Bentonville News

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - A paperwork mistake led to a murder suspect awaiting a mental evaluation to sit for months in the Benton County Jail without the Arkansas State Hospital being notified of the evaluation request.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Officials say a paperwork error is to blame for a state mental hospital not being notified for months that a man charged with capital murder needed a mental evaluation.

Nick Klosowsky throws up his arms Saturday while participating in the Northwest Arkansas Polar Plunge at Prairie Creek on Beaver Lake.

ROCK WORK Mark Caldwell of Caldwell Stone in Fayetteville cuts a piece of native stone Thursday to fit the first of six stone veneer retaining walls being constructed along East Central Avenue in Bentonville.

James "Jim" Norvell, 82, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, in Jamestown Nursing & Rehab facility in Rogers, Ark.

Walmart is getting generally favorable reviews form industry analysts for its Feb.

Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart, on Feb. 7 unveiled its "Great For You" icon, a front-of-pack label that it says is designed to give its customers an easier way to identify healthier food.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Walmart is following through on its commitment to giving consumers the best access to affordable, nutritious foods by donating $9.5 million in grants to organizations with a shared mission of promoting healthy eating habits.

Centerton officials hope the city is home to the Bentonville School District's planned second high school, but are aware of infrastructure improvements that are needed before that can happen.

Nick Smith, Bentonville High, goes up for a shot against Fort Smith Northside defender Deontae Woodbridge on Friday in Bentonville.

More than 550 local civic and business leaders filed into the Hammons Center Thursday evening A to celebrate a stellar 2011 for the City of Bentonville, but more importantly look at the ongoing economic challenges that face the region in 2012 and beyond.

Retail businesses across Benton and Washington counties are seeing a little more traffic with a 5.27% increase in sales tax collections during January when compared to the prior year.

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The woman, who already faces murder charges, was in court in connection with a mental evaluation when she bit the deputy in a holding cell.

Jaquelin Troncoso, an Eastside first-grader, taste tests a cupcake with bubblegum flavored frosting in the sensory testing lab at the Sam's Club Home Office in Bentonville on Monday.

The Tennessee attorney general's office plans to appeal a decision made late last year by that state's appeals court that upheld a Bentonville, Ark., museum's desire to buy a half-share of a prized art collection from a Nashville university but which overturned a directive involving an endowment.

The state of Tennessee is appealing an appeals court ruling in a dispute over Fisk University's effort to generate cash from an art collection donated to the school by the late painter Georgia O'Keeffe. O'Keeffe stipulated that the collection could not be sold or broken up.

Detective Tom Boyle, left, with the Bentonville Police Department, escorts Huong Thi Truong, 28, of Bentonville, to a bond hearing Friday, Aug.

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Another incident of cyber bullying has an Arkansas town looking for solutions.