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Bella Vista officials look for help to put out fire Officials hope to learn today what can be done to extinguish an underground fire burning for more than four months and polluting the air. by Mike Jones 7 hrs. ago

Rogers Historical Museum opens in new spot The Rogers Historical Museum opened Thursday in its new spot downtown with the help of some key supporters. by Alex Golden 7 hrs. ago

Conway plant to close by '21, slash 344 jobs; firm opts to go with Wisconsin incentives Kimberly-Clark Corp. said Thursday that it will close its Conway manufacturing facility by 2021, ending months of uncertainty about whether the company would choose the Arkansas plant, or a similar factory in Wisconsin, for closure. by Democrat-Gazette staff and wire reports 3 hrs. ago

Plan set to address Fayetteville High parking issue The School Board on Thursday approved adding 200 parking spaces for students in three places surrounding the high school. by Dave Perozek 7 hrs. ago

Scientists to get $75,000 grants; Arkansas Research Alliance adds 6 to Fellows Program Five researchers at state universities are each getting $75,000 grants from the Arkansas Research Alliance under its program to support world-class researchers whose work strengthens the state's competitiveness, officials said Thursday. by Michael R. Wickline 3 hrs. ago

Sheriff: Man shoots suspected prowler in Huntington-area barn The Sebastian County sheriff's office is investigating a shooting where a man critically injured someone he believed to be a prowler, officials said. by Stephen Simpson 17 hrs. ago

Hogs' LB arrested on various charges University of Arkansas linebacker Demetrius "Dee" Walker has been suspended indefinitely following his arrest on felony drug and weapon charges by Fayetteville police. by Tom Murphy 3 hrs. ago

EPA testing shows air near stump dump 'unhealthy' The Arkansas Department of Health said Wednesday preliminary results of monitoring near a stump dump fire show air quality in the "unhealthy" category, according to a news release. by Mike Jones 1 day ago

National Park Service buys MLK Jr's Atlanta birth home ATLANTA -- The National Park Service has bought the home in Atlanta, Georgia, where Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929. by The Associated Press 33 mins. ago

US retail sales rose scant 0.2% in November WASHINGTON -- U.S. retail sales increased a slight 0.2% in November, as strong sales tied to holiday shopping were offset by lower gasoline prices. by JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer 36 mins. ago

Northwest Arkansas election officials craft legislative agenda Voter identification laws and voter registration came under fire Thursday when election officials from Northwest Arkansas discussed legislation they might want to see enacted next year by the state Legislature. by Tom Sissom 7 hrs. ago

Shooting injures Sebastian County man A man whom authorities believed to be a prowler in a barn in rural Sebastian County was shot and critically wounded Wednesday night, according to the Sebastian County Sheriff's Office. by Dave Hughes 7 hrs. ago

Lincoln police chief arrested State police arrested former Police Chief Brian Key on Thursday in connection with drug-related offenses. by Lynn Kutter 7 hrs. ago

Bentonville to test sirens The city will test its storm warning sirens at 1 p.m. today, weather permitting. by Special to NWA Democrat-Gazette 7 hrs. ago

Transcripts detail 911 calls, chase For the majority of the time a North Little Rock man was driving a stolen patrol car Saturday, he also was chatting with dispatchers over the radio and claiming the deputies he attacked were not law enforcement officers at all, call records show. by Clara Turnage 7 hrs. ago

Fort Smith man gets 15 years in Oklahoma drug case A Fort Smith man has been sentenced in federal court in Oklahoma to 15 years in prison after a jury was told the man tried to destroy methamphetamine by dumping it in a trash can of bleach as police closed in on him. by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 7 hrs. ago

Fort Smith art museum gets Wingate endowment The Regional Art Museum has been awarded a $12 million endowment by the Windgate Foundation to support the museum's mission of art education programs, exhibitions and special events. by Dave Hughes 7 hrs. ago

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Official: Police kill man, try to ID as Strasbourg gunman STRASBOURG, France -- A top French official says a man has been killed in a shootout with police in Strasbourg, but he has not been confirmed as the suspected gunman who killed three people near a Christmas market. by SAMUEL PETREQUIN and ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press 16 hrs. ago

Senate rebukes Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi, Yemen war WASHINGTON -- Senators voted Thursday to recommend that the U.S. end its assistance to Saudi Arabia for the war in Yemen and put the blame for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi squarely on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in a direct challenge to both the longtime Middle East ally and President Donald Trump's handling of the relationship. by MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press 16 hrs. ago

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Village Players Ready For Their Comeback Although they don't have a stage or their nonprofit status, some former members of the Village Players are planning a comeback. On Jan. 13, "Nunsense" is coming to the Parish Hall at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church in Bella Vista, and it may be just the beginning.

Threads Of Sisterhood The founder of the oldest Native feminist theater group in North America -- and likely the world, Muriel Miguel speculates -- will give a retrospective spotlight talk today at Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville. The lecture, which is certain to be part performance as well, will trace the journey Miguel and her two sisters have taken over the last 40-plus years in trailblazing Native and feminist voices in progressive storytelling with Spiderwoman Theater. by Jocelyn Murphy

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A Picture's Worth When animator Ron Campbell put his pencil down -- after drawing the very last line of dialog, in the last scene of the finale TV movie for the bizarre and twisted early 2000s cartoon "Ed, Edd n Eddy" -- the legendary artist somehow knew his career in television animation had come to an end. Serendipitously, Campbell's chosen retirement lined up to be exactly 50 years and one month after his very first professional animation job -- drawing a dying centipede over and over for a bug spray commercial. The cartoon in question would also happen to be the last major animated series to use traditional animation techniques before the world turned wholly to computers. by Jocelyn Murphy

Classical Music Everywhere Sarah Pearson, new this year as assistant conductor for the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, sees orchestral music as the soundtrack of our lives. by Becca Martin-Brown

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