Centerton News

Bella Vista: A fireworks show is set for dusk tonight at the Loch Lomond dam. Admission and parking are free.

Centerton firefighter Jacob Davis graduated from the Firefighter Standards Program at the Arkansas Fire Training Academy on June 19.

Sponsored by the city of Bella Vista, the 2009 Bella Vista Fireworks Show will begin at dusk on Friday at Loch Lomond Dam.

Portable buildings that arrived last week at several Bentonville School District schools will be installed beginning Tuesday.

Preparations for Centerton Day are continuing, with many events planned and sure to mean fun for participants, said Jeff Coffelt, Centerton fire chief and one of the organizers of the event.

For Samantha Modglin, 17, of Cave Springs, working at the Stubbs fireworks tent on Arkansas Highway 102 in Centerton is a good summer job.

Centerton Planning Commission members approved a new comprehensive land-use plan and map.

The 4-year-old girl injured in a wreck Friday on U.S. Highway 62 east of Gateway died Saturday, according to a press release issued Sunday by the Arkansas State Police.

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.

A man who was set for trial today for allegedly threatening to kill his wife pleaded guilty Wednesday after his attorney worked out a lastminute deal.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/BOB COLEMAN Gone fishing Taylor Dray, 13, of Centerton considers where to make his next cast Monday afternoon.

Daily Record photograph by Charles Fowler Signs from when the Civil War cave was still a tourist attraction are stored on the property.

'Group of Bears' : The Compton Gardens sculpture is used to teach children about the state's black bears.

The annual Centerton Day, a time for fun and fundraising, will be held July 25. Proceeds will go to the Centerton Volunteer Fire Department to help purchase new fire apparatus and equipment, organizers said.

CENTERTON - Centerton's former mayor has pleaded guilty to a forgery charge for fraudulently signing government documents with an assumed name.

The following area residents were among the nearly 600 graduates who received diplomas in commencement exercises May 9 at Harding University.

A Centerton man suspected in the recent string of armed robberies is in the Cumberland County Jail in Toledo, Ill.

Daily Record photograph by David Frank Dempsey Eden Holland, 2, from left, and her brother Peyton Holland, 3, were the basis for their mother Amy Holland's new children's book, 'The Adventures of Bubba & Sis: Book One - Hunting for Crabs.' The book was illustrated by Cheryl Smith.

The shotgunwielding suspect who police believe robbed four convenience stores is in custody in Illinois.

Bentonville Police have caught up with the man who led them on a high speed chase Tuesday night.