Tull News

Bob Biggs, executive vice president of the Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity, said members of the Arkansas Alpha Chapter of Phi Delta Theta came under fire earlier this week after a new member was transported to the Washington Regional Medical Center and treated for alcohol poisoning.

An alcohol incident involving a pledge has led to an investigation of a fraternity chapter at the University of Arkansas.

A University of Arkansas fraternity chapter is under investigation after a pledge was hospitalized last week when he consumed too much alchohol at a house party.

Hundreds of congregants have left a pioneering megachurch in Florida to form their own congregation because they were unhappy with leadership at the church that's seen as a bedrock of the religious right.

A feisty bull named Hardspun shot out of the gate aiming to toss Nathan Tull. With his hand flopping high above his head, the 30-year-old bull rider stayed on Hardspun's back more than the required eight seconds, scoring 78 points on his first ride and drawing loud applause from the 4,000 fans in Sky High Arena's bleachers.

The Fayetteville School District Board of Education plans to make a decision July 23 on whether to continue with its current designer and contractor on the planned high school or open the project up for proposals from other firms.

Julia Jones, 6, left, and Chasity Jones, 7, both of the Tull community, sit intently eating their popcorn and watching a movie at Herzfeld Memorial Library in Benton on Monday.

News Briefs Story date: May 29, 2009 Hickey pool to open Saturday M.J. Hickey pool, originally scheduled to open Memorial Day, is now scheduled to open at 11 a.m. Saturday for the season.