s Cameron Adams in the first half...

Springdale High senior Shelton Baird puts a shot up against Shiloh Christian during the first half T...

A bald eagle with leucistec feathers is spending the fall and winter at Beaver Lake again this year.

The North Sylamore Creek Trail meanders up and down along its namesake stream. Some say the path is ...

Mark Kinion, incoming Fayetteville alderman, listens Wednesday to city clerk Sondra Smith explain Ci...

Tulsa Shock WNBA guard and former Olympic athlete Marion Jones, left, talks with several Fayettevill...

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Ford Motor Co., a 2002 Ford Windstar LX is displayed. ...

Springdale police detective Michael Hendrix talks to fellow detective Ben Townsend and Lt. Kevin Lew...

Pea Ridge’s Cameron Thompson takes the ball to the basket under pressure from Shiloh Christian’s Tay...

Classic Apple Pie with apples, a little bit of sugar and maple syrup.

Farmington junior center Lexie Lewis, left, drives to the basket as Ozark junior forward Brittany Mu...

McDonald County’s Daniel Sumler shakes off Bentonville’s Kylan Larsen during their 189-pound match T...

A crowd gathers as smoke rises from a garment factory on fire at Ashulia, about 25 km (16 miles) nor...

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, some wearing masks depicting him and holding placard...

Nelson Driver, left, event director for Bikes, Blues & BBQ, visits Monday with Dan Hebert, board mem...

Bernie Walkowski, left, and Ron Wunschel organize empty pallets Monday after the United Way of North...

Bentonville guard William Worthey, right, tries to strip the ball from Elkins’ Mackenzie Leichner on...

Circuit Judge Jay Finch speaks Monday at a groundbreaking for a new Juvenile Justice Center in Bento...

Siloam Springs’s Makenzie Sharp reaches for the basketball as she blocks the progress of Rogers High...

Springdale George’s Josten Peter drives downcourt against Springdale Central’s Treshawn Gause on Mon...

Nancy Woods, co-founder of 8th and Walton, explains why she loves to dine, relax and play on her scr...

Fayetteville’s Dalton Alston, top, fights to take McDonald County’s Daniel Sumler to the ground duri...

Ryan Mallett slips out of the grasp of LSU defender Drake Nedis in the fourth quarter of the Razorba...

Visitors to Lake Wedington this week will notice a lot less water because the U.S. Forest Service pl...

Brandon Eoff with Dynamic Construction of Garfield, cleans up construction material Wednesday around...

Sculptor Mark Krause, shown in his shop in March 2009, was arrested Dec. 3 in Seattle and is accused...

Rogers Heritage’s Tylor McMurtrey, top, works to get Conway’s Elliot Lusby onto his back during thei...

Shiloh Christian senior tackle Travis Bodenstein celebrates the Saints’ 61-40 win over Pulaski Acade...

Ethan, 5, tries out a new pair of shoes Saturday with help from Rogers Police Officer John Alexander...

Arvest Ballpark head groundskeeper Monty Sowell, right, and assistant groundskeeper Kaleb Reynolds p...

Lauren Kuenzel prepares to cut a piece of plywood Thursday. She purchased a bank-owned home with hel...

Northwest Arkansas developer Tom Terminella speaks during a press conference at By-Request Thursday,...

FEBRUARY BLOOM William Penney, 11, with the Owls 4-H Club, digs up the ground Friday in front of the...

Andy Gilbride looks over cars that students at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville can rent f...

Shiloh Christian School senior Brittney Harper, center, cheers on Friday from the student section du...

SCHOOL EVACUATION Rogers firefighters John Fox, left, and Chance Murray wait Friday outside Grace Hi...

Jeff Koltzan of Springdale poses a question to Glen Waters of Connetics Transportation Group during ...

SCOUTS SHARE WITH SHELTER Teaghan Wharry, left, Emmielou Hays and Emily Ware, all members of Girl Sc...

Richard Hoback, Benton County veterans service officer, says goodbye Friday to Floyd Haws, a Vietnam...

POLAR BEAR CLASS Wearing the required smock, Annabelle Mericle, 5, sprinkles soapy water into a cont...

UP AND AWAY Matthew Garretty, left, science teacher at Old Wire Road Elementary School in Rogers, he...

Richard Hoback, Benton County Veterans Service officer, sorts through veterans benefit claims Friday...

Springdale’s Jonathan Chan celebrates his victory over Little Rock Central’s Lerie Mendillo after a ...

Bentonville’s Austin Gonzalez tries to pin Gentry’s Kolby Rankin during the Northwest Arkansas Duals...

Rogers Heritage’s Jacob Stewart, left, tries to maneuver for advantage against Fort Smith Southside’...

Fayetteville’s Bryan Arroyos, left, drives Rogers Heritage’s Matt White to the mat during the Northw...

Shiloh Christian senior lineman Troy Goss, left, celebrates with coach Josh Floyd on Friday after th...

Shiloh Christian senior quarterback Kiehl Frazier carries the ball into the end zone as Pulaski Acad...

Shiloh Christian senior Zann Jones races toward to the end zone ahead of Pulaski Academy freshman li...

Larry Zehring, right, director of music ministry at First United Methodist Church in Bella Vista, di...

Costume manager Phyllis Bishop helps Scott Kyles don the robe of a disciple during a fitting session...

John Meyer, dressed as a biblical wise man, talks with costume manager Phyllis Bishop about the snow...

Terri Neal of Fayetteville helps her granddaughter, Avery Williams, 3, with her angel costume before...

Shiloh Christian senior defensive tackle Samuel Harvill celebrates a defensive play against Greenwoo...

Rogers Heritage senior Zac Stewart shoots over a Hot Springs Lakeside defender during the first half...

ARVEST HOOPFEST - Rogers High junior guard Cameron Carroll shoots over Mount Vernon sophomore guard ...

CUISINE AND A QUARTET - Bentonville High School orchestra students Kolby Williams, left, and Ronald ...

‘EXPRESS’I-ING HIMSELF - Tristan Snoxhill, 7, left, laughs with Isaac Silva, 8, as he makes a mustac...

WILSON TRAIL FACELIFT - Chris Stanphill of Rogers, left, uses a concrete saw Thursday to prepare the...

Members of the Patriot Guard lead a funeral procession Thursday ahead of a hearse carrying the body ...

Members of an Marine Corps honor guard conduct a gun salute Thursday during the interment ceremony f...

FUTURE SITE - David Allen, Siloam Springs mayor, looks over an artist’s rendering Thursday of the fu...

Terry and Tami Boyett of Bentonville, stepfather and mother of Cpl. Chad Stafford Wade, are escorted...

DECORATING TREE - Nicholas Baskin looks for a place on the Christmas tree to hang his ornament Thurs...

The King’s Singers — including bass Christopher Gabbitas, third from left — perform tonight at 8 o’c...

Comedian, playwright, actor and personality Mel Brooks is one of just 10 people who have won Emmy, G...

Lauren Olinger helps Madison Robbins, 2, with her ice skating lesson during the Its Great to Skate c...

Ozark Bronze, a handbell choir, will perform its annual free holiday concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at the...

A ricotta tarte with shiitake mushrooms, red and yellow bell peppers and sauteed onions is among the...

Santa Claus will make several appearances in the coming weeks, as he did at the Arts Center of the O...

‘Holidaze’ — Christmas ornaments come to life in the production “Holidaze,” created by Cirque Dreams...

Outdoor ice skating at The Rink at Lawrence Plaza in Bentonville. A 75-minute skate session is $5 if...

Loren Howrey, 4, glides along the ice during an ice skating lesson last year during the Its Great to...

Pakistani protesters rally to condemn the arrest in London of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, seen...

Photos obtained from the Fayetteville Police Department show a suspect using a stolen ATM card.

Bentonville forward Whitney Sandmann starts a drive downcourt against Harrison on Dec. 7 in Tiger Ar...

Bentonville sophomore Tearris Wallace accepts the Newcomer of the Year award presented to him by NWA...

Bill Prophet of Rogers didn’t want this Beaver Lake white bass to be one that got away, so he netted...

Hikers tread carefully on the Goat Trail high above the Buffalo National River.

Fayetteville junior point guard Kile Graves pulls down a rebound during the Bulldogs’ game against L...

Sgt. Mike Barr places a wristband on an entering inmate Wednesday at the Benton County Jail in Bento...

Billie Starr (left) and Helen Walton celebrate the grand opening of the Walton Arts Center in Fayett...

J.D. Hawthorn (left), who owns land along War Eagle Creek in Madison County, and his neighbor Gary E...

Andrew Layden of Tulsa, Okla., sings last week during a performance of the Cathedral Choir at John B...

Washington Elementary School second-graders Elijah Fisk, right, and Jude Duerr play on Tuesday durin...

Julie Sill, co-owner of Dickson Street restaurants The Common Grounds and Hog Haus Brewing Company, ...

Gentry’s Terra Jones collides with Greenland’s Caitlyn Johnson on Tuesday in Greenland.

Nature Conservancy worker Eddie Silcott uses a mixture of diesel fuel and gasoline Tuesday to ignite...

Rogers Heritage senior James Olinger puts a shot up against McDonald County, Mo., in the first half ...

Bentonville guard Corbin Copeland, right, puts up a shot over Harrison’s Mikey Andreson on Tuesday i...

The Arvest float moves along South First Street on Monday evening in the Rogers Christmas Parade. A...

Chris Krodell, a University of Arkansas police officer, directs the Bentonville police bomb squad ve...

Bentonville Police Sgt. Joe Falcon fits Steven, 7, with a helmet to go with the new bike Steven pick...

Rogers High senior Nathan Allred grabs a rebound in front of Conway senior Colt Fason, rear, and sen...

Angelo Yao (left) and Joe Mandella, bicycle patrol officers with the Eureka Springs Police Departmen...

Traffic flows Nov. 24 through the Huntsville Road intersection on North Thompson Street in Springdal...

Brianna Henley, 11, works on a math problem Thursday in Krista Webb’s sixth grade math class at Elmw...

Jen James, a Washington County deputy, processes a prisoner Thursday at the Washington County Detent...

Siloam Springs forward Sarah Lowry passes the ball down court in a drive against Gentry on Saturday ...

Bentonville running back Tearris Wallace rushes for a first down during the Tigers' 7A State Playof...

Pat Muldoon, assistant store manager at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers location in Fayetteville, ri...

A Nook, the Barnes & Noble eReader device, sits on display at the store Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010, in...

Bryant Lady Hornets Kiara Moore guard goes for a second period lay up shot against the Huntsville L...

Union troops line up to fire at Confederate forces during the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park'...

cannoneers portraying a Confederate unit fire their weapon during the Prairie Grove Battlefield Sta...

Brian Cornell, president and chief executive officer of the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. SamÕs Club divisio...

Jodi Garbison browses through the crowded shelves of books at the Trolley Line Bookshop at 110 West...

Bentonville's Drew Edwards tries to get away from Fayetteville's Ryan Starr Friday Dec. 3, 2010 dur...

Pat Moran and his wife Myra Moran are co-owners of the Trolley Line Bookshop at 110 West Walnut St....

Workers with Arkansas and Missouri Railroad create a new set of rails that will replace a set being...

Siloam Springs high school student Blake Grigg paints a golf card during Northwest Technical Instit...

Fayetteville high school juniot Jeff Baker works on a transmission during Northwest Technical Insti...

Dempsey Brown, right, automotive instructor for Northwest Technical Institute, instructs high schoo...

William Byford, 4, thinks about what he wants for Christmas as he sits on Santa Claus' lap Saturday...

Lauren Dezarov, 10, of Rogers, tells Santa that she wants a phone, a laptop, a camera and a puppy f...

Fayetteville senior quarterback Brandon Allen, right, slips past Jonesboro senior defender Terrance...

Heritage senior running back Zach Stewart (16) carries the ball as junior Chaz Miller (30) closes i...

Beth Hall, right, shows Jessica Tweedy a picture of her daughter Madisyn Ware, nine months, at the ...

Lane Barrows with the Northwest Arkansas Home Builders Association explains why she associates Old M...

Tyson Elementary School fifth-graders walk along a trail Wednesday on the playground at the school i...

Fifth-graders at Tyson Elementary School make use of the walking trail during their recess Wednesday...

YULE SEASON CRAFTS Vernella Hennington, left, of Bella Vista looks at Christmas ornaments Friday mad...

Flags wave in Bentonville’s Oxford Ridge subdivision in honor of Cpl. Chad Wade who was killed Wedne...

Sanjay Ahuja, left, and Lonnie Phelps install a global positioning system unit on Friday in the firs...

TIGER PRIDE Bentonville fans welcome the Tigers on Friday before the Class 7A State Championship gam...

Bentonville players and fans celebrate the Tigers’ 49-28 win over Fayetteville on Friday during the ...

Bentonville’s head coach Barry Lunney Sr. applauds his team after the Tigers defeated Fayetteville 4...

West Fork quarterback Dylan Harrison runs with the ball during the first half Friday against Rivercr...

Shiloh Christian senior quarterback Kiehl Frazier runs for a touchdown against Pulaski Robinson duri...

Fayetteville’s Brice Gahagans gets brought down by Bentonville’s Josh Herren, right, and Demarcus Mu...

Bentonville offensive lineman Marcus Danenhauer, center, prepares to block against the Fayetteville ...

Fayetteville senior quarterback Brandon Allen reacts to a fourth-quarter Bentonville touchdown durin...

Jungian analyst Virginia Krauft, left, shows her copy of Carl Jung’s “Red Book” to the Rev. Lowell G...

The “Red Book” includes Carl Jung’s writing and artwork, including richly colored mandalas such as t...

MENORAH LIGHTING Joshua Sadinsky and his mother, Li-Li, sing Hanukkah songs during a public menorah ...

TREE DECORATING Church members gather to hang Christmas tree ornaments during the annual Hanging of ...

Carl Jung’s journey into his unconscious mind is detailed in densely packed calligraphy.

Jungian analyst Virginia Krauft speaks about the “Red Book” during a presentation ceremony at St. Pa...

Quintet Five By Design takes audiences back to a 1940s holiday radio show when the Wisconsin-based v...

Davey Smith, right, and Aaron Risenhoover, both Bentonville offensive linemen, toss balloons around ...

CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION Pedro Martinez, right, and Larry Tannehill, both with Tannehill Masonry, work T...

MADRIGAL FEAST Addyson Christopherson, 16, left, helps Claire Thompson, 17, adjust her early Renaiss...

Ronald McDonald makes an appearance at a previous Christmas parade in Rogers. This year’s event star...

KEEPING IT CLEAN Maria Tamayo wears a Santa hat Thursday as she cleans up the walkway at Pinnacle Hi...

A PEPPY SENDOFF - Kim Caylor, from left, Gina Plunk, Debbie Crenshaw, Kelly Balch and Kim Whiting, a...

Fayetteville High School spirit squads warm up the crowd Thursday at a pep rally held to send off th...

Fayetteville High School students perform a haka, traditional dance of New Zealand on Thursday as a ...

Fayetteville High School seniors Taylor Power, left, and Ted Goll construct the “Senior Shack,” a ca...

Fayetteville High School seniors Power, left, and Lauren McFalls construct the “Senior Shack” on Thu...

Coleman Brackney, left, former Bella Vista police officer, makes his way to the Benton County Courth...

Fayetteville junior guard Sydney Conley, center, shoots a layup against Collierville, Tenn., during ...

West Fork junior quarterback Dylan Harrison has thrown for close to 1,000 yards this season.

Rogers Heritage’s Lacey Murray battles for a rebound against Sheridan’s Karson Henry, left, and Ambe...

Springdale Har-Ber junior post Caroline Eubanks shoots over Little Rock Central sophomore Jamie Ruff...

Fayetteville senior Emma Clay takes a shot in the lane as Collierville (Tenn.) senior Ashley Jones d...

Shiloh Christian senior quarterback Kiehl Frazier leaps over Greenwood junior defensive back Hayden ...

Fayetteville senior quarterback Brandon Allen rolls out to pass through the Fort Smith Southside def...

Bentonville senior defensive back Trevin Chavez tackles Springdale High junior wide receiver Henry H...

GLEN CAMPBELL — Arkansas native Glen Campbell continues his music career more than five decades afte...

The Morgan family of Rogers gathered to watch last year’s Winter Wonderland Parade in Bentonville. T...

Country songstress Kathy Mattea will offer a concert of Christmas favorites on Thursday evening at t...

The Big John sandwich at The Front Porch Family Diner is made with strips of ribeye, onion, green pe...

Radio OKKK announcers Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie are the first of 22 characters Ed McClure, ...

A still image from the video from a police cruiser's dashboard camera showing a high-speed chase on ...

Master Sgt. Greg Qualls of the Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing shows hats Wednesday...

Peter B. Lane, left, president and CEO of the Walton Arts Center, speaks Wednesday during a presenta...

Peter Lane, CEO of the Walton Arts Center, takes the podium during a press conference announcing tha...

Gravette’s Colton Davis drives to the basket Wednesday while taking on Elkins during the Northwest A...

Shiloh Christian’s Seung Jae Lee kicks off against McGehee on Nov. 19 in the second round of the Cla...

Pea Ridge’s Jordan Winn brings the ball up the court Wednesday while taking on Hartford during the N...

Peter B. Lane, president and CEO of the Walton Arts Center, left, speaks during a press conference t...

Deputy First Class Nakia Duty of the Benton County Sheriff’s Office helps Hailey England, 8, shop Tu...

Pea Ridge’s Ethan Higgins takes the ball to the basket past Hartford’s Brandon Lunsford, center, on ...

Amy Giezentanner showed students how to make this Swedish Tea Ring during a holiday baking class Nov...

Prairie Grove guard Jalen Beeks drives past Huntsville’s Jake Kirk during the first half of play Tue...

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