Elkins News

More than 10,000 people are treated for fireworkrelated injuries every year, with an average of six people being killed by using fireworks in that same span.

An Elkins police sergeant has been promoted to police chief. John Williams, who has been with the Elkins Police Department five years, has been acting chief since the resignation of Shawn Ellis on April 24.

A Prairie Grove man was killed Saturday when the motorcycle he was riding into Fayetteville on Huntsville Road crossed the center lane and hit a vehicle head on.

Washington County Collector David Ruff selected as his next chief deputy one of his friends who has experienced problems paying his state and federal taxes.

COURTESY State Sen. Sue Madison, center, joined Fayetteville students who participated in Arkansas Girls State 2009 at the state Capitol in Little Rock.

An eastern Washington County man who walked into Springdale District Court with a handgun stuffed in his pants pleaded guilty Monday and agreed to serve three years probation.

The Washington County Fire Marshal's Office has investigated six fires during the past week, two of which are suspected to be arson.

District court costs in the county are going up after July 1 - from $5 to $12.50 per charge.

The Washington County Election Commission has agreed to open all polling places in the city of Fayetteville for the upcoming Fayetteville Public Schools millage election.

ANDY SHUPE Northwest Arkansas Times Jimmie Wiley, the chief deputy in the Washington County Tax Collector's Office, is retiring after 11 years.

BROOKE McNEELY Northwest Arkansas Times A Washington County K-9 officer leads his dog to a Dodge Dakota pickup Monday evening along Washington County 45 near Washington County 102 after a man led an Elkins police officer on a pursuit and escaped on foot.

Washington County sheriff's deputies are on the lookout for an escaped killer with ties to the area, although he and an accomplice are believed to have been spotted in Michigan early Monday.

16 chosen for WAC choir intensive The Walton Arts Center has selected 16 students - 14 from Washington County - to participate in the center's Summer Choir Intensive based on their audition with summer choir director, Mary Ann Pickard.

Chad Everette Graham, 34, of 1383 Hills Place in Elkins was arrested May 22 on a preliminary felony charge involving two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault.

The money comes from the stimulus package. But is this the best way to spend your tax dollars? 16 road projects are on the list to be funded by stimulus money in our area.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/BOB COLEMAN Guitar man Jim Elkins of Rogers entertains an audience at the Rogers Adult Wellness Center on Tuesday afternoon.

The following awards from the Alzheimer's Association were presented at the Celebration of Excellence luncheon on May 1 at the Springdale Holiday Inn: Philanthropy Award: Jack Bartlett Elkins and Luther Scranton of West Fork.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/BOB COLEMAN Higher! Cory Brantley pushes his son Carson, 5, on the swings Monday at the playground at Lake Atalanta in Rogers.

A 43-year-old Fayetteville man was arrested Saturday night after he allegedly threatened a woman with a knife during an argument while driving near Elkins.

A Huntsville man was arrested following a two-vehicle accident Sunday night along Arkansas 45 between Goshen and Hindsville where his vehicle collided with another car while attempting a passing maneuver.