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Fort Smith Police Need your Help
By: Madison McClung FORT SMITH, Ark. – The Fort Smith police need your help to find a wanted person. Have you seen this person? Officials say Denzel Lee Massey obtains ten outstanding warrants in the city. Some of his charges include domestic battery, harassment, and criminal impersonation. Police ask anyone with information on his whereabouts…
Bicycle Race Arrives in Fayetteville
By: Ben Glodowski FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.- A four-day stage race descends on Northwest Arkansas beginning Thursday, April 12. The Joe Martin Stage Race exists in several divisions with multiple routes, lengths and start times. Thursday and Friday consist of Road Races, ranging from 64 miles for Pro Women to 113 miles for Pro Men. Cyclists transition…
Department of Education Grades Schools
By: Ben Glodowski LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- The State Department of Education released the report cards for its public schools from 2016-17. The department compiles data each year as part of the Arkansas Every Student Succeeds Act. The act took effect in 2015, and it assigns each public school in the state a score, which translates…
Immigration Conversation Comes to the Jones Center
By: Ben Glodowski SPRINGDALE, Ark.- Immigrants and Latinx people in Northwest Arkansas will have the opportunity to speak with candidates for various public offices for Arkansas. Immigrant Conversations with Arkansas Candidates invites, “dozens of politicians from multiple parties” to engage with the immigrant community. The discussion will cover topics from the Dream Act and DACA,…
The End of the Year Fashion Show Combines Style With Science
By: Nick Camper FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – This year’s Enclothe: Timeless fashion show will feature some stylistic and technical pieces. The fashion show brings apparel merchandising, product development majors and the engineering department together to make one-of-a-kind outfits. Lexie Benton, Senior Apparel Major and an artist, created a product that is made from recycled vinyls and LED…
Fraternity Members Held at Gun Point Outside Their House
By: Nick Camper FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A man is in custody after allegedly pointing a gun at someone and threatening them, said Fayetteville police. It was early Wednesday morning when Ryan Torres, 21, of Fort Worth, Texas stopped his truck outside the Kappa Sigma Fraternity house on 711 W. Dickson Street to confront a group…
The University Brings in a Local Philanthropist to Speak at Graduation
By Nick Camper FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Sherece West-Scantlebury, president and CEO of Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, will speak at this years All-University Commencement Ceremony. She worked 10 years as the president and CEO of the private foundation who look to make the lives of Arkansans better through economic development and education. “It is a pleasure to…
Police investigate battery at Kappa Alpha House
by Anna Thrash FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.- Police are investigating an altercation that took place at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house on the University of Arkansas campus. Authorities responded to a complaint at the residence which they have deemed was related to a violent fight. Kevin Trainor, the U of A Associate Athletic Director, released a statement…
7 Hills assists Homeless Veterans in Northwest Arkansas
By: Aubry Tucker FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Homelessness affects 2.5 times as many people as it did in 2007. In Northwest Arkansas two of every five homeless people are veterans. 7 Hills in Fayetteville works to address these high rates of homelessness, specifically with Veterans. James Morgan has been homeless for three or four years, but…
Fayetteville Parks Smoking Ban in Effect
By: Chris Nunez FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A smoking ban, which was approved by the city council last month is now in full effect. It is now illegal to smoke in all of Fayetteville’s parks and trails. Along with cigarettes, lighted pipes, cigars, vapor devices and e-cigs, the ban also includes all forms of smokeless tobacco.…