Decatur News

Ozzie Rodgers of Decatur cuts the wrapping from around a bale of hay while feeding cows on the family farm Monday.

Decatur School District Superintendent LeRoy Ortman is more than ready to surrender his seat.

Anna and Wayne Emanuel of Sulphur Springs attended Fridaya s meeting of the Benton County Election Commission with one thing on their minds.

Benton County will settle the lawsuit filed against it by TNT Dirtworks for $568,945. The lawsuit was filed in April and sought $1.4 million for work the Decatur company performed after Januarya s ice storm.

Some local school officials have decided certain roads are still too icy and dangerous for bus drivers, parents and students.

The winter storm has forced several local public schools to take another "snow day." Below is a list of schools closed for Monday, Feb.

The Benton County Quorum Court will decide Tuesday whether to settle a $1.4 million lawsuit filed by TNT Dirtworks of Decatur against the county in April.

Roland Smith , the superintendent of the Greenland School District, and LeRoy Ortman, the superintendent of the Decatur School District, thank Hazel Burnett after the state Board of Education voted to remove both districts from state control.

Two school districts in Northwest Arkansas are erasing their spot on the State Board of Education's fiscal distress list.

Decatur School District Superintendent Leroy Ortman will travel to Little Rock on Jan.

Warming Shelters have opened across our area, offering some a chance to come in from the cold.