Local News
Fraternity grounded from activities at UA
No social events for it, others through fall
Posted: November 21, 2009 5:57 a.m.The University of Arkansas this week suspended most fraternities’ social activities for the fall semester after a student attending a frat party was hospitalized with alcohol poisoning and the group’s headquarters began a hazing investigation.
Post office branches still on list for closure
Posted: November 21, 2009 5:39 a.m.Four Arkansas post office branches or stations remain targeted for closure by the U.S. Postal Service, which has said it may lose $7.8 billion this year.
Senator: Cuts leave schools holding tab
Defibrillators required on each campus
Posted: November 21, 2009 5:37 a.m.The legislator who sponsored a law calling for schools to have defibrillators said Friday that he worries that state budget cuts last month may force school districts to buy them instead.
OZARK: Officer accused of using Taser on female in jail
Woman claims pregnancy as FBI said to start investigation
Posted: November 21, 2009 5:34 a.m.The Ozark Police Department is investigating an allegation that the officer who used a Taser on a 10-yearold girl Nov. 11 also used the Taser on a woman Sunday at the county jail.
Northwest Arkansas deaths
Posted: November 19, 2009 5:29 a.m.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publishes, at no charge, death notices of reasonable length for residents of Benton, Carroll, Washington and Madison counties submitted by funeral homes. For more information, call (479) 770-8400.
Northwest Arkansas deaths
Posted: November 17, 2009 6:12 a.m.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publishes, at no charge, death notices of reasonable length for residents of Benton, Carroll, Washington and Madison counties submitted by funeral homes.
County to auction former ‘pot’ farm
Lawmen: 25 acres probably free of crop, booby traps
Posted: November 17, 2009 5:16 a.m.Palin sets visit to Fayetteville, will sign books
Area Republican leaders offer praise for 2008 VP candidate
Posted: November 17, 2009 5:14 a.m.Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, will be in Fayetteville on Dec. 3 to sign copies of her book Going Rogue: An American Life.
WASHINGTON COUNTY: Cleanup plan targets aged nuclear reactor
Posted: November 17, 2009 5:13 a.m.An international nuclear services company is assisting in a pilot project to plan for a possible cleanup of a defunct nuclear reactor owned by the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
The state/region in brief
Posted: November 14, 2009 9:35 a.m.County workers to get raise in ’10 FORT SMITH — Sebastian County employees will get a 3 percent pay raise next year, despite the need to cut more than $1 million in funding requests to balance the budget, Quorum Court members decided Thursday.
UA board gives its OK for renovation projects
Posted: November 14, 2009 9:35 a.m.The University of Arkansas board of trustees gave its flagship campus the OK Friday to issue up to $64 million in bonds for a wide-ranging list of renovation and construction projects.
UA trustees give approval for new dorm
New unit to cost $22 million on Math, Sciences campus
Posted: November 14, 2009 5:08 a.m.Trustees for the University of Arkansas System approved a plan Friday for a specialty high school in Hot Springs to move forward on a $22.1 million dormitory complex, but not without some debate on whether the project is a wise investment of taxpayer dollars.
FAYETTEVILLE: Giving athletes’ ex-dorm to scholars before board
Posted: November 12, 2009 6:01 a.m.The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville wants to give an old dormitory new life by remodeling it to house two programs.
Northwest Arkansas deaths
Posted: November 12, 2009 5:55 a.m.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publishes, at no charge, death notices of reasonable length for residents of Benton, Carroll, Washington and Madison counties submitted by funeral homes.
Northwest Arkansas deaths
Posted: November 11, 2009 5:14 a.m.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publishes, at no charge, death notices of reasonable length for residents of Benton, Carroll, Washington and Madison counties submitted by funeral homes.