With the New Year comes resolutions about weight loss and healthy eating habits, and one man has taken this very seriously. 31-year-old High School Football Coach Luke Cox lost more than 130 pounds in just 9 months, and plans on losing even more. Thanks to a local weight loss competition similar to The Biggest Loser, Cox…

One of the main stadiums for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil is lagging behind crucial completion deadlines set for June’s biggest tournament in international soccer. The Arena Pantanal stadium located in Cuiabá , is still undergoing construction work due to material shortages and contractual issues. Some of the incomplete components of this multi-use venue are…

Spring semester at the U of A brings a full semester of sports, and that means the university is cracking down on towing. The athletic lots for basketball and baseball are designated by signs. Men’s and Women’s basketball lots must be vacated 2 hours prior to all home games, while the Baum Stadium parking lot…

Two children are in the hospital today after a school shooting that took place in Roswell, New Mexico. A 12-year old boy entered the middle school gym early this morning, pulled a shotgun out of his bag and opened fired on students waiting for class to begin. An 11-year old boy and a 13-year old…

A seven-mile mishap had passengers on a Southwest Airlines jet a little shaken up. On Sunday, a jet holding 124 passengers mistakenly landed at a small airport in Taney County, Missouri, missing its intended target of the Branson Airport, by merely seven miles. The Taney County airport’s runway is almost half the size of Branson’s.…

Applications for the Full Circle Campus Food Pantry are now available. The Pantry is looking for students to fill two hour shifts once a week for the entire semester on either Mondays or Thursdays.  Applications can be found online. Students have until Thursday January 16th to turn it in to the Center of Community Engagement office in the Arkansas…

Tourists looking for a good place to visit should look no further than right here in Northwest Arkansas.  Fodors.com named the South Main street in Eureka Springs one the best main streets in the United States. Others on the list include main streets in Michigan, California, and Florida. In Eureka Springs, you can go sightseeing,…

Tyson Food is recalling more than 33,000 pounds of chicken products fearing that they may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. The company says they are voluntarily recalling 40-pound cases of mechanically separated chicken. The recall was issued after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service became aware of people at a Tennessee correctional…

Any student interested in joining the Associated Student Government will have their shot. Applications are now available for senate vacancies and any student from any college can apply. In addition to applying, candidates are required to attend one of two mandatory candidate orientation meetings. Those meetings are January 15th and 16th at 5:30pm in the…

Student Council members at Fayetteville high school hope to raise at least 20,000 dollars tonight at the annual Homeless Vigil.  Each year student council members spend the night in makeshift homes and keep warm by lighting fires in barrels on the high school’s front lawn,.  Fayetteville residents are then encouraged stop by and donate anything…