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Photos for January 2010

SHIPPING & RECEIVING - Val Valaquez, animal caretaker at the Springdale Animal Shelter, gets a dog r...

Erin Summers adopts a golden retriever mix Thursday from the Springdale Animal Shelter. Summers had ...

Caity Church, left, and Ruth Hollinger work with their sixth grade English students Alondra Mendez, ...

General contractor VCC, building the parking deck at the Washington County Courthouse, has stopped a...

Troy Galloway, Bentonville community development director, works Wednesday in the community developm...

FROSTED VIEWS - Jason McGarrah sleds down a hill with his niece, Stormy McGarrah, 4, on Saturday at ...

WINTER WONDERLAND - Families crowd onto a hilltop at County Club Golf Course while enjoying an after...

SNOW JOB - Howard Hoogshagen, 84, shovels snow from his driveway Saturday outside his home along Lan...

Ben Edwards, collections, research and exhibitions coordinator for Crystal Bridges Museum of America...

Amanda and Steven Cherry slide down a hill at J.B. Hunt Park with their sons, William, 6, and Andrew...

Lindsay Hennarichs and her daughter Victoria, 4, laugh after falling off their sled Saturday at J.B....

SNOW BROS - Brothers Ben, front, 4, and Sam Jones, 6, slide down a hill Saturday at J.B. Hunt Park i...

Dozens of sledders slide down and climb back up a hill Saturday at J.B. Hunt park in Springdale. The...

Rick Coleman, from right, and sons Isaiah, 13, Zachary, 14, and Noah, 7, shovel the driveway Saturda...

COLD AIR - Marc Miller, 13, of Springdale catches a bit of air after hitting a bump he and a friend ...

Caleb Garner, 7, of Fayetteville yells while sledding down a hill Saturday north of Razorback Stadiu...

Caleb Garner, 7, of Fayetteville winces as snow flies into his face as he sleds down a hill north of...

Brad Davis uses a backhoe Saturday to remove snow from the parking lot in front of Big Lots in Fayet...

WINTER WONDERLAND - Randy Moore with Fayetteville’s Parks and Recreation Division uses a broadcast s...

Scrabble Wars volunteer Dick and Nancy Trammel, from left, talk with Elvis at the Literacy Council o...

Cheryl Westmoreland, from left, Peggy Smith and Laura Rogers don party hats and gloves for the tea f...

Ozark Guidance supporters Amy Bates, from left, Don Bland, Steve Clark and Doreen and Fred Vorsanger...

Brenda Walton, from left, Patsy Welsher and Johnelle Hunt celebrate Carolyn Schwyhart’s birthday.

Scrabble Wars Chairwoman Macadda Peoples, from left, congratulates members of the winning team, Midd...

Phonetic Phoenix team members Allison Hayes, from left, Katie Bowerman, April Pantall, Rosa Arroyo a...

Hostess Barbara Phillips, left, helps Carolyn Schwyhart celebrate her birthday Tuesday.

Long time Ozark Guidance supporter Don Tyson, second from left, stands with Tom Petrizzo, from left,...

Prairie Grove running back Thomas Soehner tries to get by Huntsville defender Taylor Stone during th...

Former Springdale Har-Ber quarterback Zach Faust, shown dropping back to pass during a 2008 game aga...

Rogers junior quarterback Graham Parker (8) is sacked by Fayetteville junior linebacker Colby Mhoon,...

STEPPING UP - Fayetteville’s Sydney Conley, right, and Emma Clay, left, battle for a rebound against...

Rogers Heritage running back Zac Stewart, right, runs around Rogers High defensive lineman Britton C...

COLD AIR - Matthew Crenshaw, 12, hangs on, at least briefly, after his friend Zac Griffin, 12, right...

FILE — Bill Moore, left, puts promising dirt with gravel into a bucket from a four foot deep hole wi...

Bentonville Water Department employee Dustin Youngblood uses a street sweeper to clear a public park...

Emily Soden, 8, makes a snow angel Saturday, Jan. 30 at her home in Rogers.

Manuel Martinez, 13, uses a broom to clean the snow and ice off of his family's van Saturday, Jan. 3...

Juli Dorrough, a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, uses a snow blower to clear snow and ice fro...

Rick Paine parts company with a Stetson hat on his way down the slope at Bethel Baptist Church in Be...

Carlos Barragan with Arko Excavation scrapes ice from the windows of a front end loader before start...

A City of Fayetteville Transportation Division truck spreads a brine solution on West Dickson Street...

Paula Henry stands on a dock at Avalon Lake Dam in Bella Vista, her favorite spot.

Springdale Har-Ber sophomore post Caroline Eubanks scores against Rogers High in the second half Tue...

Springdale High senior Seth Eden bowls Wednesday in a match against Lincoln at the Springdale Bowl. ...

Rogers High baseball coach Matt Melson talks to his players before the start of their practice Wedne...

Bentonville’s Sean Johnson, right, holds onto Fayetteville’s Marshall McComas during a Jan. 21 wrest...

Rogers High senior Alex Shelor takes batting practice with junior catcher Jake Rylee behind the plat...

Fayetteville guard Emily Smith brings the ball upcourt while participating in a drill during practic...

Guillermo Castillo and his family await a ceremony that will receive him into the Episcopal Church. ...

Bishop Larry Benfield, left, lays hands on Guillermo Castillo on Jan. 24 to receive him into the Epi...

Old Main on the University of Arkansas campus is scene through heavy snow Friday January 29 in Fayet...

Friends take a break from sledding to play on the swings at Wilson Park Friday January 29 in Fayette...

Holly Roberts, from left, Page Barnes, and Shana Paul sled at Wilson Park as Paul's dog, Marley, cha...

A all-terrain vehicle heads east up East Spring Street Friday, Jan. 29 in Fayetteville.

Fayetteville High School social studies teacher Neil Norberg scrapes ice from the windshield of his ...

A Fayetteville Transportation Division plow truck heads south on North College Avenue Friday, Jan. 2...

A Fayetteville Transportation Division truck spreads brine onto West Dickson Street Friday, Jan. 29 ...

Carley Treat, left, and Katie McNelly laugh while sledding down East Spring Street Friday, Jan. 29 i...

University of Arkansas students Julia Lyon of Morrilton, left, and Mary Alice Patton of Clarksville,...

Laura Wright, a senior at the University of Arkansas from Oklahoma City, Okla., uses her car key to ...

Heath McCracken, 14, rides down a hill while sledding with friends Logan Blalock and Coleson Young o...

Donald Pinkley, safety coordinator for Ozarks Electric Cooperative, walks through the staging yard a...

VCC, the general contractor building the parking deck at the Washington County Courthouse, has stopp...

Jean Mentzer, director of the Salvation Army Emergency Shelter in Bentonville, slices bread Friday, ...

A worker with the City of Bentonville Electric Department uses a bar to knock the ice off of power l...

Halle Disney, 7, is hit by a snowball from her brother Connor, 11, right, as the two and Jaylen Stew...

Motorists negotiate the steep grade on Lancashire Boulevard near Tanyard Creek on Friday, Jan. 29 as...

Connor Disney, 11, pauses to eat some fresh snow Friday, Jan. 29 while sledding with family and frie...

Austin Crawley, right, tops off Bryan Smith's dump truck with sand Friday, Jan. 29 at the Bella Vist...

A snow plow with the Bella Vista Property Owners Association's road department clears a lane on Lanc...

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

Kevin Tucker, left, of Joplin, Mo., looks for a place to hook a tow rope onto the car of Shawn Kelle...

Bentonville Police Officer Steve Vera keeps keeps a southbound lane open on North Walton Blvd. while...

Traffic at Elm Springs Road and 40th street work through the intersection using a temporary four way...

Eric Carter, with Signs and Marking department of Springdale Public Works, places a stop sign at Har...

Traffic moves along the southbound land of Interstate 540 Friday as heavy snow begins to fall. Overn...

Springdale firefighters enter a home at 4052 Elm Springs Road to fight a flu fire Friday in Springda...

Springdale firefighters climb onto the roof of a home at 4052 Elm Springs Road to fight a flu fire F...

Bennie Smith of Rogers stocks up on kerosene for a heater on Friday at Jiffy Kwick in downtown Roger...

Russell Reed of Rogers walks along North Eighth Street Friday morning. Reed had the thoroughfare mos...

Iris, left, and Lilly Feltner get a push from their dad, Joshua Feltner, while sledding at Greer Lin...

Traffic moves along Arkansas 12 one mile east of Rogers on Friday morning. Vehicle traffic was minim...

Katie Goll holds her sled in Wilson Park while sledding with her sorority sisters Friday, Jan. 29. i...

Debbie Crossley, cashier at Marvins IGA, bags groceries for a customer Friday, January 29 in Fayette...

Leslie Holt smiles at David Erstine as they walk through the snow to eat lunch at Grubs in Fayettevi...

Fayetteville and Washington County emergency personell extricate the driver after a one-vehicle acci...

The Bank of Fayetteville on the town square Friday January 29.

Dickson Street in Fayetteville is sparce Friday afternoon as many businesses and shops close due to ...

Shawn Keller calls a friend to pick him up Friday, Jan. 29 after his vehicle slid off the road on th...

Bentonville Fire Chief Dan White, left, helps paramedics prepare to remove an injured man from his v...

Mary Norris of Centerton walks her dog, Sasha, at the Kingsdale Recreation Complex as heavy snow fal...

Halle Disney, 7, right, gets hit by a snowball from her brother Connor, 11, center, as the two and J...

Bentonville Police Officer Steve Vera slows his four-wheel drive Didge Durango before getting out t...

Bentonville Police Officer Steve Vera helps push a stalled car off South Walton Blvd. in Bentonville...

Workers with the City of Bentonville Water Department shovel snow Friday, Jan. 29 from the front of...

A worker with the City of Bentonville Electric Department uses a bar to knock the ice off of power ...

Motorists try to avoid stalled traffic on Interstate 540 by cutting through Lowell but are themselve...

Northbound traffic on U.S. Interstate 540 stalled after two tractor trailers jackknifed between Stat...

CHILLING EFFECT - Students load buses at Springdale High School as rain moves in Thursday afternoon....

THREE-CAR ACCIDENT - Springdale rescue workers take an injured girl to an ambulance Thursday after s...

Exterminator Jim Walters of Springdale, a self-described hired killer, gave his winter storm predict...

SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT - Ice and snow were the hot topics for Tom JeuDevine, left, Tony Noblin and ...

Sgt. Jarod Mason, left, with the Rogers Police Department, congratulates Cpl. Jesse Ray and officer ...

Traffic flows along Huntsville Road on Thursday in Fayetteville.

WAITING OUT MOTHER NATURE - A.J. Allen with the Fayetteville Parks and Recreation Division watches t...

Bentonville running back Courtney Haskell races for a first down during the first half of the Tigers...

An image of the winter storm descending on Northwest Arkansas is shown on a monitor Thursday as trav...

Chris Brantley, emergency management coordinator with Benton County, talks Thursday about the availa...

Springdale Har-Ber senior Houston Pruitt looks for running room during the Class 7A State Championsh...

Courtney Fortson, right, scored 33 of his career-high 35 points in the second half of Arkansas' 67-6...

A truckload of generators sits on a semi-truck at the Washington Country Road Department in Fayettev...

Students load buses at Springdale High School as rain moves in Thursday afternoon. The district held...

An image of the winter storm descending on Northwest Arkansas is pictured on a monitor Thursday, Jan...

A.J. Allen, a worker with the Fayetteville Parks and Recreation Division, watches through the window...

Employee David Hill (left) helps Darin Hahn of Fayetteville lift a generator into a vehicle Wednesda...

Rogers’ Branden Gentz, left, drives under pressure from Webb City’s Austin Daniel on Dec. 12 during ...

Rogers Heritage guard Nick Jordan grabs a rebound against Bentonville on Tuesday in Rogers.

Earl and Doris Friesen of Garfield shop for supplies Wednesday at Harps Food Store in Rogers while p...

Brian Preece and son Keaton Preece, 7, eat lunch together Wednesday during Lunch with Dad at Walker ...

Bentonville volleyball coach Michelle Coens, top, says a few words about senior outside hitter Danie...

Jeff Jeffus, from left, president, and Tom Stallbaumer, publisher, both of Northwest Arkansas Newspa...

Elkins’ Maddi Grube drives around Mountainburg’s Taylor Morton in the first half Tuesday in Elkins.

Fayetteville’s Kikko Haydar looks to pass the ball as Springdale High’s Henry Hernandez defends in t...

Rogers hunter Ben Lipscomb gets a shower compliments of his retriever, Josey Wales, during a duck
...

James Mosteller dumps antifreeze Wednesday at Washington County Household Hazardous Waste drop-off f...

Hilberto Gonzalez, a criminal justice student from Rogers, studies algebra Wednesday at NorthWest Ar...

Krissi Beeks, program assistant at the Fayetteville Senior Center, loads meals Wednesday for Meals o...

Tony Anderson, mechanic with the Springdale Police Department, attaches the lug nuts onto a studded ...

Fayetteville attorney Tim Snively takes in the recycling bin Wednesday at his Block Avenue office. C...

Gary DeShields, from left, Rodney Chadwell, and Jimmy Green, all with the Bentonville Street Departm...

Tim Burton dumps sand into the bed of a truck Tuesday at Springdale Public Works on Randall Wobbe La...

WINTER WALK - Greg Smithpeters of Rogers, walks Jackson, his 2-year-old border collie mix, Tuesday a...

DUCTIGAMI - Kyle Rookey, 11, from left, McKay Clark, 11, Graham Mynatt, 11, and Warren Smith, 10, bu...

Crisp chocolate encases a smooth crushed-cookie-and-cream-cheese filling in Oreo Truffles, and simpl...

PREFLIGHT CHECK - Charlie Borgsmiller adjusts his science fair project Tuesday at Vandergriff Elemen...

EARLY TRACKING - John Logan Burrow, left, Washington County election commissioner, walks Tuesday wit...

BOWLING BYSTANDERS - Donna Senesac, from left, Clydean Lowery and Harlene Meyer watch as Connie Knaf...

STORM WARNING - Chris Brantley, director of the Benton County Department of Emergency Management, po...

Fort Smith Northside’s Jacquelyn Myers drives against Springdale High’s Christina Wood during Tuesda...

Springdale Har-Ber teammates Micayla Patterson, left, and Caroline Eubanks, center, battle Rogers Hi...

Rogers High’s Morgan Hook scores from the paint as Springdale Har-Ber’s Halee Castleman, left, defen...

Farmington’s Jason Purdy rebounds the ball over Huntsville’s Tucker Trumbo in the second half of Tue...

Farmington’s Evan Yochum looks to pass the ball as Huntsville’s Slater Shrum, right, defends in the ...

Elkins’ Holly Dingledine dribbles the basketball past Mountainburg’s Taylor Morton in the first half...

Bentonville guard Tyler Haggard shoots a layup while guarded by Rogers Heritage center Nick Jordan o...

Bentonville Black’s Chase Kelly rebounds the ball during Monday’s game against Springdale Central in...

The Springdale Municipal Airport is seen from the air traffic control tower Monday. The Springdale A...

Brandon Trantham, a University of Arkansas sophomore from Springfield, Mo., walks past photographs o...

Ron Pendley and his son, Pete, of Pendley Construction in Rogers work Monday to reconstruct the west...

Fayetteville Woodland’s Turquoise Early, left, and Rogers High’s Taylor Strickland vie for a loose b...

Brian Morris with the Bentonville Water Department sets a wind-swept sign back up during utilities w...

Mail carrier Jim Woolsey walks against a north-northwest wind gusting to 34 mph and a temperature of...

Bentonville High School junior Jessie Nemesi practices the butterfly stroke Monday at the Wal-Mart F...

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Boston Terrier Miss Boz (L) and Daschund mix Jamie sport s...

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/BOB COLEMAN--1-25-10--U.S. Deputy Marshal Dewaine (cq) Allen escorts Da...

Beverly Engle, Executive Director of the Children's Advocacy Center of Benton County (left) share...

Arkansas Coach John Pelphrey directs his team during the second half Saturday against Kentucky in Le...

ORCHID APPRECIATION - Kathy Judy of Elkins helps Bradley Martin of Fort Smith with setting up one of...

BATTER UP! - Dylan Henderson, 8, swings at a pitch from his father, Ryan Henderson, while taking bat...

TRAINING DAY - David Sheets, right, runs Sunday while his daughter, Allison Sheets, 11, bikes the lo...

NEEDS MORE HANDBELL - Katie Jackson, left, handbell director for First Presbyterian Church in Fayett...

AN IMPORTANT STEP - Caleb Coleman, 4, climbs aboard his Spider-Man bicycle after his father, John Co...

LET THE BIG DOG DRINK - Lindsey Lynch lets her Great Dane, Kaupo, have a sip of rainwater from a pud...

Martinez Braulio replaces bricks used from Old Main on the Huntsville Middle School building during ...

A work crew deals with acres of deep mud Friday to pour concrete for a bathroom foundation at Orchar...

Bill Schoepf from JKJ Architecture watches a crew Friday prepare to pour concrete for a bathroom fou...

Albert Lehman, left, of Fayetteville, and Bud Sullivan of Elkins play gin rummy Thursday at the Lake...

Corby Bradt of Bella Vista, from left, David Frank and Steve Sizemore, both of Rogers, enjoy chili a...

Aaron Jolliff, owner of Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers, spices up a bowl of chili Friday while dini...

Southwest’s Austin Fox, left, looks to pass the ball as George’s Josiah Wymer defends during Thursda...

Rogers’ Nick Wary shoots over Bentonville Black center Nick Smith during the second half Thursday at...

Fayetteville Woodland’s Sarah Smith, left, and Sydney Trumbo, right, pressure Rogers Heritage’s Cour...

Fayetteville’s Bryan Arroyos, top, tries to take down Parkview’s Joey Fetty in the Springdale Wrestl...

Laura Eppes helps Jacie Magie, 3, along the ice during an ice skating lesson Saturday at the It’s Gr...

A group of novice skaters take to the ice during a lesson at the It’s Great to Skate clinic Jan. 16 ...

Loren Howrey, 4, glides along the ice during an ice skating lesson during the It’s Great to Skate cl...

GREAT TO SKATE - Lauren Olinger helps Madison Robbins, 2, with her ice skating lesson during the It’...

Two men are embarking on their third try to raise money to renovate the former Mallalieu United Meth...

PAPER JESTERS - Chatchalita Klatalumbon, 15, left, and Karen Shelton, 16, make paper flowers Saturda...

SHINE ON - Volunteer Blake Smith cleans the windows Saturday surrounding the ice skating rink at the...

Dr. Lance Faddis looks through medical supplies Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Rogers while...

PACKING UP - Dr. Lance Faddis, left, and John Caubble, executive pastor at First Baptist Church in R...

TEAM EFFORT - Angelic Neisen, right, an EKG tech, and Steve Goss, physician executive, work Saturday...

University of Arkansas student-athletes help load boxes of food from Tyson Foods Inc. while particip...

XENOPHOBIA STUDY - Joel Freeman, 16, a sophomore at Fayetteville High School, portrays a foreign wor...

Steve and Virginia Helm of Farmington walk Friday around the trail at Creek Side Park in Farmington....

COLD CALLS - Cynthia Garcia, Benton County Central Communications dispatcher, views information on m...

Guardsmen with the 1/142 Division Field Artillery’s Battery A hold a staff meeting Friday at the Nat...

Alan Stacy, a Washington County Roads Department employee, walks Tuesday near four new trucks.

DEBIT OR CREDIT? - Kari Miller, left, makes a purchase with her Debit card from cashier LaDonna Stev...

Mary Ellen Boucher, seated, from left, Cyndi Bilyeu and Gay Prescott visit at the Cancer Challenge k...

Cancer Challenge supporters Owen Hall, from left, Mark Schwab, Kristen Caldwell and Richard Fleming ...

Botanical Garden of the Ozarks board member Martha McBride, from left, Garden Manager Susan Regan an...

Hope Cancer Resources President and CEO Brian Holt, from left, Cancer Challenge board member Phyllis...

Botanical Garden of the Ozarks board president Walt Eilers, from left, Hope Bradberry and Daniel Kee...

Dr. John Agwunobi, from right, visits with Mechelle and Jack Sinclair and Dr. Malcolm Hayward at the...

New Botanical Garden of the Ozarks Executive Director Rae von Holdt, center, stands with Gerald Klin...

Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Thompson, from right, talks with Cancer Challenge Executive Dire...

Couples receive help from dance instructors Mike Evans and Millie Sanabria-Terry during a swing danc...

Dance instructor Mike Evans, right, works with John Ervin, left, and Carolyn Long during a swing dan...

Hannah Mhoon and Jeff Leupold sing along with the music during a swing dance class Jan. 9.

Springdale High sophomore guard Tony Dennis puts a shot up in front of Bentonville sophomore guard M...

Fort Smith Northside’s Chauntel Terry scores against Rogers Heritage’s Danielle Schillinger on Frida...

Rogers’ Wyatt Hively drives past Mt. Vernon’s defense in the first half of the Arvest Hoopfest Class...

Fayetteville’s Kikko Haydar defends Jenks’ Tanner Bushyhead on Dec. 1 in Fayetteville.

Fayetteville’s Kikko Haydar drives past Springdale High’s Joseph Kellogg on Jan. 12 in Fayetteville.

Fayetteville’s Devin Bowers, right, locks onto to a leg during his victory over Missouri Diamond’s X...

Ozark Volleyball Club’s Rebecca Brown of Bentonville records a kill during play on Jan. 16 in All St...

Kathy Wegner describes seeing Scott Roeder, accused of killing Dr. George Tiller, holding a handgun ...

Kameri Christy-McMullin speaks Friday morning to social workers about the information critical to un...

Rogers guard Josh Anderson, center, grabs a rebound in front of Springdale’s Evan Johnson, left, and...

Springdale High’s Tony Dennis shoots in front of a Rogers High defender during the second half Frida...

Rogers junior forward Graham Parker shoots over Springdale High’s Curtis Evans in the first half Fri...

Andres Chao, right, consul general of Mexico based in Little Rock, and Matthew Tronzano, executive d...

CATTLE CAVALRY - Rickie Cagle, gate man at the Farmers Livestock Auction, watches a group of livesto...

CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT - Amanda Coughlin is crowned Colors Day Queen on Friday by her father, Randy, d...

BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT - John Ford, from left, Beth Guest, and Sara Ford look at an emblem Friday fo...

PRAISE, REFLECTION - Members of the St. James Missionary Baptist Church Worship Dancers perform Jan....

Local members of the Bahá’í Faith perform as a choir during Interfaith Harmony Day on Jan. 17 at St....

Members of the group Divine Intervention of Unity of Fayetteville, from left, Jeremy Hess, Annette O...

GREEN DEMONSTRATION - Tyler Lake, 11, helps Fayetteville High School Green Team member Anna Collin w...

ROLL OUT - Matthew Lucy practices a bean-plant-180 maneuver Thursday at the skate park at Memorial P...

Jane E. Johnson looks for the right place Friday for a book at the Bella Vista Library. Johnson is a...

Gravette senior David O’Brien, right, and senior Nick Hendren reach to block a shot by Prairie Grove...

Bentonville’s Grant Higgins shoots over Fort Smith Southside’s Cameron Adams on Friday in Bentonvill...

ROUGH NIGHT - Bentonville’s Jonathan Koonce shoots over Fort Smith Southside’s Spencer Mears on Frid...

Fort Smith Northside’s Charmaine Whitmore shoots over Rogers Heritage’s Reba Johnson in the second h...

Fayetteville’s Clair Childress races downcourt ahead of Springdale Har-Ber’s Summer Morgan during Fr...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Tori Scott, right, dribbles with the ball past Fayetteville’s Clair Childers du...

Corinne McKimmey, center, and Jennifer Burke, right, collide past Jessica Kitchens during an all-lea...

NWA Rollergirls Meleah Loya, from left, Cheron Brown, Michelle Hedegard, Jessica Kitchens and Jennif...

M.D. Bishop & Sons Candy Store in downtown Rogers offers a range of old-fashioned favorites, like ch...

M.D. Bishop & Sons Candy Store proprietor Michael Bishop makes fudge Monday inside his shop in downt...

Michael Bishop stands for a portrait inside his shop, M.D. Bishop & Sons Candy Store, in downtown Ro...

Springdale High wrestlers Albertson, front, and Jimmy Claros have a combined 24 wins in 31 matches.

WET WALK
Juliana Sepeda, 3, walks Thursday with Maria Cervantes, left, on a rainy afternoon in Spri...

Southwest’s Austin Fox looks to pass as George’s Jordan Johnson, left, and Josiah Wymer defend in th...

Springdale High’s Lea Coulter is one of the Lady Bulldogs most likeable players.

Rogers High’s Casey Caton looks to pass against Fayetteville on Tuesday in Fayetteville.

METER REPAIR
Tim Turner, left, and Dale Hutson, both lineman with Arkansas Western Gas Company, wor...

Bella Vista Police Chief Ken Farmer speaks during a news conference Thursday discussing an officer i...

Lisa Williams, an internationally known medium and clairvoyant, will present “Lisa Williams: Message...

Bentonville Black center Nick Smith shoots over Rogers High’s Trevor Hampton, left, and Nick Wary, b...

Fayetteville Woodland’s Paige Hutchins, left, steals the ball from Rogers Heritage freshman Ellen Lu...

Woodland’s Turquoise Early, left, goes up for a shot as Heritage’s Ellen Lundy defends during the fi...

Jonathan Meyer, a crew member at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, adjusts lights Thursday whi...

SKILLED LINEAGE
Fayetteville sophomore guard Sydney Conley dribbles at the top of the key during pr...

WORK AT GREATHOUSE PARK
Work crews relocating a natural gas line dig a hole in the parking area of ...

BOTANICAL GARDEN Rae von Holdt, newly hired executive director of the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks...

Boots Brehmer of Bella Vista shoots a game of snooker Thursday during a tournament at Riordan Hall i...

John Pelphrey argues with an official during Arkansas' 71-66 loss to Florida on Thursday at Bud Walt...

Brothers Brandon, 16, left, Nick, 15, and Thomas Mulcahy, 18, wrestle together on Rogers High School...

Keith Austin digs a small hole to for soil samples Wednesday at the site for the future library at W...

Dan May, above, and Heath Whitley, both with Whitley Construction of Bella Vista, install trim Wedne...

Daphne Harrington with the Village Bible Evangelical Free Church Food Pantry grabs some peanut butte...

Bella VIsta detectives Mike Kugler, left, and Ed Williams investigate the scene of a fatal shooting ...

Smoke wafts across the fictional Carnis Village at Fort Chaffee on Wednesday as personnel from one H...

Keith Austin and Joshua Carpenter, both of Keith Austin Construction, work Wednesday on cross sectio...

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A fisherman makes his way to a new spot while taking advan...

Amy Garcia, 3, flips through a coloring book while her mother, Idania Valadez (cq) (left), both o...

Crystal Bridges has announced the acquisition of The Island by Walton Ford, which depicts Tasmanian ...

Juan Pedraza, 9, from Shiloh Christian School in Springdale, spells a word on Tuesday during the Was...

Annabelle Hall from Ramay Junior High School reacts on stage Tuesday after a competitor misspells a ...

Springdale High senior forward T.J. Andrews takes a shot over Bentonville senior guard Grant Higgins...

Tom Bercher and Linda Jones play the bagpipes during a rehearsal for the Ozark Highlanders Pipe Band...

Barbara Scott plays the tenor drum as Red Sisson plays a snare drum during a rehearsal for the Ozark...

Rebecca Bercher wears earplugs as she plays the bagpipes during a rehearsal for the Ozark Highlander...

A standing-room-only crowd waits Tuesday for a chance to address the Fayetteville City Council on th...

Architects present plans Tuesday for the Fayetteville High School renovation to parents and the publ...

Haggis is a Scottish dish made primarily of liver, kidney, heart and toasted oats. This haggis was m...

VOLUNTEER AWARD
Shannon Shoptaw, center, is surrounded by her colleagues Tuesday after a Volunteer ...

School buses leave after school from near the school Administration Office Tuesday in Decatur. Contr...

Gentry’s Kendra Boyd, left, puts a rebound up for two points over teammate Terra Jones and Gravette’...

Bentonville sophomore guard Mytaah Crawford shoots Springdale High senior forward Joseph Kellogg, ce...

MONKEYING AROUND
Sandra Barth of Fayetteville waves Tuesday to passing motorists on South Eighth St...

Andrew Burr plays the bagpipes during a rehearsal for the Ozark Highlanders Pipe Band on Thursday.

State Board of Education appointed superintendents Roland Smith, center, for the Greenland School Di...

Fayetteville’s Jacob Baxter shoots a layup in the first half of the game against Rogers High on Tues...

Rogers High’s Wyatt Hively drives past Fayetteville’s Kikko Haydar in the second half Tuesday.

Fayetteville’s Kikko Haydar (left) drives past Springdale High’s Joseph Kellogg in the first half on...

Fayetteville Woodland’s Cole Harris, left, and Caleb Waitsman, right, reach to take control of a reb...

Bentonville’s Jon Koonce eyes the basket while warming up before the start of Friday’s game against ...

Rogers Heritage’s Nick Jordan lets go of the rim after a dunk during Friday night’s game against 7A-...

Students hold signs calling for a Bentonville High School gay-straight alliance while participating ...

Farrah Russo, 9, makes a 6-foot jump to the sand below the playground equipment at Lake Bella Vista ...

Penelope Starr, 10, of Fayetteville climbs down from the Chi Epsilon sculpture on the University of ...

You’re it Chris Haas of Fayetteville is tagged by his daughter Maggie, 8, as they play Monday at Vet...

Laura Whitley walks Monday with her son Jackson, 6, her husband Marlen Whitley and their son Jordan,...

Springdale George Junior High’s Jordan Johnson goes up for a shot as Central Junior High’s Blake Wil...

Kansas City Royals player Mitch Maier signs autographs for fans Monday in Springdale during the annu...

Springdale High junior forward Curtis Evans have been a mainstay for the Red’Dogs this season. His p...

Ricky Borgas, 19, looks for a teammate to throw the football to as Marcous Borgas, 13, from left, Ra...

Greg Goodwin, right, of Decatur gets autographs Monday from Frank White, a former Kansas City Royals...

Marta Collier leads chants with a bullhorn as a large crowd marches up West Dickson Street while par...

President Barack Obama campaigns Sunday with Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democr...

A GOOD SKATE Jason Moffett, 6, and his mother Jana Moffett try ice skating for the first time at th...

BOWLIN’ FOR DA’ BOYZ Kate Bucknam, a junior at Fayetteville High School, bowls while participating ...

Walter Bryan Jackson is on patrol at a gasoline station in Iraq. He was awarded the Army’s Distingui...

HOOP DREAMS Sonics’ Mason Collins drives to the basket as a Helen Tyson Middle School Sonic defends ...

DEVELOPING A PASSION
The Sonics’ Kyler Mahar (21) and Helen Tyson Sonics’ Ty Montgomery (4) scrambl...

SAFE ROUTES
A driver uses a safe route Friday near Thomas Jefferson Elementary and Sugar Creek Midd...

A bald eagle with a rare condition called leucestic feathers soars along the Beaver Lake shoreline T...

A bald eagle with rarely seen leucestic feathers roosts in a tree near Beaver Dam on Wednesday. The ...

Colors Day Gianna Corbino and Jake Fontana

Colors Day Kelsey Breeding and Tyler Sanderlin

Colors Day Mikaila Wilson and Will Worthey

Maggie Thompson and Jon Koonce in January pose for Bentonville High School's Color Day court.

Colors Day Anyssa Storlie and Grant Higgins

Colors Day Amber Patterson and Austin Molitor

Colors Day Amanda Coughlin and Tyler Haggard

Colors Day Rayna Carey and Keaton Ramaker

Siloam Springs’ Ashley Adams attempts a shot over Vilonia’s Catherine Puckett on Friday at Panther A...

WALMART DONATION Members of Wal-Mart’s Shared Financial Services division are pictured with Northwes...

CONSTRUCTIVE BOOST Kim Doyle, left, and Maurice Hurt, both with Action Inc., unpack an air handler t...

SAFETY CENTER DONATION
Brenda Brown, passenger operation manager for Arkansas Missouri Railroad, fr...

Macadda Peoples enjoys a laugh while talking about Scrabble Wars recently.

Macadda Peoples, chairwoman of Scrabble Wars, discusses the Jan. 23 Benton County Literacy Council f...

Springdale High’s Alex Light, left, moves toward the basket as Fort Smith Southside’s Ashley Cochran...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Matt Toomer, right, is fouled on his way to the basket by Bentonville’s Grant H...

Fayetteville senior Tenille Briney, left, fights with Ponca City junior Jordan Hull for the ball in ...

Bentonville’s Nick Michael, left, drives between Springdale Har-Ber’s Matt Toomer, center, and Micha...

Rogers Heritage’s Yalile Johnson fails to grab a rebound as Harrison’s Molly Brashers grabs the ball...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Antonio Guerrero, right, wrestles Bentonville’s Spencer McMurtrey during Saturd...

Construction continues Thursday on the Washington County Courthouse in Fayetteville. VCC Constructio...

Thaddeus Thomas II with the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, paints a window seal Saturday at the Elizabe...

Rorick Anderson, 12, paints the trim around a window Saturday at the Elizabeth Richardson Center in ...

Cris Henry, from left, Jennifer Sprenger and Paulette Roos count votes Saturday for three positions ...

Old High Middle School sixth-graders Hayden Graham, from left, Andrew Bertschy and Trysten Burkett p...

Student volunteer Hayden Graham bundles a bag of plastic water bottles Friday before placing it in a...

Al Knox, right, trails maintenance supervisor at Hobbs State Park, leads a group of hikers Saturday ...

Cathy Ross, left, Ben Sherrill, 12, and Alex Baron, 10, peer out at bird on Beaver Lake on Saturday ...

Take 2 Video manager Boyd Rubendall sorts through DVD movies at the video store on South Walton Blvd...

CATERING TO CUSTOMERS Take 2 Video manager Boyd Rubendall, left, waits Tuesday on customer Jack Dani...

Saundra Kaye, from left, Julianne Furguson, Margyna Robertson and Dasanni Hoover gather at Arts Cent...

Crystal Bridges Chief Curator Chris Crosman, from right, his wife, Janet, and Carla Weber welcome gu...

Crystal Bridges at the Massey Exhibitions Coordinator Ben Edwards, from left, Aleesha Nissen and Eli...

Stan and DiAnn Fure, from left, and Tracy Cude enjoy the “Heroes of Horticulture” opening reception....

Artist Lawrence Robertson, from right, talks about his works with Vernon and Shirley Lott on Thursda...

Arts Center Kendall Curlee, left, of Crystal Bridges, talks with Dixie Kline at the opening receptio...

Artist Charles Peer, from right, visits with Teresa and Rick Parker on Thursday evening.

Arkansas sophomore Rotnei Clarke shoots a free throw following a flagrant foul against Alabama's Sen...

Art Burton speaks with Cheryl Carter of Fort Smith while signing a copy of his book Black Gun, Silve...

1Sky director Ryan Denham draws inspiration from the train tracks beneath the Maple Street Bridge in...

COLORS DAY Abbey Ott, 6, left, holds out her hand Friday to Jack Baldwin, 4, right, as Springdale Hi...

Springdale High forward Tiffany Wisely shoots over Fort Smith Southside senior Madison Jones in the ...

Skip Rutherford of Little Rock, professor and dean of the University of Arkansas’ Clinton School of ...

Architects Marlon Blackwell of Fayetteville; from left, Jim French of DLR Group in Kansas City; and ...

Fayetteville’s Taylor Cochran is fouled by Rogers Heritage’s Miles Johnson while Cochran tries to co...

Tim Henderson of Gentry announces Friday his intent to run as a Republican candidate for Benton Coun...

Siloam Springs’ Maci Lewis, right, heads to the basket as Vilonia’s Maggie Brewer defends during the...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Chris Bayles, center, takes the ball to the basket between Bentonville’s Mytaah...

A TOUCH OF COLOR
Ashleigh Alecusan, Heritage High School’s Colors Day Queen, touches up her makeup ...

Rogers Heritage’s Jon Warner, right, tries to work around Fayetteville defender Jacob Baxter during ...

Members of the Interfaith Harmony Choir rehearse Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da...

The Rev. Ronnie Floyd speaks about prayer and fasting during the Solemn Assembly on Sunday night.

Members of the First Baptist Church in Springdale and the Church at Pinnacle Hills gather at the Rog...

Worshippers quietly humble themselves in a Solemn Assembly at the Church at Pinnacle Hills in Rogers...

Firefighters watch and wait Friday while fire destroys this home along Gailey Hollow Road near Highf...

ALL CLEAR
Bentonville Parks Department employees Jerome Todd, left, and Will Loan clear some of the...

GRASS GATHERERS Jay Mealing and his son, Max, 6, gather grass to put under their beds Jan. 6 for Thr...

Bentonville’s Jon Koonce, right, fights for a rebound with Springdale Har-Ber’s Chris Bayles during ...

A CLOSER LOOK
Benton County Judge Dave Bisbee speaks Friday during his weekly town hall meeting at ...

Real estate agent Austin Bivens, left, shows prospective buyers Judy and Craig Bratten the Arkanshir...

Arkansas Coach John Pelphrey, left talks with Marcus Britt, right, during the second half of their 8...

Scott McGuire with the Springdale Water Department, bottom, works Thursday on installing a fire hydr...

Ed Tinsley, right, with TME Inc., and Clark Reed, left, director of health care facilities with Ener...

Cheryl Barnes of Siloam Springs, left, and Shelly Moffett of Bella Vista listen Thursday as student ...

Racheal Sohl of Bentonville, from left, Misty Forinash of Siloam Springs, Bailey Berckefeldt of Roge...

Barbara Mashburn, right, speaks Thursday to sisters from St. Scholastica Monastery, from left, Elise...

Fayetteville High School students exit the school at the end of the day Thursday and head to the sch...

Springdale Southwest’s Alex Scharlau, right, drives around Rogers Heritage defender Bryce Roth durin...

Springdale George’s Victoria Smith, right, shoots over Bentonville Gold’s Taylor Lee in the first ha...

Rogers Heritage freshman Jamie Lovelace shoots after driving around Springdale Southwest defender Al...

Rogers Heritage’s Danielle Schillinger is scoring an average of 7.5 points for the Lady War Eagles t...

The Filetto alla Mafia, a center-cut filet stuffed with shrimp and green peppercorns in a cognac cre...

The menu at Tiamo Italian Restaurant, located in the Evelyn Hills Shopping Center in Fayetteville, i...

Terrilyn Wendling, curator of collections at the Rogers Historical Museum, stands next to the organi...

Springdale High’s Alex Light tries to make some kind of big impact when she comes off the bench in e...

Rogers High’s Megan Ganoung provides a spark off the bench for the Lady Mounties

MULLINS LIBRARY
Barbara Mashburn, right, speaks Thursday to sisters from St. Scholastica Monastery,...

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
Racheal Sohl of Bentonville, from left, Misty Forinash of Siloam Springs, B...

Fayetteville’s Jacob Baxter shoots the ball over a Springdale High defender during the first half of...

Bentonville Gold’s Kate Lacina reaches for a rebound in front of Springdale George’s Maranda Hefflin...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Micayla Patterson, right, turns to defend a pass from Rogers Heritage’s Kelsey ...

Arkansas' Marshawn Powell, left, and his 25 points weren't enough to top Mississippi State and Jarvi...

This artist's rendering shows the proposed Fayetteville High School as envisioned at the end of a 10...

Nob Hill Fire Chief Gary Hull takes a portable heater out of the Nob Hill Fire Department’s warming ...

Brian Bailey, manager of the Fayetteville Visitors Center, walks through the store Tuesday.

Jake McDonald, left, a technician with Mid-America Environmental Solutions of Carthage, Mo., operate...

Courtney Fortson, left, returned to action in Arkansas' last game after a 14-game suspension. Fortso...

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette --1/12/10-- Jennifer Bormann (cq) of Rogers is reflected in the window as...

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette --1/12/10-- Dee Wissman of Rogers (left) gets help from instructor Bettie...

A construction worker walks along the top of the Garland Center that is under construction on Gar...

Pumpkin Soup and hefty Irish soda bread make a warming supper during frigid winter weather.

Author Tom Gnagey speaks to a meeting of the Whodunits Mystery Club on Saturday at the AQ Chicken Ho...

The mystery genre has a longstanding appeal among readers, and a new movie based on Sherlock Holmes’...

Springdale High’s Curtis Evans shoots the ball as Fayetteville High School’s Bo Renner defends in th...

Springdale Har-Ber senior Halee Castleman shoots in front of the Rogers Heritage defense during the ...

Fayetteville’s Kikko Haydar directs his team’s offense while being guarded by Springdale High’s Henr...

Rogers Heritage forward Danielle Schilllinger shoots a 3-pointer over Springdale Har-Ber post Caroli...

SHUFFLEBOARD SCENE
Elizabeth Letsch, right, reacts to her shot Tuesday while playing a game of shuf...

WASHING AWAY WINTER
Leonardo Aguayo washes soap from his Jeep Grand Cherokee on Tuesday at the Oasi...

STIMULATING THE ECONOMY
A transit bus picks up passengers at the Northwest Arkansas Mall in Fayette...

TANKER TREATED
Members of Gravette’s Fire Department add the chemical F-500 to the contents of a wa...

Bentonville will apply for grant money for new tennis and basketball courts in Memorial Park, after ...

An operator in a track-mounted jack hammer makes short work Tuesday of perforating Northwest Second ...

Sam’s Club said Monday that it will close 10 of its members-only stores, most of them in Western sta...

Rogers High’s Taylor Strickland, left, looks to pass the ball as Heritage’s Lacey Murray defends dur...

Rogers Heritage’s Ellen Lundy pulls down a rebound between two Rogers High defenders during the seco...

Rogers High’s Josh Anderson looks for a teammate during a Dec. 19 game against Sherman, Texas, in Ro...

Crews with the city of Rogers and Multi-Craft Contractors work at Eastside Elementary School in Roge...

Springdale High football coach Kevin Johnson talks to his players on Aug. 4. Johnson resigned from t...

Dotty Fries, 12, right, and Griffin Kelley, 1, play with toys Monday at the Springdale Public Librar...

Bentonville Black guard Whitney Fraire shoots a 3-pointer over Bentonville Gold’s Kate Lacina during...

Bentonville senior guard Tyler Haggard can play all three guard positions and maybe even more import...

Bentonville High School students pour out of the north campus building after school Monday. With the...

Springdale Central’s Ashley Gray, right, takes a shot as Southwest’s Anna Hudgeons defends during Mo...

Fayetteville Woodland’s Maggie Stehlik, right, attempts to shoot as Fayetteville Ramay’s Brit Austin...

Levi Hardaway, left, of Avoca and Cody Dodson of Goshen wait in line Monday during open registration...

Rodney Allen Pankau listens during a hearing Monday in Washington County Circuit Court in Fayettevil...

Rodney Allen Pankau, right, speaks with his attorney, Jeff Rosenzweig, before the start of a hearing...

Chris Allen, with the city of Fayetteville’s Parks and Recreation division, removes holiday lights f...

Coleman Peterson, member of the Foundation Board, Jack Shewmaker, Honorary chairman of the Foundati...

Amanda O'Connor (left), a junior from Edgewood, Texas, and Marie Dai (cq), a junior from Fort Smi...

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The cause of the fire that destroyed the popular the Main Street Cinema and
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Mike Mlodinow and Joanie Patterson identify water birds Sunday at Lake Atalanta in Rogers. They had ...

Ava Ahern, 2, receives some help from her mother, Christine, of Springdale as she tries ice skating ...

Sarah Eldridge, left, of Pagnozzi Charities, accepts a check from three former members of the NWA Tw...

Rogers’ Grant Holman, center, drives as Woodland’s Tyler McCullough defends during the second half o...

Cassie Trexler of Springdale Central, right, goes up for a shot as Bentonville players Morgain Spych...

Fayetteville Ramay guard Brice Gahagans takes a shot in the lane against Bentonville Black during a ...

Traffic moves through the intersection of Northwest Second and Northwest “A “streets in Bentonville ...

Northwest Second Street from North Main Street to and including the busy Northwest “A” Street inters...

Officer Mike Peters, right, exchanges his cell phone Friday with Rose Lawrence, administration assis...

MAPPING OUT THE FUTURE
Natalie McBee, center, and David Orr mark the routes Sunday that they use to...

A group of runners leaves the Bentonville Square on a 1-hour training run in 5-degree weather at 7 a...

BRISK STRIDE
An icy Steve Harrington winds down after an hour long run in 5-degree weather early Sa...

Springdale Har-Ber senior Matt Toomer, left, takes a shot over Fort Smith Southside senior Brent
Ne...

Phyllis Abraham, a fourth-grade teacher at Baker Elementary School in Bentonville, was the recent wi...

Firefighters from the Rocky Branch, Piney Point, Beaver Lake and Rogers fire departments try to cont...

Annette and Carl Ruppert make their way up a slippery ice-covered slope to get to the burning home o...

Saving Grace resident assistants Lisa Fury, from left, and Michelle Smith talk with Christin Shaffer...

Tim Kral and daughter Bethany Kral enjoy the Pedigree exhibit at Fayetteville Underground on Thursda...

Saving Grace board members Jake and Jennifer Newell, from left, and Misty and Bob Wilson and the Wil...

Peggy Treiber, from right, and Jeremy Hess enjoy First Thursday with their granddaughter Kaitlyn McW...

Potter Don Nibert, from right, talks with Amy Wilson and Greg Mitchell at an exhibit of his Raku-fir...

Saving Grace volunteers Jaclyn Williams, from left, Gwen Wiley, Jan Shinall and Jayci Schmitt gather...

Artist Leilani Law, left, visits with Sophia Calzada on Thursday evening.

Saving Grace founders Becky and Kent Shaffer, center, are joined by board member Karen Weiler, left,...

Shelby Ogle, 8, gets some help from her mother, Robin Tackett of Springdale rehearsing her lines Sat...

Haley Self, 9, and Hadley Biggs, 11, both of Rogers, rehearse their lines Saturday before auditionin...

Construction at the assessor and collector’s offices, 300 W. Poplar St., in Rogers continues. The Ta...

Fun City is under construction, but remains open for business, at Ozark Center Point in Springdale o...

The Rogers Heritage High School Colors Day court includes, from left, front row: Nick Fulton and Abb...

Train for the Cure will offer tips for beginning, intermediate and advanced runners.

Train for the Cure sessions give attendees a chance to learn training techniques for the April Race ...

Before Budhi Kling had hip surgery she could barely walk, but she’s now able to balance on one foot ...

Kevin Scherer has been a force for Gentry

Anna Markovich goes up for a basket against Rogers on Dec. 18.

Siloam Springs coach Johnny Taylor and the Panthers had to wait until Saturday to open 5A-West Confe...

Arkansas quarterback Casey Dick waves to Razorbacks fans in War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock on N...

A tent set up in the woods on Thursday of south Fayetteville has a beer can littering the nearby gro...

A makeshift pantry anchors a tent encampment Thursday where homeless persons stay in south Fayettevi...

Fayetteville emergency personnel carry the body of Lina Waldrip out of the woods south of Martin Lut...

ON SCHEDULE, UNDER BUDGET
Work continues Friday on the new Siloam Springs High School during the da...

Arkansas offensive line coach Mike Summers is headed to Kentucky.

DeeDee Lamb of the Washington County Historical Society explains why she loves the painting nook in ...

Jon Odom of Lincoln, a lineman for Ozarks Electric Cooperative, puts a tool back in his truck Friday...

University of Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett talks to reporters Jan. 5 as he announces that he wi...

Ryan Black, a junior at the University of Arkansas from St. Louis, left, and his friend, Ben Peterso...

FOWL WEATHER
Geese walk Friday across the frozen pond at Murphy Park in Springdale. Springdale poli...

EYEING THE FUTURE
Vince Pianalto, from left, and Thom Thibodeau talk Friday with Ed Clifford, presi...

HOUSE FIRE
Springdale and Johnson firefighters respond to a house fire Friday at 2954 Carley Place ...

West Fork junior Jared Johnson scores as Subiaco Academy’s Keon Walters, right, and Michael Osepa de...

7A-WEST OPENER
Fayetteville’s Calli Berna, left, drives past Fort Smith Northside’s Brittanie Simps...

WEIGHT AND SEE
Rogers Heritage High wrestlers Tylor McMurtrey, from right, Cole Bundy and Devin Bla...

Bentonville’s Stephanie Maxwell tries to pass as she slips out of bounds Dec. 31 during the finals o...

Yoga instructor Cindee Joslin leads a class at the Center for Psychology in Rogers on Jan. 5.

Stoneleigh Apartments resident Maria Carbajal, right, learns Friday from Kaplan Management represent...

STONELEIGH APARTMENTS
Stoneleigh Apartments resident Carabeth Upton, left, talks Friday about the s...

Ryan Mallett and Arkansas fans have plenty to smile about after the quarterback's announcement Frida...

Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett smiles after talking with reporters and announcing his decision to...

Nelson Chavers, from left, gets a warm meal Thursday from Gene George, Springdale Senior Center volu...

Rogers High’s Wyatt Hively drives the ball past Mt. Vernon’s defense in the first half of a Dec. 11 ...

A fountain at Turtle Creek Apartments II at 24th and Olive streets is frozen artwork sculpted by the...

Rogers Heritage’s Yalile Johnson protects the ball while dribbling during a Nov. 24 game against Har...

Josh Willard spreads ice melt on a sidewalk Thursday at Bentonville High School. Workers were trying...

Dr. James Arkins talks with guests Thursday during a retirement reception at the Doubletree Guest Su...

Rogers city employee Mike Rouse, left, serves chili Thursday to Loyd Shaffer and his brother, Howard...

Ernie Ward cleans a dog kennel Thursday at the Bella Vista Animal Shelter. Workers make sure the ani...

The Chicago-style hot dogs at Dan’s Dogs in Rogers come with “the works”: mustard, onions, green rel...

Costume designer Faye Alter talks about Arts Live Theatre’s new home and her new costume shop with t...

Arts Live Theatre performer Morgan Vesper, 15, signs her name on the wall at the organization’s new ...

Howard Clark shot this image of the Concord Theatre fire May 28, 1943, on Emma Avenue in Springdale....

Fayetteville senior guard Sierra Shipley, right, drives past Mountain Home sophomore guard Nicole Bo...

A tow truck driver from A & E Towing prepares to right a Jeep overturned Thursday while trying to ne...

Carmen Chong Gum, consul of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, speaks Thursday during a news conf...

A stray dog crosses Huntsville Avenue and Mill Street on Thursday in Springdale. Officials are cauti...

Lance Swift, a mail carrier with the Postal Service, sorts mail in his truck Thursday while on his r...

Fayetteville Parks and Recreation Division workers Marshall Wood, left, and Gary Kilpatrick load cot...

Mark Martin talks with Matt Mendenhall at the Republican watch party in Springdale in 2008. Martin, ...

Faculty, staff and students evacuated Old Main Wednesday when the Fayetteville Fire Department respo...

BOOK HAS OUR ATTENTION: Twins Jonathan (left) and Dominic Torres, 5, of Mesa, Ariz., listen Wednesd...

FIRE AND ICE: Henry Cathey of Camden walks Wednesday near the student union of the University of Ark...

Sculpting snow Victoria Ruffridge, 14, of Bentonville shapes the head of a snowman Wednesday outside...

Prairie Grove’s Kendra Coyle drives to the basket against Shiloh Christian on Tuesday in Prairie Gro...

Matthew Redfield, 7, right, of Bentonville, hauls his sled Wednesday up a hill in Bentonville. Redfi...

WINTER WALK: Leila Salling takes her dog, Tessa, for a walk during Tuesday’s 25-degree weather along...

Gentry’s Kevin Scherer has increased his scoring average to more than 16 points per game this season...

WARMTH IN THE WRITTEN WORD: Sue Ann Pekel, children’s librarian at the Bentonville Public Library, r...

BATTLING ICE: A pedestrian crosses Mountain Street near the Fayetteville square Wednesday a few mome...

Ron Foldvary teaches a line dancing class at the Fayetteville Senior Center on Tuesday. The group is...

SHELTER FROM THE STORM: Jim Ed Summers, left, hands donated blankets and pillows to Preston Boswell ...

CRUNCH TIME: Oscar Cardona, from left, grounds crew member at Rogers Heritage High School, picks at ...

Domigo Perez with Waste Management collects the trash Wednesday in the Cedar Ridge Drive area of Spr...

Tara Smith, Arkansas Department of Higher Education coordinator for financial aid, demonstrates the ...

WINDING DOWN: Robert Ehrhardt of Fayetteville unwraps Christmas lights on Tuesday outside the Walton...

Alton Inman of Little Flock works out Tuesday at the Rogers Adult Wellness Center. Mayor Steve Womac...

AIMING TO SAVE: Sam Reyna, energy management educator for the Bentonville School District, aims an i...

Rogers Heritage’s Jon Warner is coming one of his best games for the War Eagles since moving to Roge...

Former Arkansas basketball coach Eddie Sutton, left, talks with Jim Woodruff as he is shown some pho...

Bryan Johnson, right, and Jason Mitchell, both with Mayes Plumbing and Heating, work to gain access ...

Bryan Johnson, left, with Mayes Plumbing and Heating, talks with homeowner Cleon Gentry about freezi...

$Rogers High senior Sarah Ross is returning to form after a stress fracture knocked out all her hard ...$

This Bacon And Asparagus Quiche may take a little bit of time to put together, but the steps are sim...

A pedestrian walks up Duncan Avenue on Tuesday in Fayetteville while snow and icicles from weekend w...

ACADEMY ACTIVITY: Anna Hay, right, tests one of 50 bicycles Academy Sports & Outdoors donated to the...

Rogers Assistant Fire Marshall William Rumsey is framed outside a home at 2401 McKinley St. that bur...

Springdale High sophomores Evan Johnson, left, and Tony Dennis have both helped the team to a produc...

Shiloh Christian’s Lindsey Roe takes a shot while Prairie Grove’s Elysia Clement defends Tuesday.

Arkansas Coach John Pelphrey heads back to the locker room following the Razorbacks' 96-85 loss to N...

An Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department plow clears snow and ice Tuesday morning from the ...

A picture taken on a cell phone camera shows Courtney Fortson at Arkansas' shootaround before the Te...

The University of Arkansas apologized Tuesday for sending an erroneous message via their RazALERT sy...

Jayme Hansell works Monday at the Crackerbox Food Store in Mayflower with the winning Powerball numb...

Natalie Williams and her two therapy dogs, Sophie (left) and Penny, visit with Norman Simons on Mond...

Daryl Kendrick shovels snow and ice from his driveway Monday on North Gregg Avenue in Fayetteville. ...

Bentonville’s Will Worthey guards McDonald County, Mo., guard Sy Morris during their game Dec. 29 at...

Ryan Alley takes a spill Monday after a fast ride down a Bella Vista slope on a flexible sled.

An Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department grader operator turns around Monday at the Mis...

Fayetteville’s Tenille Briney, left, battles with Ponca City’s Jordan Hull for possession of the bal...

eremy Jordan, an employee of Fayetteville’s Department of Parks and Recreation, clears a bridge at W...

Paul Minor sleds down a hill Monday at the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville with his da...

Rogers firefighters talk Monday morning as smoke billows from a house in northeast Rogers. No fatali...

Firefighter Nathan Meeks packs hoses Monday after helping extinguish a garage fire at 1903 S. 18th S...

Rogers Heritage’s Miles Johnson, left, takes the ball to the basket under pressure from Webb City, M...

Matt Many, 9, sleds down the hill at Lingle Middle School in Rogers on Monday. Rogers schools were c...

Marty Townsend, with the city of Rogers, pours a bag of rock salt Monday to use in de-icing Rogers r...

Springdale Har-Ber senior Chris Bayles, right, shoots over Conway’s Everett Reed during the first ha...

Tammy Johnson of Rogers stands outside the Kum & Go store in Lowell on Monday where she bought a $50...

Teena Potts helps her 5-year-old daughter, Ryland, carry her sled up the hill in front of their hous...

Lee Dancer with A&B Towing pulls Kevin Bailey’s Chevrolet Cobalt from atop the curb along Carley Roa...

Ryan Mallett attempts a pass against East Carolina in the Liberty Bowl on Saturday.

Employees of Branco Enterprises Inc. work on Phase 1 of a new wastewater treatment plant in Siloam S...

Marcus Still, 16, of Fayetteville gives himself a push while trying to catch his cousin Shelby Speer...

Lynne and Joe Dinas walk their granddaughter Haley Harris, 2, up a ramp to play with their dogs Sund...

Bentonville Water Department employee Tom Barrentine waits Sunday while Guy McKenzie loads his dump ...

A boat on a trailer sits on a street Thursday in east Fayetteville. The City Council will consider c...

Chip Bemis of Fayetteville pulls his daughter, Kessiah, 5, and son, Oliver, 3, in a sled Sunday in a...

Kellen Campbell leaps to avoid fellow University of Arkansas freshmen Elizabeth Davis, from right, W...

Vicki Thomas, Fayetteville school board superintendent, listens as Gary Jackson with Hight-Jackson A...

Jennifer Clark describes reining as figure skating on horseback.

Danny Smallwood, from left, and his daughters, Mackenzie Smallwood, 8, and Briley Smallwood, 3, push...

Savannah Glass, 7, sweeps the snow off a truck Sunday while her brother, Alex Glass, 9, shovels snow...

Roger Dale Moore, 4, packs a pile of snow Sunday as his father, Roger Moore, uses a shovel to gather...

oel Garcia removes snow from his car Sunday at his home on Zachary Street in Springdale.
DIGGING OU...

Eden Graves, 5, left, of Springdale laughs while riding downhill Sunday with her aunt, Leah Hale, an...

Jack Lisle, 10, of Springdale laughs as he rides a snowboard down a hill Sunday in the Har-Ber Meado...

Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino yells at his team during the Razorbacks' 20-17 overtime win against Eas...

Benton County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Todd Clow, left, evaluates the actions of officers after an ex...

ALS Association Northwest Arkansas Chapter Board President Lonnie Lawson, from right, Kurt Johnson, ...

Go Red for Women committee members Serena Munns, from left, Jamie Davis, Shannon Croswell, Courtney ...

Walton Arts Center volunteers Kathryn and Ralph Harvey, from left, and Jessie Owens, right, talk wit...

Arvest Bank presented 11 organizations with donations from the Walton Family Foundation. The recipie...

Washington County Democratic Women President J.P. Peters, left, presents Economic Opportunity Agenc...

Patricia Tomasiello, left, her daughter, Angela Tomasiello, and Realtor Mike Maxwell look over a fix...

Patricia Tomasiello and Mike Maxwell talk about work needed to be done in a former hot tub room. The...

Arkansas guard Rotnei Clarke brings the ball up the floor against Delaware State’s Greg Smith during...

Contractors with Baldwin and Shell install high impact drywall inside the foyer in the new addition ...

Springdale Har-Ber’s Halee Castleman shoots during practice Thursday at Springdale Har-Ber.

Rogers Heritage’s Cole Bundy hits the mat Saturday while practicing swith the wrestling team.

Rogers Heritage’s Jack McMillan, right, jumps for a rebound with Webb City, Mo., forward Andrew Pise...

Law enforcement officers enter a room during an exercise at Barker Middle School in Bentonville on D...

Many area restaurants, caterers and food suppliers create festive chocolate desserts like this “tuxe...

SOUP'S ON
World Garden owner Rick Boosey, right, carries an insulated box containing pots of variou...

Bentonville tennis coach Paul Pautsch is being honored with an Educational Merit Award from the stat...

Arkansas kicker Alex Tejada is surrounded by teammates after kicking a game winning field goal in ov...

Fayetteville physician C.R. Magness (right) and Sonny Davis inspect one of the 6,000 loblolly pine t...

Construction crews work earlier in the week on the new dining hall at Lake Fort Smith State Park in ...

A runner rounds the corner at Dickson Street and West Avenue on Friday during the Twenty 10K foot ra...

Springdale Har-Ber senior Matt Toomer tries a reverse layup as Conway senior Preston Purifoy defends...

GOSPEL SING
Lisa McCoy tries to coax a few extra notes from her sons Brandon McCoy, 13, left, and C...

BREAKING IT IN
Sarah Boyce, 6, tries to hit a tennis ball Friday while playing with her parents at ...

Paul Spiller of Rogers and his silky terrier, Misty, walk along the Rogers trail system on Friday ne...

Kosta Platanitis of Rogers checks on nearby anglers Friday at Lake Atalanta in Rogers while pursuing...

Cassidy Mentink, 9, left, of Lyons, Neb., and her cousin, Ethan Koranda, 8, of Mitchell, Neb., walk ...

Scotty Patton of Springdale, left, and Tony Anderson of Lowell show four bass from their winning cat...

Arkansas offensive guard Mitch Petrus blocks Alabama defensive tackle Milton Talbert on Sept. 26 in ...

Daniel Factor with Asplundh Tree Experts cuts down tree limbs on power lines in January 2009 along S...

Mitchell Gold signs a copy of his book for Judith Levine at the Fayetteville Public Library on Dec. ...

Bentonville assistant coach Brandon Cole encourages players as they warm up Dec. 18.

Charles Alison enjoys his upstairs bedroom in his house in Fayetteville.

Kouakou Yao of Eureka Springs, left, smiles as Jo Ann Kaminsky and Jen Claude Lessou of Austin, Texa...

Springdale Har-Ber boys basketball coach Eric Burnett shouts defensive instructions to his team Wedn...

Truman Brewer, investigator for the Springdale city attorney, stands for a portrait in the courtroom...

Arkansas wide receiver Greg Childs races for a first down after a catch Nov. 28 against LSU in Tiger...

Bentonville’s Erin Reardon drives to the basket during Thursday’s game against Fair Grove (Mo.) in t...

Garrett Wade, 6, right, gets some help from his mother, Meshell Wade of Fayetteville, while making a...

Carol Hammond, right, got some unexpected help from Johnny Weber when her 1991 Honda Accord wouldn’t...

Arts Live! performers Yasmeen Ebbini, 15, of Fayetteville, right, dances Thursday with Austin Ross, ...

Terry Hayes stands in Judge William Storey’s courtroom with his lawyer, Kristin Pawlick, in the Wash...

Arkansas hasn't had much success in recent bowl games, including a 38-7 loss to Missouri in the 2008...

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