Lowell News

The rider of a motor scooter was injured in a one-vehicle accident Thursday on southbound Interstate 540 at Arkansas Highway 264 in Lowell, according to a press release from the Arkansas State Police.

The Courthouse Square was packed with familiar faces and visitors from all over eager to celebrate this year's 132nd annual Saints' Roost Celebration on Saturday, July 4. The celebration started off with the annual Craft Fair on the square.

COURTESY Arkansas & Missouri Railroad chief financial officer Rick Hall, left, Springdale Mayor Doug Sprouse, A&M's passenger train operations manager, Brenda Brown, and A&M chief mechanical officer, Bud Pulley, prepare to send the seventh annual Troop Train on its way.

On May 16, Benton County hosted one of its most popular events when it opened up both locations of the county Road Department - in Bentonville and Garfield - and offered residents a place to bring their old refrigerators, stoves, tires, hazardous materials and other items that cannot be placed with regular trash.

Area residents found a way Saturday to help those in need and themselves. First Security Bank locations in Springdale and Lowell joined forces with Shred-it, a document shredding company, to offer residents document shredding in exchange for donations of food or money.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/BOB COLEMAN Larry Lloyd, chief operating officer of the Beaver Water District, looks over one of the sedimentation basins at the treatment facility in Lowell on Friday.

The schedule for this weekend's Mudtown Days festival includes 22 items, more than one an hour for the event's roughly 16-hour duration.

The city of Lowell Street Department will close Concord Street - from School Avenue to Larson Street - from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday for street repairs, according to a press release from the city.

Although the City Council decided to go with a no-cost credit-card payment system at District Court, the move isn't entirely free.

The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith has released the dean's list for the spring 2009 semester, according to Ray Wallace, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs.

The University of Central Arkansas has announced the names of local students who qualified for the undergraduate Presidential Scholars List based on their academic performance during the Spring 2009 semester: Bentonville: William H. Carson, Cassandra R. Hernandez, Brandy J. Leonard, Amy L. Willim, Ashton M. Barnett and Kristen R. Robinson.

Jay and Christine Howard, the owners of IO Metro, will open their home for a preview event prior to the Parade of Homes to benefit the United Way of Northwest Arkansas.

Main Street Rogers invites everyone to "Chalk the Walks" of the Rogers Historic District on Saturday, June 13.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/BOB COLEMAN Is this your card? Kevin Spencer of the Spencers Theater of Illusion, right, demonstrates the secrets of a card trick to students Cassidy Illum, 10, of Bentonville, Josh Blount, 10, of Springdale, Zachary Heil, 10, of Rogers and William Penny, 10, of Lowell at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville on Monday.

Despite all the visual and audio stimulation, it was easy to be led around the International Festival by the nose.

Concert for the K-9s, a benefit for Homeward Bound K-9s, will be held from noon to 7 p.m. June 13 at Ward Nail Park in Lowell.

Northwest Arkansas Times/ANDY SHUPE Saying goodbye Faye Jones , the retiring principal at Root Elementary School in Fayetteville, is greeted by Virginia Bristow, the parent of a former Root student, during a reception in Jones' honor Sunday.

Daily Record photograph by David Frank Dempsey Pastry chef Bea McChristian pulled a tray of fresh cinnamon rolls from a rack during a busy day at Jack's Java and Cakes in downtown Rogers on May 29.

Twelve people were arrested over the weekend in prostitution stings conducted by Lowell police and the Benton County Sheriff's Office.

The Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce announced Wednesday it has surpassed the 2,000 member mark, a significant milestone in that it makes the chamber the largest in the state.