On campus
Some spring breakers pack their bags and head to the beach but 20 university of arkansas students are taking a different route.
The amount of recycling the u of a has collected in this year’s recycle mania contest is up 17 percent from 2009.
An area book drive is bringing the gift of reading to children in the Arkansas Delta.
In Northwest Arkansas
Parking at the Walton arts center on Dickson street is currently free – but that could be changing in the near future.
Tasha Keeland, a local Fayetteville woman, has been arrested and faces drug charges as well as endangering the welfare of a minor.
Two Arkansas coal-fired power plants rank among the nation’s fifty worst producers of mercury pollution, according to an environmental integrity project study.
Around the World
U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton arrived in Russia today to jump-start talks about a new nuclear treaty, and the stalled Mideast peace process.
A Chicago man charged in two international terror plots, including the 2008 Mumbai, India, attacks, pleaded guilty today to a dozen counts against him, and now will not face a trial.
The Sudanese government signed a framework cease-fire agreement today with a rebel group from the country’s war-torn Darfur region.
Sports Beat
Let the madness begin! The men’s NCAA college basketball tournament kicked off today with many of its first round games now already in the books.
The Villanova wildcats came into the tournament as the number two seed in the south region and had a first round matchup with number 15 seed Robert Morris.
Ron Washington came out yesterday to the media to reveal that he tested positive for cocaine use during the 2009 season.
All this and more tonight on UATV News at 8 p.m. Watch online at uatvonline.net or on Channel 14.
Information from tonight’s show
Dickson street parking information: http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/parking_mgmt/downtown_parking_locations/index.cfm
Money Found Story — UAPD Contact Information:
Police Department
University of Arkansas
155 S. Razorback Road
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 575-2222