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Photos for February 2010

Life Styles Inc. Executive Director Carol Hart, from right, stands with Celebration Luncheon keynote...

Life Styles Inc. Buell Distinguished Service Award recipient Blair Johanson, second from right, is j...

Sandra Fletcher of Springdale has been making memory bears for three years. The bears are designed t...

Each bear she creates becomes a special memory for Sandra Fletcher. Among them are bears in frilly d...

Lisa Will is the public relations chairwoman for the Junior Auxiliary of Washington County and has b...

Susan Beard, right, executive chef for the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Springdale, shows th...

Jennifer Simmons, with husband John Simmons, models her dress at the Arts Center of the Ozarks Beach...

Jennifer Whaling, from left, Kris Kimbro, Kim Harris, Tyler Emerson and Rachel Buldini gather for Ge...

Rick Couvillion and Teri Stafford, from left, Joyce Stafford and Jack Cole enjoy the Arts Center of ...

Life Styles Inc. Capital Campaign Chairman Woody Bassett, from left, talks with Mike and Elizabeth B...

Matt Hicks and Tiphany Hall enjoy the Feb. 23 United Way Generation Give reception.

Philip and Beach Ball Chairwoman and Arts Center of the Ozarks board member Mary Ann Taldo, from lef...

Dale Rouse’s cattle herd feed on hay Thursday afternoon on his ranch in Tontitown. Several heifers a...

WEATHER WOES - Dale Rouse unwraps a bale of hay Wednesday afternoon on his Tontitown ranch as his ca...

Fayetteville Woodland’s Sarah Smith, left, looks to pass the ball under pressure from Greenwood’s Lu...

Fayetteville Woodland’s Jawan Smith takes the ball to the basket over Alma’s Brock Widders, right, d...

Bentonville sophomore Brittani Reagan races to the finish line to win the 400 meters Feb. 20 in the ...

Fayetteville senior Adam Baker looks for the call after sliding home in front of the tag of Springda...

Rogers Heritage’s Hayden Bough throws out a runner during practice Thursday at Veterans Park in Roge...

Nikki Pinto fires her pistol at a practice range in her back yard. The Pea Ridge High School junior ...

Nikki Pinto, 17, shows her plaque from the International Defensive Pistol Association national champ...

Fayetteville players celebrate their 2-0 win over Fort Smith Southside to win their fourth consecuti...

Bentonville junior Pearson Gean, center, is hugged by teammate Nathan Bracy after Gean led the Tiger...

Fayetteville Woodland’s Caleb Waitsman dribbles the ball past Alma’s Corey Whitney during their cham...

West Fork sophomore forward Melissa Jones, left, puts a shot up over Ozark senior forward Miranda Ea...

Rogers High’s Alex Shelor slides past the tag attempt by Bentonville’s Matt Russell on April 20 duri...

SPAY DAY - Justin Hayes of Goshen talks Saturday with veterinarian Romy Core of Gulley Park Pets Cli...

STATION CREATION - Charlie Faught, 6, from Fayetteville watches Saturday as a G scale model train pa...

Davy Nelson, 4, left, and Russell Rager, 2, watch one locomotive pull ahead of another while crossin...

Lt. Gen. Richard Harding was promoted and sworn in as the Air Force’s new judge advocate general dur...

CLOWN MAGIC - Alondra Paredes, 11, performs a magic trick Saturday at the Rogers Public Library duri...

Brett Smith, right, a sales specialist with Lowe’s in Rogers, talks Saturday with Scott Higgins of P...

Manuel Almaraz, salesman at Tucker’s Appliances, walks through the store Friday in Springdale.

Jonathan Cox of KXUA 88.3FM tells us why he loves to hang out in downtown Fayetteville.

Avery Scott, right, prepares Feb. 26 to serve seven years of a 15-year sentence for second-degree se...

Ron Harris gives a motivational speech to young members of the Celebrate Family Church at the Villag...

Bentonville High School sophomore Dani Phillips plays “Beautiful Dreamer” for students Friday at App...

FULL ATTENTION - A calf is examined by Derek Wardlow, student teacher in biological animal science c...

DUNKING HUNGER - Michelle Gaffney, from left, Brandy Knight and Haley Warner, 10, count food items F...

SPRINGDALE COMMERCE - Dwain Newman, left, chairman of National Home Center, talks with Knight Weis w...

Firefighters from two Bella Vista stations fight to control a blaze Friday that destroyed the home o...

PRAIRIE CREEK BURN - Ronnie Brown of Brown’s Mowing in Crane, Mo., sets leaves on fire Friday around...

SEE THE WORLD - Ashra Vina, left, and Petra Kristi Mulyani, both from Indonesia, share their culture...

Bentonville’s Tyler Sanderlin takes the ball to the basket under pressure from Fayetteville’s Taylor...

Springdale Har-Ber sophomore Jessica Olson shoots between Springdale junior Jasmine Gilyard, left, a...

Springdale Har-Ber sophomore Summer Morgan shoots over Springdale sophomore Baylea Swearingen in the...

Springdale Har-Ber Matt Toomer shoots over Springdale High Evan Johnson in the second half Friday.

Springdale High junior guard Sheldon Baird shoots over the Springdale Har-Ber defense in the first h...

Rogers Heritage’s Yalile Johnson, right, tries to drive around Rogers High’s Madeline Fusillo during...

Rogers High’s Wyatt Hively, left, battles Rogers Heritage’s Evan Giesen for a loose ball during Frid...

Fayetteville’s Kikko Haydar puts a shot over Bentonville’s Tyler Sanderlin during their game Friday ...

Fayetteville’s Colton Primm, center, lays the ball up for two points over Bentonville’s Tyler Haggar...

Fayetteville’s Calli Berna, left, fights for a loose ball with Bentonville’s Madison Byford during t...

Fayetteville’s Sierra Shipley is fouled under the basket while pressured by Bentonville’s Madison By...

Bentonville’s Madison Byford takes the ball to the basket over Fayetteville’s Hannah Breden during t...

Sarah Chewning, a junior at Springdale High, competes in the 1-meter dive competition during the sta...

The new design for Happy Hollow Elementary eliminates two classrooms from each of three wings and tw...

The new design for Happy Hollow Elementary shows three wings, or pods, coming out of a central hallw...

Artwork celebrating the “divine feminine,” like this piece by Cindy Dollard, will be on display duri...

The Goddess Festival, now in its second year, will run the length of March with workshops, performan...

Shirley Jones won an Oscar for “Elmer Gantry” in 1961, but she is arguably best remembered for her r...

TIME TO BE RECKLESS - With the band’s newest album, the Feb. 9 release “Somewhere in Time,” Reckless...

The giant puppets of Quebec’s Theatre Sans Fil come to the Walton Arts Center stage Saturday for two...

The jazz pianist Hiromi will perform Saturday night at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville.

Lincoln sophomore Zach Summers makes a move in the post around Lavaca senior Tyler Daniels during th...

Rogers High sophomore guard Josh Anderson shoots over Springdale High sophomore forward Kempys Robin...

Springdale High boys basketball coach Brad Stamps shouts instruction to his team as the Bulldogs pla...

Rogers Heritage senior forward Miles Johnson shoots over Fort Smith Southside junior Denzel Massey o...

Arkansas starting pitcher Mike Bolsinger delivers a pitch during the Razorbacks’ season opener Feb. ...

Arkansas’ Michael Washington puts a hook shot up over South Carolina’s Sam Muldrow during a 92-79 wi...

NEWEST GOLDEN EAGLE - Fayetteville’s Brandon Sikes, center, signs a letter of intent Tuesday to play...

Fayetteville senior Taylor Cochran shoots a jumper over Fort Smith Southside’s Denzel Massey during ...

Bentonville junior captain Clara Bracy has won individual titles in the girls 100-yard freestyle the...

Bentonville’s Erin Reardon, right, is tripped up by Fort Smith Northside’s Jacquelyn Myers during a...

Shiloh Christian junior Hannah Persing drives past Pottsville senior Mariah Jeffcoat during the firs...

Lincoln junior Dakota Leming makes a move around Lavaca junior Robert Blair, left, during the first ...

DREAM SUPPORTERS - Supporters of the Dream Act gather in front of the Arkansas Union on Thursday at ...

TALL ORDER - Louie Alterici, top, owner of Metco Glass, and Nick Ower work together Thursday to lift...

FENCE ME IN - Rick Pace, left, and Josh Smith with Ozark Fence Company hang fence Thursday at Vetera...

YOUNG AT ART - Heath Allen, right, looks at son Sky’s artwork on Thursday during a chili supper and ...

Brad Jones of Stark Masonary fills a trench with concrete Wednesday while preparing the footing for ...

By Mary McCleary, The Falcon Cannot Hear the Falconer, 2008, Mixed media collage on paper

Kerry James Marshall, Our Town, 1995, Acrylic and printed paper collage on canvas

Arkansas forward Delvon Johnson (21) goes after a loose ball with teammates Courtney Fortson, left,...

STAFF PHOTOS ANTHONY REYES
Mike Stockton with the Springdale traffic and signalization division wo...

STAFF PHOTO ANTHONY REYES
Springdale baseball coach Billy Ray Rutledge talks to his team before st...

STAFF PHOTOS FLIP PUTTHOFF
Cold water didn’t prevent Robbie Towner of Anderson, Mo., from catching...

STAFF PHOTO J.S. WEDGEWORTH
Chief Tom Jenkins of the Rogers Fire Department passes by the window o...

STAFF PHOTO ANDY SHUPE
Rogers Heritage senior Brittany McClain clears the bar on her way to winnin...

STAFF PHOTOS J.S. WEDGEWORTH
Shannon Wicker, left, and his father, Paul Wicker, both of Crane, Mo....

Rogers High’s Morgan Hook looks to pass the ball under pressure from Springdale Har-Ber’s Jessica Ol...

STAFF PHOTO FLIP PUTTHOFF
Ben Hodgin, left, with Ozark Mountain Trading Co., north of Rogers, show...

STAFF PHOTO SARAH BENTHAM
Shonna Stevens uses the new computer-aided dispatch and mapping system W...

STAFF PHOTO J.T. WAMPLER
Workers from Fayetteville Water and Sewer clear debris Wednesday after a ...

STAFF PHOTO J.T. WAMPLER
Greenland’s Lexington Mathais drives between a pair of Lamar defenders We...

Gentry’s Kendra Boyd, right, takes the ball to the hoop as Ozark’s Emily Hawkins defends Wednesday d...

STAFF PHOTO MARC F. HENNING
Assistant physical education teacher Michelle Adnan, right, holds a gr...

STAFF PHOTO SARAH BENTHAM
Fayetteville Woodland’s Sydney Trumbo
dribbles past Fort Smith Trinity...

Springdale firefighters throw debris out a window Tuesday after a mobile home was filled with heavy ...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Halee Castleman is pressured under the basket by Rogers High’s Hayley Clark, le...

Christina Herbold, middle, congratulates a man Tuesday on giving the correct answer while showing pa...

Tommy Thompson, national adviser for Prevent Care and a former Wisconsin governor, explains how prev...

Heritage guard Hannah Hickman looks for room to move down court against the Lady Tigers during the f...

Rogers Police Chief Steve Hamilton thanks Shelby Briggs, resident council president, for her part of...

Josie McFarland, 10, with Girl Scout Troop 5389 in Rogers, sells cookies outside the Bentonville Sam...

Surf rolls in along a sandy shore in Barbad

Springdale George’s Dorantez Evans will lead the Wranglers into the 7A-West Regional Junior High Tou...

The Fayetteville Street Committee met Tuesday to discuss redesign proposals for Block Avenue that co...

Fayetteville senior forward Adam Nobel, right, takes a shot in the lane as Rogers Heritage junior fo...

Jan Martemsson, right, a University of Arkansas visiting professor from Sweden, plays table tennis T...

Fayetteville Christian’s Blake Riley, right, guards Tony Johnson, left, during practice Tuesday in F...

Fourth-graders Stormy Lane, left, and Gracie Williams look through a book Wednesday about zombies, w...

The Arkansas Razorbacks, who lost seven games while point guard Courtney Fortson (4) was serving a s...

Jeremy Hopper, center, a senior at Har-Ber High School, sings with the rest of the school’s Camerat...

The Whistling Mounties dance and whistle their way to fame before an audience of about 1,200 student...

Rogers High’s Natalie Scott, center, keeps possession of the ball as Springdale Southwest defenders ...

Fayetteville Woodland’s Tyler McCullough shoots over Springdale George’s Josiah Wymer during second-...

A crew from Fayetteville Water and Sewer division works Monday replacing a water line at Block Avenu...

Eric Larson, a worker with the Fayetteville Parks and Recreation Division, uses a pressure washer to...

Fayetteville sophomore forward Anne Mitchell, front, heads the ball in front of Bentonville sophomor...

Cheryl Williams walks Casey, her 12-year-old black Labrador, through Memorial Park in Bentonville on...

Bentonville’s Alicia Greer bowls during the Class 7A/6A State Bowling Championship held Monday at F...

Motorists wait as three Canada geese back up traffic Monday while trying to cross West Maple Avenue ...

Planting trees Operating director Gerald Klingaman plants deciduous holly trees Monday at the Botani...

Arthur Rainwater and his mother, Betty Lawson, unload a pickup full of oak firewood at a client’s re...

Springdale’s Gabe Gonzalez, left, pulls ahead of Little Rock Catholic’s Alex Chaffin at the tape to ...

Fayetteville’s Kikko Haydar, right, shoots over Springdale High’s Shelton Baird in the second half o...

STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT - Rogers Heritage’s Paxon Fowler, right, and Bentonville’s Spencer McMurt...

Rogers senior Jeremiah Fleeman leads a pack of runners down a straightaway while competing in the 3,...

Rogers Heritage’s Casey Dye, left, and Fayetteville’s Cameron Baker wrestle in the 152-pound class S...

Fayetteville’s Tevin Whitney, left, takes the baton from John Gibson while anchoring the 3,200-meter...

Bentonville sophomore Brittany Reagan, center, takes the baton from sophomore Kelsey Wheelhouse, rig...

Prairie Grove’s Julie Rutherford, right, shoots as Shiloh senior post Kami Garrison defends during t...

Work continues Friday on the Interstate 540 overpass where Olive Street in Rogers meets Southwest 28...

Sam Warren, left, and Matt Parisi program their robots made of plastic building blocks on Wednesday....

Students from high schools around Northwest Arkansas crowd into one of three Rogers High School clas...

WORLD THINKING DAY - Kayla Main, an 11-year-old Girl Scout from Troop 5355 in Springdale, left, hand...

Financial aid worker Darcy Williams from Northwest Arkansas Community College helps Diego Araujo fro...

Rogers High School student Eric Torres, 18, looks at ways to continue his education during College G...

The parts used to make robots come from a plastic building block kit with all the parts needed to ma...

THINKING DAY - Karla Banks, left, and Katherine Magoulick, both 13-year-old Girl Scouts from Troop 5...

BRIDGING THE GAP - Work continues Friday on the Interstate 540 overpass where Olive Street in Rogers...

Financial aid worker Caress Nicholas from NorthWest Arkansas Community College prepares a white boar...

Niki Ciccotelli with the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art talks Friday at the Jones Center for...

Traffic travels on a reduced Wagon Wheel Road on Thursday in Springdale. The road is the last to be...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Geovanni Alfaro, 17, passes the ball to a teammate during practice Friday in S...

Rogers guard Morgan Hook looks to pass Feb. 2 against Bentonville in Bentonville.

Allison Brock, co-chairwoman of the third annual Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Wine Opener, poses Wedn...

Bentonville softball coach Kent Early thinks his defense is as good as it’s
ever been.

Bentonville shortstop Whitley Johnson fields a throw during an April 24 game against Fayetteville.

James Harter, a 15-year-old sophomore at Fayetteville High School, center, explains his science fai...

Bentonville Mayor Bob McCaslin prepares to board an Ozark Regional Transit bus Saturday at Fire Sta...

Fayetteville Woodland boys coach Jeff Boogaart talks to his team during a timeout in the first quar...

Fayetteville Woodland Junior High guard Ronnie Brewer, right, drives past Ramay Junior High’s Adria...

Ray Evans of Rogers and his son, Austin, play with a balloon Saturday while looking at boats at the...

Designer Korto Momolu, right, a fan favorite on Project Runway Season Five, gives Kayleigh Dru Danc...

Seven candidates for the 3rd District U.S. House of Representatives wait Saturday to speak to more t...

Staff Photo ANTHONY REYES
Preston Early, Rogers head girls basketball coach, calls out instuctions ...

Caroline Little, 16, a sophomore at Fayetteville High School, center, explains her science fair pro...

Springdale High junior guard Shelton Baird
shoots over Rogers High senior forward Casey Caton in ...

Rogers High junior guard Graham Parker shoots over Springdale senior forward Joseph Kellogg in the ...

A rainbow trout caught by Tiffany Veloz, right, is hoisted over the head of Ally Estrada during a C...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Jacob Lloyd, right, signs a letter of intent to play football at MidAmerica Na...

Dee Williams, center, looks over the display Friday presented by Backyard Designs, as her husband, ...

Bentonville’s Rylea Wallace dribbles the ball Friday against Conway in Bentonville.

A group of Girl Scouts learn Friday about the country Kuwait during World Thinking Day at the Bento...

Daniel Bowlin, left, and Roy Brunson, both with Mobile Marine Repair and Tackle of Bethel Heights, ...

Bentonville Mayor Bob McCaslin, right, listens Friday as Skylyr McMillen, 10, speaks as Eleanor Roo...

Members of the German American Club of Northwest Arkansas fix plates of food Feb. 14 while celebrat...

Searcy’s Aaron Sweet tries to turn Rogers High’s Sam Reift during their match Friday at the Arkansa...

Maddy Russell, 10, peeks out of a giant ear Friday while touring an exhibit called Body Walk at Gre...

Fayetteville High volunteer assistant baseball coach Kent Ariola, right, congratulates senior Clark...

Mary, right, and Rosemary Sulzen light a candle during the 40 Days for Life kick-off rally Tuesday ...

Fayetteville senior guard Sierra Shipley, right, shoots as Springdale Har-Ber senior guard Halee Ca...

Marion Cowan of Prairie Grove, right, hands a lap robe to Jerry Lee of Alpena, left, as Lee’s son, ...

Ben Nye, left, a student ambassador at the University of Arkansas, gives a tour of the Fayetteville...

Arkansas starting pitcher Mike Bolsinger delivers the first pitch of the season against Ball State o...

Anyone with information as to the identity of this man can call Sergeant Todd Brakeville at the Silo...

Walmartbenefits.com senior manager Micah Laney explains why he loves to hang out at the Dickson Stre...

Jacquetta Pinalto models clothing Thursday during the 2010 Spring Prom Fashion Show hosted by DECA o...

Savannah Bledsoe, left, watches as her friend Lauren Snow blows a soap bubble Thursday at the Univer...

Central EMS and Fayetteville Fire Department personnel load Fayetteville High School student Robbie ...

Michael Shane Winters, 29, is escorted Thursday to a probable cause hearing.

Nicholas James Johansen, 18, is escorted to a probable cause hearing Thursday in Circuit Judge David...

Bentonville firefighters investigate a house fire Thursday at 1110 N.W. “G” St. in Bentonville.

Springdale Har-Ber senior forward Michael Trexlar shoots for two against Bentonville Feb. 12 in Spri...

Rogers Heritage’s Jared Arthur takes down Springdale High’s Albertson Claros on Saturday during the ...

Springdale Central’s Ashley Gray, center, goes up for a shot past Fayetteville Ramay’s Caylea Moore,...

Fayetteville senior guard Bo Renner brings the ball up the floor during Friday’s game against Rogers...

Bentonville’s Drew Coble has his headgear slip over his eyes while wrestling Rogers Heritage’s Peter...

Bentonville Gold’s Austin Haggard shoots over Rogers High’s
Trevor Hampton in the first half of Th...

Fayetteville senior Camie Bales takes part in batting practice Wednesday.

Rogers High junior guard Graham Parker tries to block the shot of Fort Smith Southside junior forwar...

Rogers High School senior Kelly White
basks in applause from her soccer teammates and classmates ...

Rogers Heritage junior forward Mac Olinger
shoots over Fort Smith Southside’s DQ Collins in the s...

Rogers senior guard Morgan Hook (10) shoots against Fayetteville in the second half Tuesday in Roge...

Springdale High soccer coach D.J. Beeler has seven returning seniors on this year’s
team.

Springdale Har-Ber’s Chris Bayles shoots over Fort Smith Northside’s Alex Norman and Dushaun Rice du...

Rogers Heritage’s Emily Black
signs a national letter of intent Tuesday at the high school to pla...

Jalen Beeks of Prairie Grove moves for the basket around Pea Ridge defender Cameron Thompson during...

Bentonville quarterback Pearson Gean carries the ball down the field during a game Sept. 4 against ...

Justin Stewart, left, and Ramond Curtis, sing from their raft on the Mississippi River during a per...

Maria F. Mironta, left, administers ashes to Maria G. Pena, holding her daughter, Aidenn, at the en...

Two officers with the Benton County Sheriff’s Office arrest Nicholas Johansen in connection with ca...

Lafe Caton, who teaches outdoor education at Rogers High School, gives a fly-casting lesson to seni...

In this 1968 photo, Glen Andrews shows a massive catch of bass he and some friends caught during tw...

Glen Andrews greets his longtime friend and fishing buddy Bob Dickey at the Rogers Historical Museu...

Jonathan Steiger, left, of Bentonville, talks Wednesday with NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s...

Pea Ridge’s Kip Kelly shoots a layup over Prairie Grove defenders Nathan Eilerts, left, and Tanner ...

Monsignor David LeSieur of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Rogers applies ashes to the foreh...

Glen Andrews talks with Mikki Seay, right, after she bought a copy of the book, “An Impossible Cast...

Karla Rodriguez changes the bedding Wednesday at the Marriott Courtyard Fayetteville. The hotel off...

West Fork’s Cody Cone hit 11 3-pointers and scored 35 points Friday.

Collections manager Carolyn Reno demonstrates the proper way to wash a piece of antiquated clothing ...

With a cross of ashes on her forehead, Grace Litzinger, 8, of Fayetteville rests against the arm of ...

Arkansas freshman Marshawn Powell celebrates after drawing a foul on South Carolina during the secon...

Bentonville’s Whitney Sandmann, left, goes for a lay up shot guarded by Springdale High’s Jasmine Gi...

Springdale High forward Alex Light grabs a rebound in the second quarter of Tuesday’s game in Benton...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Matt Bradley brings the ball down the court as he is pressed by Fort Smith Nort...

Fayetteville senior Sierra Shipley shoots over Rogers High senior forward Jazmin Coultas during the ...

Rogers High sophomore guard Sarah Grace Groves celebrates with her team after she hit a 3-pointer at...

Rogers Heritage’s Mac Olinger, center, drives to the basket as Fort Smith Southside’s Cameron Adams,...

Gravette’s Samantha Vanotterloo goes up for a shot Tuesday against Berryville in the 4A-1 District T...

Gravette’s Samantha Vanotterloo drives to the basket Tuesday during the Lady Lions’ game against Ber...

Eliseia Arnold, right, and Elaine Casey, left, both board members for the Christian Women’s Job Corp...

THERE IT IS! - Anistyn Nickell, center, points to a shelf of books as she and Caroline McCane, left,...

Bentonville Police officers and Benton County Sheriff Office deputies lead someone away from a crime...

FAT TUESDAY - Brittany Matthews rings her bell in the ear of Nick Zondlak while marching in the St. ...

DEMENTED DUKE - Ralph Odom, The Demented Duke, parades through the bars and restaurants on Dickson S...

Judicial candidates Gary Carson, left, and Steve Zega shake hands Tuesday after squaring off in a ca...

FATAL WRECK - Bella Vista Fire Chief Steve Sims looks over the scene of a two-vehicle accident that ...

Benton County Judge hopeful Tim Henderson, left, from Gentry talks Tuesday with incumbent Benton Cou...

Michael Austin Guzman leaves a Benton County Courthouse on Tuesday accompanied by Morgan Reed minute...

HEADED TO PRISON - George David Reed is escorted Tuesday from the Benton County Courthouse annex in ...

Dijon-Crusted Fish makes a simple and tasty dinner for all those meat-free Fridays in Lent.

Kathy Deck, director of the University of Arkansas’ Center for Business and Economic Research, Tuesd...

Bentonville police and Benton County sheriff’s deputies comb a wooded area on Sugar Creek Road just ...

Dale Hawkins displays his gold record for the song

Fayetteville junior guard Lindsey McHenry, left, tips the ball away from Rogers Heritage junior guar...

Marc Turner teaches fundamentals of communication Monday at NWACC Washington County Center in Spring...

Springdale’s High’s Jimmy Claros, right, looks for an opening in the finals against Fort Smith South...

Springdale Central’s Collin Richardson drives past Bentonville Black’s Bryce Gilbert in the second h...

Rogers Heritage’s Cole Bundy, top, wrestles Fort Smith Southside’s Colt Dooly on Saturday during the...

PREP WRESTLING - Fayetteville’s Devin Bowers, right, wrestles with Rogers Heritage’s Conor Bolton du...

Woodland’s Tyler McCullough, right, scores past pressure from Rogers Heritage’s Jayme Lovelace durin...

Woodland Junior High’s Austin Allen, right, Rogers Heritage forward Luke Fryauf, left, reach for a l...

7A-WEST WRESTLING - Bentonville’s Jason Bruno, left, wrestles with Harber High School’s Hunter Black...

Decatur senior Hunter Beal shoots against Eureka Springs on Jan. 22.

Bentonville Black’s Preston Skersick throws a pass Feb. 8 against Bentonville Gold in Bentonville.

Carlos Chicas, left, and Kara Darling recently visited Washington, D.C. for Champions for Our Commun...

Zach Cheatham of Harvco Inc. spreads gravel Thursday while working on the installation of a main sep...

LANGUAGE AID - Springdale Police officer Gomez Zackious speaks Marshallese to a woman Thursday to ex...

MARDI GRAS MAMBO - Morgan Leaton, 3, bends for a look into a stroller Sunday while waiting for a par...

Mark Warren, center, puts a microphone on host Shannon Caine, right, and Lauren Brakebill on Friday ...

Nicholas Shockley erects a display about life for civilians in the area after the Battle of Pea Ridg...

Springdale Police officer Gomez Zackious, right, speaks Marshallese to Lantir Alfonso, middle, being...

Kenny Johnson works on a cannon display at the Pea Ridge National Military Park visitor center. New ...

Mark Warren, left, and C.F. Roberts operate cameras Friday as Shannon Caine, center right, interview...

BROOD ON THE MOVE - Jack Gentry and daughter Bekah Mulvaney start a two-hour run Saturday at Compton...

MARDI GRAS MAMBO - Jaycee Dahl, 9, left, and Katie Elam, 8, listen to music Sunday at the Mambo. The...

Jack Gentry, left, his daughter, Rebecca Mulvaney, and son Cam Gentry, all of Rogers, have competed ...

Linda Tian (center), 14, of Fayetteville hands out traditional red envelopes to children Saturday du...

$HeartMath Graph$

Adriana Stanley, 9, left, and Kenya Ivy, 11, both of Bentonville, decorate masks Wednesday at the Mc...

Jason B. Hendren, left, an attorney with Friday, Eldredge & Clark LLP’s Rogers office, stands next t...

BRANCHING OUT - Don Gibson, left, and Patrick Swope, executives with Legacy National Bank, stand Wed...

Elise Burt uses a portable device to practice the HeartMath biofeedback technique in the car or away...

Elise Burt, a neurofeedback and biofeedback counselor at the Neurotherapy Center in Fayetteville, wo...

Tene Green, from left, Candice Robinson and Tiffanie Travis visit at the Crimson and Cream Ball.

Delta Sigma Theta alumnae Edith Hawkins, left, and Rita Hancock shop the silent auction at the group...

SARPA board president Patty Thompson, right, and Connie Taylor enjoy the fashion show fundraiser on ...

Yvonne Bland, from left, Kennetta Wiggins, Shayna Frost and Dominica Fleming welcome guests to the C...

SARPA Executive Director Brannon Randolph and board member Holland Hayden welcome guests to the orga...

Tymli Frierson, from left, Northwest Arkansas Delta Sigma Theta Alumnae President Felicia Hamilton, ...

Springdale Har-Ber senior forward Chris Bayles (33) tries to recover a loose ball as Bentonville sop...

Rogers softball coach Mike Harper tosses balls during a catching drill Thursday at the school’s indo...

Fayetteville senior guard Taylor Cochran, right, drives past Rogers Heritage senior forward Miles Jo...

Bentonville coach Todd Abbott is excited about the Tigers’ experienced pitchers.

Tim Rippy coaches the boys and girls basketball teams at Gentry.

POLAR BEARS - A group emerges Saturday from the water during the 2010 Polar Bear Plunge to benefit S...

Ginney Burkland, left, and Patty Seal joins with other teachers from Ruth Barker Middle School in Be...

A group from the Bank of Fayetteville wades out of the water during the 2010 Polar Bear Plunge to Be...

David Evans, a regional stream team coordinator with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, left, an...

Theo Hamrin, 8, sleds down a hill at Country Club Golf Course as Shane Stewart, left, Jaylen Stewart...

PET AND GREET - Tim and Carrie Costello of Bentonville get to know Delphi, a Staffordshire terrier m...

FRUGAL FASHION - Meredith Brunen models a $20 dress from Helping Hands on Saturday during the annual...

Porter Montaque of West Memphis, a former Fayetteville resident, reads the inscription Saturday on t...

Graphic designer and musician Will Collins explains why his office/studio in downtown Fayetteville i...

SOUPER BOWL - Nick Cross, 11, distributes bowls of chicken noodle and taco soup during the Souper Bo...

The Rev. John Slavin, rector of St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church in Springdale, offers a prayer at the ...

Josh Kellam, right, anoints the Rev. John Antony of St. Joseph Catholic Church, from left, the Rev. ...

The Rev. John Atchison of St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church in Springdale reads the Scripture ...

The Rev. John Antony, from left, of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fayetteville, the Rev. John Slavin...

Rogers High’s Jake Humphries, top, works against Rogers Heritage’s Francisco Simental during their 1...

Rogers Heritage’s Liza Eppley, left, puts pressure on Bentonville’s Margaret Power during a match Fr...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Antonio Guerrero, right, works to get Fayetteville’s Deshun Thomas to the groun...

Rogers High’s Wyatt Hively, right, works the ball around Fort Smith Northside’s Trevon Good during t...

Prairie Grove’s Morgan Abernathy, left, drives the lane Friday while Farmington’s Anna Oxford defend...

NARROW DEFEAT - Bentonville senior forward Jon Koonce grabs a rebound behind Springdale Har-Ber juni...

Rogers Heritage’s Ashley Schimmel dives to block a Bentonville shot during a match on Friday in Roge...

Fayetteville High’s Kikko Haydar, right, lays the ball in the basket after being fouled by Rogers He...

Springdale High’s Jhony Goodinez works on pinning Springdale Har-Ber’s Ezra Ward during a Feb. 2 mat...

BID FOR CONGRESS - Rogers Mayor Steve Womack and wife Terri, left, take the podium Friday to announc...

Desk clerk Josephine Barry works among disp laced office furniture and equipment that had to be move...

MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION - Jane Ledbetter, administrator at Fayetteville City Hospital, left, dances F...

WILDCATS COLORS DAY - Senior Maid Kelsey Taylor, 18, is escorted Friday out of the Springdale Har-Be...

Kahirul Farazi works out a math problem Thursday in Kevin Snavely’s class at Har-Ber High School in ...

Jeremy English, left, and Shannon Dennehy look over a collection of photos and belongings of James A...

Lane Florquist signs an Arkansas War Cats jersey worn by teammate James Ahern while attending a memo...

May Meredith, center, works with Wilbert Linares, left, and Maria Luisa Castaneda Ramos on Thursday ...

WIND POWER - Lindsey Minor from Lingle Middle School in Rogers plays the flute Friday during the All...

MEMORIAL SERVICE - Barbara Postert, left, Stephen Postert and Mary Salnicki, all of Omaha, Neb., sin...

Franklin Electric announced Friday it would close the plant on U.S. Highway 412 and layoff the remai...

Gary Townzen, left, speaks Thursday after being awarded the Dick Trammel Good Neighbor Award at the ...

SPREADING CHEER- Steve and Lucy Cole, right, of Branson, Mo., look Thursday at a Valentine card deli...

ALL RISE - Richard Merrill, left, job superintendent for the remodeling of the historic Washington C...

GOING UP - Students leave the Cathedral of the Ozarks following a Thursday morning worship service a...

Brian Cornell, president and chief executive officer of Sam’s Club, speaks Thursday during the annua...

Fayetteville’s Sierra Shipley, center, leaps between Bentonville defenders Blaklee Sanders, left, an...

Springdale Central’s Ashley Gray is guarded by Fayetteville Woodland’s Turquoise Early, left, and Va...

Rogers Heritage senior forward Miles Johnson shoots over Springdale Har-Ber senior forward Tyler Boo...

Fayetteville’s Jack Jones, left, provides defensive pressure as Bentonville’s Nick Michael fires a b...

Runaway slave Jim, played by Justin Stewart, right, and Huck Finn, played by Ramond Curtis, float on...

A member of the Krewe of Olympia waits for the start of the Fat Saturday Parade of Fools on Dickson ...

Rufus Herndon throws beads to the crowd during the Demented Krewe’s celebration of Mardi Gras on Dic...

Shiloh Christian junior post Lindsey Roe shoots over Huntsville sophomore Kirbie Cain in the first ...

Huntsville’s Kelsey Rodden takes a shot
Wednesday during the Lady Eagles’ 51-28 win over Gentry.

Rogers High junior forward Graham Parker shoots over Fort Smith Southside junior forward Cameron Ad...

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Frank Tillery Elementary School Principal Johnnie Wilbanks,...

Fayetteville’s Bryant Ezell, who’ll be a sophomore this fall, recently competed at the USBC Junior G...

Fayetteville’s Bo Renner tries to block a shot by Springdale High’s Curtis Evans in the second half...

Rebekah Spurlock, park interpreter, explores one of the few areas in Satan’s Maze where cavers can ...

Mark Clippinger, superintendent at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, cradles a speckled king snak...

Tim Scott, Devil’s Den State Park assistant superintendent, works through one of the roomier parts ...

Sean Scott builds the frame for an exterior wall Wednesday on a building at 903 Lilac St. in Rogers...

Davone Valentin, right, assembles a double flair on a metal brake line Wednesday as Johnnathan Carr,...

Marley Hudspeth, 7, decorates her cupcakes Wednesday with other children from Happy Hollow Elementa...

Bentonville’s Sydney Thurow, left, talks with Shanna Seyfarth before signing to play college volley...

Mark White, right, with Election Systems and Software of Omaha, Neb., demonstrates an electronic po...

Betty Miller of Rogers fills her plate Wednesday during a tea party for members of the Red Hat So...

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4th year architecture student Josh Matthews from Fayettevi...

The scene at Bud Walton Arena during Arkansas and LSU's shootaround before the game Wednesday.

Peter Lane, president and CEO of the Walton Arts Center, speaks Tuesday in Fayetteville during a new...

HOT TIN ROOF - Rogers firefighters pour water into a metal shed that burned shortly after noon Tuesd...

TWO-CAR ACCIDENT - A crew from Ozarks Electric Cooperative assesses the situation after a two-car ac...

Crystal Vickers, custodian at Har-Ber High School, spreads ice melt Tuesday in front of a side entra...

SPRUCING UP THE PARK - Nicholas Shockley carries wrapped parts Tuesday for new displays for Pea Ridg...

Giving greeting cards, sharing candy and sending flowers are three common ways of celebrating Valent...

Chef Chrissy Sanderson of Bordinos will be making chocolate-inspired dishes, like this appetizer of ...

SNOWY STEED - A horse walks across a frozen field near Hunt Lane on Tuesday. The National Weather Se...

SERVICE WITH A SMILE - Richelle Merrifield carries a tray of free breakfasts to one of her tables Tu...

Bentonville’s Montana Lewis shoots over Fort Smith Northside’s Manasha Bell, center, and Kindra Dare...

Farmington’s Kala Crisp, left, draws a foul from Pea Ridge’s Deborah Beard during Tuesday’s game in ...

Huntsville’s Taylor Grigg looks to pass as Shiloh Christian’s Jesse Parks, left and Christian Reed, ...

Shiloh Christian’s Jesse Parks shoots over Huntsville’s Leah Cleaver in the first half of Tuesday’s ...

Liza Eppley turns the ball during practice at Heritage High School in Rogers on Tuesday.

Bentonville’s Essence Baker fights for a loose ball against Fort Smith Northside’s Taylor Green duri...

Alan Gallardo, 19 months, gets a little help from his dad Adolfo Gallardo (cq) as he puts togethe...

University of Arkansas student Erin Hauser from Huntsville passes by a snowman in near Old Main o...

The Clinton House Museum at 930 California Drive in Fayetteville.

Springdale Police Capt. Ron Hritz unpacks medication Monday while disposing of more than 150 pounds ...

Springdale High senior forward Joseph Kellogg, right, grabs a rebound in front of Springdale Har-Ber...

Rogers Heritage’s Conor Bolton works to get Fayetteville’s Devin Bowers to the mat Saturday during t...

Rogers High’s Casey Caton, left, tries to drive around a Bentonville defender during Friday’s game i...

Edward Johnson, from left, Eddy Burwell and his father, Harvey Burwell, fish Monday for trout at the...

Fayetteville junior guard Calli Berna, center, drives past Fort Smith Northside’s Mannasha Bell, lef...

Bentonville guard Montana Lewis looks for a chance to pass against Rogers High during a Feb. 2 game ...

Northwest Arkansas Ice Hogs’ Jeremiah Fleeman, center, makes his way through the Rockhurst (Mo.) Aca...

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A student adds a touch of red against a ...

Elise Burt explains how software is used in the HeartMath biofeedback technique.

A pedestrian walks along a snowy Emma Ave in Springdale Monday. The National Weather Service is call...

Elise Burt explains how a device is used in the HeartMath biofeedback technique.

Elise Burt, a neurofeedback and biofeedback counselor in Fayetteville, works with a client Monday.

Laddy Diebold, owner of Friendly Liquor on North College Avenue, assembles a sign Monday in Fayettev...

Danyelle Harris of Fayetteville, right, takes a photograph of her family, Caleb, 10, Baylee, 4, Alys...

Michael Park, a senior at the University of Arkansas from Bryant, throws a ball for his 11-week-old ...

Eric Schaefer walks his adopted dog Mocha in Memorial Park in Bentonville on Monday, Feb. 8. Schaefe...

A Bentonville Electric Department crew sets a new 30-foot flagpole at Bentonville Cemetery in Benton...

Rogers Heritage’s Paxon Fowler, right, wrestles against Springdale Har-Ber’s Antonio Guerrero on Feb...

Springdale High guard Tony Dennis goes for a layup against Springdale Har-Ber in the first half of S...

Springdale guard Shelton Baird, right, pulls up for a jump shot as Har-Ber senior forward Matthew To...

Rogers High’s Tanner Kaza tries to work around Rogers Heritage’s Jon Warner during their game Saturd...

Rogers’ Jake Humphries, top, fights to get Rogers Heritage’s Francisco Simental onto his back during...

The Empire State Building is seen in the background as former Rogers resident Neal Andrews stands on...

Shoppers walk in and out of Harps off Butterfield Coach Road on Thursday in Springdale. Police have ...

WATER WOES - Fire Chief Tom Jenkins points out water damage along a ceiling at the Rogers Fire Depar...

DOWNTOWN DISPLAYS - A visitor checks out photographs Thursday from Kat Wilson’s “Habitats” collectio...

Before receiving his letterman’s jacket from Central Methodist University, Jack Tickner wound up ser...

63 YEARS LATE - Jack Tickner puts on the Central Methodist University letterman’s jacket Friday he r...

OFF BALANCE - Bob Carruthers reaches Sunday to catch his daughter Maggie Carruthers, 7, as she loses...

Members of International Defensive Pistol Association won awards at the Arkansas Combat Pistol Leagu...

The Ozark Juniors team took home the gold in the 15s Division of the 2K Promotions Invitational Voll...

Rogers Heritage’s Jim Parker launches from the starting blocks at the start of the 200-yard individu...

Springdale George’s Callie Harris, left, and Springdale Southwest’s Anna Hudgeons battle for possess...

Rogers High’s Keifer Holt takes control of a loose ball during Thursday’s game against Bentonville B...

Fayetteville Woodland’s Alex Brignoni, center, shoots inside as Rogers Heritage forward Luke Fryauf,...

Fayetteville’s Cameron Baker gets a hold on Fort Smith Northside’ Victor Chavez during their 152-pou...

Steve Price, center, is a science teacher and boys basketball coach at Southwest Junior High in Spri...

The lives of Sean Price, left, and older brother, Jeremy, have revolved around basketball. Both coac...

West's Elizabeth Brady moves up field against the East during the All Star game Tuesday June 23, 200...

STRONG COMPETITION - Robert Sanchez from Rogers works his way into the 500-plus pound range before f...

COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS CARD - Vicki Thomas, Fayetteville schools superintendent, from left, Anita Scism...

PURE BLISS - Russell Walter of Bella Vista picks out a marshmallow brownie from a display by Bliss C...

A CHANCE TO DANCE - Artistic director for New York City’s Joffrey Ballet School, George de la Pena, ...

Officials with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office collect information Saturday at the site of a ...

A section of 48th Street along Interstate 540 is unpaved in Springdale. The city is planning to cont...

HEART’S IN THEIR WORK - Connor McClure and his mom, Kira McClure, make Valentine cards Saturday at t...

LEARNING SCIENCE - Denis Dean speaks Saturday about bears during a program at the Hobbs State Park-C...

Chris White answers questions outside his home along Oak Grove Road after witnessing the crash of a ...

FATAL FLIGHT - Officials with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office collect information at the site...

The Jones Center’s Big Night co-chairmen Brian Crowne, left, and John Ervin, second from right, enjo...

Volunteer Candy Girls Alyson Parsons, from left, Natalie Culberson, Mikaila Wilson, Ashley Shelton, ...

Friends of Bernice Committee chairwoman Linda Hankins, second from right, enjoys the Jones Center fu...

JOSEPH PROJECT - Stephanie Meehan, left, with Cameron Smith Associates, reviews Brad Guthrie’s resum...

Jones Center Advancement Officer Kelly and Ben McLintock, from left, with Susan and center Executive...

Carl and Anna George, from left, and Julie and Rick Roblee enjoy the Jones Center fundraiser.

Arkansas sophomore Courtney Fortson celebrates with teammates following the Razorbacks' 82-79 overti...

Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder answers questions at the site of a plane crash Saturday, Feb. 6...

Officials with the Washington County Sheriff's Office collect information at the site of a plane cra...

Officials with the Washington County Sheriff's Office collect information at the site of a plane cr...

FOOD INTRODUCTION - Lisa Clayton, left, culinary team member, serves a bowl of tomato basil soup Fri...

NEWSPAPER DONATION - Tom Stallbaumer, right, Northwest Arkansas Newspaper publisher, listens Friday ...

WINTER DEPRESSION - A snowman appears to hang its head Friday as snow melts away in a front yard at ...

NEW STEEPLE - Members of Harmon United Methodist Church near Tontitown recently purchased a steeple ...

Peter Illyn, founder of Restoring Eden: Christians for Environmental Stewardship, speaks at the Moun...

GRILLIN’ AND CHILLIN’ - Exchange Club of Fayetteville members Judy Allbritton, right, and Pam Benton...

Police tape still wraps the scene Friday where a family of five died when a fire swept through their...

Lisa Clayton, culinary team member with Tyson Foods, serves a bowl of tomato basil soup Friday durin...

TALKING BUSINESS - Jay Lewis, from left, Craig Rivaldo and Don Schapp visit Friday before the busine...

FLY FISHING LESSON - Rogers High School senior Taylor Murphy laughs after getting the hang of castin...

UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE - A pedestrian passes Friday between Vol Walker Hall that houses the University o...

FULL ATTENTION - A Bella Vista Chess Club game between Jim Jensen, left, and Bud Brebner draws an au...

Bentonville’s Mytaah Crawford, left, and Rogers’ Wyatt Hively dive for a loose ball Feb. 5 as the Mo...

CRUISING - Fayetteville senior guard Taylor Cochran takes off to dunk Friday as Fort Smith Northside...

Rogers Heritage’s Danielle Schillinger knocks the ball away from Springdale High’s Baylea Swearingen...

Springdale’s Tiffany Wiseley defends Rogers Heritage’s Danielle Schillinger as she passes the ball t...

Gentry’s Terra Jones shoots over Prairie Grove’s Morgan Abernathy on Friday in Gentry.

Elkins cross country standout Grace Heymsfield dons a University of Arkansas hat Friday after signin...

Fayetteville senior guard Sierra Shipley shoots over Fort Smith Northside junior guard Chatara Roger...

John Pelphrey reacts to a call during Arkansas' loss to Texas earlier this season.

RAINY DAY EIGHT-BALL - Lyn Louden of Prairie Creek lines up a shot Thursday while playing eight-ball...

Dr. Lance Faddis gives a shot to a Haitian woman. Faddis was in Haiti with a group from the Rogers F...

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE - Former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, right, visits Thursday with Steve Clar...

John Caubble, executive pastor at Rogers’ First Baptist Church, gave out gifts of hair ribbons and b...

Lt. Devin Reaves, left, and Lt. Robert Hamilton, both of the Bella Vista Fire Department, work to re...

FIVE LIVES CLAIMED - Officials with the Bella Vista Fire Department, Bella Vista Police Department a...

Officials with the Bella Vista Fire Department, Bella Vista Police Department and the Bureau of Alco...

FINE WEATHER FOR FOWL - A mallard drake forages for food in the ice and snow Thursday afternoon at L...

WET WALK - Rick Taylor of Little Rock walks along Mountain Street on Thursday while a light rain fal...

Adeline Patterson, 2, kicks back in a shopping cart Thursday as her mother, Aubrey, searches for clo...

PREP BASKETBALL - Rogers High’s Sarah Groves looks for room to pass against Bentonville on Feb. 2 at...

WINNING COMBINATION - Longtime Fayetteville coach Barry Gebhart, center, and assistant coach Kyle Ad...

Bentonville’s Erin Suchy competes in the 200-yard individual medley race Thursday during the Springd...

Rogers Heritage’s Kanon Steen swims in the girls 200-yard freestyle during the Springdale Swim Meet ...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Lexie Keller swims the backstroke in the 200 yard individual medley Thursday at...

Har-Ber High School swimmers Kelsey Odell, left, 15 and Hannah Lee, 16, practice Thursday before ta...

Springdale George’s Brittany Jurgens shoots as Southwest’s Baly Taylor defends in the second quarter...

Bentonville Black’s Moe Link passes to a teammate during Thursday’s game against Rogers High in Roge...

Fayetteville’s Peter Du, bottom, competes in the 50-yard freestyle at the Jones Center for Families ...

Fayetteville Woodland Junior High’s Jawan Smith, left, and Tyler McCullough surround Rogers Heritage...

Northwest Arkansas Community Creative Center Executive Director Susan Hutchcroft shows What’s Up! re...

Making something on a potter’s wheel is harder than it looks at first, as What’s Up! reporter Sara S...

Local band The Plaid Jackets will be performing Saturday as part of a show called Arkansas Punk!, wh...

The Mexican Lunch Special at Glasgow’s Restaurant costs $6.25 and includes a beef enchilada, beef ta...

Brazilian jazzman Cyro Baptista will present an eclectic world music program, “Banquet of the Spirit...

Just announced today, a renovation of the Walton Arts Center’s Joy Pratt Markham Gallery will open i...

Springdale senior Chris Clinard signs a letter of intent to play football for Evangel University as ...

Bentonville’s Rylea Wallace, from left, Abby Risner, and April Miller look at a photo Wednesday tha...

Bentonville football coach Barry Lunney talks with seniors Hayden Boydston, Jon-Mark Holden, and Cha...

Freezing fog coats a tree in front of the Rogers Historical Museum annex at Second and Poplar street...

Ken Richards of Bentonville plans to row his drift-boat 400 miles on the Arkansas River to raise mon...

Three members of the International Defensive Pistol Association won awards at the Arkansas Combat Pi...

Members of the Bella Vista Bass Club received awards for their top finishes in bass tournaments duri...

Jackie Grubb, left, and JJ Vallejo select bows to shoot.

Physical education teacher Deb Walter shows one of the target bows students shoot during the archery...

Daisy Velasquez watches an arrow fly after she released it while shooting next to Shelby Downs, rig...

West Fork’s Cody Cone breaks for the lane while Clarksville’s Dederick Lee defends Wednesday in West...

acob Denton, right, places a tree in the ground Wednesday with other Fayetteville Parks and Recreati...

Students at Owl Creek School cheer Wednesday during a charity basketball game between students and f...

Fayetteville’s Sarah Correll, second from left in front, smiles with friends after signing a letter ...

Fayetteville’s Josh Hale, right, is congratulated by Bobby Nefzger, 18, after a signing ceremony at ...

James Leroy, right, talks with friend Jim Jackson while having coffee Wednesday at the Benton Count...

People enter and leave the Wal-Mart Home Office in Bentonville on Wednesday.

John Brown University senior construction management students Grant O’Neal (left) and Megan Owens jo...

Myia Taylor, 6, from left, pretends to be a groundhog looking for her shadow Tuesday as Charleigh Ry...

FIRST FILING - Beth Wantland, 18, files the first tax return of her working career Tuesday with help...

PUNXSUTAWNEY PRIMATE - Third-grade teacher Terri Johnson dances with a big gorilla in the annual Gro...

CHRISTMAS CARD CONFAB - Rogers Schools Superintendent Dr. Janie Darr, left, talks Tuesday with North...

PROJECT LIFESAVER - On behalf of the Walton Family Foundation, Matt Kendall, chief operating officer...

This Super Bowl Sunday, do your best to protect your own tightend with better-for-you party snacks, ...

A zesty, sweet sauce is justified when it comes on leaner meatballs, made with high-fiber breadcrumb...

Loaded Sweet Potato Skins, which are twice-baked and topped with a small amount of crumbled bacon an...

CAMPUS KINDNESS - Law students at the University of Arkansas line up Tuesday to buy bagged lunches a...

SAMPLE SMOOTHIES - Tyler Gurganus, 9, center, and Silas Myane, 9, right, try chocolate-banana smooth...

Springdale’s Joseph Kellogg, left, and T.J. Andrews fight for a rebound with Rogers Heritage’s Jon W...

RED’DOG ROUTE - Rogers Heritage’s Nick Jordan shoots the ball over Springdale’s Joseph Kellogg durin...

Farmington’s Anna Oxford loses control of the ball while being double-teamed by Berryville’s Megan D...

7A-WEST CONFERENCE - Bentonville’s Blaklee Sanders, left, and Rogers High’s Morgan Hook battle for a...

Rogers High’s Morgan Hook looks to make a pass around a Bentonville defender Tuesday.

Springdale Har-Ber’s Ezra Ward, top, works a headlock on Springdale High’s Jhony Goodinez during dur...

Former college basketball coach and Rogers native Charlie Spoonhour speaks at the NWA Tip-Off Club l...

A snow plow clears residual snow Monday from 48th Street in Springdale.

Mathew Tatum, 6, bowls Monday at Springdale Bowl after classes at Springdale schools were canceled b...

Springdale High senior Linsey Wilkinson has been effective at the point guard position this season. ...

Mason Griffin, 9, right, gets ready to launch a snowball Monday at a friend as his brother, Case Gri...

Gregory Decay, who was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2008 for killing Kevin ...

Peter Lane, left, president and CEO of the Walton Arts Center, speaks to a group of Fayetteville Cit...

Matt Johnson, a maintenance worker with Fayetteville Public Schools, clears ice and slush from the s...

Bentonville’s Tyler Sanderlin shoots during a Jan. 26 game against Rogers Heritage in Rogers.

Chris Glass director of Benton County Services and Safety hands out maps of fire districts and city ...

Cameron Prince, 7, and Zach Felt, 9, consider an answer Monday in an Adventure Club quiz at Thomas J...

Fayetteville’s Sydney Conley, right, and Emma Clay, left, battle for a rebound against Springdale Ha...

Rogers Heritage’s Mac Olinger serves as the team’s defensive captain and makes sure his teammates kn...

Tanner Gustin, 15 of Farmington, catches air as he hits a jump on a sledding saucer at Wilson Par...

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Alexandra Sanderson, 9, of Bentonville plays with the fami...

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Blanton Pullen of Fayetteville stays warm from the snow ...

Deysi Chicas or Rogers (cq) watches as her son Carlos,4, cheers as the University of Arkansas Women...

Aaron McBride (top) hangs on to his son Carter,5, while Dylan Maness,8, and Carson, McBride, 8, ha...

Tiny spikes of ice form on the branches of a tree early Sunday morning. A heavy fog covered the Rog...

ALL DOWNHILL - Aaron Osterman, 12, of Springdale slides down an embankment Sunday at the Randal Tyso...

DISCOVERING DETAILS - A photograph that was known previously because of its use on the cover of earl...

Rogers Historical Museum director Gaye Bland points out a train in the background of a recently dona...

Jay Frizzo, from left, Frank Rust, Howard Backus and C. Jimmie Carter ready the first shipment of br...

IN MEMORY - Allen Moots, American Legion District 1 chaplain, Post 100, lights a candle Sunday durin...

TIME TO SLIDE - Brothers Gaven Long, 11, left, and Dylan Long, 11, carry a sled up a hill outside Li...

Henry Colebank, 5, of Rogers, hits a tennis ball during the tennis program.

SWINGING INTO ACTION - Ansley Middleton, 4, from left, Hannah Fleming, 4, and Brooke Gruber, 5, hold...

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT - Ted Collins, executive director of the Farm Service Agency for Washington ...

CROSS CAMPUS SKIING - Mike Wavering, an associate professor of science education at the University o...

PARENTAL GUIDANCE - Sherry Slusher of Bella Vista helps her daughter, Madison, 13, do research for h...

A LOT OF WORK - School district employee Todd Longnecker clears the parking lots of Bentonville High...

Jeff Stone, a tennis pro with Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, talks to a group Jan. 21 during a ten...

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