After months of planning, Wedington drive may be getting a new a look. Known as the Wedington Corridor Master Plan, one of the bigger changes it proposes is the addition of a new roundabout in place of the series of traffic lights at the I-540 intersection. Along with the roundabout the plan would also add…

A $3 million donation from the Walmart Foundation is aimed at providing fresher strawberries for customers and an economic boost for local farmers. The donation was made to the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. U of A horticulture professor Curt Rom says strawberries travel an average distance up to or exceeding 3,000 miles…

A new plan has been unveiled which would send humans to Mars. The Inspiration Mars Foundation announced their plans to send 2 humans on a nearly year and a half journey to fly by the planet. The mission would begin in 2018. The foundation plans to send a married couple that are out of child…

The State House of Representatives has overridden a veto by Governor Mike Beebe that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks. Beebe vetoed the bill Tuesday, but the House voted 53-to-28 to override his veto. The bill would ban abortions at 20 weeks which is the point at which the bill claims a fetus can…

Arkansas’ State government passed two campus related bills today. One bill would allow college campuses to decide whether to allow faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns. The other would change the amounts of the state’s lottery-funded college scholarships. Schools that opt out of the faculty and staff law for concelaed carry would be required…

One of Fayetteville’s oldest running bars is closing for re-modling and will be re-opened under new management. Located at 107 North Block avenue, Maxine’s Tap Room will soon be run by local business owners Rebekah and Matt Champagne, Ben Gitchel and Hannah Withers. The group signed for the lease last Friday and the bar will…