Garfield News

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.

During a pre-bid conference held at 101 W. University in Siloam Springs, seven contractors spent two hours inside the building, examining the specifics of a building plan and deciding what to bid on the project to turn the building into a new public health clinic for Benton County.

The Volunteer Ambulance Service of Northeastern Benton County will meet at 6:30 p.m. today in the NEBCO Community Room off Wimpy Jones Road in Garfield.

VAS Ambulance Service Corp. Board members repeatedly rebuffed comments and questions from the public during a meeting Tuesday night.

Michael Raymond Schniepp has been to prison before for stealing drugs and guns from the evidence room of the Benton County Sheriff's Office, but his latest conviction will require him to spend the next half of his life in an Arkansas prison.

Photographs courtesy of Shannon Stanford James A survivor of the Brightwater tornado, Shannon Stanford James shared with the Museum photographs taken by her mother, Susie Short Stanford, images that graphically showed the destruction the storm left in its wake.

The 2009 Benton County spring cleanup will be held Saturday at the county Road Department at 1206 S.W. 14th St.

Around 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, a Benton County jury began deliberating the fate of convicted murderer Brandon Lacy.

A man is under arrest on suspicion of shooting three holes in a Benton and Washington County water tower, causing an expensive leak.

A northwest Arkansas water tower sprung a leak after it was struck by three bullets.

Three bullets struck a water tower in Garfield on Tuesday, causing damage that may cost $10,000 to repair.

Ever had spaghetti specially prepared by real, honest-to-goodness firemen? It can happen for you in May as the volunteer firefighters from the Northeast Benton County Volunteer Fire Department hold a Spaghetti Feed fund raiser.

Options for ambulance service in the northeast area of Benton County are multiplying.

Benton County agents are searching for a man they accuse of stabbing a co-worker. An arrest warrant has been issued for 30-year-old Timothy Nelson.

The city of Garfield has seen big changes over the last six months as construction on a new county Road Department office has been completed.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/BOB COLEMAN Easy rider John Zecca mows grass along a fence line on U.S. 62 near Garfield on Tuesday morning.

Fred Self isn't a developer. And while he's an Arkansas native, his permanent address is in California.

A Heber Springs man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday after admitting to shooting another man.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin this morning for a Garfield man accused of raping a 3-year-old boy.

Monty Lee Stidam sat and hugged his crying mother moments after a jury found him guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a 3-year-old boy.