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Benton County Juvenile Officials Host Open House for New Shelter
by Drew Smith FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Benton County will soon open a shelter for teenage boys in a renovated space within the juvenile detention center. The Alternative Placement Adolescent Center (APAC) will house up to eight teens, ages 13 to 17, for 90 days. Parents will voluntarily sign their kids into the shelter and nobody…
Not Your Average Home For Two
by Nick Camper SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark.–On the outside, it looks like a bus for a local baptist church, but the inside is a newly remodeled home. Makenna Shepherd and her wife Alondra bought their 1991 International Bus in the hopes of making it a house on wheels. The couple spent close to three months ripping…
Annual Springtime of Youth Festival Takes Place this Saturday
By Chris Zahn FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– The Springtime of Youth Music Festival will be this Saturday, April 27, at the Washington County Fairgrounds, 2537 N. McConnell Ave. in Fayetteville. The gates will open to the public at 3:15 in the afternoon and the first concert will start 15 minutes later at 3:30. Five artists will perform…
Goats “Hoof” it Back to Wilson Park
By Chris Zahn FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– The goats of Northwest Arkansas are hoofing there way back to the hill for a little spring cleaning of Wilson Park. The goats are brought in a few times each year to eat honeysuckle, privet, poison ivy and other invasive vegetation as part of the parks department’s efforts to manage…
Local Bank to Donate 1 Million Meals
By Chris Zahn FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– For the ninth year in a row, Arvest Bank locations in NWA and the Fort Smith/River Valley region have pledged to provide one million meals to locals in need again this year as part of their two month long 1 Million Meals initiative to fight food insecurity. The bank plans…
Former First Lady to Speak at Bud Walton
By Chris Zahn FAYETTEVILLE, Ark–Former First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009 Laura Bush will speak at Bud Walton Arena Thursday, April 18th at 7 p.m. as part of the University of Arkansas student sponsored Distinguished Lecture Series. As first lady, Mrs. Bush advanced literacy and education to support America’s young people.…
All In For Arkansas Fundraising Wraps Up
By Wyatt Garrett FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Hundreds of donations have been made to the University of Arkansas’ various programs through their All In For Arkansas fundraising event. A record-breaking total of $465,123 was raised through 1,420 donations to the school. Donors could choose from over 130 academic programs and initiatives to donate to. Sam M.…
A Light Row Week for UAPD
By Wyatt Garrett FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Row Week is a time of partying and letting loose with friends, and is a stressful time for police officers on campus, but not this year. Only two arrests were made on campus this year that correlated with Row Week. There were 10 arrests in 2018 around the weekend…
Career Resources Become More Broad on Campus
By Wyatt Garrett FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Career resources will soon be expanding at the University of Arkansas. The Career Development Center will be introducing the Career Studio in the fall. The center will use student peer mentors to increase their advising capabilities. Students will be able to drop-in on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9…
The Fear of Reporting
by Khadn Adderley FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The month of April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the University of Arkansas has various programs throughout the month to help students who may be victims of sexual assault. According to RAINN, 11.2% of graduate and undergraduate students experience sexual assault or rape. Only 20% of student female…