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Photos for June 2011

Springdale firefighters treat a patient Wednesday after a three-vehicle accident involving a motorcy...
Danny Sierra, 14, right, drops a water balloon as Adrian Penn, 13, reacts to it exploding Wednesday ...
Luis Gamboa, left, and Eduardo Rojas clean classroom floors Wednesday at Grace Hill Elementary Schoo...
Ross Shirey, left, and Amanda Thompsen pour lemonade Wednesday during a Young Scholars program spons...
A jogger runs early this week under new lights on the Wilson Park Trail in Fayetteville. The city Pa...
Chera Phillips of Huntsville, captain of the Sky High Angels Drill Team, waves to the crowd Wednesda...
Springdale firefighters help a woman to an ambulance outside the Tyson Foods plant on Berry Street i...
Rodeo of the Ozarks board members, in plaid from left, Steve Smith, Jerry Biazo and Tex Holt pay the...
Hall uses a fly rod and a one-one hundred twenty-fifth ounce P.J.’s Finnese Jig tipped with a Berkle...
Jumbo sized bluegill can be caught with a fly rod and small jigs all summer at Lake Fayetteville and...
Jim Hall of Fayetteville swings one of 60 bluegill he caught with his fly rod at Lake Fayetteville o...
Circuit Judge David Clinger works Wednesday on a judgment in a civil case at his office in the Bento...
A protester throws a garbage bag to riot police in front of the Greek Parliament during clashes in c...
Andrea Brinton, left, a former professional beach volleyball player, demonstrates the proper setting...
Members of the McAlister Dental Clinic Drillers celebrate their win Tuesday over the Friendly Bulldo...
Kynder Starr races through the finish of the barrel racing event during the slack competition at the...
James Marshall, 6, right, smiles Tuesday as Elliot Hansford, 7, both of Fayetteville helps him compl...
Payton Fitch, 15, left, and Zach Brunetti, 15, weather a soaking shower Tuesday while fishing from a...
Charlotte Steele with First United Methodist Church talks Tuesday about friend Maudine Sanders durin...
Elmwood Middle School girls basketball coach Amber (Melton) Tebbenkamp, left, and Rogers Heritage gi...
Fire Chief Duane Atha addresses the media Tuesday to update on the accidental chemical exposure Mond...
Ray Wallace, provost of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, addresses donors, faculty, adminis...
Jeff Marley listens as University of Arkansas professor Susan Watkins talks Tuesday about energy eff...
Crews move a herd of cattle Tuesday across the Parsons Stadium rodeo grounds in Springdale for the a...
In this June 28, 2011 photo, a patch of kudzu grows on a utility pole, in Kinston, N.C. People in th...
Springdale High football coach Kevin Johnson talks to players during a preseason practice on Aug. 4,...
Siloam Springs High School students Kimberly Maikou Moua, 16, from left, Lynde Moua, 17, Lisa Mae Ma...
Fayetteville firefighters work on Monday at the scene of a house fire at 102 Plainview Ave. About th...
Nicholas Graziani, 3, left, and his twin brother Zachary play on the splash pad at Lawrence Plaza in...
Sliding around Jack Rose, 7, of Fayetteville plunges down a water slide Monday afternoon at the Spri...
Tyler Gilliam and his brother, Brett Gilliam (right), work on a drawing exercise Monday during a Dra...
Jarod Showalter, 11, of Fayetteville takes his turn tossing the disc Monday during the Outdoor Adven...
Brody Hill, 14, of Bentonville has qualified for the USA Track and Field Region 9 Junior Olympic Tra...
An employee at the Tyson Plant on Berry Street in Springdale is helped by another employee and emerg...
Springdale Har-Ber’s Zach Coats watches his tee shot on No. 8 during the Wildcats’ match against wit...
Tontitown and Washington County emergency personnel evaluate the scene Monday at the site of a fatal...
An employee at the Tyson plant on Berry Street in Springdale who passed out Monday after being expos...
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Alicia Manrriquez, 10, helps her family set up the Hale’s Fireworks tent on Old Missouri Road in Spr...
Alan Hardcastle, with Phoenix Fireworks, goes over inventory Sunday at the tent east of Rogers on U....
Randy Allison conducts the Bella Vista Lutheran Church’s combined choir and orchestra in a selection...
People find the coolest spot in front of the cave at Blowing Springs from which to listen to live mu...
Side by side on the ride Dave Bolton (right) of Van Buren and James Stevenson of Rogers race on a si...
Matt Srum from Bentonville watches as his dog Draykun makes a leaping catch Sunday to score some poi...
Brandy keeps an eye on the shop at Highroller Cyclery in Fayetteville on Friday.
Sammie Garcia, 11, left, Taber Lobaugh, 11, Lela Minor, 11, and Christie Sharkey, 10, perform a tria...
Shawn Brown, with RJR Enterprises of Rogers, installs playground equipment on Friday at Apple Glen E...
A couple of old metal plowable pavement markers sit at the corner of East Randall Wobbe Lane and Nor...
 Terry Smith makes the pancakes for the annual Rodeo of the Ozarks Pancake Breakfast at the Rodeo Co...
 Brandy Wills of Gentry, center, is handed a cold towel by volunteer Rachael Corley after completing...
 The walls are under construction Monday June 20, 2011 for Delta Group Electronics new production fa...
 Kristian Downey, 6, of Bentonville, right, reacts as he crosses the finish line with his father Jon...
 Dr. Alexander Yu, left, with Watermark Chiropractic Clinic in Springdale, gives Kristine Dias an al...
 Genice Esk, RN, BSN, left, a case manager for Bella Vista Medical Center's medical home program, ta...
 Mark Wetzel, "Sparky" from Hot Springs marches in a head-to-toe costume of balloons during the Prid...
 Marchers carry a 50-foot lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rainbow banner west on Dickson Street ...
 Circuit Judge David Clinger, left, discusses a criminal case with attorneys in his courtroom Wednes...
 Sandra Hidalgo is a short sale specialist with Crye-Leike Realtors' Springdale office. The work inv...
 Lee Fairchild of Goldsby, Oklahoma, and his Austrailian shepherd Dora compete in the Pro Freestyle ...
 Christopher Steele of Houston and his blue heeler Indigo compete in the Pro Freestyle competition S...
 Cricket bowler Bimal Viswam makes his run up to throw in a pre-league match at Dock Wheeler Park in...
 Cricket striker Reny Thankappan swings at the bouncing ball in a pre-league match at Dock Wheeler P...
 Cricket bowler Deepak Pavithran throws in a pre-league match at Dock Wheeler Park in Rogers, Ark. S...
Kelley Atchley of Pagnozzi Charities likes to spend time on Beaver Lake.
 Masie Foltz, 7, of Pea Ridge, center, dances on stage Friday, June 24, 2011, with Maya Banker, 17, ...
 Band director Michael Echols conducts the Mary Frances George Junior High School band practice Wedn...
 Grimes Elementary student Vada Ledbetter selects a prize for her reading accomplishments while at t...
 Grimes Elementary studetn Ezekiel Salas gets summer reading material from Grimes librarian Linda Je...
 David Wallace, 7, left, looks for a lost marble as Matthew Carddock, 7, looks on during Camp Invent...
 Roger Reid, of Bentonville, poses with his Ruger revolver at a private range on Friday, June 17, 20...
 Craig Whited, below, and Randy Mertes, both with the Scotts Company, line up a putt on Friday, June...
 Bill Long shines the front end of a newly-restored 1957 Chevy Bel Air owned by Peggy Townsend of Gr...
 Rabbi Jacob Adler listens along with Tevfik Akbulut of the Atlas Foundation to the Rev. Phil Butin ...
 Rabbi Jacob Adler, left, Tevfik Akbulut of the Atlas Foundation and the Rev. Phil Butin of First Un...
 Rabbi Jacob Adler, left, Tevfik Akbulut of the Atlas Foundation and the Rev. Phil Butin of First Un...
 Fans watch the All Star football game Thursday June 23, 2011 at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadiu...
 Travis Talburt of Pea Ridge, left, and Jason Ellinger, 17, of Lowell compete for lead position in t...
Springdale Police officers work the scene of a two car accident Friday June 24, 2011 at Sunset Avenu...
 Julia Coffman works with tennis players Thursday during the 18th annual Cancer Challenge Junior Ten...
 Elizabeth Kennedy, 15, of Bella Vista, right, speaks Thursday to the tennis players taking part in ...
 Madison Long studies Thursday at the University of Arkansas. “It’s so nice that it’s hard to study ...
 Howard King and his dog Fitz walk along the trail that borders Lake Springdale on Thursday in Sprin...
 Fayetteville’s Chris Smith watches as Seth Keese of Harding Academy loses his helmet after a hard h...
 Gravette’s Cody Montee punts for the West team Thursday during the Arkansas High School Coaches Ass...
 Trainer Jonathan Elrod of Arkadelphia runs off the field with Dirk Tanner after Tanner of Pulaski A...
State legislator Donna Hutchinson and Gov. Mike Beebe
Chris “Boom!” Wiser sings to patrons of the Rogers Public Library on Wedneday during a performance o...
Girls Scouts, from left, Aleca White, 8, Amelia Bradley, 8, and Sierra Dorsey, 7, watch on Wednesday...
Kent Cornett, left, and Mike Gibbs, both with the city of Springdale street department, pave a walki...
A day for hay Larry Woodward uses a tractor to cut hay Wednesday at a small field in Farmington. Tem...
Spencer Spears washes bleachers Wednesday at Reynolds Razorback Stadium. The Arkansas High School Co...
One of the sights to see near Catalpa is a swinging bridge that locals use to cross the Mulberry Riv...
Wildflowers add to the scenery of the ride along Arkansas 215, which runs beside the Mulberry River.
The Mulberry River flows beside Arkansas 215 to create one of the most scenic bicycle rides in the s...
Ray Boudreaux, director of the Fayetteville Executive Airport, left, talks with Jerry Chism, assista...
Lauren West, left, former Bentonville High School athletic director, arrives at the Bentonville Scho...
Motorists make their way on Wednesday along the full five lanes of Southwest 14th Street between Sou...
Jim Shankle, left, talks with Chris Hass about their passions before participating in a panel discus...
Fayetteville’s Calli Berna drives downcourt as Watson Chapel’s Tatiyana Brown defends Wednesday duri...
West Fork’s Jared Johnson tries to keep a handle on the ball Wednesday during the Arkansas High Scho...
Rogers Heritage’s Hayden Severs will become the second War Eagle in three years to play in the Arkan...
Springdale Har-Ber’s Daniel Garcia emerged from the shadow of teammate Brey Cook to earn a spot in t...
Gravette’s Cody Montee will be handling the punting duties for the West team today in the Arkansas H...
Chris Smith of Fayetteville helped the Bulldogs advance to the Class 7A State Championship Game in 2...
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Chris Leach, an employee of Arkansas Gold & Silver Exchange in Fayetteville, gets transported to Was...
Robin Eason, right, surgical technology instructor, laughs with Lobat Siahmakoun, left, and Katie Ru...
James Wilson, with the Springdale School District, digs a hole on Tuesday to repair a collapsed pipe...
Caleb Turner, 4, learns to float with help from swimming instructor Jessica Ward at Lake Atalanta Po...
David Duncan teaches campers about runoff and water pollution Tuesday at the Illinois River Watershe...
Kiera Brown, 4, left, and Ginny Egger, 4, peer into the aquarium in the Children’s Library at Benton...
The West’s Pablo Castillo, left, of Siloam Springs breaks past the the East’s Williams Hidalgo of Ca...
Orlo Stitt demonstrates the two-shade system that helps keep his home cool during summer and warm in...
Stitt shows three items of energy efficiency at the home he shares with his wife, Mary. He stands on...
Orlo Stitt shows Karen Takemoto of Arkansas Interfaith Power & Light how shade trees make the Stitt ...
The West’s Margaret Power of Bentonville attempts a header on goal off a corner kick Tuesday over th...
Fayetteville’s Courtney Marshall plays Tuesday during the Arkansas High School Coaches Association A...
Huntsville’s Tucker Trumbo will lead the West against the East today in the Arkansas High School Coa...
Former Fayetteville girls basketball coach Bobby Smith will lead the West against the East at 6 p.m....
Zach Callaway (left) and Danielle Frechette, recent University of Arkansas at Fayetteville graduates...
Laura Kent, an associate professor of secondary education at the University of Arkansas at Fayettevi...
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A June 21, 2011 photo shows a billboard at 417 North James in Columbus, one of several put up by Fre...
The Obama administration has decided to release 30 million barrels of oil from the country's emergen...
These images provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, show two o...
Serena Williamreturns a shot to France's Aravane Rezai at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships ...
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Former Razorback Norman Nero, left, teaches speed and agility exercises to a group of fourth- throug...
Sarah Lewis, Fayetteville alderwoman, tours the Fayetteville Television Center on Monday with fellow...
James Barker with M & M Excavating tears down a house Monday at 1807 Lowell Road in Springdale. The ...
Farmington High School cheerleaders Kassidy Rice, left, Megan Grumieaux and Nicole Carney sell progr...
Braeden Buhlig, 7, right, watches as Katie Gustavus, 9, builds a toy soccer net Monday at Camp Bella...
Keith Douglas, 7, left, and Olivia Holloway, 6, look out the window of a stagecoach Monday during th...
Tommie Hensen, from left, chats with Pat Walker and Carrie Eggart on Monday after the grand opening ...
Fayetteville’s Megan Newberry pitches for the West against the East in the Arkansas High School Coac...
Greenland’s Jordan Larkin, right, catches Ryan Johnson of Abundant Life High School at third base Mo...
Shiloh Christian’s Tracy Mardis will be playing with three of her future Ouachita Baptist University...
Rogers Heritage stopper Erick Axxe could play a vital role for the West defense in tonight’s Arkansa...
Fayetteville’s Courtney Marshall is slated to play in today’s Arkansas High School Coaches Associati...
FILE - In this March 29, 2011 file photo, the five plaintiffs in a case of women employees against W...
The Supreme Court has ruled for Wal-Mart in its fight to block a massive sex discrimination lawsuit ...
Logan Pearson is committed to Crowder College.
Morgan Strong, softball outfielder from Elkins High School.
Chandra Owen of Rogers hydrates before transitioning to her bicycle in the ninth annual Ozark Valley...
Kristen Thibodeaux of Fayetteville dismounts after a 19-mile bike to start the 4-mile run to win the...
Michael Migues of Lake Charles, La., won the men’s division of the ninth annual Ozark Valley Triathl...
Men 39 and under begin a 1,000-yard swim at the start of the ninth annual Ozark Valley Triathlon at ...
Ross Jorski and his son Michael, both from Rogers, walk through the Fayetteville Farmers Market at t...
Donald Choffel (left), owner of the Dickson Street Bookshop, and his brother Gerald Choffel work on ...
Rob Adair celebrates sinking an eight-foot putt on the 18th green to win the Pinnacle Member-Guest T...
Natasha Johnson, left, Shelby Wells, Antonio Juarez and Summer Hart serve fellow campers lunch Frida...
Sean Steele of Fayetteville spins above Beaver Lake in an Outlaw Class exhibition in the Hypertour W...
Springdale’s David Dyer lines up a putt on Sunday during the final day of the 73rd annual Chick-A-Te...
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville recently installed 103 automated external defibrillators ...
 Beth Main hugs her daughter Kayla, 13, at their Springdale home. Main, a nurse, is a single mom in ...
 Beth Main helps daughter Kayla, 13, get ready Thursday before a Single Parent Scholarship Fund even...
 Carl Bennett of Little Flock draws his first poker run card Saturday before the start of the Armed ...
 Debbie Matney of Rogers folds her free T-shirt Saturday before the start of the ride.
 Sharon Davison of Fayetteville protests on Saturday during the filming of former circuit judge Mary...
 Matt Battaglia, one of the producers of “Last Shot With Judge Gunn,” talks on Saturday about the vi...
 Mary Ann Gunn, left, talks on Saturday with Bobby McDonald with the Washington County Sheriff’s Off...
 Rodney Jackson of Siloam Springs, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, reads a 14-year-old...
 Erin Hague, left, and Andrea Rader put unsweetened frosting on a batch of pupcakes Tuesday at Bigwa...
 Megan Burlingame spends time with dogs during play time Thursday at Dog Party USA in Springdale.
 Jimmy Boggs of Oklahoma City works Thursday at Braum’s at 907 S. Thompson St. in Springdale. Both S...
 Arthur Baldwin, from right, celebrates a made putt as his son Aaron Baldwin and brother Ken Baldwin...
 West’s Kikko Haydar from Fayetteville tries to drive past East defender Matt Pierce from Ridgefield...
From left: Sen. Larry Teague, former House speaker Bill Stovall and Rep. Allen Kerr.
Kimberly Stevens enjoys helping people at the Goodwill Industries store she manages in Bentonville.
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 Springdale Fire Department rescue workers remove occupants of a Honda Civic involved in an Friday a...
 Ryan Harrington takes a practice swing Friday on the second tee box during the Chick-A-Tee golf tou...
 Rogers High’s Addison Stanfill will be counted on as one of the Mounties’ frontline pitchers, but h...
 Cancer survivors wearing purple walk the opening lap Friday of Relay For Life of Benton County near...
 Ballet Westside dancers Jenna Pracht, 9, from left, Annaclaire Barczewski, 7, Brooke Menke 11, Lill...
 Doug Bearden talks with Sharon Rothrock before making his way down the serving line June 12 during ...
 Soothing harp music from the fingers of Brenda Bowen Cox is heard in several areas of the hospital,...
 Brenda Bowen Cox plays her Celtic harp in the nursery of Mercy Medical Center on Thursday.
Iseulle Kim of Fayetteville looks at a cat Friday at the Fayetteville Animal Shelter. The shelter wa...
 McNair Middle School students Haley Womack, 13, left, E.J. Ogbeide, 12, Katherine Litaker, 12, and ...
 Keith Smith tees off Friday at the first hole during the Salvation Army Charity Golf Tournament at ...
 Fayetteville’s Andy Pagnozzi pitches against Rogers Tuesday in Fayetteville.
 Terry Key, left, and Les Taylor play in the Dwight Collins Chick-A-Tee Invitational on Friday at th...
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, reacts to his eagle on the eighth hole during the second round of...
Gloria McIntosh, left, manager of the Wilson Park greenhouse, shows her efforts Thursday to Katy Mos...
SCHOOL’S OUT Camryn Holly, 10, signs a friend’s yearbook Thursday during a signing party for the fou...
 GOING, GOING, GONE John Thurston, Arkansas land commissioner, starts the auction of property on Thu...
KIDS DAY Bob Roten holds his granddaughter, Faith Roten, 4, on Thursday at the Fayetteville Farmers’...
HIDDEN TREASURE Evelyn Brazell, right, and Jenna Crull with Treasure Hunters Roadshow check online T...
VOICING CONCERNS Members of the groups Making Change at Walmart and Organization United for Respect ...
 KITCHEN FIRE A Lowell firefighter battles a blaze Thursday at 1330-B Dove Loop in Bethel Heights. M...
 Fayetteville police detective Mike Hammons, from left, crime scene investigator John Brooks and Sgt...
SCHOOL’S OUT Jeannine Brazzeal, from left, a third-grade teacher at Elm Tree Elementary School in Be...
Guillermo Ruiz of Dallas holds a sign Thursday as members of the groups Making Change at Walmart and...
Louie Dajani of Cabot looks over paperwork during the land auction Thursday.
Northwest Arkansas starter Buddy Baumann pitches against Springfield on Thursday in Arvest Ballpark ...
 FOLK TALES Dennis Goza, left, as a dragon, and Kimberly Goza, both with Act!vated Story Theatre, pe...
 Northwest Arkansas second baseman Jeff Bianchi looks to first base after forcing out Springfield ba...
 Springfield third baseman Zack Cox tracks a pop fly against Northwest Arkansas, which he caught for...
 Ryan Harralston looks to get some extra swings in this summer while playing in the Northwest Arkans...
Springdale High catcher Gatlin Watson catches a pop fly for an out against Fayetteville on April 6 i...
Rogers Heritage catcher Forrest Ward blocks pitch in the dirt on June 6 during a Northwest Arkansas ...
Fayetteville police and Bank of America released this image of a man who reportedly robbed the Bank ...
Wanda Tiger gestures as she talks outside her FEMA trailer home in Little Axe, Okla., Thursday, June...
Fayetteville police and Bank of America released this image of a man who reportedly robbed the Bank ...
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Chloe Keller, 9, from bottom, Ashley Meyl, 9, and Quinn Davis, 9, play Wednesday in a cooling founta...
Kimberly Goza, left, monkeys around in a monkey costume Wednesday while she and husband Dennis Goza ...
Amanda Maxwell, 15, paints a wall at Wilson Pool on Wednesday with a group of volunteers, hosted by ...
Arden Malloy, 9, of Fayetteville, watches the national touring theatrical troupe Activated Story The...
Ally Elmore, 8, of Mountain Home throws her head back after being “slapped” Wednesday by Grace Harri...
Dr. Stephen Shaddox of the Washington Regional Clinic for Senior Health in Fayetteville speaks to a ...
Kimberly Goza of Act!vated Story Theatre performs a comedy routine Wednesday with her husband, Denni...
Lightning cuts through a pre-dawn sky Wednesday above the bell tower of Old Main at the University o...
Hannah Blankenship, 9, left, Isaac Murphy, 9, and Maggie Dietle, 9, joke as they pack a box Wednesda...
Jimmy Green with Bentonville’s Street Department saws a downed tree Wednesday blocking Jared Street....
Korey Scott, 8, throws a limb into the back of a truck Wednesday while helping his grandfather, Ron ...
Northwest Arkansas’ Derrick Robinson, right, slides into second base as Tulsa’s Erik Wetzel catches ...
Northwest Arkansas’ Jamie Romak is congratulated by Salvador Perez as he crosses home plate after Ro...
Sgt. Brad Pollock with the Rogers Police Department and tow truck operator Charles Capps of C&R Towi...
Members of the 90th Sustainment Brigade based in North Little Rock perform a flag folding ceremony T...
Jeff Reeves, right, and Marsha Vaughn, both employees of the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozar...
Second-graders chase down a giant windblown volleyball Tuesday during a Fun and Field day at Elm Tre...
Al Glover of Springdale sets up pink flamingo lawn ornaments Tuesday in front of Brashears Furniture...
Excalibur Bunker (left), 8, and his brother, Xavier Bunker, 10, both of Bentonville, construct brace...
Taylor Kennedy, 8, of Fayetteville draws a bow with a “safety” arrow with instruction from Danielle ...
Author Gail Sheehy, left, talks with Jean Henry, a professor at the University of Arkansas, after a ...
Author Gail Sheehy speaks on Tuesday at a luncheon for the Schmieding Center. Sheehy talked about ca...
Conner Hill, 12, feeds calves Tuesday at his family’s farm west of Fayetteville.
Ron Brewer Sr. offers instruction Monday to children who are participating this week in the fifth Br...
Rogers High’s Abigail Strickland will travel to Murfreesboro, Tenn., to be one of only two youths to...
Incoming freshman Griffin Sonaty (right) and his mother, Linda Sonaty (left), both of Joplin, Mo., w...
Tennis instructor Jill Eng, left, watches as Stephanie Sandoval, 7, coordinates hands, eyes and feet...
A child walks along the side of the pool at the Donald W. Reynolds Boys & Girls Club in Fayetteville...
Theo Larky, 9, left, watches as Cade Pere, 10, drives to the basket on Monday in the park at Riordan...
Marisa Grippo of Fayetteville cleans the pastry case at RZ’s Coffee House in the University of Arkan...
Isabel Alvarado (left), 7, of West Fork ; Audrey Alvarado, 7, of West Fork; Olivia Nesmith, 9, of Sp...
Ethan Howerton, 7, of West Fork catches a fly ball Monday at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale as Northw...
Dean Bitner, left, with the Springdale Firefighters local union, addresses members of the Springdale...
Fayetteville firefighters explain the procedure for decontamination Monday to employees of the Depar...
Ronnie Brewer directs a drill Monday during the Brew Crew Basketball Camp at the Donald W. Reynolds ...
Northwest Arkansas’ Kurt Mertins connects for a double in the second inning Monday against the Tulsa...
Rogers Heritage standout and Arkansas Express 18 pitcher Hunter Wood delivers a pitch Thursday again...
Mark Krause is escorted to a sheriff’s vehicle outside the federal courthouse in Harrison on Monday,...
Fayetteville’s Jason Shirey, left, and senior catcher and slugger Lindsey Davison are the NWA Media ...
Wool and Wheel Guild member Patty Snell, 79, powers her spinning wheel with bare feet while making y...
Kayla Waldrup, a lifeguard at the Lake Atalanta Pool, cleans debris out of the water Sunday before t...
Chris Daurgherty, of Centerton, practices tennis Sunday at Memorial Park in Bentonville. Daurgherty ...
Andra Atteberry, left, with the Bella Vista Library Board of Trustees, talks Sunday to Ken Bloom of ...
Bob Arthur, a teacher in NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s Business Community Training and Corp...
Players share a dugout with scaffolding and building material on Thursday at Har-Ber High School.
Rogers High’s Austin Griffin plays catcher for the Mounties on May 30.
Heritage first baseman Jayme Lovelace stops a Lincoln attempt to steal second base in a NWA Wood Bat...
Maya Hall, 10, reads a book in the newly renovated library at Washington Elementary School in Fayett...
Johnson grass covers the top of one of the turns of the former bicycle motocross track Saturday in t...
Fayetteville’s Landon Summers is working to improve the Purple’Dogs baseball squad.
Scott Passmore stands in the weight room at the Tiger Athletic Complex in Bentonville on Friday. Pas...
Bentonville’s Zach McKnight will step up his pitching this summer while playing in the NWA Wood Bat ...
Blake Foster is the head of security at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which is under const...
ARTSFEST AMBLE Visitors to the Downtown Bentonville’s Artsfest walk Saturday by one of Catherine Bol...
FISHING DERBY FUN Bobby Ortiz, left, works with son Blaine, 5, baiting a hook Saturday during the Fr...
Brayan Martinez, 7, from left, Aaliyah Nicholson, 7, Qeshawna Granados, 10, and Jadyn Fleming, 8, ho...
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION Members of the Arkansas Gospel Mass Choir sing “This Is the Day” at a Junetee...
SATURDAY SWIM Lyndsey Nielsen, 5, right, smiles at her mother, Carrey Nielsen of Fayetteville, as th...
FAMILY FUN Patrick Cheney of Springdale, right, enjoys a boat ride Saturday on Beaver Lake with fami...
Arkansas driver’s licenses, along with those in other states, are begin redesigned. Driver’s license...
Heather Mathias of Tulsa, Okla., attaches her helmet to her 2005 Harley-Davidson Fatboy on Saturday ...
Georgia Brooks of Fayetteville, a member of the Chrome Divas, a local women-only motorcycle club, di...
Steven Ribar fills in cracks in a bathroom subfloor Saturday while voluteering with members of Livin...
RESTORATIVE WORK Debra Lamm, left, and daughter Chaz Gogel paint the front porch of Marisela Muro’s ...
Volunteers from Living Word Lutheran Church work Saturday on painting and patching the exterior of M...
Visitors to the second Bikes, Babes & Bling motorcycle rally sort through vendors’ items Saturday.
Sam Gallagher checks a driver’s license of a patron Thursday at the entrance of George’s Majestic Lo...
Rocio Larios-Ross, salesperson at Encore Flooring & Building Products in Springdale, talks to a supp...
Richard LeBouff displays Cheezey’s American Grille’s Monte Cristo sandwich Tuesday at the new restau...
Marty Anderson, left, salesman at Bradford Marine, shows Jessica Wood, of Elkins, a few boats Wednes...
ON THE WATER Terry Wedel, right, of Rogers helps his brother Virgil Wedel of Canton, Kan., tie his b...
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Maurice Jennings + Walter Jennings Architects in Fayetteville won an award from the American Institu...
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CASA award recipients Ed Parrish, from left, Kate Benson and Victoria Kronenwetter gather at the cel...
Court Appointed Special Advocates advocate supervisors Susan Hall, from left, Anne Pinkley, Arbor Bu...
Guy Westmoland, from left, Eva Madison, Jennifer Irwin and Dave Ashcraft join in a benefit for Arkan...
Allison and Big Brother of the Year Alan Cole, from left, and Big Sister of the Year Misti and John ...
Michelle and Curtis Hedberg, from left, Taruna and Scott Bolding and Lisa and Jeff Gearhart attend t...
Walton Arts Center supporters Sara and Kent Starr, from left, Billie Starr, Kim and Paul Crawford an...
Joel and Lynn Donald Carver, from right, visit with Michael Donald Carver Legacy Award recipient Rep...
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas honorees Greg and Hanna Lee, center, are joined by Ju...
Joe and Kathy Farnan, from left, Walton Arts Center Director of Development Justin DeLille, center P...
Dr. John Baldridge, president of the board of the American Diabetes Association - Northwest Arkansas...
SURVIVOR LAP Cancer survivors take a solo “survivor lap” on Friday around Joe Roberts Track with Str...
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Destine Bennett and Cameron Bennett, 7, study a display Friday about Thomas Jeff...
BIKES, BABES & BLING Theresa Radcliffe, originally from the north of England but now a Fayetteville ...
‘ULTRA’ KICK OFF Ultra Suede kicks off the Orchards Park Summer Concert Series on Friday with dance ...
J.R. Alcorta, a mitigation consultant with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, speaks Wednesday...
Kim Nguyen, a third-grader at Leverett Elementary School, gets a hug from principal Cheryl Putnam at...
Linda Morgan, right, a firefighter with the Wedington Fire Department, smiles Friday as she holds a ...
Mark Weathers, right, talks on Friday with Benton County Judge Bob Clinard.
Olivia Weathers, 13, from left, Jerri Weathers, Mark Weathers and Audra Weathers, 11, stand together...
Team goals pushed Lindsey Davison to put together one of more impressive offensive seasons in the 7A...
Fayetteville’s Jason Shirey, left, and senior catcher and slugger Lindsey Davison are the NWA Media ...
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DOWN AND DIRTY The Springdale Parks Department and volunteers build a plant bed Thursday to do an Ur...
ARTS CENTER RECEPTION Josh Richardson of Fayetteville looks at art by Matt Miller on Thursday at the...
DOWNTOWN FACELIFT Abel Perea prepares the bed of a sidewalk on West Walnut Street on Thursday in dow...
DENTIST DUNK Jessica Robinson, 9, center, laughs as she is dunked Thursday in a dunk tank as friend ...
FLYING TURTLE RACE Vandergriff Elementary School students, from right, Sarah Jong, Eva Bogomilova an...
Property Owners Association board members George DeGroot, left, Jim Parsons, second right, and Steve...
MASTER JUGGLER Galen Harp with the Institute of Jugglology in Fayetteville performs Thursday at the ...
“DRIVING MISS DAISY” — With Sandi King and Justin Stewart, 8 p.m. today-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, ...
This area in front of Old Main on the University of Arkansas campus will soon get a new service road...
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Shiloh Christian coach Jimmy Harris led his team to 30 wins and a second straight Class 4A state cha...
Lincoln’s Dalton Simmons, a freshman outfielder, is the NWA Media All-Area Small Schools Baseball Ne...
Shiloh Christian’s Chris Oliver, left, was drafted in the 27th round of the Major League Baseball Dr...
Prairie Grove’s Jalen Beeks, who is now playing for American Legion perennial power Lindsey, is the ...
PAINTING PROJECT Tim Fitzhugh, owner of Noah’s Ark Painting in Springdale, paints the sign on the fr...
Casey Julseth, left, takes a look Wednesday at a violin and guitar owned by Bryan Loving of Lowell a...
Susie Dover, right, talks Wednesday to Madison McKinney, 9, before departing on her final afternoon ...
Lavern Golden, right, of Gentry, talks Wednesday with Walmart Express employee Richard Alexander abo...
Rolland Myers of Decatur grabs a half-gallon of milk Wednesday at the new Walmart Express store in G...
Terri Lane, project leader for Fayetteville’s Community Wildlife Habitat Project, plants black-eyed ...
While his guitar is being appraised, Mike Curry of Fayetteville looks Wednesday at a Gretsch Electro...
Gravette’s Taos Jones is the NWA Media All-Area Small Schools Softball Coach of the Year.
Disaster actor Thanh Nguyen is washed by emergency room nurse Jill Brown at a primary decontaminatio...
Resource unit leader Tonja Seusy, right, and planning chief Carolyn Fries coordinate information Wed...
Jeff Fletcher, left, watches his dad, longtime guide J.D. Fletcher, fish at the U.S. 62 bridge acces...
Jim Fletcher fishes a stretch of fast water near the Arkansas 143 bridge at Grandview.
Kings River fishing guide Jeff Fletcher of Eagle Rock, Mo., shows one of more than 100 smallmouth ba...
Bluffs along the Katy Trail between Rocheport, Mo., and Hartsburg, Mo., greet riders.
The funk du jour art sculpture “Boathenge” is part of the local culture along the middle miles of th...
Dwayne Allen, Eureka Springs public works director looks Wednesday from Spring Street toward damage ...
Taveon Mahone, 8, slides into the water on a inflatable water slide Tuesday at Parson Hills Elementa...
Matt Holcomb, 12, left, Diego Salas, 11, and Sarah Holcomb, 10, perform a Zumba dance Tuesday while ...
A carpenter bee approaches a pickerelweed flower Tuesday at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fa...
A squirrel snacks on a nut in the crook of a tree outside Mullins Library at the University of Arkan...
Anita Parisi (left) of Fayetteville teaches a stroke Tuesday to Caitlin Prestage, 10, of Bentonville...
Principal Regina Stewman of Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Springdale, hugs second-grader Esmera...
Siloam Springs’ Jason Bowen is the NWA Media All-Area Boys Soccer Coach of the Year.
First-graders and kindergartners play outdoors Monday during recess at Westside Elementary School in...
Matt Frye, a Pea Ridge National Military Park ranger, guides the basket Janis Boydston is lying in T...
Kacey Morris works with children at the Butterflies and Frogs Day Care in Springdale on Monday.
Caitlyn Beattie at Butterflies and Frogs Day Care in Springdale escorts children to the playground o...
Jamie Romak, left, talks with a group of young players about how to hold a bat during the Northwest ...
Angie Leighner, co-owner of The Beer Keg, a longtime bar in Fayetteville, left, waits along with Tyl...
Fourth-graders from Cooper Elementary School play tug-of-war Tuesday at Blowing Springs Park in Bell...
University of Arkansas officials want a temporary road across the Old Main lawn, shown here, to give...
A large crowd fills the council chambers during a meeting of the Fayetteville City Council Tuesday, ...
People walk through the Wakarusa 2011 Festival grounds near Ozark, Ark. Friday, June 3, 2011. The la...
Brooks Harrison gets his cap adjusted by his mother Shannon Harrison on Monday before commencement c...
Ashley Robinson, 5, left, and Aidan Robinson, 3, float in cool water in the swimming area at Prairie...
Jeffrey McDaniel of Springdale tries to get into his vehicle Monday after an accident at the interse...
Neill Sloan, an employee of Fayetteville’s Parks and Recreation Department, works at Wilson Park on ...
Larry Foley, a documentary filmmaker and University of Arkansas professor, center, and photographer ...
Kindergartner Kymberlyn Ware jumps high to skip a rope during a Fun and Field Day at Central Park El...
Serena Caffrey, 15, talks to a group of area residents Sunday about the garden she works with at the...
Miguel Sandobal, 11, of Fort Smith watches as friend Israel Rodriguez, 15, of Fort Smith cools off S...
Holdyn Bryant, 2, of Little Rock flaps her arms like a butterfly Sunday while exploring the Botanica...
Cleanup begins Maya Jaffe from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with the Recycalusa group, works with the clea...
Fayetteville junior Brad Culp is the NWA Media All-Area Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year.
Springdale High’s Gabe Gonzalez is the NWA Media All-Area Boys Track and Field Runner of the Year.
The roadway is washed out Thursday leading up to a bridge that crossing an unnamed creek along East ...
Mike Mumma, the retiring principal of Mary Mae Jones Elementary School, talks with Cyric Day, 5, in ...
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Special to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/DAVE CRUZ - 6/5/2011 - Arkansas second baseman Bo Bigham tu...
Justin Alvarado with Ford Audio and Video sets up a projector Wednesday in a classroom for the Colle...
DAVE CRUZ/Special to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - 6/5/11 - Arkansas shortstop Tim Carver turns a ...
INTERNATIONAL DAY Pooja Agarwal, from left, gives a yoga lesson Saturday to Aurick Schmidt, 9, and G...
LITERACY FAIR Rogers’ Mayor Greg Hines reads on Saturday to a group of children and parents during t...
Dale “Lee” Walker Jr. gets a hug from his niece, Nakita Crittenden, 11, during a dedication ceremony...
SOUTHERN MEMORIAL Clinton Ricker of Bentonville, a member of the Northwest Arkansas 15th Infantry, a...
CULINARY EXHIBITION Chef Rob Nelson makes gnocchi dumplings Saturday from scratch using potato, egg,...
Jack Chandler of Washburn, Mo., talks Saturday about making memories at Daisy Manufacturing during t...
Dale “Lee” Walker Jr. speaks on Saturday with Belva Lee, whose husband served with Walker during the...
Fayetteville senior Nathan Varady (2) makes a catch in front of junior Anthony Noto on Friday during...
Fayetteville junior Sydney Conley is the NWA Media All-Area Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Yea...
Suzie Stephens and Jim Hatfield, from left, with Day and Brian Crowne, enjoy an onstage view of the ...
The Rogers Little Theater board member Laura Wilson and theater President Richard Dean Prudenti welc...
Jen Calleja, from left, and Jocelyn Jimmerson visit with Ed and Kathy McClure at the Rogers Little T...
David Lewis, from left, Denise Garner, Mary Lynn Reese and David Reese join Guy Fieri on stage Wedne...
Celebrity chef Guy Fieri, second from right, is joined by Kent Starr, from left, Billie Starr and Sa...
Chiyoe Ishida and Momoko Hasegawa demonstrate a traditional Japanese tea ceremony on May 27.
Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Girls members Alisa Hostetler, from left, Akemi Hostetler and Taeko Coslett ...
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Bill Adams, from left, Kevin Lancaster and Anita and Brad Karren enjoy the Black Music Month recepti...
Marsha and John Phillips enjoy Guy Fieri’s Food Show on Wednesday evening.
The Rogers Little Theater board chairman Joe March, from right, stands with Gwen Kelly and “Driving ...
Jo Ann Kaminsky stands under some of the masks she has created at The Art Experience in Fayetteville...
DAVE CRUZ/Special to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - 6/4/11 - DJ Baxendale delivers a pitch during A...
Documentary filmmmaker and journalism professor Larry Foley loves to be in his seat at Baum Stadium.
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Teenagers, from left, Trevor Piearcy, Jacob Bilyeu, Gerald Hogue, Adam Parmer and Danielle Hogue lau...
Recent nursing school graduate Rosanna Friesen sits with son Elijah Friesen, 3, on Friday after she ...
Bentonville firefighters work to contain a smoldering fire Friday in a burning Allied Waste Services...
Jim Walton, from left, speaks during the shareholders meeting as sister Alice Walton and brother Rob...
Actor Will Smith hosts the Walmart shareholders meeting Friday at the University of Arkansas’ Bud Wa...
Alicia Keys performs during the Walmart shareholders meeting Friday at Bud Walton Arena.
Mike Duke, president and chief executive officer of Walmart, speaks Friday during the Walmart shareh...
The Black Eyed Peas perform during the Walmart shareholders meeting Friday at Bud Walton Arena in Fa...
ASSOCIATES RALLY Walmart associates from Store No. 59 in Joplin, Mo. stand together to watch the Wal...
FIRST FRIDAY People move onto the square for First Friday in downtown Bentonville. Friday was the ki...
QUILTING KIDS J.O. Kelly Middle School gifted and talented students, clockwise from top left, Diana ...
Charles Holley, Walmart chief financial officer, speaks during last year’s shareholders meeting at B...
Northwest Arkansas’ Kurt Mertins connects for a double Friday during the Naturals’ game against the ...
Northwest Arkansas’ Kurt Mertins, left, loses the ball as Frisco’s Engle Beltre slides safely into t...
Fayetteville senior running back Deshunn Thomas carries the ball as senior defender Casey Perry, lef...
Pat Walker, seated at right, and friend June Loyd, seated at left, sit with a group of Walker Founda...
Bill Shell, right, and Wayne Fisher are two of the coordinators of the Jehovah’s Witnesses district ...
Jehovah’s Witnesses base their beliefs solely on the Bible. Members prefer their own translation, th...
Arkansas Razorback # 25 Collin Kuhn pops up for an RBI in the 3rd inning against the Charlotte 49ers...
Mike Duke, President and CEO of Wal-Mart, center, speaks to shareholders as his image appears on scr...
International associates attend the Wal-Mart shareholder meeting in Fayetteville, Ark., Friday, June...
People walk in front of a yet-to-open Wal-Mart Express store in Gentry, Ark., Thursday, June 2, 2011...
Actor Will Smith greets Wal-Mart shareholders in Fayetteville, Ark., Friday, June 3, 2011. Wal-Mart ...
Actor Will Smith greets Wal-Mart shareholders at the annual shareholders meeting in Fayetteville, Ar...
Randall Greenway is escorted from court Thursday in Bentonville after pleading guilty to first-degre...
Marybeth Cornwell, Sam's Club's general merchandising manager for home and apparel, talks about a je...
Marybeth Cornwell, Sam’s Club’s general merchandising manager for home and apparel, talks about a je...
Rescue workers with the Highfill Swift Water Rescue Team return to a boat launch ramp Thursday, June...
Tina Bryan, a Walmart associate from Tampa, Fla., has her photograph taken Thursday, June 2, 2011, w...
Makro wholesale outlet in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday May 31, 2011, is part of the Massmar...
FILE - In this file photo take Dec. 15, 2010, shopping carts are shown inside a Wal-Mart store in Al...
FILE — Judge Mary Ann Gunn in her courtroom in Fayetteville in September of 2010. For several years ...
This image provided by the Orange County Jail shows the booking photo of the estranged daughter of a...
Workers prepare to pour the first of the piers that will support a bridge meant to replace the Tilly...
Haley Whitelaw, left, and Holly Anderson join a few Root Elementary School classmates for a hot air ...
A cicada hangs from a grass flower Wednesday in Fayetteville. Cicadas can be heard as a loud humming...
Rogers firefighter Joseph Jerrabeck, left, pulls fire hose from a duplex home Wednesday after knocki...
Students from Helen Tyson Middle School cheer Wednesday for their classmates while watching a slide ...
Junior Vega and daughter Laisha, 4, react Wednesday as they are splashed from overhead with a bucket...
Bluffs along the War Eagle arm of Beaver Lake were a delight to behold.
Warren Cunningham of Springdale admires the newly created swamp habitat of Beaver Lake’s War Eagle a...
Kayaking on the upstream end of Beaver Lake’s War Eagle arm this spring is a swamp-paddling adventur...
Arkansas reliever Barrett Astin reacts after throwing the final pitch of the Razorbacks’ win over Fl...
Bill Womack uses a digital theodolite Wednesday to survey the site of the new Fayetteville High Scho...
Misty McFerrin, of Gillette, Wyo., has her photograph taken Wednesday on the toy truck ride in front...
Penny Larson, of Wausau, Wis., takes photographs Wednesday in front of the Walmart Visitors Center i...
Northwest Arkansas’ Salvador Perez looks for the call from the umpire after Frisco’s Guilder Rodrigu...
Walmart’s Chinese delegation enters Barnhill Arena on Wednesday for the 2011 International Conferenc...
Shiloh Christian’s Lindsey Roe, left, and Malvern’s Emma Paul try to control the ball in their match...
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Members of the Springdale Fire Department get ready to open up a roof vent while battling hot spots ...
Bentonville’s Rebecca Brown is one of several players who will be counted on to help the Lady Tigers...
Springdale High’s new girls basketball coach, Heather Hunsucker, middle, smiles following a news con...
Northwest Arkansas shortstop Jeff Bianchi, right, tries to tag out Tulsa’s Tim Wheeler in a run down...
J.P. Peters, vice president of the Fayetteville Council of Neighborhoods, sorts donated items Tuesda...
The new Walmart Express store in Gentry is nearing completion on Wednesday. The 15,000-square-foot s...