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Mark Horvath, founder of Invisible People.tv, right, and Kevin Fitzpatrick, local homelessness advoc...

COLOR PENCIL TECHNIQUE - Lauren Ellis, 10, from right, instructor Rebecca Oxford and Virginia Pas...

Dr. William F. Harrison, right, is greeted by a crowd of nearly 100 in front of his Fayetteville cl...

Kent Raymick, Siloam Springs assistant superintendent, talks about progress on the city’s new high ...

FILE — Scaffolding and tools are present in this file photo from December, 17, 2009 at the Winthrop ...

Northwest Arkansas’ Brandon Jansen looks to make a double play Thursday after tagging out Rawlings ...

Roger Clemens, right, works to loosen up the arm of a Houston Heat player between innings Thursday ...

Mike Stodghill of Cave Creek, Ariz., pitches onto the No. 8 green Thursday during the annual Bella ...

Roger Clemens looks on from the dugout as the Houston Heat play Thursday in the Premier Baseball Na...

FILE — Sgt. Shannon Gabbard, left, and John Brooks, crime scene investigator, work on July 29, 2010 ...

SUMMER END CELEBRATION - Kailen Osorio, middle right, and Bellyni Capacho, middle left, listen to a ...

Dylan Sandoval, left, and Royal Nelson, screw a nail into the frame of a wheelchair ramp Thursday as...

SCHOOL SOCIAL - Beth Zabinski, left, second-grade teacher at Eastside Elementary School, talks Thurs...

Fayetteville police are searching for this man who robbed the First Federal Bank just before noon Th...

RAMP CONSTRUCTION - Wayne Thomas, left, of Siloam Springs, Charles Richardson of Fayetteville and Ra...

Aricka Lewis, Jeric Bautista and Garrett Oden, all of Fayetteville, enjoy the music of the Ben Mille...

Fayetteville Police Department personnel work Thursday at the First Federal Bank at 3460 N. College ...

PEACE PAINT - Argie Wheeler, left, paints a peace sign on Hanna Smith, 8, during the Bentonville Adv...

Both the Altus and Tontitown grape festivals celebrate the harvest. The events take place this weeke...

Carnival armband nights begin at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Tontitown.

The national touring production of “A Chorus Line” will visit Fort Smith’s Arkansas Best Corp. Perfo...

Taylor Neff, 12, hangs fresh spaghetti to dry Thursday to prepare for Tontitown's Spaghetti Dinner d...

The cast rehearses for “Bloody Mary,” one of the classic songs from “South Pacific.”

Karrie Evenson’s love of color is evident in her art, like in the painting “Best Friends.” Her curre...

The Old 97’s, who are credited for helping popularize the alternative country genre, will perform in...

Karrie Evenson’s paintings, such as “I Have Big Dreams,” are on show at Julie Wait Designs Gallery i...

Fayetteville Police Department personnel work at the First Federal Bank location at 3460 N. College ...

A.L. Media and Consulting owner Amy Lamb explains why her front deck is her favorite space.

FILE — Captain Scot Mason, right, with the Rogers Fire Department, shows his brother Jarod Mason, wi...

Headstone markers are seen at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Thursday, July 29, 2010...

This November, 2005 file photo shows the Tennessee Titans vs. the Buffalo Bills in the fourth quarte...

Youth Conservation Corps participants (from left) Andrea Edgmon, 17, of Deer and Kimberly Mathis, 18...

Baytown (Texas) Knights catcher Robert Russell, left, applies the tag to Fayetteville’s Carson Shadd...

Dr. William Harrison has announced his retirement effective Friday.

Fayetteville sophomore Austin Allen watches the ball sail to the outfield during Wednesday’s game ag...

Allie Miller, right, hands Luke Koon, 7, center, a swirl-flavored snow cone Wednesday as brothers Ja...

Jesus Soto, 18, loads furniture Wednesday for storage for his family and a neighbor while they vacat...

Judy Terry, left, sits Wednesday with daughter-in-law Cheran Main as she rides the Arkansas & Missou...

A pontoon boat gets Fred Beaman of Prairie Creek to his favorite fishing spots at Beaver Lake.

Former state trout biologist Darrell Bowman holds “Ole Whup (insert word that rhymes with bass)” whe...

Jack Butt of Fayetteville stands along the White River at Buffalo City in June after hiking and padd...

A walker makes his way Wednesday around the trail at Wilson Park in Fayetteville. The city is planni...

Rick Portilloz of Sand Springs, Okla., talks Wednesday with Rogers firefighters while training for a...

Dr. Tom Smith, Dean of the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas...

Fremont Mayor Skip Edwards, left, collects his papers following a city council meeting with city adm...

GRAPHIC: The Amish population in the U.S. and Canada has doubled in the past 20 years.

Fayetteville firefighter Lucas Myer holds three sizes of oxygen masks intended for pets Tuesday outs...

Warren Cox, middle, helps Ethan Buck, right, 11, launch his homemade rocket Tuesday during Mad Scien...

Tyler Lancaster, 13, waits on Tuesday for the signal to go while participating in prone sprint drill...

Turkish Stuffed Eggplant lets farmers market produce shine, with Japanese eggplant, tomatoes and Ita...

Dane Gordon, right, and Anthony Buonaiuto, both 17-year-old pitchers for Team Ontario, play games on...

Rookie firefighter Matt Daniels with the Fayetteville Fire Department pulls fire hoses Tuesday befor...

Participants in the 2010 Roll ‘n’ Walk 5k ability walk start the event Tuesday along the Scull Creek...

Doug Freeman, left, was recently named Rogers Heritage’s new wrestling coach and Jason Hall is the p...

Sean Paquin caulks nail heads while Matt Poe braces the ladder earlier this month. University of Ark...

A group of 7 and 8-year-olds learn soccer basics Tuesday from NWA Lightning coach Chris Michael duri...

FILE — Early voters fill out their ballots in Oklahoma City, Monday, July 26, 2010. Oklahoma's prima...

Northwest Arkansas starter Everett Teaford pitches against Springfield on Monday in Arvest Ballpark ...

Travis Hart, with BLD Services of Kenner, La., works on the sewer line under Old Missouri Road in Sp...

Jennifer Sweet, far right, and John Burroughs, center, remove a display panel Monday while dismantli...

David Stowers, a University of Arkansas employee, crosses Maple Street on Monday while a crew from t...

Travis Thornton, 15, throws a flying disc to his father Ray Thornton of Fayetteville on Monday at Gu...

Kayakers Rae Marie Donaldson, from left, and Emily Spunaugle rig a towline Monday for slower rafters...

Shiloh Christian junior quarterback Kiehl Frazier breaks free from Nashville senior linebacker Brett...

FILE - In this June 17, 2010 file photo, BP PLC CEO Tony Hayward testifies before an Energy and Envi...

A fence that once bordered the Head Start building in Springdale lays in the parking lot July 14 aft...

Maggie Pickhardt pedals her way to her third victory in women’s sprint division of the Shark Fest IV...

Competitors gather in the transition area shortly after sunrise waiting to begin the Shark Fest IV T...

Bob Wideman, with Ozark Flyers Remote Control Model Airplane Club, guides his plane through the air ...

Dr. Larry Ben, new superintendent of Decatur schools, walks the grounds of the high school on July 1...

Animal control officer Jamie Hollingsworth pets a pit bull she and another animal control were doing...

Gravette senior quarterback Colton Davis takes aim at a moving target Friday while participating in ...

Beefalo graze at the Done Rovin’ Beefalo Farm near Lincoln. The animals come in all colors and have ...

After competing in his own age division, Daniel Hines, 10, hands his father, Joe Hines, his glasses ...

Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith talks Thursday about his group’s worldwide efforts t...

Jack Besser, from left, owner of Besser Electric; Stephan Pollard, chief executive officer of Trem|W...

Sara Granados, a graduate student studying operations management at the University of Arkansas, righ...

The 55,000-square foot ANB Operations Center opened on the northwest side of Pleasant Grove Road and...

Mary Jane Silva holds a backpack and a pair of athletic shoes. They are some of the items that will ...

Alex Scharlau, 15, honks a horn Friday to celebrate a donation of school supplies from Carlene Under...

TOTAL LOSS - Fayetteville firefighters work to remove smoke Friday from a unit at College Station Ap...

DANCE FEVER - Taylor Lyle, 5, dances to music from the Fayetteville Jazz Collective at a Summer Conc...

COMMUNITY TREATS - Children enjoy hot dogs and ice cream Friday during a picnic hosted by the Fayett...

STUFF THE BUS - Sarah Jaber, a teacher at Owl Creek School in Fayetteville, sorts school supplies Fr...

STUFF THAT BUS - Ashton Barnett, left, a volunteer with Ernst & Young of Rogers, and Meredith Bergst...

SUMMER SERIES - Pianist Claudia Burson solos with the Fayetteville Jazz Collective in a Summer Conce...

Thomas Gifford, 17, left, and Justin Plummer carry their team’s stretcher Tuesday while competing in...

Ashley Chaloner, 16, right, reacts after getting a taste of her cousin Stormi Chaloner’s, 14, right,...

Dana Mallory, 17, from Oakland Heights Baptist Church of Longview, Texas, tosses a wet sponge to one...

Warren Davis, 15, from Grace Baptist Church of Camden, glides across a water slide Tuesday while com...

Mary Jane Silva has assembled a variety of items for the fifth annual Back to School Bonanza at
Fa...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, signs the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation alo...

Dressed up to depict Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Jorge Mendez joins dozens to protest the SB...

Charles Moran, Executive Director of the Log Cabin Republicans, is photographed outside federal cour...

A tropical storm warning has been issued for the Gulf coast as Bonnie begins moving over South Flori...

Kruton’s Catering owner Jennifer Keaton says the kitchen is her favorite place to be.

A sign marks the entrance to the former HAZ-MERT facility at 510 W. Post Road in Rogers on Thursday,...

HOOP’IN IT UP - Gracie Carr, 7, of Rogers, practices tricks with a hula hoop Thursday at the Rogers ...

Rotary International president Ray Klinginsmith, left, talks to Steve and Cheryl Miller of the Sprin...

Northwest Arkansas’ Eric Hosmer watches a home run in the second inning against the Springfield Card...

Daniel Schrock keeps a vigilante eye on a pair of youngsters Thursday at the Prairie Grove Aquatic P...

TALL TASK - Workers with Mountain Mechanical Contractors in Fayetteville load ductwork removed Thurs...

JUNGLE NOOK - Sue McCarthy hangs a reading nook canopy she created for her first-grade students Thur...

Workers with Waste Services of Little Rock prepare to secure leaking chemicals Thursday at the forme...

BUSINESS OPERATION - Dylan Sandoval, left, and Jikko Heon clean a bike belonging to a school Wednesd...

DAY AT THE POOL - Ella Claire Moore, 4, above, slides down a water slide Thursday at the Prairie Gro...

Rotary International president Ray Klinginsmith, left, talks to Bob Daggett of Grove, Okla., on Thu...

The wagyu burger at Hjem Restaurant, made from extrahigh-grade beef, is served with beet slices, hou...

Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett talks to the media during the Southeastern Conference football med...

The Sam's Club headquarters building in Bentonville

Dylan Junior, 11, of Rogers swims Wednesday in Beaver Lake in Monte Ne. Dylan was riding bikes with ...

Jacob Moseley, 14, of Rogers, right, is checked in by Zach Watts, 16, of Bentonville as other member...

Carter Weston, 17, of Hot Springs competes in a portion of a bicycle competition Wednesday as a part...

Rogers Heritage’s Jimmy Britton has committed to attend the United States Naval Academy and hopes to...

Caitlin Moore, 11, right, dumps water on her neighbor Kyleigh Holliday, 2, while playing Wednesday i...

First baseman Gordon Miller records an out for Fayetteville Lindsey & Associates during Monday’s gam...

Tom Williams of Fayetteville pedals his way along the War Eagle Valley Loop at Hobbs State Park-Cons...

Reta Flowers pleads not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder Wednesday before Washington County...

Bob White of Fayetteville sits Wednesday during the unveiling of the USS Snook Base Submarine Memori...

Pearson Gean of Bentonville helped the Tigers bring home another championship.

Arkansas third baseman Ryan Mount makes an attempt at a diving catch but misses the throw from left ...

Kara Jo McKinley, left, and Jettie Franco roll pasta before it is cut into spaghetti and hung to dry...

Robert Garza, owner of Hog City Customs in Springdale, power washes the cab of a 1958 Chevrolet truc...

Meredith Laman, 8, left, and Savannah Peters, 8, laugh as they create their dream playground Tuesday...

James Gustus, a Benton County Jail inmate, clears vegetation Tuesday from the front of the Benton Co...

Abby Lawson, 6, winces as Savannah Pledger, 7, pours water through a filter while the two were takin...

Arborist Matthew Murphy of NWA Tree Service in Fayetteville attaches ropes to the top of a sycamore ...

Benton County Judge Dave Bisbee meets with the county’s city mayors on the Benton County telephone e...

Kayak guide Rod Feldtmann paddles back into the light after exploring a cave on the north coast of M...

Ben Flowers, 8, looks at the bath gel he created Tuesday during a Summer Reading Program workshop at...

Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery demonstrates the department’s new drug incinerator, which can ...

Allserto Luna, left, and Jose Luis Luna endure the heat Monday while laying down tar paper before in...

Richard Waggoner takes his mower up a small hill beside Tyson Middle School in Springdale on Monday....

Springdale High’s Kempys Robinson hauls in a pass over a Fort Smith Northside defender Monday during...

Springdale High quarterback Joseph Calcagni runs for yardage against Fort Smith Northside on Oct. 16...

Gary Garnett dribbles past Bill Hunthrop trying to score in a game of hoops in the air-conditioned b...

Fayetteville Lindsey’s Matt Steele slides into third base during Monday’s game against Mountain Home...

George McCawley mows grass Monday as temperatures hit the 90s at Agri Park in Fayetteville. The Nati...

A pavilion at Gary Hampton Park in Fayetteville bears a sign from the Rotary Club. The Fayetteville ...

Rogers Heritage’s Forrest Johnson looks for a receiver during NWA 7-on-7 Passing League action in Sp...

Fayetteville quarterback Austin Allen throws to a receiver on Monday during NWA 7-on-7 Passing Leagu...

Jimmy Nelson, left, and Tyler Wade, 13, fish from a shady spot Monday alongside Lake Bentonville in ...

Larry Wade, left, and Chris Wade work to assemble a new special power washer Thursday at Springdale’...

Gary Dennis, director of public safety for NorthWest Arkansas Community College, spent 30 days in Ro...

Bentonville catcher Daulton Terry grabs a foul for an out against Har-Ber in the Ozark Wood Bat Tour...

Fayetteville Lindsey’s Brandon Zamzow is tagged out Sunday by Mountain Home’s catcher during the Zon...

Clay Porch leans while his putt circles the edge of hole No. 18 on the Pinnacle Country Club Golf Co...

Chris Collins reads the green Sunday during the Paradise Valley Athletic Club Championship in Fayett...

Kiersten Colston, 4, left, and Leela Soukup, 5, right, watch as Aiden Portlock, 5, makes his final p...

Leah Garrett, with Totes and More of Tontitown, displays one of her aprons for sale Sunday at the Fa...

Workers with SPI of Springdale dig around the entrance to Old High Middle School on Friday in Benton...

Brandon Karn, owner of Jammin Java on the Fayetteville square, rings up an order Wednesday. The coff...

Anthony Delao smiles after sinking a long putt for eagle on No. 4 during the club championship tourn...

Rogers High’s Jake Rylee, top, is tagged out by Springdale Har-Ber’s Preston Cash while attempting t...

Fayetteville’s Chris Keaton pitches against Bentonville in the third inning Saturday in the Northwes...

Bentonville’s Daulton Terry makes it back to first base while Fayetteville’s Jacob Pinta waits for t...

Rogers High’s Jason Selderidge catches Springdale Har-Ber’s Jeff Kadri attempting to steal second ba...

Jailer J.J. Perea, left, speaks Friday about the failure to appear warrant on Raul Serna, right, at ...

Amanda Crawford, communications coordinator with the Rogers Police Department, puts a warrant away T...

File cabinets of warrants sit in the dispatch office at the Springdale Police Department. The depart...

Officer Jamison Stiles shows a folder Thursday with all the warrants out for people in his patrol ar...

HOMEGROWN GOODNESS - Doug Stafford, left, chooses from a variety of tomatoes with assistance from Ma...

Shoppers and vendors circle the Fayetteville downtown square on a recent afternoon during the Fayett...

Dianna Blaylock reads to children as Belle from Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” during a book day Sa...

Shannon Langston, right, and Kim Moore are co-chairwomen of the Aug. 7 Mad Hatter’s Ball at Fayettev...

For an apheresis donation, a centrifuge is used to draw blood from a donor, separate and collect som...

Maribel Chavez with the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks gets Gardiner Powell set up to donate p...

Youth Bridge Executive Director Scott Linebaugh, from left, Whitney Linebaugh, Stephanie Beadle, Kim...

Youth Bridge supporters Denise and Hershey Garner, from left, and Debbie Walker enjoy Breakfast Boog...

Nancy Hairston, Youth Bridge development director, from left, executive board members Karolyn Farrel...

Alan Lewis and Nancy Martin help support the Peel Compton Foundation on July 10.

Peel Compton Foundation supporters Harrison and Rhonda French, from left, and Valorie and Randy Laws...

Peel Compton Foundation Executive Director Connie Hendrix-Kral, from left, Buffalo National River Su...

Gardiner Powell, front, is one of the many donors who give blood or platelets with the help of Marib...

Arts Center of the Ozarks board member Susan Cunningham, from right, Beth Davies and Jordan Cordell,...

Residents of Hooverville in ACO’s production of “Annie” Jane Marotti, from left, Lesha Kuehn and Abb...

Fayetteville company BlueInGreen has received a National Science Foundation grant to take a water-cl...

BRICK HOUSE BONANZA - David Lewis, chef and owner of Brick House Garden in Fayetteville, stakes up a...

EXPERIMENTAL SETUP - Arkansas Air Museum volunteers Bill Rhodes, left, and Zac Hale, right, help War...

PROFIT FOR PAWS - Shoppers and volunteers move among the items for sale Friday during the Bargain Ya...

SUMMER SMILE - Emily Edwards, 9, of Rogers laughs after putting the finishing touches on her smiling...

Fayetteville’s Jacob West eyes home during Friday’s game against Rogers Heritage in the Ozark Wood B...

WAITING FOR CHANGE - Traffic backs up Friday at the intersection of Southeast Moberly Lane and South...

KICKIN’ IT - Sergio Herrera, 14, practices goal kicks Friday at Tyson Park in Springdale. Herrera ho...

Angeline Wohlfert, left, listens as Kelly Williams, middle, reads a poem Friday written by Amanda Va...

Rogers Heritage’s Jeremy Rook slides into home during Friday’s game against Fayetteville in the Ozar...

A Bible stands on a lectern at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Springdale. Several Christian minister...

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe applauds as he walks from a speakers' platform at the William A. Gwatney De...

Fayetteville officials are trying a new parking style along Block Avenue, where drivers can back the...

Treva Hamilton of the Fayetteville Public Education Foundation says her kitchen serves as the family...

Rescue officials use electronic equipment to check for missing people after the front of an apartmen...

FILE — Christo and Jeanne-Claude in 2005

Northwest Arkansas third baseman Jamie Romak heads for first base during the first inning of Thursda...

NWA’s Dayton Upchurch, left, tags out Bentonville’s Jacob Ivey after catching him in a rundown Thurs...

USSSA WORLD SERIES SWEEP - Lebanon (Mo.) catcher Joshua Archer, top, tags out NWA’s Ricky Silvestri ...

Jessie Lunderby was fired Wednesday from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in connection with p...

UNDER HIS UMBRELLA - August Synoground of Greenwood watches from under the shade of an umbrella Thur...

PREPPING PASTA - Megan Pearce racks freshly made spaghetti Thursday to dry in the parish hall at St....

READY TO FLY - Steve Hafliger, right, road captain with the Northwest Arkansas Harley Owners Group, ...

DIGGING UP FUNDING - Sean Layne, right, consultant with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performin...

Leon Richardson looks through the trunk of his small car Thursday after parking in an unmarked spot ...

HAIR-RAISING CREATION - Lance Yarbrough, 6, works on his creation Thursday during Camp Invention at ...

BIG AIR ON BEAVER - Phillip Remerscheid does a somersault on his wakeboard Thursday at Beaver Lake. ...

John Daly of the U.S. chips onto the 10th green during the first day of the British Open Golf Champi...

Margaret Lamp, a first-grade teacher at Westside Elementary School in Rogers, trains Wednesday on an...

Matt Hoffman, left, percussion coordinator with the Rogers Heritage High School Marching Band, plays...

Eva White, middle right, celebrates a difficult par putt with Tammy Dellinger, from left, Jodi Staff...

Billy Baker of Springdale sprays a coat of sealant Wednesday on a parking lot at Evelyn Hills Shoppi...

Kansas Shockers coach Tim Smith, second from left, huddles for a pregame meeting with his team Wedne...

Roy Clark, a fishing guide from Eureka Springs, prefers trolling when it comes to catching trout at ...

Mary-Grace Ratcliffe, 9, right, blows out her marshmallow while roasting the treats with Haley Richa...

Betty Ledbetter of Rogers signs a copy of her book “The Life and Times of a Young Amputee” on Wednes...

William Coats, 11, left, and Michael Neil, 12, join dozens of other children jumping rope Wednesday ...

Rick Stagner, manager at Eddie Bauer in Northwest Arkansas Mall, expects to reach the summit of Moun...

Adam Webber, a senior University of Arkansas student and member of Leadership Walton at the universi...

Fayetteville quarterback Brandon Allen looks for an open receiver during the Southwest Elite 7-on-7 ...

Raphael Sein Tin Nyunt reminisces Tuesday about his time as a student at the University of Arkansas....

Lucas Van Engen of Queens, N.Y., drives his Craftsman 54-inch Kohler Courage riding lawn mower Wedne...

Northwest Arkansas’ Mike Moustakas watches his second home run of the game against Corpus Christi le...

Emily McGarrah (from left), widow of Spc. Clayton D. McGarrah; his mother, Michele McGarrah; and fat...

Jessie Lunderby, who posed nude for Playboy.com, lost her job Wednesday at the Washington County Jai...

FILE - This Oct. 24, 2009, file photo shows Vanderbilt's head coach Bobby Johnson during an NCAA col...

This June 15, 2010 photo provided by the University of California Santa Barbara shows pyrosomes, cuc...

Calli Long, 10, of West Fork, focuses her concentration Tuesday morning on the wildlife at the Botan...

Jesse Hartin (from left) of Bella Vista, Bob Appleby of Bentonville and Keith Coody of Rogers work o...

Lisa Martindale points to the proposed U.S. 412 northern bypass route Tuesday that would cross south...

Hariet Mack helps Spencer Mortimeyer sew a cloth bag Tuesday during the annual All-Church Sewing Bee...

Rogers High School football player Brett Gentz drags brush from a fence line Tuesday at Dock Wheeler...

Fresh herbs liven up recipes with an additional layer of flavor, as in Green Bean Salad with Basil V...

Judy Harris watches as her putt for birdie just misses the cup on the No. 2 green Tuesday during the...

Mark Myers, an employee of Greenland Wreckers, prepares on Tuesday to remove a Chevrolet Cobalt from...

Chris Harty, left, and Nathan Streett landscape a corner of the old Washington County Courthouse on ...

Mike Mlodinow of Fayetteville, bird watcher and member of the Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society, us...

Allie Wolfe, 14, works on painting a section of the set Tuesday for The Village Players’ production ...

Angel Castellanos reels in a guide line Tuesday while working with fellow Bentonville Parks and Recr...

Vincent Adams, left, purchases two glasses of lemonade Tuesday from Charlotte McWhorter, 9, right, a...

Yarnell’s ice cream is seen on a store shelf before the company declared bankruptcy in August.

A "We're Hiring" banner hangs near the entrance of Office Depot in Mountain View, Calif. on Monday, ...

In a photo made from video released by BP PLC, oil emerges from a cap placed on the broken wellhead ...

Investigators suspect arson in an explosion and fire Saturday morning at Garland House, the home of ...

Emma Keen, 8, right, of Springdale smiles Monday as she plays the Cherokee Bean game at the Shiloh M...

Huntsville’s Shannon Willcutt makes a catch during Monday’s action in the Northwest Arkansas 7-on-7 ...

Operators of World Gym on College Avenue in Fayetteville want to locate a basketball court on this p...

Emily Taylor plays the slide trombone Monday during a sectional rehearsal at the University of Arkan...

The Bentonville USSSA 14-year-old team’s John Michael Neubert makes a running catch of a high fly ba...

Rogers Mountie Alex Ryals, a junior, works on offensive tactics Monday with Spencer Terry, 9, during...

Farmington’s Trey Spencer throws to a receiver during Monday’s action in the Northwest Arkansas 7-on...

Bentonville’s Alex Horton hauls in a touchdown pass during Monday’s action against Farmington in the...

A Northwest Arkansas Steel Co. crew moves a steel I-beam into place Monday where it will support a n...

Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry, left, and Police Chief Ray Schultz, right, leave a news conference ...

methane-powered, 16-cylinder engines and generators at the Waste Management landfill in Tontitown...

Bentonville’s Jay Austin, 14, swings away during a home run skills competition after Sunday’s openin...

Cody Oxner, 14, pulls a bass into a boat by hand while fishing near the dam at Lake Windsor in Bella...

Wagner Luciano of Brazil dismounts Bad Medicine after earning a score of 87.5 at the Buckin’ in the ...

Bill Kelsay of Springdale reads the 18th green Sunday during the ASGA Paradise Valley Invitational a...

Kenisha Ramirez, 3, swings high in the air while spending quality time with her father, Presbitero R...

Reese Coleman, 3, plays in a jet of water at the Rogers Activity Center splash park on Sunday. He wa...

Workers with the Johnson Street Department move dirt on Sunday from a retaining wall on Main Drive t...

This July 2009 file self-portrait provided by the Island County Sheriff's Office shows Colton Harris...

File Photo: Shiloh Christian’s Zann Jones, right, catches a touchdown in front of Bentonville’s Dall...

Springdale High’s Joseph Calcagni throws against Hillcrest during the Southwest Elite 7-on-7 Showcas...

Bentonville’s Drew Edwards, right, disrupts a pass to Shiloh Christian’s Jon Hawes during the Southw...

Brandon Easterling of the Northwest Arkansas All-Stars pitches Saturday during the North Arkansas Se...

Rogers Heritage’s Christian Wages, right, catches a touchdown pass against McAlester, Okla., during ...

Fayetteville’s Colby Jordan catches the ball for a touchdown against Greene County Tech during the S...

Fayetteville’s Nathan Varady prepares to make a move during a game against Greene County Tech during...

Luke Hulse of the Northwest Arkansas All-Stars, throws out a baserunner July 10 during the North Ark...

Botanical Garden board members Rita Littrell and Don Hurlbut enjoy the Arkansas Winds performance on...

Ian Purkayastha sits for a portrait at his home in Fayetteville on June 20. The 17-year-old has been...

Outstanding Youth Award recipient Jamie Harris, third from left, is joined by her mom, Sherri Harri...

Ian Purkayastha talks about his business importing truffles from Italy and France.

Truffles are prized for their earthy, nutlike aroma which adds a unique flair to upscale pasta and g...

Botanical Garden of the Ozarks board member Chris Bell, back left, is joined July 1 by Mary Mann, cl...

Sandy Joel, left, a Marshallese educator for Credit Counselling of Arkansas, speaks Thursday with cl...

Walmart associate Chris Loucks stocks Great Value frozen food items May 4 at Walmart Neighborhood Ma...

Northwest Arkansas JDRF Branch Manager Lindsay Hirth, from left, board president Laura Underwood and...

Katie Sozansky, from left, Gerald Klingaman and Deborah Coley visit at Red, White and Blooms.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation supporters Chris Sohosky, from left, Chuck and Ashley Bloch an...

Botanical Garden volunteers Colleen Taylor, from left, Patsy Louk and Don Lofis help with refreshmen...

JDRF special events coordinator Jenny Bradley, center, talks with board member Perry Jacobi, left, a...

Award recipient Deysy Vargas, center is joined by presenter Carolyn Ryan, left, and her godmother Sa...

SINGING SCOUTS - The Israeli Scouts perform music Saturday from Israel during the Bentonville Farmer...

Mart Phillips of Dallas, left, places a tiara atop the head of his mother, Florene Phillips, to mark...

TOMATOES ARE TOPS - Xeng Lor, left, of Gentry sells a bag of tomatoes to Kay Owens of Rogers on Satu...

Ron Findley, a jailer at the Springdale City Jail, inspects a cell Friday for contraband. Springdale...

Civil War re-enactor Roy Norton of Morrow hammers a fire poker into shape in a blacksmith shop Satur...

This artist’s rendering shows what Fayetteville High School will look like from the southwest after ...

Greg Hines talks Saturday about his life in Rogers while announcing his candidacy for Rogers mayor a...

Members of the Phillips family gather to pray before eating in Prairie Grove.

RED-HOT REPLACEMENT - Rogers firefighters push the new Engine No. 2 into a bay Friday at Station No....

VEGGIE VARIETY (Above) Jim Robinson of Springdale puts okra out for display Friday at his vegetable ...

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT - Xavier Serrano, 9, right, tries to get a shot past his uncle, Gustavo Soria...

FOURTH ON THE RIVER - Henry Hickman, Elkins parks director, starts a fire in a smoker to allow it to...

BOBBER PATROL - Andrew Cherry, 4, left, watches Friday as Jackson Behar, 5, both of Springdale, tri...

MERCURY MISHAP - Brady Williams of Fayetteville records a video Friday as his Mercury Mountaineer is...

SQUARE PERSPECTIVE - Samantha Overstreet, 14, executes a round off Friday on the Bentonville Square....

Bentonville’s Garrett Kaufman, right, scores a touchdown against Arkansas Baptist during the Southwe...

Shiloh Christian’s Kiehl Frazier throws a pass during the Southwest Elite 7-on-7 Showcase on Friday ...

Rogers Heritage’s Reed Brown throws a pass during the Southwest Elite 7-on-7 Showcase on Friday in S...

Fayetteville’s Colby Jordan runs for a touchdown against Muskogee, Okla., during the Southwest Elite...

Tzofim Friendship Caravan scouts Idan Orlizkey, second right, and Tom Sabban dance with Maya Chappel...

University of Tennessee football players Darren Myles Jr., left, and Da'Rick Rogers leave the Knox C...

FILE — Trigger, Roy Rogers' famous horse, will be auctioned in New York. Presale estimates put the s...

A police boat patrols Friday near the scene of Wednesday's collision that occurred between a sightse...

Old Buildings LLC's Randy Werner tells us why the addition he built onto his house is his favorite s...

SWEET SUMMER - Autumn French, left, from Springdale and Andrew Campbell of Fayetteville work Thursda...

DANCE DIVERSITY - Kouakou “Angelo” Yau, right, a native of the Ivory Coast and member of the group A...

Abel Pera, left, and Manuel Cruz, both with J&L Concrete, stack bricks Thursday salvaged from a smal...

Chip Parmley of Bill’s Electric Inc. pulls the bottom half of a new stadium light pole into place to...

ROAD TALK - Bud Schwartz of Fayetteville, right, speaks Thursday with Mark Earl, roadway designer f...

COACHING ASSIST - Volleyball coach Andrea Brinton reviews the previous lesson with children Thursday...

DECORATION CONCENTRATION - Adriana Joyce who lives near Bella Vista practices making flowers with ca...

Rogers Street Department employees use construction equipment Thursday to remove the top layer of as...

Tommy Davenport, transportation director for the Fayetteville School District, received the inaugura...

Magan Pine of Hindsville works Thursday on decorating her cake during a cake decorating class put on...

NUTRITION PROGRAM - Frankie Sutterfield signs up for the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program on ...

Cyclists bike down the Scull Creek trail in Fayetteville during the Fourth of July weekend.

A full order of St. Louis-style ribs with cole slaw, Texas toast and an order of onion straws is a f...

Hayleigh Lewis, 15, left, races Ashley Horsley, 17, in go-karts during Teen Night at Fast Lane Enter...

“Annie” — Lucy Rossi plays the title character in the musical “Annie,” which concludes this weekend ...

Justin Repass, 15, left, competes with Sarah Creasey, 14, in a dance arcade game as Jacob Bishop, 14...

Jacob Sharits, 9, of Fayetteville, rides along the Lake Fayetteville Trail Monday July 5, 2010.

Physicians’ Specialty Hospital’s Collin Richardson, left, receives the throw as Vilonia’s Cameron Di...

Shiloh Christian’s Kiehl Frazier, right, fends off Nashville’s Erin Adams in their Class 4A playoff ...

Fayetteville’s Demetrius Dean, left, avoids Rogers High’s Ben Cabell on his way to a 25-yard gain du...

SUMMER SCRAMBLE Bentonville quarterback Pearson Gean scrambles for yards against Conway on Sept. 4 i...

Physicians’ Specialty Hospital’s Devin Bench receives the throw at first base as Vilonia’s Brad Thom...

President Barack Obama listens to Dennis Hartman as they look at rechargeable car batteries during h...

Officials to rename part of North Shiloh Drive

Breanna Pena, 3, waves to her mother Wednesday while singing and dancing during preschool story time...

Central Junior High School principal Darrell Watts talks Wednesday about the renovation project at t...

Chuck Bame of Rogers works on a vintage Coca-Cola mural Wednesday on the south side of the Davis bui...

Marine biologist Wayne Brown of Irvine, Calif., demonstrates how to use an underwater scooter Wednes...

Natalie Casey, park interpreter at Withrow Springs State Park, pauses at an overlook along War Eagle...

Russ Tonkinson of Rogers lifts a smallmouth bass from Indian Creek during a 4-mile float trip. The d...

Shelly Ramirez, right, consults with her attorney, Kao Lee, while pleading guilty to theft by decept...

Tony Parsons, left, and Micah Szabo, both architecture students at the University of Arkansas, look ...

David Renko, left, of Sweet Trails, and Cory West of Progressive Trail Design, work on a multiuse tr...

Jim Foy with the Transportation Security Administration inspects luggage Wednesday at Northwest Arka...

Fayetteville assistant baseball coach Scott Williams was named head coach of the school’s golf teams...

Chase Williams, 9, of Fayetteville fishes Wednesday from the dock at Lake Fayetteville while spendin...

Spain's Carles Puyol, second from right, celebrates after scoring a goal during the World Cup semi...

Tian Tian, one of the National Zoo's pandas, appears to wipe his face while eating a fruit popsicle ...

Zack Harris, left, uses a post-hole digger Tuesday so Casmer Wiener can better align a post for a fe...

Clinton Rodriguez, right, and Eric Merida of Genesis Roofing apply a waterproof underlayment Tuesday...

Rebecca Woodard — who recently won first place at the International Dairy, Deli and Bakery Associati...

Lillian Larson, 10, from left, Matthew Larson, 7, and Teddy Larson, 8, take their pick Tuesday of sm...

Construction continues Tuesday on Mount Comfort Road in Fayetteville. The improvement project is due...

Goats occupy a log in an enclosure Tuesday in Greenland, seemingly enjoying the afternoon sunshine. ...

Springdale firefighters respond Tuesday to a house fire at the intersection of Westwood Avenue and C...

Northwest Arkansas’ Mike Moustakas and Corpus Christi first baseman Koby Clemens watch Moustakas’ RB...

Ozark Military Museum volunteers Ted Mack, left, and Bob Kellett, both of Bella Vista, work Tuesday ...

Walmart driver/educator Danny Bailey explains to drivers education students Tuesday the blind spots ...

Bentonville’s Jeremy Jones pitches against Physicians’ Specialty Hospital (Springdale Har-Ber) on Tu...

Workers assisting in cleanup of sand oiled by the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill walk...

A person cools off in spraying water from a fire hydrant in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelp...

Construction is nearing completion for the new retail and parking center at the corner of Garland Av...

Leroy Gitchel, left, uses a torch to cut a section of steel flooring out of a 18 year old empty Spri...

Mike Jochum gives Patrick Gower, 16, a few tips on shooting during prep time before Gower had to sig...

Dan Malloy of Fayetteville installs a neon sign Monday at a Dickson Street restaurant. The National ...

Carmon Humphrey, with Designer Tile and Top, evens out paving bricks for a sidewalk along Second Str...

Springdale High quarterback Joseph Calcagni fires a pass Monday during Northwest Arkansas 7-on-7 Pas...

San Antonio pitching coach Glenn Abbott, right, watches as pitcher Corey Kluber works out before the...

John Cummings, Pendleton, S.C., Anderson Aces coach, watches as shooter Emlynn Shoemaker, 14, fires...

Kandy Johnson, left, and Kim Duell look Thursday through photographs and mementos of their time att...

The Heasley family of Bentonville watches the Fourth of July fireworks display Sunday at Orchards P...

Tom Smith, dean of the college of education and health professions at the University of Arkansas, t...

Bentonville’s Hayden Akins pitches to a Rogers batter Sunday during the 15-year-old division of the...

Gary Thomas with Multicraft Contractors inspects a gas-powered electrical generator Tuesday that us...

Officials from UA’s College of Education and Health Professions, East-Harding Construction and Alli...

A kayaker and a speedboat occupy almost the same spot Sunday on Beaver Lake. Both vessels were crui...

Gravette athletic director Norman Mitchell is eager for teams to begin using a new fieldhouse next ...

Northwest Arkansas’ Mario Santiago throws a pitch to a Corpus Christi batter during Sunday’s game i...

Flying Burrito location on North College Avenue in Fayetteville.

Cancer Challenge beneficiary Kathy Glaze, from right, her mother Gerry Chnieclewski and sister Diane...

Stephanie Jenkins of Chapter CL in Bentonville and Julie Gaddy of Chapter BH in Fayetteville have be...

Chris Jamison, right, with Stellar Fireworks of Wichita, Kan., talks about what it takes to prepare ...

Pyrotechnicians fire off a display June 18 at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale. Hours of preparation ar...

Derek and Jennifer Gibson, from right, Don and Carol Lynn Gibson, Hook and Adriane Harmerling and Da...

Pete and Shirley Esch, front, are joined by Sheryl and Ron Chomiuk, from left, and Kathy and George ...

Scott and Kristen Caldwell, from left, and Keri Ellis enjoy The Cancer Challenge.

Steven Preaus, left, holds his daughter, Murphy, as he orders lunch from Omar Sandoval, swing manage...

Al and Dorothy Hanby, from left, and Diane and Bob Shaw help support the Ryan Gibson Foundation on J...

Jackson L. Graves Foundation Managing Director Mitzi Traxson, from right, Karen Gartside, Shannon Mc...

Jackson L. Graves Foundation co-founders Angie and James Graves, from left, visit with Kristin Evans...

The Cancer Challenge governing board member Wayne and Diane Callahan enjoy Friday Night Lights on Ju...

Friends Ron Hutchins and Sandy Vick, both of Mountain Home, load their belongings Saturday into Hutc...

Signs line the outfield fence of one of the baseball fields Friday at Walker Park in Fayetteville. ...

Traffic passes through the intersection of Garland Avenue and Wedington Drive on Friday in Fayettevi...

Jack Gentry of Rogers cheers Saturday for his grandson, Ben Mulvaney of Tennessee, right, during the...

A group of motorcyclists wait out a light rain Saturday under the roof of the Walton Arts Center on...

A group of motorcyclists ride east Saturday on West Dickson Street in a light rain on the third and ...

Ruth Ireland of Bella Vista rides a float and tosses candy to the crowd during the Bella Vista Patri...

Guy Wilkerson, a member of the 936th Field Artillery’s Battery C activated and sent to Korea in Augu...

Ryan Epp of Fayetteville and his 10-year-old daughter, Addyson Epp, compete Saturday with one anothe...

Jerry Rogers of Rogers sews a Bikes, Blues & BBQ patch to a customer’s leather vest Saturday while w...

Rob Hudson watches his tee shot on No. 8 during Saturday’s round of the Fayetteville Country Club’s ...

Tanner Shoop, front, and Trevor Shoop compete in the team roping competition Friday during the Rodeo...

Jeff Collins works in 2008 at his office in Johnson, where he operates Streetsmart Data Services LLC...

Jeff Collins talks about a Fayetteville apartment-complex project that was never finished on School ...

Jeff Collins and four partners began an apartment complex in 2005 on this 30-acre site near Arkansas...

Jeff Collins and development partner Marc Crandall built Bedford Loop apartments near the University...

A group of development partners that included Jeff Collins paid $2.58 million — $86,000 an acre — in...

Kristen Park putts on the No. 6 green Friday during the final round of the AJGA Rolex Tournament Of...

Alex Wright of Virgen, Utah, rides Jacob in the saddle bronc competition Thursday during the Rodeo ...

Carl Swedlund of Pinnacle Air Services refuels a jet Wednesday at the Springdale Municipal Airport....

Fayetteville Fire Department personnel work Friday to contain a diesel spill at the intersection of...

Andrew Woody, one of 11 recruits in the Rogers Basic Police Academy, swings a kettlebell Friday out...

Two riders makes their way east on West Dickson Street during the second day of the Bikes, Babes & ...

Traffic passes through the intersection of Garland Avenue and Wedington Drive on Friday in Fayettev...

Lauren Zeeck, 7, delivers hammer fists and kicks Friday to “abductor” Sgt. Thomas See at the Walton...

Michael Felix raises his hands in victory after besting five other competitors in a no-hands apple ...

Sandra Dartanian of Bentonville shows a robot dog firework Wednesday at the Rainbow Fireworks stand...

Georgia athletic director Damon Evans leaves a news conference in Athens, Ga., Thursday, July 1, 20...

Jeannie Burlsworth (at right) and Brean Schoultz, both with Secure Arkansas, sort through boxes of s...

U.S. Unemployment Rate June 2009 - June 2010

President Barack Obama makes a statement about the economy at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, J...

FILE — John Fleming poses for a photograph June 3, 2004. Wal-Mart announced Friday, July 2 that Flem...

The state Board of Health approved an emergency ban on the K2 and and other synthetic marijuana subs...

Bobby Mote of Culver, Ore., rides Wild Flower in the bareback riding competition at the Rodeo of the...

Fayetteville’s Tim Scarbrough safely makes it to second base as Springdale’s Holden Thronton receiv...

Springdale’s Matt Kimbel bats against Fayetteville in the Babe Ruth District 5 Tournament for 14-ye...

Arkansas signee Emily Tubert watches her approach shot on No. 6 during Tuesday first round of the Am...

WOOLLY RIDE - Wynn Morgan, 4, competes Thursday in the Mutton Bustin’ competition at the Rodeo of th...

MOTORCYCLE MAMA - Stacey Robinett of Springfield, Mo., gets her camera Thursday from the tour pack o...

PATRIOTIC PARADE - Donna Johnson of Bentonville, a teacher at the Helen Walton Children’s Enrichment...

FIRST THURSDAY - Longtime local artist C.J. Kindy, left, speaks Thursday with artist Victor Parkerso...

HANGING ON - Ashlynn Patrick, 6, tries to hang on to a sheep Thursday during the Mutton Bustin’ comp...

Shooting coach W.B. Merritt of Douglas, Ga., works Thursday with shooter Phaedra Vickers during prac...

Workers build a brick wall Thursday to improve a series of classrooms at Springdale High School. Mon...

RESIDENT RECOGNITION - Rogers Police Chief Steve Hamilton, right, presents Dale Helgeson of Lowell w...

PATRIOTIC PROGRAM - Virginia Stevenson sings “God Bless America” on Thursday during the Innisfree Se...

Megan Witonski, the new superintendent for the Elkins School District, unpacks boxes Thursday at her...

Dirtfoot will release its latest CD, Bone Sessions. Dirtfoot is Daniel Beithaupt (clockwise from top...

Ted and Shawn Morris of Bella Vista watch the Fourth Fest fireworks in 2007 at Memorial Park in Bent...

Banana yogurt is the base for fresh fruit including blueberries, raspberries, kiwi fruit and strawbe...

Classic rocker Ted Nugent, who is also a reality television star, author and gun-rights activist, wi...

Hobbs State Park has the only public rifle and pistol shooting range in the area, where John Ransom ...

Maggie Odgen of Lawrence, Kans., pedals along the Hidden Diversity Multiuse Trail at Hobbs State Par...

Army Corps of Engineers park ranger Alan Bland fishes, hunts, swims and works on Beaver Lake.

FILE- This Aug. 27, 2009 file family photo released by Carl Probyn shows his stepdaughter, Jaycee Le...

Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett debuted the new Nike look for football during a photo shoot in May...

Jules Taylor, left, performs children’s songs Wednesday as part of her Shaky Bugs musical program at...

Workers with Lithko Contracting of Catoosa, Okla., and Liberty Steel in Fort Worth, Texas, build con...

Kristen Gemeiner of Fayetteville dances Wednesday with her 3-year-old daughter Makayla as the two en...

Centerton Police Chief Lance Johnson talks Wednesday about a theft at Jake’s Fireworks in Centerton....

Will Pearson of Memphis, Tenn., watches his tee shot on No. 15 at the AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champ...

Rachel Holt competes in the slack in barrel racing Tuesday at the 66th Annual Rodeo of the Ozarks in...

Jack Hamm, 4, left, and Ty Steele, 5, keep an eye out Wednesday for parade participants throwing can...

Joel Cervantes, custodian at Garfield Elementary School, washes carpets outside the school on Wednes...

James Goodwin of Bella Vista and Janet Estes pass the restored Sedalia, Mo., train depot along the K...

Frogging season opens in Missouri on Wednesday.

Danny Helmer, stadium operations/clubhouse manager for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, prepares the...

Gregory Christopher Decay, left, consults his attorney Jason Horton on Wednesday. Decay, convicted i...

Seth Moore, 9, of Bentonville rides his bike Wednesday along a side trail running parallel to the Cr...

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