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1 last manhole fulfills sewer fix at Buffalo River

Subscriber onlyOperators of a sewer system that once threatened the Buffalo National River have nearly fulfilled requirements of an agreement with the state environmental agency, one of its commissioners said Friday. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Feb 11, 2012 at 4:06 a.m.

Drive-By Shooting Reported

Subscriber onlySPRINGDALE — Police are investigating a drive-by shooting reported on Braxton Drive on Friday night. Continue reading...

By STAFF REPORT Posted: Feb 5, 2012 at 5:49 a.m.

FORECLOSED RENTALS: New U.S. law can aid tenants

Subscriber onlyCalvin Stover assumed he would have a place to live as long as he paid rent, but that all changed Dec. 13 when a Benton County deputy forced him out of his north Springdale home. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jan 22, 2012 at 5:54 a.m.

Frenchman ends Ozark castle project, seeks a buyer

Subscriber onlyThe Ozark Medieval Fortress, a 13th-century-style French castle being constructed by hand in Boone County, has closed indefinitely, founder Michel Guyot said Friday. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jan 21, 2012 at 5:35 a.m.

Panel: Laxity, policy worsen immigration

Current problems blamed on Reagan

Subscriber onlyFAYETTEVILLE — Differing sides of the illegal immigration debate came together on a panel Saturday in Fayetteville to discuss immigration policy and reform. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jan 15, 2012 at 4:52 a.m.

Farmers awaiting changes

New plans merge area USDA offices

Subscriber onlyFarmers in Johnson and Logan counties are waiting to see how they will be affected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plans to consolidate their Farm Service Agency service center offices with one in Franklin County. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jan 13, 2012 at 4:53 a.m.

Guardsmen face challenges

Home from deployments, veterans enter private sector

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Staff Sgt. Robert Sabatini spent the past year in Afghanistan with an Arkansas Army National Guard agriculture development team. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jan 9, 2012 at 1:21 a.m.

Suspect competent for trial, judge rules

Harrison man, 70, faces murder charge

Subscriber onlyA judge Thursday found that Richard “Dickie” Kidd is competent to stand trial on a capital murder charge stemming from his wife’s slaying nearly three years ago. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jan 6, 2012 at 5:53 a.m.

Springdale man’s legal battle over competency continues

Subscriber onlyA Springdale man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia has spent more than three years in federal custody while his attorneys fight the government’s effort to forcibly medicate him. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jan 1, 2012 at 5:41 a.m.

Synthetic ‘pot’ seized at 2 stores

Subscriber onlyFORT SMITH — Sebastian County prosecutors said they are deciding what charges to file after police raided two Fort Smith convenience stores and seized synthetic marijuana. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Dec 30, 2011 at 5:31 a.m.

Billing hubs face changes with mergers

City utilities to keep watch on moves of Postal Service

Subscriber onlyUtility providers and their direct mail counterparts in Northwest Arkansas are keeping an eye on the U.S. Postal Service’s plan to shutter 252 mail processing centers nationwide — a move that would leave Arkansas with a single center. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Dec 17, 2011 at 4:18 a.m.

Locals discuss Postal Service consolidation

Four centers in state wait till May for Congress to act

Subscriber onlyFAYETTEVILLE — The U.S. Postal Service is studying the viability of cutting more than half of its 487 area mail processing centers nationwide by 2013, including the Fayetteville Processing and Distribution Center. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Dec 15, 2011 at 4:18 a.m.

Christmas good for hit tree farm

Subscriber onlyETNA — Families searched for the perfect Christmas tree Saturday at a Franklin County tree farm that lost part of its crop in a deadly May tornado. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Dec 11, 2011 at 5:53 a.m.

State police faces retirement wave

Subscriber onlyThe Arkansas State Police is bracing for a wave of “delayed” retirements that will crest mid-2012. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Dec 11, 2011 at 4:18 a.m.

Still no trial date set for accused killer

Subscriber onlyHARRISON — Richard “Dickie” Kidd has a new attorney but still no answer as to whether his nearly three-year-old capital murder case will go to trial. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Dec 10, 2011 at 5:46 a.m.

Berryville Ex-bus driver found guilty in 2010 wreck

2 teachers, 9 students injured

Subscriber onlyYELLVILLE — A former Berryville School District bus driver was sentenced Friday to 10 days of community service for a 2010 school bus crash that injured him and 11 passengers, one critically. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Dec 3, 2011 at 5:43 a.m.

Teacher charged in video spying

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — A Lavaca Middle School teacher, whose teaching license was revoked by the state Department of Education, was charged with a felony after police said he set up a video camera in a teachers-lounge bathroom. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Nov 23, 2011 at 4:46 a.m.

Firm owes $7 million in ’08 fatal rig crash

Yellville accident killed fellow trucker

Subscriber onlyHARRISON — A U.S. District Court jury in Harrison has ordered a Kentucky trucking company to pay $7 million in damages for sending an unqualified driver on a dangerous trip that left one man dead after a crash in 2008. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Nov 12, 2011 at 5:32 a.m.

Student citizen concern is closed

Peru native at UA won’t be deported

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Federal immigration authorities are no longer trying to deport a University of Arkansas student whose parents brought him to the United States as a child. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Nov 10, 2011 at 3:22 a.m.

Cause of white-nose syndrome in bats confirmed

Arkansas caves to remain closed

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Confirming the cause of a disease that’s killed more than a million bats in North America will help wildlife officials develop a management plan, but it won’t mean the caves in Northwest Arkansas and other parts of the state will reopen soon. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Nov 7, 2011 at 4:21 a.m.

Murals found useful in rehabilitation

Fayetteville facility houses 100 women convicted of nonviolent crimes

Subscriber onlyFAYETTEVILLE — Hidden in the mural that adorns many of the walls of the Northwest Arkansas Community Correction Center are details that offer a glimpse of the life of its residents. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Oct 28, 2011 at 5:53 a.m.

Arkansas Art Trail to highlight sites across region for visitors

Subscriber onlyEUREKA SPRINGS — Turning visits to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville into a vacation anchored in Eureka Springs is the goal of organizers for the Arkansas Art Trail. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Oct 22, 2011 at 5:33 a.m.

Last county to stop using postal routes

Newton County makes switch to physical address

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Newton County is the last county in the state using postal routes instead of physical addresses for the purposes of mail delivery and emergency services, but the conversion is under way. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Oct 17, 2011 at 3:51 a.m.

Local organization aims to aid military families

Motorcycle ride to benefit group

Subscriber onlySILOAM SPRINGS — Communicating with a military spouse who is overseas is easier than it was during the Vietnam War, but it is still hard for wives such as Rachel Lee, who is experiencing her first deployment. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Oct 16, 2011 at 5:49 a.m.

Police search for fake officer

Two pulled over by impersonator

Subscriber onlyHarrison police said they are investigating two reports less than a week apart of a man with a blue light in his car stopping female motorists. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Oct 14, 2011 at 5:33 a.m.

Coach arrested in Clarksville

Deer employee held in undercover drug-purchase operation

Subscriber onlyDeer High School basketball coach John Jacob Thompson was in the Johnson County jail Friday after his arrest in Clarksville by the 5th Judicial Drug Task Force. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Oct 8, 2011 at 5:39 a.m.

PEOPLE & PLACES

Subscriber onlyWilliams Marks 98th Birthday Continue reading...

By - STAFF REPORT Posted: Oct 2, 2011 at 4:45 a.m.

Panel tackles watershed issues

Subscriber onlyWEST SILOAM SPRINGS, Okla. — Collaboration is more effective than regulation in watershed protection efforts, speakers said Thursday at the inaugural 4-State Watershed Academy. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Sep 30, 2011 at 5:43 a.m.

Sentence is 11 years for hate crime crash

Maybee also fined, told to pay restitution

Subscriber onlyHARRISON — Frankie Maybee was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday for a federal hate crime, but he told the judge that when he rammed a car with five Hispanic men off a road in Carroll County last year, his actions weren’t based on “hate.” “I’ve never been in this [type of] situation, especially not for being hateful,” Maybee said during his sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Harrison. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Sep 29, 2011 at 3:55 a.m.

Postal layoffs worry mayor, union heads

Harrison processing facility on block

Subscriber onlyThe Harrison Customer Service Mail Processing Center again is facing the chopping block as the U.S. Postal Service considers processing all of the state’s mail in Little Rock. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Sep 25, 2011 at 5:44 a.m.

Newton County to start on new jail 3 years after tax vote

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — A Harrison company was awarded an $840,000 contract to build a new Newton County jail Tuesday, nearly three years after voters passed a tax to build it. “It’s like a great old big weight off me,” Newton County Sheriff Keith Slape said. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Sep 21, 2011 at 3:45 a.m.

Officers’ shooting is ruled justified

Defending others, prosecutor claims

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Officers were justified in using deadly force to end James Ray Palmer’s attack on the Crawford County Courthouse, Prosecuting Attorney Marc McCune said in a letter to the heads of the two law enforcement agencies involved. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Sep 20, 2011 at 3:55 a.m.

Officials study impact made by new code

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Officials in Arkansas say they are seeing the effect of changes made to the Arkansas Criminal Code but it will take several more months before the full impact can be measured. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Sep 19, 2011 at 4:28 a.m.

Sheriff: 13 arrested on drug charges in Newton County ‘day of fun’

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — The Newton County sheriff ’s office arrested a dozen people on drug-related charges in a sweep that began Friday and continues to search for some who evaded law enforcement, Sheriff Keith Slape said Monday. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Sep 13, 2011 at 4:02 a.m.

County reins in medical costs

Co-pay required for inmates

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Some county jails in Arkansas are requiring inmates to chip in on medical costs as a way to save money and weed out malingering. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Sep 12, 2011 at 4:17 a.m.

Siblings receive prison terms

Each still face murder charge

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Two Fort Smith brothers pleaded guilty Monday to trying to kill a police officer who was trying to arrest them on suspicion of kidnapping and rape and question them about an Oklahoma homicide. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Aug 30, 2011 at 4:55 a.m.

Petitioner: Official, dad disorderly

Subscriber onlyCriminal summonses for misdemeanor disorderly conduct were issued Thursday for a Greenwood alderman and his father, accused of accosting a man circulating a petition. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Aug 19, 2011 at 5:10 a.m.

Society of jailers setting high bar

Goal: Keep up with challenges

Subscriber onlyArkansas jail administrators are working together to keep pace with the changing challenges of county lockups, including prisoner lawsuits that are an inevitable part of the work. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Aug 14, 2011 at 5:26 a.m.

Life terms given in ’10 slayings

Boone County man pleads guilty to shooting 2 in their trailer

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — A Boone County man began serving two life sentences Wednesday for killing a couple with a.22 caliber revolver last year. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Aug 11, 2011 at 4:05 a.m.

State Hospital backlog keeps trial on delay

Suspect, 69, faces charges in 2009 death of his wife

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — The issue of competency remains unresolved for a Harrison man jailed more than two years on suspicion of capital murder. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Aug 8, 2011 at 4:05 a.m.

2 found dead in Carroll County

Subscriber onlyNORTHWEST ARKANSAS — The Carroll County sheriff’s office is investigating the deaths of a man and woman found shot to death in a mobile home in Oak Grove. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Updated: August 2, 2011 6:05 a.m.

UA says no room for band at game

Alumni group told homecoming is out

Subscriber onlySeveral Razorback alumni band members were frustrated to learn this week the University of Arkansas won’t have room for them at this year’s homecoming game, thereby ending a 30-year tradition. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jul 30, 2011 at 5:31 a.m.

Fort Smith suspect jailed in Michigan

Two women, fetus killed

Subscriber onlyThe Memphis man accused of killing two women and an unborn fetus surrendered Thursday at the sheriff’s office in Saginaw County Mich., according to Fort Smith police. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jul 29, 2011 at 4:47 a.m.

Police: Deaths to avenge rabbit food ‘pot’

Subscriber onlyFORT SMITH — Fort Smith police said they are searching for a Memphis man they believe shot three women Monday because he’d been sold marijuana mixed with rabbit food. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jul 28, 2011 at 4:17 a.m.

Seminar aids officers, K-9s

Training helps put focus on areas needing attention

Subscriber onlyELM SPRINGS — Officers from four agencies spent the past week taking turns getting battered and bruised by Belgian Malinois and German shepherds as part of a K-9 decoy training seminar hosted by the Benton County sheriff’s office. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jul 25, 2011 at 3:41 a.m.

Life in Fort Smith doesn’t slow despite weather

Subscriber onlyFORT SMITH — Pam Cravens peered out from under her rainbow patterned umbrella on Saturday while watching her granddaughter’s softball team play in heat that topped 100 degrees for the 19th day in a row in the area. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jul 24, 2011 at 4:36 a.m.

Petition process grievous

2003 Fayetteville dust-up similar to Fort Smith’s

Subscriber onlyTwo file boxes gathering dust in the basement of Fayetteville City Hall serve as reminders of the battle that raged in fall 2003 over a city law prohibiting smoking in most public places. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jul 17, 2011 at 5:36 a.m.

Green Forest man denied a new trial

Maybee was convicted for hate crimes

Subscriber onlyA Green Forest man convicted of committing federal hate crimes will not be acquitted or given a new trial, a federal judge ruled Friday. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jul 16, 2011 at 4:51 a.m.

Cyber unit makes 1st arrest, in porn case

Subscriber onlyFORT SMITH — An illegal alien living in Barling was the first person arrested in a child pornography case by the state attorney general’s newly created cybercrimes unit, Dustin Mc-Daniel said Wednesday. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jul 7, 2011 at 4:10 a.m.

Petition canvasser kicked out of park

Signatures for tax vote sought on July 4

Subscriber onlyFORT SMITH — Liz Armstrong wasn’t quite sure what to think when two Fort Smith city employees kicked her out of the city’s Independence Day celebration for gathering signatures for a referendum on the 1 percent sales tax on prepared food. Continue reading...

By Adam Wallworth Posted: Jul 6, 2011 at 4:09 a.m.

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