Trail wrinkle : Budget limitations slow process of adding lights to Scull Creek Trail

BY MARSHA L. MELNICHAK Northwest Arkansas Times

Scull Creek Trail isn’t open yet, but more than 200 people strolled, jogged and biked past a counter on the trail between Sycamore and North streets by 3 p.m. - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

District to consider hiring search firm

BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times

Fayetteville Board of Education members will consider hiring a search firm to find a new superintendent to succeed Bobby New and will consider taking action on a land purchase at the regular meeting Thursday. - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

City considers purchasing glass crusher

BY DUSTIN TRACY Northwest Arkansas Times

An experimental glass recycling par tnership might be in the works for the city of Prairie Grove and Boston Mountain Solid Waste District. - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Day care worker gets 40 years for sexual assault

BY SCOTT F. DAVIS Northwest Arkansas Times

An 18-year-old former day care worker from Springdale faces a 40-year prison sentence after pleading guilty Tuesday to sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl. - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

ATV accident survivor tells story of determination, healing

BY TRISH HOLLENBECK Northwest Arkansas Times

SPRINGDALE — If there was one word Matt Courson used to describe himself, it was active. - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Mark Your Calendar

23 July WEDNESDAY 2008 Public Meetings Internet Policy Subcommittee Meeting, 5:30 p.m., room 111, City Administration Building, 113 W. Mountain, Fayetteville. - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Sex offender gets 35 years in prison

BY SCOTT F. DAVIS Northwest Arkansas Times

A 53-year-old registered sex offender pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexual abuse of pre-teenage girls and terroristic threatening. - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Man arrested on suspicion of molesting 8-year-old girl

Northwest Arkansas Times

A Summers man is in jail for allegedly molesting an 8-year-old-girl. - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Hospitals, agencies to play roles in disaster drill

BY SUSANNAH PATTON Northwest Arkansas Times

Area hospitals and emergency response agencies will participate in a regional disaster drill today to test their preparedness. - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Court Brief

Decay seeks more time to file appeal A convicted murderer awaiting the death penalty needs more time to file his appeal because the transcript from his trial is not completed, according to a motion filed Tuesday by his attorney. - Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Paid in full? : Final penalty payment to city due soon for Renaissance developers

BY MARSHA L. MELNICHAK Northwest Arkansas Times

It’s up to the Fayetteville City Council to decide what happens next at the corner of College Avenue and Mountain Street where the Renaissance Hotel is supposed to be built, according to City Attorney Kit Williams. - Tuesday, July 22, 2008

British company announces plans involving Fayetteville

BY MARSHA L. MELNICHAK Northwest Arkansas Times

A Fayetteville economic leader said Monday that news of an international company teaming with a Fayetteville research and technology company to create fuel for cars from municipal waste could change the world. - Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Mayor dumps electronic locks

BY DUSTIN TRACY Northwest Arkansas Times

Some Tontitown city officials are not too happy about being locked out of the decision to change the door locks to the Tontitown City Hall from electronic cards to manual key locks. Especially since the electronic system was only two years old and cost the city $5,500. - Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Board OKs library budget with extended hours

BY SUSANNAH PATTON Northwest Arkansas Times

The Fayetteville Public Library would like to extend its hours in order increase accessibility for customers. - Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Dairy farmer discusses program that monitors environmental data

BY TRISH HOLLENBECK Northwest Arkansas Times

SPRINGDALE — Joe Bragger says he believes farmers and nonfarmers can work together to solve environmental and economic problems. - Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Mark Your Calendar

22 July TUESDAY 2008 Events and Activities There will be a free Homeschool Help workshop 6:30-8 :30 p.m. today in Room 136 at the Jones Center, 622 E. Emma Ave., Springdale. The topic will be “Getting Started In Homeschooling.” For more information contact Shelley K inder at 789-5813. Meetings AA, 11:30 a.m., First United Methodist Church, Room W117, 206 W. Johnson, Springdale; women only. - Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Commission sets poll sites for school board elections

BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times

The Washington County Election Commission voted to open seven poll sites by zone for the Fayetteville Board of Education election on Sept. 16. - Tuesday, July 22, 2008

PRAIRIE GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS : District tables action on soft drink contract

BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times

PRAIRIE GROVE — The Board of Education tabled a proposed new soft drink contract from Coca-Cola and approved some salary changes at its monthly meeting Monday. - Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Bank sues Athletic World, brother of late founder

BY SCOTT F. DAVIS Northwest Arkansas Times

The Bank of Fayetteville filed a lawsuit Monday against Athletic World Advertising and Brick Wade Ogden, the brother of the company’s founder, the late Greg Ogden. - Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Arrest Report

False police report, theft Anthony Louis Metz, 19, of 1397 E. Fairlane in Fayetteville, who was arrested July 19 on a rape charge for allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl, has been arrested on additional charges of filing a false police report and theft in an unrelated case. On April 18, Metz told police that the Sonic Drive-in at 1801 N. Crossover Road in Fayetteville had been robbed by an unknown male with a handgun. Metz was working for Sonic at the time, according to the report. - Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Messin’ with the kids : Raising goats becoming more popular in Arkansas

BY TRISH HOLLENBECK Northwest Arkansas Times

Emerging from the darkness of a small patch of woods, one is abruptly greeted by a sunny, hilly pasture and a goat herd. - Monday, July 21, 2008

Ozark Profile : Bain visits with patients, follows father’s footsteps

BY SCOTT F. DAVIS

Andrew Bain spends a lot of time visiting with his patients at his dental office in Prairie Grove. He admits it. His staff teases him about it. - Monday, July 21, 2008

Mansfield faces foreclosure on local apartments

BY SCOTT F. DAVIS Northwest Arkansas Times

One of Fayetteville’s largest owners of apartment units, Steve Mansfield, faces foreclosure of apartment complexes and other buildings near the University of Arkansas campus. - Monday, July 21, 2008

GREENLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS : District prepares for transition to state control

BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times

Their school was spared from annexation July 14 by the Arkansas State Board of Education, but much work remains to be done by the Greenland School District if it is to remain independent in the long term. - Monday, July 21, 2008

Leadership, financial savvy are key for districts

BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times

Keeping a close eye on the district’s finances and having the right superintendent in place might be more important than ever for school districts, as the Greenland and Decatur fiscal distress situations demonstrate. - Monday, July 21, 2008

Mark Your Calendar

21 July MONDAY 2008 Public Meetings Special Library Board of Trustees Meeting, 1 p.m., Leverenz Room, Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville. - Monday, July 21, 2008

Court Briefs

Nonsupport Daniel Ray Leyva, 33, was charged July 18 with nonsupport. He is accused of being more than $37,500 past due on child support payments. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. Theft of rental property Donny Doshier, 32, and Elaine Doshier, 36, of Springdale were charged July 17 with theft of leased or rented property. They are accused of renting a washer, dryer and sofa chair from Buddy’s Home Furnishings and failing to pay for or return it. Nonsupport Stephen Franks, 22, of Springdale was charged July 18 with nonsupport. He is accused of being more than $4,300 past due on child support payments. A warrant was issued for his arrest. - Monday, July 21, 2008

Saving the past : Love of history leads to passion for preservation

BY SUSANNAH PATTON Northwest Arkansas Times

Jonathan Story would do just about anything to keep a historic home from being bulldozed, even if it means putting the house on a truck and hauling it to a new location. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

SouthPass could visit Planning Commission later this month

BY MARSHA L. MELNICHAK Northwest Arkansas Times

SouthPass, the town-sized development that is slated to bring a 200-acre regional park to Fayetteville, could go before the city Planning Commission at its July 28 meeting. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Groups offer support for troops, families

BY KATE WARD Northwest Arkansas Times

For soldiers overseas, support is everything. - Sunday, July 20, 2008