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Photos for March 2010

Dean Campbell
Nomkhubulwane, a 10-foot tall elephant made from recycled car tires, is unloaded Wednesday near the ...
Peter Loris, John Logan Burrow and Jennifer Price, member of the Washington County Election Commissi...
Springdale Har-Ber senior Devin Cook, left, fields a low throw to first base as Bentonville sophomor...
Bentonville junior Nathan Bracy, top, heads the ball over Springdale Har-Ber’s Maricio Salas in the ...
Rogers High shortstop Ashley Ferguson, left, reaches to apply the late tag as Fayetteville’s Maddy M...
Jovanny Olson, 4, left, gives new friend Peter Barnard, 5, a push on a swing set Tuesday at Lake Ata...
Rogers Heritage’s Brandon Brzozkiewicz safely steals third base as Fort Smith Northside’s Evan Bell ...
Fayetteville’s Megan Newberry delivers a pitch during the second inning of the Lady Bulldogs’ game w...
Douglas Beecher, office manager for Area Health Educators Centers-Northwest, left, gives a tour Tues...
Serve a tall glass of icy “lemonade” to unsuspecting sippers on April Fools’ Day. Lemon-flavored gel...
Mario Borciaga smooths fresh concrete Tuesday in a footing at the Ernie Lawrence Ice Skating/Splash ...
Benton County deputy prosecutor Kip Whittemore, left, walks out of the courtroom Tuesday after Lowel...
Fayetteville’s Conner Roberts reaches to tag Springdale High’s Matt McDonald at home plate as the um...
Arkansas players participate in a drill during the first day of spring football practice Tuesday in ...
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Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino, pictured here during fall practices in 2009, leads the Razorbacks toda...
Rescue personnel carry Randy Curtis, 46, of Rogers, after pulling him up a cliff near Winslow on Tue...
Deputy public defender Julie Tolleson, left, and Jesus Santiago consult Monday before he pleaded gui...
Springdale High’s Jennifer Howard reaches first base before Farmington’s Kendra Center applies the t...
Benton County and McDonald County, Mo., sheriff’s deputies meet Monday at Arkansas 265 and Patterson...
Manuel Cruz, left, and Miguel Almarez stack bricks pulled up from the intersection of First and Waln...
David Eugene Ruckoldt, 31, sits on the overpass of Interstate 540 and Walnut Street in Rogers on Mon...
Springdale Har-Ber shortstop Aston Long, left, fields the throw from home before tagging out Prairie...
Johnson police Sgt. Bob Selph, right, and Johnson firefighters work the scene of an accident Monday ...
Joshua Lasse, 9, of Fayetteville nearly loses his balance while playing with friends on Monday in Ni...
 Cory Wolf
Alex Elkins, 5, makes it over a backward-revolving jump rope following a shouted count of three Mond...
Bentonville’s Kaisha Arnold delivers a pitch during the Lady Tigers’ 6-5 loss to Farmington on March...
Rogers Heritage’s Brandon Brzozkiewicz gets a hit during the Best Sports Classic on March 11 at Vete...
Cory Wolf
Cory Wolf
 Claudia Hall, 14, focuses her camera while taking a portrait of Haley Zega,15, both of Fayetteville...
 
Tia Thompson,5, and her brother Taylor Thompson,9, go through their Easter eggs Sunday afternoon ...
Lynden Osborn, 3, of Garfield hunts for eggs Sunday in the nursery of the First Baptist Church in Pe...
Jak Kimball, information technology manager for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, manages the ...
Nathan Wilson, of Springdale drives his boat onto a trailer Sunday after fishing at Swepco Lake near...
Margo Acuff reads a book Friday at Turnbow Elementary School that her kindergarten students created.
Margo Acuff reads a book that her kindergarten students created Friday at Turnbow Elementary School ...
Baine Farmer, left, and Hunter Mobley, both with Rogers High School DECA Club, plant shrubs Sunday o...
Brianna Cruz, 3, of Springdale reaches for a candy-filled egg as her mother, Maritza Cruz, right, ur...
Bentonville’s Maddy Goss, right, fights for control of the ball against Green Forest’s Irma Castillo...
Tony Pennington cleans up a pile of garbage outside a home Friday off Evelyn Street in Springdale. P...
 Members of the Benton County School of the Arts’ show choir perform the national anthem Saturday at...

Members of the Benton County School of the Arts' show choir perform the national anthem Saturday a...
 Amber Tejada of Farmington sings the national anthem Saturday at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale. Tej...
 Jonesboro Police Patrolman Sheridan Watts checks the installation and fit of new child safety seats...
 Berni Kurz, extension agent with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture’s Cooperative E...
 Moriah Trollinger, 2, 
of Centerton picks up eggs Saturday during the city’s 4H Egg Hunt at Center...
Benton County Blues player Andrew Hobelman is brought down by Little Rock Central players at Veteran...
A ball is rolled under a scrum between the Benton County Blues and Little Rock Central during a Marc...
Fayetteville’s Kikko Haydar has been selected by Northwest Arkansas Newspapers as the All-Big 6 boys...
Springdale High sophomore Tony Dennis is the All-Big 6 Boys Newcomer of the Year.
Rogers High boys basketball coach Marty Barnes announced his retirement on Monday.
Adam Nobel - Fayetteville
Josh Anderson - Rogers High
Shelton Baird - Springdale High
Curtis Evans - Springdale High
Tony Dennis - Springdale High
Matt Toomer - Springdale Har-Ber
Taylor Cochran - Fayetteville
Kikko Haydar - Fayetteville
Mytaah Crawford - Bentonville
Jonathan Koonce - Bentonville
 Chris Adkins, from left, Dave Adkins and Lorelai Adkins, 6 months, prepare to fly a kite Saturday d...
Miguel Labra, left, and Jose Rodriguez, both 13-year-olds from Springdale, laugh Friday while using ...
SAFE PASSAGE - Jonesboro Police Patrolman Sheridan Watts checks the installation and fit of new chil...
 FLIGHTS OF FANCY - Savanna Harrison, 11, of Berryville, holds a kite in the wind Saturday, during t...
Octavio Sanchez teaches Spanish phrases Saturday to a small group at Bentonville Public Library.
 'Dylan Cornelius, 4, of Fayetteville, flies a kite during the festival.
Danial Estes of Fayetteville locks his bicycle Friday at the Fayetteville Public Library. Estes says...
A Rogers Fire Department ambulance crew loads medical equipment Monday into an ambulance after respo...
Chad Sullivan, the chairman of this year’s Komen Ozark Race for the Cure, sits with his son, Noah, l...
Kristyn Lawson, owner of Urban Bleu Hair Salon, is the chairwoman of the second annual “Walk This Wa...
Chad Sullivan plays with his son Noah as his wife, Jenna, holds their daughter Campbell in the backg...
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX - Artist and photographer Tony Boyd, right, checks out photographs taken by...
Ricco Muro, with the Dairy Queen Orange Julius, hands Haley Laffoon her order Tuesday at Pinnacle Hi...
Schmieding Center community services coordinator Carolyn Wheeler loves to be on the open road with h...
TAKING OUT THE TRASH - Waste Management picks up recyclables on Ladawn Avenue in Springdale on Frida...
Springdale officer Blake Reed gets into his patrol car Tuesday to begin his shift. Area police depar...
Robert Hope of Springdale climbs aboard while launching his boat on Friday at Prairie Creek park. Se...
PATROL OPTIONS - Fayetteville police Cpl. Chris Clardy exits his patrol car, a Ford Crown Victoria, ...
Benton County Sheriff Keith Ferguson.
Benton County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Bevilacqua 
climbs into a Dodge Charger on Friday to go on patr...
A driver with Allied Waste picks up a recycling container Thursday in Bentonville.
Kelley Cradduck
A Lenten cross marks the corner of Arkansas 45 and Hidden Springs Road in Fayetteville. Draped in pu...
Items used in the crucifixion of Jesus will be the focus of a pageant to be presented at the Highlan...
GOOD FRIDAY GRACE’ - Jary Griffith, portraying a Roman centurion, bows at the cross Thursday during ...
Roseanna Falk, right, hands Gracie Terrell a couple of take-out meals on April 15, 2006, prepared fo...
Rogers High’s Morgan Hook, right, drives around Heritage’s Lindsey Wood on Feb. 26 in Rogers.
Bobby Smith won state championships at Fayetteville in 2009 and 2011.
Montana Lewis - Bentonville
Fayetteville guard Sydney Conley brings the ball up the floor during the first half against North Li...
Sydney Conley - Fayetteville
Halee Castleman - Har-Ber
Jasmine Gilyard - Springdale High
Tayor Murphy - Rogers High
Rogers High’s Morgan Hook is the All-Big 6 Player of the Year.
Sierra Shipley - Fayetteville
Clair Childers - Fayetteville
Calli Berna - Fayetteville
Jazmin Coultas - Rogers High
Morgan Hook - Rogers High
UA sophomore Zack Cox at baseball practice
RUSTLIN’ UP SOME TREATS - Treasure Nelson, left, serves Richelle Fry of Springdale samples of sirloi...
CLUB CLIMB - Valeria Terrazas, left, 11, of Elm Springs gets instruction on scaling the climbing wal...
MIDDAY MEAL - Leslie Bennoch of Fayetteville enjoys a quiet lunch at Emelia’s Mediterranean Kitchen ...
Firefighters survey damage to a home at 15562 Lakecrest Drive in the Hickory Creek community on Thur...
FOGGY DRIVE - Cars travel north on Arkansas 265 in Springdale through pools of water left after heav...
Firefighters climb to the roof at 15562 Lakecrest Drive to ventilate the smoke from a fire at the ho...
Deputy Shannon Bailey, with the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, closes out a writ of execution Thurs...
Deputy Shannon Bailey with the Benton County Sheriff’s Office looks through a file cabinet for a wri...
Joe Hutchens
Farmington’s Jason Purdy rebounds the ball over Huntsville’s Tucker Trumbo in the second half on Jan...
Cory Wolf
John Brown
Blake Whittle, a student hydrotech with the U.S. Geological Survey, uses an acoustic Doppler velocim...
Farmington guard Jason Purdy, left, and Huntsville guard Bailey Counts battle for a loose ball benea...
Less than two weeks after playing on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” the California based Christia...
The touring production of Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein,” a musical which had a successful run on ...
Easily recognizable comedy and music entourage Blue Man Group will come to the Walton Arts Center fr...
The Corner Omelet is served with hash brown potatoes and an English muffin at the ROTC/Grill in Faye...
BEATLEMANIA - Fans who did not get enough of the show Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles will have the o...
Singer-songwriter, bluesman and vocalist Joe Bonamassa will visit the Walton Arts Center on Saturday...
Sisters Molly and Carter, 1-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, will be greeting visitors to th...
The Grand Staircase in Titanic Museum Attraction is a fullscale replica of the ship’s interior. The ...
GO FIGURE - This oil painting by Robert Ross will have many complementary companion pieces in his sh...
South Pacific at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center
The Lincoln Center touring production of “South Pacific” comes to the Walton Arts Center for eight s...
Stamps are the starting point for the intrigue of TheatreSquared’s “Mauritius.” Pictured are, clockw...
Wrestlemania's The Undertaker
Wrestlemania's Batista
Construction crews meet Monday in the lobby of the new addition of Springdale High School.
Jose Velasquez cleans the floors Monday of the lobby in the new addition of Springdale High School.
A customer pulls into a parking spot Tuesday at a retail center at 4500 W. Walnut St. in Rogers. Pat...
Stephanie Garst, owner of Kupcakes and More in downtown Bentonville, moves baking sheets around in h...
Lisa Mullins, a White River fishing guide, shows a 19-inch walleye that bit a jointed lure trolled b...
Tim Scott, assistant park superintendent, pedals his mountain bike along Lee Creek at Devil’s Den St...
Fayetteville Mayor Lioneld Jordan, left, delivers a meal Wednesday to O.J. Daniel, 92. Jordan was pa...
Sarah Gibson, a Fayetteville police officer, installs a child safety seat in a vehicle Wednesday dur...
John Harrington, with the Bentonville Parks and Recreation Department, paints a new score booth Wedn...
Michael Dowd, a Benton County Sheriff’s office employee, installs a child safety seat in a vehicle W...
Prairie Grove’s Kendra Coyle drives to the basket against Shiloh Christian on Jan. 5 in Prairie Grov...
 
Chef Nick Jones, coordinator for culinary learning for Northwest Arkansas Community College, Wedn...
Cory Wolf, 31, 5’9”, 170 pounds, is considered armed and dangerous. He was the driver of a vehicle t...
Benton County Sheriff’s deputies D. Winn and Corey Coggin, deputies first class, watch the car and s...
 
Kayla Phillips, 9, shapes her tissue flower project while her mother, Kathy Robinson, both of Spr...
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Volunteer Loyd Swope of Lincoln takes calls during KUAF's ...
Jacob Brown, 4, of Gravette smiles Tuesday as he gets his picture taken inside a photo booth at The ...
Robert Rakes washes his truck Tuesday outside his Rogers home. Rakes wanted to save a little bit of ...
An early clock radio by Zenith is one of more than 450 radios in Nancy and Bill Goliff’s collection.
Caroline Stewart, 7, of Fayetteville puts the finishing touches on her papier mache beetle Tuesday d...
Mystique Taylor, 10, of Fayetteville competes in an obstacle course race Tuesday at the Yvonne Richa...
Elkins senior Andrew Brink, left, shakes hands with Elkins football coach Aaron Clark after signing ...
Darren Hill lets fly with a long drive Tuesday through a tree-choked section of the disc golf course...
Todd Grubbs, left, and Justin Lantz of Amp Sign & Banner smooth out the last wrinkles Tuesday in a b...
Rogers Heritage wrestling coach Randy Steen led his War Eagles to their first state wrestling champi...
Rogers Heritage sophomore Paxon Fowler won his second straight state title on Feb. 20.
Gentry’s Tanner Coy is the All-Northwest Arkansas Newcomer of the Year after he finished third in th...
Arkansas pitcher TJ Forrest picked up the win in Arkansas' 3-2 victory against McNeese State on Tues...
 
U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Ark., announces his campaign to run for the Republican nomination for U...
 
April Oldham watches as her 20-month-old son, John Oldham, sleds down the hill Monday in front of...
 
Liviyah (cq) Blackmon (center), 8, of Bentonville and other students stand up on their toes while...
Destiny Arevalo, 7, awaits rescue by her mother, Melissa Arevalo, Monday from her perch on top of a ...
Harrison Strouse of Springdale reads a graphic novel Monday at the Springdale Public Library. The li...
Cpt. Nolan Jones, with the Lowell Fire Department, looks at damage Monday caused by a fire at a hous...
Lauren Hogue, 7, scores nine of 10 pins Monday at Rogers Bowling Center. Lauren and others from the ...
Adam Booker, center, and girlfriend Amy Wolfe walk back to the Fayetteville square through snow alon...
Cody Brown, 7, plays on snow that is already beginning to melt Monday in front of the Bentonville Pu...
Fayetteville sophomore Jenny Holtzen was selected the All-Northwest Arkansas Girls Swimmer of the Ye...
Bentonville junior Pearson Gean was named the All-Northwest Arkansas Boys Swimmer of the Year.
Springdale High junior Sarah Chewning was named the All-Northwest Arkansas Girls Diver of the Year.
Siloam Springs senior Bryan Adair was selected the All-Northwest Arkansas Boys Diver of the Year.
Dr. Mark Miller, owner of TruHealth Family Care in Fayetteville, speaks Monday about his health care...
The pool of Arkansas Coach Bobby Petrino's assistant coaches received a slight bump in overall pay, ...
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The old Washington County Courthouse is visible behin...
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Large snow flakes are visible as a snow plow heads no...
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Husband and wife Stan Sasser(front) and Snow Winter-S...
Fayetteville’s Demetrius Dean competes Thursday in the shot put at the Tiger Relays in Bentonville.
Springdale Har-Ber’s Mauricio Salas, right, moves the ball upfield as Fort Smith Southside’s Gustavo...
Blake Collins, 9, right, and his 6-year-old brother, Zach, center, work with their father, Korey Col...
Ed Osoris of Springdale and his 7-year-old daughter, Sydney, ride an inflatable pool toy down a hill...
Russell Robinson, band director at Springdale High School, conducts the band as they get a first loo...
Rogers Parks and Recreation Department employee Kyle Dixon clears snow Sunday from the entrances to ...
Rogers High third baseman Alex Shelor, top, tries to tag Har-Ber’s Brandon Jansen out during the six...
Mick Frus, left, and friend Brian Larsen visit while playing with their dogs Sunday in deep snow on ...
Rose Millwee of Fayetteville sits with her dog, Maximus, as she attempts to return her car to her pa...
Bentonville junior Alyssa Hymas, top, battles with Fort Smith Northside sophomore Taylor Mulhern for...
Jan Smith walks her 5-month-old dog Gypsy along Southwest “E” Street during Sunday’s heavy snowfall ...
Pete Child takes a spill trying to sled on very wet snow Sunday in front of Bethel Baptist Church in...
Lakin Grigg, left, shoots as Hannah Banning defends during the AAO Top 25 Camp Saturday at the All S...
Taylor Thompson, right, battles with Warren Leapheart for a loose ball Saturday during the AAO Top 2...
Lillian Larson, 11, gasps when a wooden structure she is helping to build begins to fall at a practi...
Snow slicks roads in the Fayetteville area Sunday morning.
A pedestrian tries to stay dry while walking along Duncan Avenue in Fayetteville as an ice and snow ...
Greg Blahut and Walnut Farm Montessori School Director Judy Dunn, from left, visit with Jennifer and...
 Joe Fancher, general manager of Brunner & Lay Inc. in Springdale holds a coupler made at the Spring...
 Connie Williams, left, hugs her secretary, Jodie Marsh, in the Springdale High School counseling of...
 Connie Williams stands for a portrait in the halls of Springdale High School on March 1. Williams h...
 Rebecca Wheeley of Rogers was crowned Miss UA Fort Smith on March 13 in the annual event that is a ...
CASA Executive Director Crystal Vickmark, from left, Development Director Shea Renfroe, Construction...
 Art Experience committee members Patrick and Tammy Varney, from left, Lee Magnuson and Ken Radecki ...
  NWACC Communication and Art faculty members Joann Lacey, from left, Cindy Wiseman, Carol Cooper, D...
 Court Appointed Special Advocates supporters Martin Swope, from left, Julie and Riley Shearin, Shaw...
  Andres Lopez and Martha Trevino Lopez, from left, visit with Manuel Haro and Arantxa Castillo-Haro...
 New Director of Crystal Bridges 
Museum of American Art Don Bacigalupi, second from left, and Asso...
 Lauren Dockery, from left, Aricka Lewis, Shaybrean Baker and Essence Baker were among the eight deb...
 Amahni Howell, from left, Lauren Potts, Rachael Taylor and Melanie Monts were among the debutantes ...
 
Kathy and Ted Wade, from left, and Debby Furry help support CASA at the March 13 Construction Bas...
The substance known generically as spice is a controversial product marketed under brand names such ...
Chuck Harris with the Springdale Public Works Department tills a plot of land Friday on McCollough D...
PROM PREP - Volunteer Jill Hollis of Fayetteville sorts through a rack of prom dresses while looking...
STATION SHORT STACK - Assistant chief Wayne Foster of the Farmington Fire Department, right, serves ...
Dallas Harris, left, and employee Mark Zebley unpack a shipment of T-shirts Friday at Overlooked in ...
Shaila Witt and hundreds of others ignored deteriorating weather Saturday to look for bargains at th...
BARGAIN HUNTERS - Gerry Farnsworth, left, reaches to pay Jeanne Reif for a clown doll Saturday at th...
Miguel and Maricela Hernandez, center, stand outside their house in Springdale with their children, ...
Miguel and Maricela Hernandez of Springdale are smiling despite the 13-month ordeal they faced tryin...
The Hernandez family from left, Aaron, Maricela, Miguel, and Rudy sit in the apartment Wednesday the...
Miguel Hernandez hugs son Rudy on Wednesday at the apartment the family is renting in Springdale.
 Springdale High’s Shelton Baird, right, shoots over Rogers High’s Casey Caton during the first half...
 Rogers High’s Anthony Bazz competes Thursday in the hurdles at the Tiger Relays in Bentonville.
 Rogers High guard Morgan Hook, left, shoots against Fayetteville in the second half of a Feb. 16 ga...
 Fayetteville junior Casey O’Brien redirects the ball during the second half of the Lady Bulldogs’ 4...
 Fayetteville’s Kikko Haydar drives to the lane during a 7A-West Conference game against Fort Smith ...
 Bentonville guard Montana Lewis hits a free throw during a Feb. 2 game against Rogers High in Bento...
WEATHER GADGET - Anthony Newman, 13, right, wets the end of a thermometer as part of a sling psychom...
PUPPY POWER - Wyatt Waggoner, 4, of Elkins plays Friday with his puppy, Charlie, in Bunch Park in El...
SWING INTO SPRING - Caleb Brummett, 3, gets a push on a swing Friday from cousin Ben Masten, 9, at D...
NOTHING FOUND - Several Fayetteville Police Department vehicles park along the entrance to Holt Midd...
Greenland High School students from left, Bret Arnold, Dustin Oakes, Evan Johnson, Ryan DuChanois an...
NORTHWEST HEALTH SYSTEM - Pedestrians walk to and from the main entrance Friday of the Northwest Med...
Stephanie McConnell
BACK ON THE STREETS - A crew with the Springdale Street Department pave a section of the road Tuesda...
A ‘GRIMM’ EVENT - Costumed second-graders look to The Hunchback, played by teacher Ilena Davis, for ...
 Northwest Health System CEO Doug Arnold spoke to the crowd on hand for the Grand Opening of Care Ex...
 University of Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long listens as former coach Nolan Richardson talks t...
 Farmington shortstop Michaela Larabee, left, collides with Springdale’s Laura Worthen after tagging...
 Bentonville’s Mitchell Mawby, left, steals second against Miami, Okla., player Matt Walker during F...
 Bentonville’s Ryan Harralston dives for third base too late to avoid the tag by Miami’s Jordan Hess...
 Rogers Heritage’s Zac Stewart pitches to a Neosho, Mo., batter during a game Friday at Veterans Par...
 Rogers Heritage’s Hunter Wood gets a forceout on Neosho, Mo., runner Alex Wise at Veterans Park in ...
 Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett throws during the second quarter of the Razorbacks’ Oct. 3 game a...
 A goddess figurine necklace hangs on display during a figurine-making workshop March 6 at the Godde...
 Derek Warren of Anderson, Mo., tells a funny story Sunday during “Laughter Sunday” at First United ...
 Cheryl Walsh, right, checks out a goddess figurine that her daughter, Ella Walsh, 5, made while tak...
 Deena Eckel of Fayetteville made this goddess figurine March 6 during the Creating Clay Goddesses w...
 Tiffiney Voorhees of Fayetteville sculpts a goddess figurine March 6 during the Creating Clay Godde...
First Tee of Northwest Arkansas' Mike Shea loves to sit and watch the bald eagles from the backyard ...
Doug Arnold
Rogers High’s Erica Owens leads the 3,200-meter relay Thursday during the Tiger Relays at Bentonvill...
Rogers High’s Chase Graham lands in the sand during the triple jump competition Thursday at the Tige...
Springdale Har-Ber’s Shawn Sayarinh clears the bar during the pole vault competition at the Tiger Re...
Fayetteville’s Cassidy Cunningham clears a hurdle Thursday at the Tiger Relays in Bentonville.
Bentonville’s Ben Nichols leads the final leg of the 3,200-meter relay Thursday during the Tiger Rel...
Springdale Har-Ber’s Jorge Gonzalez, left, sprints to make a shot on the goal as Fort Smith Northsid...
CONFERENCE COLLISION - Rogers Heritage’s Alex Smith, left, and Fayetteville sophomore Ashley Davidso...
Bentonville freshman Lauren Cowgur, right, battles with Fort Smith Northside junior Katie Fulmer for...
Bentonville’s Rylea Wallace, top, battles with Fort Smith Northside’s Libby Fulmer for the ball duri...
GAINING GROUND - Angel Acosta with the Jones Center cleans a flower bed outside the Harvey Jones Hea...
Madison County emergency responders look over the scene of a small airplane crash Thursday afternoon...
GRASS ROOTS - Meagan Lipscomb, a horticulturist with the Bentonville Parks and Recreation Department...
SHOW OF FLAGS - Barbara Aguirre of Rogers American Legion Post raises state and American flags Thurs...
ACING THE COMPETITION - Bentonville, West Fork and Farmington high schools compete Thursday in the A...
HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW - Rogers firefighter Marc Dyer gets a buzz cut from Sheila Mounce on Thurs...
Michael McDowell
TRAINING TOWER - Don Lawson with the Siloam Springs and Gallatin Fire Departments climbs a two-story...
Bentonville High School's Hunter Gab, from right, Annie Barry, and Alex Eng, wait to answer a questi...
John David Lindsey
Ashley Roberts, a University of Arkansas student, walks with her dog, Porter, on Thursday at the Chi...
PAINTING THE TOWN - David Bolkins, 6, a first-grader at The New School in Fayetteville, helps to pai...
Cheryl Kanning
Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo., begins Spring Break Days this weekend with the unveiling of the ...
The Judges Platter at Ralph’s Pink Flamingo BBQ in Fort Smith comes with sliced brisket, pork ribs, ...
At Har-Ber Village in Grove, Okla., visitors can step into the past thanks to the legacy of the late...
Duane “Dog” Chapman is the star of the A&E network’s reality show “Dog the Bounty Hunter.” The forme...
ARTIST’S RECEPTION - A painting by Dorylyn Thomas will be given away during her artist’s reception f...
Katie Kimrey shows off her raver fashion and will be on the catwalk during an alternative fashion sh...
Models display some of the styles that will be on the catwalk during an alternative fashion show ton...
Bull and cow elk roam a pasture near Ponca. The elk at 
right wears a transmitter collar for resear...
STORYTELLERS - Nickelodeon’s “Storytime Live!” will be on stage at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday & 11 a.m., 3 p....
Logan Walz of Springdale takes his turn playing the cat in a cat-and-mouse parachute game at the Jon...
Country singer Dierks Bentley performs "Feel That Fire", the title song from his latest CD, during h...
Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn, left, leads the Razorbacks to a tough opening series in the SEC this w...
 An amphibian aircraft crashed near the Huntsville airport at 1:00p.m. Thursday.
 An amphibian aircraft crashed near the Huntsville airport at 1:00p.m. Thursday.
 An amphibian aircraft crashed near the Huntsville airport at 1:00p.m. Thursday.
 An amphibian aircraft crashed near the Huntsville airport at 1:00p.m. Thursday.
An amphibian aircraft crashed near the Huntsville airport at 1:00p.m. Thursday.
Matthew Petty
Traffic is congested Wednesday on Township Street in Fayetteville. The project to widen and resurfac...
Jamie Coker
FITNESS TEST - Matt Morrow simulates dragging an injured firefighter Wednesday during the physical f...
ALL SMILES - Collin Sims, 7, a first-grader at Bellview Elementary School in Rogers, waves to his pa...
GREENING UP - Carl Myers of Rogers, left, plants bushes Wednesday while Gary McCarty digs holes for ...
John Cody
A hen and chicks plant is offered for sale at the Fayetteville nursery. Cold weather-loving plants s...
PLANT PREP - Blake Ritter of White River Nursery on Huntsville Road in Fayetteville moves a tray of ...
Dimas-Martinez
CARDBOARD CONVEYOR - Jay Louviere, left, and Kyle Kallstrom load cardboard onto a conveyor belt Wedn...
PAINT REMOVAL - Jeff Sullivan, right, and Chris Banja with Blue Water Pools of North Little Rock rem...
HERITAGE’S HERO - Rogers Heritage’s Reed Brown, right, is congratulated by teammates after hitting a...
Alex Sullivan is playing superbly at third base for Bentonville.
Rogers High’s Spencer Dunlop, left, dribbles around teammate Julian Tietze during practice Wednesday...
Bentonville’s Tyler Trudo competes in the triple jump during the 2009 Mountie Relays.
Har-Ber High School’s Valerie Reina hopes her focus on the season helps her produce results on April...
A kayak breaks ice in a cove at Lake Leatherwood.
Warren Cunningham of Springdale paddles his kayak near a stand of cattails on the upper end of Lake ...
Doug Powell admires a waterfall that spills from the Lake Leatherwood dam.
Warren Cunningham, Judy Combs, center, and Pat Costner enjoy their 4-mile hike around Lake Leatherwo...
Paddlers, from left, Judy Combs, Pat Costner, Warren Cunningham and Doug Powell glide past the Lake ...
The hand-cut limestone dam at Lake Leatherwood in Eureka Springs was built in the 1940s. Hikers, fro...
Stephan Richardson of Springdale shows his trophy after winning the gobbling division of the Nationa...
White bass are even more fun to catch on a fly rod.
Leverett Elementary School Principal Cheryl Putnam listens to a recording of the Superman radio show...
Margret Blair, 7, of Fort Worth walks among some ducks and Canada geese Tuesday afternoon at Murphy ...
Biologist Mitch Wine (left) with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and John Harris of the Arkansas ...
Jessica Vazquez delivers a pitch during Tuesday’s game for Rogers Heritage against Bentonville.
Rogers High catcher Jake Rylee tags Har-Ber’s Brandon Jansen out at home in the sixth inning of the ...
Trish Upshaw puts the finishing touches on a St. Patrick’s Day bouquet Tuesday preparing for deliver...
Helpings of three potluck selections are shown: Eclair Cake, Hearty Irish Beef Stew and Neiman-Marcu...
Some newspaper staff members opted to enjoy a potluck meal last week in honor of the upcoming St. Pa...
Stephanie Mertz, left, holds their 1-year-old son, Samuel, as her husband, James, right, plays with ...
Austin Lowery, a senior at Har-Ber High School, practices spot welding Tuesday during Northwest Tech...
Fayetteville’s Austin Murders looks to gain possession of the ball after colliding with Springdale H...
Fayetteville’s Clarke Smithson tags Fort Smith Northside’s Blake Brodie out at first base during 7A-...
Blake Ceola walks away from his car Tuesday in a free parking lot off of Dickson Street. Ceola is a ...
A pedestrian walks Tuesday near flowers in bloom in Wilson Park in Fayetteville. Blossoms are poppin...
Aubryn Redmond, 4, plays a give-and-take game of chase and fetch Tuesday with her pug, Olive, at Bar...
Marine Corps Staff Sgt. John Cheze carries the U.S. flag Tuesday to be presented to the Northwest Ar...
After tagging a Fort Smith Southside runner out, Bentonville first baseman Arthur Flowers throws to ...
Area educators view a U.S. history timeline on display in the Leverett Elementary School hallways du...
Ryan McQuade, 12, of Houston kicks a soccer ball back to his father while enjoying the warm weather ...
Shiloh Christian’s David Petrino, right, meets Josh Salsbury at home plate after Salsbury scored aga...
Mary Claire Gill, 6, a first-grader at Bernice Young Elementary School in Springdale, pets a horse h...
Rogers Heritage’s Lauren Bundy, right, scores before being tagged by Siloam Springs catcher Ashley L...
Kelly Fields, a fifth-grader at Grace Hill Elementary School in Rogers, wins a contest Monday by han...
Robert McGowen, deputy coordinator for the Benton County Department of Emergency Management, stands ...
Danny Cahill, who lost 239 pounds to win the eighth season of “The Biggest Loser,” speaks Monday to ...
Peaches Coleman, left, and Krista Khone talk with the new director of Crystal Bridges Museum of Amer...
Bentonville second baseman Meg McGuirt, left, applies the late tag as Farmington’s Teighlor Williams...
Gentry shortstop Cody Stewart, left, reaches to apply the late tag as Farmington’s Spencer Boudrey s...
A cyclist's mirrors the colors found in the flowers in Wilson Park as he rides on North Prospect Str...
Arkansas Coach John Pelphrey gives instructions to his team March 11 at the Southeastern Conference ...
Washington County Sheriff’s Deputy Taylor Reed grimaces in pain after being shot by a stun gun while...
University of Arkansas short stop Tim Carver tags out Wisconsin-Milwaukee Shaun Wegner out at second...
Bentonville starter Josh Bonds delivers a pitch during the Tigers’ game Wednesday against Siloam Spr...
Bentonville High School senior Ashlynn Newberry works with an industrial grade engineering program c...
Eric Sifuentes, left, and Emely Martinez enjoy some free time Thursday at the Early Childhood Center...
Caroline Kelley with the Rogers High School Business Academy speaks Friday at City Hall to area offi...
Scott Sanders of Fayetteville, foreground, fishes for walleye and white bass in the White River on S...
GED students, from left, Amanda McAnally, Steven Poplin II and Seth Adams stand in front of the Adul...
Kelly Lange, 13, takes a compass bearing for one leg of a complicated one-mile course around Memoria...
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YOUTH LEADERSHIP - James Harter, 15, of Fayetteville, reads over material Saturday during the 2010 A...
CHEMICAL SPILL - Fayetteville firefighter Larry Balding pulls firehose Saturday as a precaution as o...
NOT-SO-SMOOTH FINISH - Ryan Smith, 10, left, reacts as his car crashes at the finish line while fell...
Heather Edmonson, 9, clutches a Red Bud sapling that she hopes to plant Saturday at Murphy Park afte...
WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN - Bob White of Rogers makes a bet Saturday during the Texas Hold ‘Em Charity...
HEALTHY HIT - Aaron Logan smacks a tennis ball Saturday at the Yvonne Richardson Center during a com...
Jeff Ketcher holds a handful of densified recycled plastic material Thursday at the new AERT recycli...
Husband and wife team Patricia Relph and Roger Gross have spent 37 years working together on stage a...
NAN News Flash members Steve Caraway, Skip Descant, Rose Ann Pearce, Lana Flowers, Jim Mears, Brett ...
Wynton Marsalis Host Committee members David and Deborah Malone, from left, visit with Nancy and Dic...
2010 Komen Ozark grant recipients Brian Holt, from left, Gay Prescott, Cyndi Bilyeu, Rebekah BIlling...
Don Bland, from left, talks with Elizabeth and Gerald Jordan at the reception preceding the Jazz at ...
Steven Hinds is chairman for the Washington Regional gala committee.
Komen Ozark grant recipients Anita Engert, from left, Donna Graham, Tracey Harris, Holly Gillies, Da...
Members of Are You Smarter Than a Hog? first-place winners, the Einswines, are Dave Bercan, from lef...
Susan G. Komen Ozark Executive Director Alison Levin, center, stands with 2010 Race for the Cure Cha...
Are You Smarter Than a Hog? fundraiser chairwoman Lisa Will, from right, talks with keynote speaker ...
AERT ADVANCES - Marcus Kirk moves barrels of plastic to be recycled Thursday at the new AERT recycli...
Shiloh Christian’s Josh Salsbury looks toward home plate during Saturday’s game against Springdale H...
MCDONALD’S INVITATIONAL - Springdale High’s Evan McCarville, right, is congratulated by teammates an...
Michelle Wie signs autographs after finishing her first round in the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Champion...
Fayetteville coach Bobby Smith reacts to a series of turnovers during the second overtime of the Lad...
Fayetteville guard Sierra Shipley, right, loses control of the ball as North Little Rock’s Lexus Wil...
Fayetteville coach Barry Gebhart reacts as a foul is called during the second half of the Bulldogs’ ...
Fayetteville senior Adam Nobel, right, has the ball knocked from his hands by Conway senior Preston ...
Angler Ray Scheide of Dover, AR holds up the last fish in his limit during the final weigh-in for th...
Rogers Heritage starter Hunter Wood pitches to a Van Buren batter Saturday during the Best Sports Cl...
Volunteers Tess Spencer 11, from left, Katie Barger, 12, and Alexandra Lopez, 11, plant a green ash ...
Volunteers Tess Spencer 11, from left, Katie Barger, 12, and Alexandra Lopez, 11, plant a green ash ...
P.J. Langford shows a photo of her daughter killed by a drunk driver. The driver is seeking a pardon...
Tham Vo, left, with the U.S. Census Bureau, takes a picture of Juan Carlos Ocamas and Celia Ocamas d...
Geoff Rahmer of Bentonville stretches and warms up Saturday before the start of the Bentonville Half...
PATRIOTIC PAUSE - Jennifer LaPerre, of Bentonville, bottom center, listen as the national anthem is ...
Trinkets promoting the 2010 census include flying discs, toothbrushes, highlighters, calendars, note...
Tyson Foods CEO Donnie Smith, left, speaks with Don Tyson, right, at the Tyson Corporate office in S...
Lisa Clayton, Culinary Team Member with Tyson Foods, serves a bowl of Tomato Basil soup during a sam...
Arkansas coach John Pelphrey reacts as he watches from the bench in Nashville at the Southeastern Co...
Construction workers and representatives with Arkansas Western Gas dig a hole Friday to shut off a n...
Alex Salas, 15, trumpeter with the Central Junior High School Symphonic Band, practices silently Fri...
Dixie Ambroes, left, points out geological features on the Beaver Lake shoreline during a training c...
Angie Knox, Casey Wolfe’s cousin from Harrisonville, Mo., looks over silent auction items Friday dur...
Alice Mann, senior consultant with the Alban Institute, speaks Monday during a workshop at the Small...
Hayden Woods, a junior at Alma High School, explains his project to judges Friday at the Northwest A...
Springdale High shortstop Bryce Neal tags out Berryville baserunner Austin Lehr at second base Frida...
Rogers High’s Natalie Breach heads the ball over Springdale High’s Shirley Izaguirre during the firs...
Kylee Aaron, 10, prepares for the arrival of the Fundred Sous Terre armored truck Friday that will t...
Fayetteville players react after the Lady Bulldogs dropped a 51-46 decision in double overtime to No...
Jim Reavis, chairman of the Washington County Republican Party, draws a ballot position for an absen...
Fayetteville senior point guard Kikko Haydar reacts Friday after the Bulldogs lost to Conway in the ...
Anna Moses checks the fit on her complimentary T-shirt after checking in for the Bentonville Half Ma...
Volunteers raise the east wall of a Habitat for Humanity house Friday at 402 S.W. “B” St. in Bentonv...
Benton County election commissioners Bill Williams, from left, Tim Hutchinson and E.J. Miller draw n...
Scott Street, Mercy Medical Center’s new president and CEO, began his new job Monday. “It’s the perf...
Ron Bender, a Patriot Guard Rider from Broken Arrow, Okla., comforts Sgt. Vincent Owens’ widow, Kait...
Arkansas' Rotnei Clarke (left) and Stefan Welsh in the closing seconds of their 77-64 loss to Georgi...
Cutting Edge Glass artist Beth Erbe tells why she loves to be anywhere looking at her stained glass ...
 Joe Beckford, right, and Paul Minnitti, both with Electrical Resources of Centerton, prepare to mov...
 Melissa Endicott, 18, of Rogers, smiles Thursday while being recognized as the 2010 Youth of the Ye...
 Rogers Heritage’s Grant Driver slides under Conway’s Tyler Langley after beating the throw to third...
 Fayetteville senior guard Sierra Shipley, right, drives past Mountain Home’s Nicole Bolt during the...
 Fayetteville’s Colton Primm, center, lays the ball up for two points over Bentonville’s Tyler Hagga...
 Bentonville’s Asia Patterson, left, stays close to Rogers High’s Adriana Aguilar during the 4x800-m...
 Hot Club of Cowtown, “the best swinging jazz and Western swing band since the Hot Club of 
France ...
 Fayetteville’s Tevin Whitney competes in the high jump at the Springdale Invitational on Thursday.
 Kylie Parker, 9, center, and Montana McClelland, 10, right, both fourth-graders at Root Elementary ...
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 Fayetteville High School students, parents and faculty give the boys...
 Will Hanna, Benton County fire marshal and coordinator of the Benton County Convenience Center, tal...
 Will Hanna, Benton County fire marshal and coordinator of the Benton County Convenience Center, tal...
Arkansas, U.S. jobless rates
   James Robbins, Ph.D., Director of Child Health services Research with the Department of Pediatric...
 
Wearing a traditional Bolivian dress, Erin Killeen, stands in line with other models Wednesday fo...
Dru Peacock, right, an instructor with Rogers Little Theater’s Spotlight Studio, works with students...
Sandy Kapka, left, works flies while guide Paul Bobby fishes jigs in an eddy off the main flow of th...
Anglers fish for trout in front of Bull Shoals Dam.
Rainbow trout eagerly pounced flies and jigs worked in eddies and along current seams.
Jason Piper and his daughter, Katelyn, catch crappie at Beaver Lake last October.
Fayetteville’s Megan Newberry delivers a pitch against Greenwood on Wednesday in Fayetteville.
Shayden Flanagan, 18 months, walks through a tunnel Wednesday at Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in F...
Jennifer Hazelrigs, right, checks the spoke tension on Stephen Garner’s mountain bike Wednesday at t...
Fayetteville’s basketball team will play Conway at 7 p.m. Friday in the Class 7A State Championship ...
Paul Bobby, a White River trout fishing guide, shows one of the many rainbow trout that bit flies an...
Luz Martinez, 10, tries to lure buyers to her Fast Frames table Wednesday in the student union at No...
Bentonville’s Chris Scroggins, right, beats the tag by Siloam Springs’ R.J. Castillo on a steal at s...
Rogers High’s Alex Flowers tries to tag out Van Buren’s Alex Dumas during a game Wednesday at Vetera...
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U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., speaks at the opening of her campaign headquarters in Little Rock...
Senior defender Wilmer Mendez is one of seven starters who will return for Springdale Har-Ber this s...
Hunstville’s basketball team will play Jonesboro Westside in the Class 4A State Championship Game Sa...
Rogers Heritage starter Travis Entwisle delivers a pitch during the War Eagles’ benefit game March 2...
Josh Sample is pitching well for the Rogers High Mounties.
Bentonville shortstop Logan Pearson fields a ground ball during Tuesday’s practice near the Tiger At...
HISTORICAL NOTES - Actors, from left, Jason Suel, Jules Taylor and Christy Hall sing during a perfor...
University of Arkansas base runner Collin Kuhn beats the throw to second base as South Dakota State ...
Judge James O. Cox, left, shows off his courtroom to Benton County Judge David Bisbee on Tuesday at ...
STATE OF SPRINGDALE - Bobbi Sue Bowman, left, chats with her friend Terri Edgar, both of Springdale,...
MCTEACHER NIGHT - Greg Sandlin, right, a seventh-grade English and reading teacher at Oakdale Middle...
Mayor Steve Womack
Gunner DeLay
Rickey Lynn Carson
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE - Laura Finn, 18, enjoys the warm weather Tuesday on the lawn of Old Main at the U...
FIELD TRIP - Capt. Larry Burris, left, gives the Benton County justices of the peace a tour Tuesday ...
BEETLE BATH - John Burke washes his wife Ane Burke’s 1961 Volkswagen Beetle on Tuesday at their home...
POLICE PUP - Urgo, a 9-year-old Belgian malinois, relaxes Tuesday while his partner, Rogers Police C...
Gorp Balls, which are packed with peanuts, raisins, dried apricots and sunflower seeds, make for tas...
A pressed sandwich, sometimes called a brick sandwich, spends hours under a weight (like a brick or ...
Casey Wolfe had a tumor removed in October and is finished undergoing radiation treatments and chemo...
Jason W. Pattyson
Pack travel-worthy treats for all your outdoor adventures during National Wildlife Week, which start...
Cancer survivor Casey Wolfe poses with one of her “Casey’s Cancer Posse” team shirts on March 5 at F...
A vehicle drives across the top of Foss Lade dam with a funnel cloud in the background on March 8 in...
Paula Gurwell, an employee of Westwood Gardens on North Thompson Street in Springdale, arranges plan...
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Jerry Don Sykes appears in Judge William Storey’s courtroom Monday for a ...
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Aaron Barron of Farmington, an employee of Sweetser Construction, builds ...
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Fayetteville sophomore Melanie Lee, left, and Bentonville senior Rylea Wall...
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Rogers Heritage’s Phillip Amaya dribbles the ball during practice Monday...
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Springdale High goalkeeper Jose Honesto, right, gets tangled up with S...
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Karla Hernandez, 14, right, reads a text message as her friends look on ...
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R.C. Cowand helps carry a 12-foot sheet of wallboard through a doo...
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Bentonville Parks athletic field crew leader Chris Little uses the...
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Bentonville police officer Guary Morgan demonstrates the use of th...
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Bob Clinard announces his candidacy Monday morning for the office ...
STAFF PHOTO SARAH BENTHAM Elkins’ Lee Holmes hits the ball in the second inning against Shiloh Chris...
 Chuck Decker washes the windows of Bath Junkie on Spring Street in Eureka Springs Monday morning. D...
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Rowan Shelby, 3, of Fayetteville climbs on a piece of play...
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Courtney Montgomery-Burnett (R), her son Elliot, 1, and mo...
The first Bentonville Half Marathon will be at 8 a.m. Saturday, starting and ending at the downtown ...
Fayetteville senior guard Taylor Cochran, center, drives the baseline around North Little Rock senio...
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Risee Chandler, left, tutor with the Springdale School District, laughs ...
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Travis Keeling, front, of Huntsville, and Chuck Johnston of Bella Vist...
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Springdale High goalie Jose Honesto, right, tries to block a shot from...
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Kayla Mounce, 8, left, and her brother, Justin Mounce, 7, both of Sprin...
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Rogers police and fire dispatcher Joe Jacques takes a police emergency...
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About 150 cyclists head south on South School Avenue in Fayetteville on Sun...
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Members of the newly formed band “Ukulelephobe,” from left, Rodney Wilhite...
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Benjamin Allee, 3, makes a long jump Sunday while walking with his...
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Kinna Laju, 14, aims her bow at a target during a physical education cla...
The Old Main playhouse is wired for television and cable, has a built-in desk with shelving, custom ...
Farmington’s Tyler Haskins drives around Jonesboro Westside’s Hunter Mickelson during the first half...
Fayetteville junior guard Claire Childers, left, celebrates with the bench near the end of the Lady ...
Rogers High senior Morgan Hook takes a last-second shot at victory Saturday in a Class 7A State Tour...
Fayetteville forward Sydney Conley goes for a layup in front of Bryant’s Brooke Parish in the second...
Fayetteville guard Kikko Haydar, left, shoots over North Little Rock’s Mike Evans in the second half...
Arkansas freshman DJ Baxendale delivers a pitch during the Razorbacks’ Feb. 23 game against Ball Sta...
Prairie Grove’s Julie Rutherford, left, drives around Lonoke’s Cara Neighbors during the first half ...
Chris Schafer left, and Sam Petersen sing a Civil War era song Saturday about primitive biscuits tit...
SWEET VICTORY - John Stay, right, of Fayetteville celebrates Saturday after eating seven doughnuts i...
Teshia Sander, pharmacy tech at Lowell Pharmacy, scans in a box of cold medicine Wednesday containin...
Eric Burton bandages his thumb Saturday for his role as the Mad Hatter at the Arkansas Anime Festiva...
PICKING UP THE PIECES - Volunteers, from left, Terry Vestal, Chuck Shiver, Steve Roach, Steve Roach ...
SHARED GROUND - Officials and residents break ground Saturday at the Springdale Community Garden on ...
Members of the Northwest Arkansas Historical Association fire a canon Saturday near Elk Horn Tavern ...
Ecologist Sarah Lewis, a member of the Fayetteville City Council, collects organisms Saturday in Col...
Students at Washington Elementary School eat lunch Friday in Fayetteville.
FLYING FLAPJACK - Apple Glen Elementary School third-grader Brad Chu keeps his eye on the pancake Sa...
COUNTER CONUNDRUM - Boxes of cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine are kept behind a counter at L...
Hostess Elise Mitchell, from right, stands with Fayetteville Public Schools Superintendent Vicki and...
Janet Harney, second from left, joins Dance Coalition board members Debby Weiser, left, and Eric Sim...
Fayetteville Public Education Foundation supporters Sara and Jeff Koenig, from left, and Judy and Ja...
Scotch Master Robert Sickler, from left, is joined by Paul and Kim Crawford and Rod Garrison at the ...
Larry and Susan Goodsell enjoy So You Think You Can Dance? on Feb. 27.
Dance Coalition volunteers Melissa Gramlich, from left, Meghan Ashworth and Allison Combs help with ...
Fayetteville Public Education Foundation Board member Lisa Devine, from left, visits with donors Ali...
Cole Fennel demonstrates bouldering at a site in Northwest Arkansas on Feb. 19. The 24-year-old wrot...
Cole Fennel, who turns 24 today, holds a copy of his book, “Rock Climbing Arkansas: Comprehensive Ro...
John and Brandy Overton, with their daughter Sofia Overton, show the Old Main playhouse they built a...
Judge Stacey Zimmerman, from left, talks with Court Appointed Special Advocates board members Stepha...
SAMPLING SOIL - Sara Overton, water quality technician for the Washington County Conservation Distri...
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation supporters Connie Montgomery, from left, Lea Ellen Jones and Carla Chasta...
Wine Opener volunteer Denise Martin, from left, introduces a 5 /2-week-old black Labrador puppy to C...
Michelle McFadden, left, and Allison Brock, co-chairwomen of the third annual Northwest Arkansas Win...
Holly and Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder stand on the porch of the “Sheriff’s Office” playhous...
Arkansas is growing in renown for its high-quality bouldering, which rock climber Cole Fennel demons...
Fennel demonstrates bouldering, a type of low rock climbing that doesn’t use ropes. Fennel authored ...
Chef Miles James, from right, visits with education foundation board members Bruce Armstrong, Greg L...
Walton Arts Center Board President Jeff Schomburger, left, and center President and CEO Peter Lane w...
Shiloh Christian’s Lindsey Roe looks to score inside against Stuttgart’s Raven Sims during the first...
Arkansas pitcher Drew Smyly allowed 2 runs on 5 hits with 1 walk and 6 strikeouts in 6 innings of wo...
PURIM CELEBRATION - Rabbi Jack Zanerhaft and his wife, Cantor Debbye Zanerhaft, read from the bimah ...
Dr. Lance Faddis, from left, Dr. Bob Wilson and Dr. Jacob Kaler wait to speak Sunday to the congrega...
Dr. Adam Maass speaks Sunday to the congregation of First Baptist Church in Rogers about his experie...
Phillip Freeman, right, takes a picture of Vinny Phahurat, second from left, with Rogers High cross ...
Rogers High’s Jazmin Coultas goes up for a shot against Conway on Friday during a quarterfinal game ...
Fayetteville junior Anne Mitchell, right, takes a shot on goal as Bryant junior Sarenity Gomez defen...
Fayetteville’s Colton Primm takes a shot Thursday against Springdale High during a quarterfinal game...
Green Forest goalie Elicia Hankins dives to stop a shot on goal attempt by Bentonville’s Kennedy Cab...
Springdale Mayor Doug Sprouse, left, and Sam Goade, director of Springdale Public Works, inspect a p...
SUBMERGED SEDAN - Lt. Brian Comstock of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office checks the interior o...
APPRECIATION LUNCH - Campus patrolman Steve Tosh speaks Friday at the annual NorthWest Arkansas Comm...
Springdale Mayor Doug Sprouse, left, and Sam Goade, director of Springdale Public Works, watch Monda...
COLLEGE TOUR - Benton County School of the Arts High School seniors tour NorthWest Arkansas Communit...
Baker Elementary School fourth-grader Sydney Visser helps carry bags of clothes, toys and children’s...
A bald eagle that is most likely the mate of the eagle in the nest perches one-quarter mile north of...
AVOCA FIRE - A firefighter with Northeast Benton County Fire Department works to ventilate a home Fr...
Fake dinosaurs appear to still wander the closed Dinosaur World Thursday, March 4, 2010 near Beaver.
HOUSE FIRE - Firefighters with Northeast Benton County Fire Department work Friday to ventilate a ho...
The bald eagle’s white head is barely visible at the center of the nest.
VIRTUAL BOWLING - Betty Christian bowls Friday during a Wii bowling tournament involving regional se...
A fake dinosaur peeks out from behind the trees inside the closed Dinosaur World Thursday, March 4, ...
Jonathan Ramsey of St. Louis performs Irish folk music Friday during Downtown Bentonville’s First Fr...
JoAnn Tyler of the Ozark Highlanders Pipe Band plays bagpipe music before a crowd of residents and s...
TaylorMack's Greg Mack tells us why he loves to paint on his deck, which overlooks downtown Fayettev...
JoAnn Tyler of the Ozark Highlanders Pipe Band plays bagpipe music before a crowd of residents and s...
D.C. Morrison
Springdale’s Har-Ber’s Tyler Booth looks for help while Little Rock Central’s Matt Johnson, left, an...
SOCCER SIGNING - Michelle Mayne-Nicholls, 17, center, reacts from the applause of her teammates Thur...
Rogers Heritage’s Reed Brown can’t hang on to the ball as Siloam Springs’ Zach Houston steals second...
Fayetteville’s Sydney Conley stretches for a rebound during the Lady Bulldogs’ Class 7A State Tourna...
Rogers High football coach Ronnie Peacock watches his offense on Oct. 30 in Rogers against Fort Smit...
Bentonville’s Essence Baker, right, struggles for a rebound with Conway’s Krista Robinson on Thursda...
DRAW PARTNER - Kristen Salas, 11, left, and Gerzon Rodriguez, 12, work on their Egyptian-themed mura...
COLOR OF CULTURE - Andrea Alvarado, 14, of Rogers waits to perform with the Aztec Dancers of St. Vin...
SENIOR HEALTH - Dr. David Lipschitz signs a copy of his book “Dr. David’s First Health Book of More ...
BURIED TREASURE - Josh Bowen, left, Fayetteville Parks and Recreation Division maintenance superviso...
PLAYHOUSE PLAY - Yancy Anderson, right, and his 4-year-old daughter, Bella, discuss their next stop ...
Johnny Ray Balentine, right, of Springdale smiles Tuesday alongside one of his attorneys, Leanna Hou...
PAINT THE TOWN BLUE - Jimmy Walden, Bentonville Parks and Recreation Department crew leader, gives t...
TIGHT-KNIT GROUP - The internationally known dance troupe Pilobolus, whose acts are marked by contor...
Abby Burnett, an author and cemetery researcher from Kingston, and cinematographer Hop Litzwire spen...
Jesse Abdenour works out at the Elkins Boxing Club on Feb. 25. Abdenour has been preparing to fight ...
Abdenour tightens his helmet before getting in the ring to spar.
 Jesse Abdenour
Sisters Gourmet Bistro serves some 30 kinds of cake, including this one with strawberries. Most days...
Grilled salmon, foreground, covered with maple-orange marmalade glaze and served on a cedar plank an...
OH MY GODDESS - Works like “Moon Dancer” by Linda Flores will be on display in the art gallery in th...
Classic rock radio staple and bluesman George Thorogood will perform on Sunday at the Walton Arts Ce...
An ornate gate, above, marks an entrance to Van Buren’s historic Fairview Cemetery. In “Silent Story...
Army Sgt. Vincent L.C. Owens
Ronnie Peacock
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Zack Schneck, seated right, playing Sky Masterson, talks with Erin Max...
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Shanda Attaway, right, writes a mock check Wednesday to Wayne Perkins ...
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Rogers High seniors Morgan Hook, left, and Jazmin Coultas embrace duri...
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Turkey vulture Igor spreads wings for wildlife rehabilitator Lynn Sciumb...
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Fayetteville’s Kikko Haydar averages 18 points and 3.6 steals per game. T...
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Springdale Har-Ber’s Chris Bayles shoots against Springdale in the secon...
Pharron Ison, right, records a message Wednesday for the 2010 Census Portrait of America Road Tour W...
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Late winter brings prime walleye fishing. Don Grose, a Beaver Lake walle...
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William Lewis, left, University of Arkansas physics student, watches Cod...
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Perry Cheever, left, and Zach Shipman, both carpenters with VLS Constructio...
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Leslie Bandy sets up Wednesday for the Vandergriff Elementary School art ...
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Tham Vo, left, with the U.S. Census Bureau talks Wednesday with Doyle Fa...
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Bentonville guard Montana Lewis drives for a layup during a F...
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Emily Green, 2, of Bella Vista participates in a game of “touch your n...
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Gravette senior Tanner Daniels signs in the school’s gymnasium to ...
Lincoln’s Zach Turner, right, takes a shot in the lane over Lavaca’s Josh Atkins during the first ha...
Shawn D. Wood
Brandon Lee Laboa
Richard Lawrence Rogers
Jim Gallagher
Rogers pitcher Lauren Smith delivers a pitch during the Lady Mounties’ game Tuesday against Pea Ridg...
Springdale Har-Ber’s Halee Castleman, left, shoots during the Lady Wildcats’ 55-44 win over Springda...
Jason Ritchie, journeyman lineman with Swepco, repairs a broken power line Tuesday that stretches ac...
Springdale High’s Shelton Baird, center, works his way through a trio of Fayetteville defenders duri...
Rogers Heritage catcher Spanky Purdy tosses the ball back to Mayor Steve Womack, not pictured, while...
A crew from Sweetser Construction pours a concrete curb Tuesday on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard ...
Prairie Grove standout Elysia Clement is second on the team in scoring this season for the Lady Tige...
Rani Henson, middle, 12, smiles as she works Tuesday on a Dr. Seuss learning game with Paolo Canova,...
Katie Mihalevich reads the plaque Tuesday describing the history of the Butterfield Overland Mail Ro...
Teacher Heather McCoy holds a squirming Natalie Valdez, 3, on Tuesday at Bentonville Head Start Cent...
Paul Dilbeck, left, La-Z-Boy training coordinator, congratulates Justin Grotts after presenting him ...
Fayetteville senior guard Sierra Shipley shoots over Fort Smith Northside junior guard Chatara Roger...
Michael Winters
Nicholas Johansen
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Kim Oliver, middle, a Springdale Har-Ber High School special education t...
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Crews from Baldwin and Shell Construction work on the library expansion ...
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Gene Engle walks his 13-year-old dog Cody along the banks of Lake ...
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Kindergartners Payton Scott, from left, Ethan Guyll and Morgan Pac...
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Bethany Springer of Fayetteville sets up a video monitor Monday as part of...
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Washington County Judge Marilyn Edwards, left, signs the paperwork to run...
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Bentonville’s Madison Byford, right, battles for a loose ball with Fay...
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Rogers High junior Kelsey Goodwin celebrates a three-run home run in the se...
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Bentonville Electric Department employee Tommy Hinkle watches as c...
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Candy Prudhomme uses five double-pointed needles to knit a cap dur...
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Bentonville’s Grant Higgins, right, looks to pass the ball under press...
Brandon Jones
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Fayetteville sophomore Jenny Holtzen competes in the 200-yard individual me...
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Kelley Williamson teaches her students about payroll application Thursda...
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Springdale sophomore Dexter Thomas competes in the 200-yard freestyle durin...
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Woodie Blakeley looks through a collection of exotic knives, many ...
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Randy Bain makes a high jump while skateboarding with friends Sund...
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Maurice Rankin of Fayetteville looks over information about sustainabl...
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Graham Witte, 5, of Fayetteville smiles while running the bases after his b...
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Bentonville junior Pearson Gean competes in the 100-yard freestyle during ...
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Luke Himmer, 3, dips a marshmallow in chocolate during the third a...
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Bentonville Youth Baseball commissioner Mike Hillman tosses anothe...
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Mitch McCorkle, chief of the West Fork Volunteer Fire Department, looks T...
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Farmington center Tyler Haskins, center, and Huntsville forward Sylar Houst...
 
Marble Falls sewer improvement district working on long term plan to fix broken sewer system. A m...
 Case DiGhero (left), owner of Soul Restaurant and Lounge in Fayetteville, talks with Connie Cramer ...
 Ben Martinez of Springdale paints an awning at Chick-fil-A  on College Ave. in Fayetteville Sunday ...