Washington County News

Fayetteville Police say they've completed and internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the murder of Jill Ulmer.

Pitcher Dan Cortes of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals has been arrested. Police took Cortes to the Washington County Jail early Wednesday morning after he was allegedly caught urinating on a fence near a bar on Dickson Street in Fayetteville.

The police bullet that struck a pregnant Fayetteville woman that officers were trying to defend likely ricocheted off another object, Fayetteville Police Chief Greg Tabor said Tuesday.

ANTHONY REYES Northwest Arkansas Times Flowers sit outside of Jill Ulmer's apartment, 2182 N. Leverett Ave.

State Sen. Sue Madison joined military veterans June 24 at the Fayetteville National Cemetery to implore the public to attend a July 7 City Council meeting and object to nearby property being rezoned for apartment development.

A Rogers man has been charged by the Washington County Prosecutor's Office with rape and attempted capital murder, accused of raping a local woman in May.

Autopsy results show the pregnant woman allegedly murdered by her ex-boyfriend in Fayetteville Friday, was also shot by police.

A man is in the Washington County Detention Center on a second-degree murder complaint for the death of his former girlfriend.

An old Ford tractor lay on its side, pinning the Fayetteville Fire Department's "rookie" underneath it - an example of what can happen in an instant on a farm.

Sellers, buyers and the curious concentrate on bids for a cow during the last day of livestock auctions Thursday at the Washington County Sale Barn in Fayetteville.

A safety foundation asked General Motors Corp. on Friday to recall its 2000-01 sedans and refit their trunks with emergency-release latches after two Arkansas children were found dead in the trunk of a 2000 Chevrolet Malibu.

Washington County deputies arrested a Fayetteville woman Thursday for allegedly stabbing her husband in the eye nearly three months ago.

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

Louise Mann wondered from her home on Wilson Street sometime early Thursday morning.

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.

The Washington County coroner says he believes the deaths of two young siblings found in the trunk of their family car was accidental, but that authorities are awaiting a final determination.

A Huntsville man has been accused of selling pirated pornographic movies and music discs during yard sales at a home in Springdale.

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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.

Trail expansion for walkers and bike riders is in the initial planning stages for residents of northwest Arkansas.