A National Education summit was attended by over 100 college and university presidents from across the country as part of the president’s new focus on higher education going into the election year. However, one of the major obstacles facing this push is the partisan gridlock in Congress. First lady Michelle Obama has also continued her education…

An Arkansas state football player and his stepfather are dead after a home invasion in western Tennessee last night. 21 year old Markel Owens was home with his mother when two masked men broke into their apartment. The two suspects demanded money and a fight began. Owens, his mom and her husband were all shot. The two men…

The annual Northwest Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Day march and vigil will take place on January 20th in Fayetteville.  The march begins at eleven-30 a-m starting at the Walton Arts Center parking lot on Dickson street. The NWA MLK Council organized the march for all community members. The City of Fayetteville will announce the MLK award for the…

House lawmakers have approved a 1.1 trillion dollar spending bill which would fund the government until September. The new measure would roll back past spending cuts and includes a 1-percent increase in federal worker and military personnel pay. This is the first increase in three years for most agencies. It would also protect disabled veterans…

Today marks the fifth year anniversary for the Miracle on the Hudson. Gratitude was given to all of those who helped keep everyone on the plane alive. Captain Chelsey Sullenberger landed US Airways flight 15-49 safely on the Hudson after taking off from LaGuardia Airport and having geese disable the engines, five years ago today.…

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.…