Place your bids : Local businesses encouraged to compete for city contracts

BY ROBIN MERO Northwest Arkansas Times

Fayetteville wants to equip local businesses to bid for its work and sales, which totaled $26 million last year. - Friday, July 3, 2009

George's Inc. sued over fatal accident involving driver

BY TRISH HOLLENBECK Northwest Arkansas Times

George's Inc., the chicken processor in Springdale, is facing a wrongful death lawsuit, filed Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court. - Friday, July 3, 2009

Filing for school board begins July 10

BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times

The one-week time frame for school board candidates to start filing in order to run for election begins in one week. - Friday, July 3, 2009

Man flees police, flees some more, flees again

BY KATE WARD Northwest Arkansas Times

An Illinois man was taken into police custody early Thursday morning after fleeing from Arkansas State Police multiple times. - Friday, July 3, 2009

Sen. Lincoln stops at Drake Field on statewide tour

BY VERNON TARVER Northwest Arkansas Times

U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln continued her weeklong whirlwind tour throughout the state on Thursday with several stops in the Northwest Arkansas area. - Friday, July 3, 2009

Mark Your Calendar

3 July FRIDAY 2009 Events and Activities Fayetteville High School Class of 1979 reunion is scheduled for today and Saturday. Events will be tonight, Saturday afternoon and Saturday night. For more details, e-mail Meredith Level at fhs79reunion@gmail.com. - Friday, July 3, 2009

Rash of vehicle break-ins hits west Fayetteville around MLK Jr. Blvd.

BY KATE WARD Northwest Arkansas Times

Fayetteville police are reminding area residents to keep their car doors locked following a string of breakins in the west side of town. - Friday, July 3, 2009

Man accused of raping pregnant girlfriend

BY KATE WARD Northwest Arkansas Times

A Fayetteville man faces criminal charges on allegations of raping his pregnant girlfriend. - Friday, July 3, 2009

Mayor's lawyers file motion to dismiss amended suit

BY TRISH HOLLENBECK Northwest Arkansas Times

Attorneys for Tontitown's mayor, Joe Edgmon, have filed a motion to dismiss an amended suit against him. - Friday, July 3, 2009

Elkins promotes interim police chief to top spot

BY PAT HARRIS White River Valley News

ELKINS — An Elkins police sergeant has been promoted to police chief. - Friday, July 3, 2009

Department exonerates officers : Internal probe clears officers in Ulmer case

BY KATE WARD Northwest Arkansas Times

An internal investigation conducted by the Fayetteville Police Department has determined that two officers acted in accordance with departmental policy when a bullet fired from one of their weapons inadvertently struck a homicide victim in the head last week. - Thursday, July 2, 2009

Anderson violated parole prior to slaying

BY TRISH HOLLENBECK Northwest Arkansas Times

A 41-year-old Farmington man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death Friday night was, at the time of her death, a parolee out of Oklahoma being supervised by Arkansas authorities and had violated his parole as late as June. One of the violations Ricky Ray Anderson committed involved being accused of a new crime. He bonded out of the Washington County Detention Center on June 18 on a $3,500 bond after having been arrested earlier that month on a felony criminal mischief charge — accused of destroying the woman's property. - Thursday, July 2, 2009

GREENLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS : Smith says finances will beat predictions

BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times

He isn’t ready to give specific numbers, but Greenland School District Superintendent Roland Smith said he expects the 2008-2009 fiscal year ending balance to exceed expectations. - Thursday, July 2, 2009

Thomas begins work as schools chief

BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times

With an office key given to her in advance, the new Fayetteville Public Schools superintendent, Vicki Thomas, entered the central administration building for her first day on the job Wednesday. - Thursday, July 2, 2009

Conference looks at supplying supermarkets with local food

BY ROBIN MERO Northwest Arkansas Times

Fayetteville was the setting this week for dozens of specialists in food and agriculture industries to brainstorm ways to help small- and midscale farmers sell their crops in supermarkets. - Thursday, July 2, 2009

Mark Your Calendar

2 July THURSDAY 2009 Public Meetings Fayetteville Subdivision Committee, 9 a.m., City Administration Building, Room 326, 113 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville. - Thursday, July 2, 2009

Firework activity regulated during July Fourth

Northwest Arkansas Times

More than 10,000 people are treated for fireworkrelated injuries every year, with an average of six people being killed by using fireworks in that same span. - Thursday, July 2, 2009

Deputies to man sobriety checkpoints for Fourth

BY KATE WARD Northwest Arkansas Times

Washington County sheriff's deputies hope to prevent drunken driving this week by conducting random sobriety checkpoints. - Thursday, July 2, 2009

Prosecutor eyeing capital murder charge for Anderson

BY TRISH HOLLENBECK Northwest Arkansas Times

Washington County Prosecuting Attorney John Threet said Tuesday that he is looking at a capital murder charge against Ricky Ray Anderson, 41, of Farmington, who is accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend, Jill Ulmer, several times Friday. - Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Protection orders one tool for abuse victims

BY TRISH HOLLENBECK Northwest Arkansas Times

When a woman decides to leave a domestic abuse situation, the level of danger immediately escalates, said local experts who deal with these situations on a daily basis. - Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Stimulus funds to aid energy efficiency

BY ROBIN MERO Northwest Arkansas Times

Fayetteville is receiving $725,000 in federal stimulus funds for energy efficiency and conservation projects. - Wednesday, July 1, 2009

BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL : Remodel revitalizes decades-old school

BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times

On the inside, very little is recognizable about the original 1968 section of Butterfield Trail Elementary School in Fayetteville. - Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Economy topic of mayor's second town hall

BY ROBIN MERO Northwest Arkansas Times

A theme of Mayor Lioneld Jordan's town hall meeting on Tuesday was how the sluggish economy is affecting the city of Fayetteville. - Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Mark Your Calendar

1 July WEDNESDAY 2009 Public Meetings Fayetteville For ward Economic Accountability Council — Green Economy Group, 8 a.m., City Administration Building, Room 111, 113 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville. - Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Defendants can sue former employee in nude photos suit

BY TRISH HOLLENBECK Northwest Arkansas Times

A Washington County judge is allowing McDonald's to sue a former employee as a third party in a lawsuit accusing the business of allowing nude photos to be posted on the Internet from a cell phone left at the restaurant. - Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Hudson announces bid to retain Zone 5 school board seat

BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times

Tim Hudson, Fayetteville School District Board of Education vice president, announced Tuesday he plans to seek reelection to the position. - Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Prairie Grove hires assistant superintendent

BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times

The Prairie Grove Board of Education approved hiring Vol Woods as the district's new assistant superintendent during a special meeting Tuesday. - Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Arrest Reports

Prescription fraud Jonathon Ryan Williams, 25, of 617 E. Ash St., Fayetteville, was arrested in Fayetteville June 26 on charges of obtaining prescription medication by fraud. Domestic battery Shane Edward Sipes, 29, of 1138 N. Carlsbad Trace in Fayetteville was arrested June 29 on a felony charge of third-degree domestic battery (second offense). Theft, forgery Michael Alan Horner, 27, of 2337 E. Hidden Lake Drive Apt. E in Springdale was arrested June 27 on felony charges of theft of property and second-degree forgery. Possession of meth Martin Shaun Nixon, 30, of 984 N. Monitor in Springdale was arrested June 29 on felony charges of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia. - Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Shot by police: Homicide victim fatally struck by bullet during rescue attempt

BY ROBIN MERO Northwest Arkansas Times

A police bullet and multiple stab wounds were responsible for the death of 26-year-old Jill Ulmer on Friday night. - Tuesday, June 30, 2009

School officials say cost of FHS project justified

BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times

The new Fayetteville High School project is more expensive than other high school projects in the area, but school administrators argue it isn't exorbitantly higher and there are legitimate reasons for the cost. - Tuesday, June 30, 2009