Bethel Heights News

Opening Ritual by President Wilma Fiser at Johnnie Carino's; Vicki Lunsford hostess.

Galverth said she did not have a dollar value for the truckload of food. Marge Wolf, director of the food bank, said she was pleased to get the quality of food she received Tuesday.

Shannan Lowe and Bette Tatum, both with First Baptist Church of Lowell, select food Tuesday for the churcha s food pantry inside the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank in Bethel Heights.

In these tough times, people are helping the needy. Early this year, volunteers started to collect nonperishable food donations for the food pantries at Christ the King Lutheran Church and All Saints Episcopal Church in Bentonville.

ANDY SHUPE Northwest Arkansas Times T.J. Wilcox, a driver for Jack's Ice Cream Inc., hands novelty ice cream treats to Alexandra Arruejo and her sister, Vanessa, while driving through a subdivision in Bethel Heights on June 26.

Despite the weak economy, Arkansas fireworks dealers said they expect brisk sales ahead of the Fourth of July.

A new state-of-the-art facility is on its way to Northwest Arkansas. This time, it's a new wastewater treatment facility that, when complete, will serve up to a million people across our area.

More coverage here of dips in sales tax revenue in many Arkansas cities. Some local officials think it's because of the so-called "streamlined sales tax" legislation that directs taxes to the point of sale, not the location of the store that made a sale.

Police are investigating the murder of a 27-year-old man shot dead outside of a Bean Street residence Friday night.