Washington County News

A 17-year-old Van Buren girl remained trapped in a cave at Devil's Den State Park at 10 p.m. Friday night as rescuers worked to free her and a helicopter waited on standby to carry her to a local hospital.

Eight candidates have filed for the Fayetteville School Board - including six for one seat - creating unusually competitive races on a board charged with several substantial decisions related to the future of ...

A 21-year-old Fayetteville man who robbed a convenience store with a handgun in July 2007 pleaded guilty Thursday.

A Washington County man faces a felony arrest warrant for allegedly receiving unemployment benefits last year to which he was not entitled.

Washington County Judge Jerry Hunton told members of the Finance Committee that he does not want elderly folks who need home-delivered meals to go without them because of high gas prices.

The Arkansas Board of Education voted to take over the financially failing Greenland School District on Monday, dissolving the local School Board and ordering the appointment of a new superintendent reporting ...

Fire investigators are still looking into what caused an early-morning fire that destroyed a mobile home in Washington County.

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It was time to start over again for the Washington County Election Commission on Friday when members signed a notice of election for a special election on a water tax in Elkins.

A Fayetteville man avoided a possible death sentence by pleading guilty to murdering his girlfriend and shooting her co-worker in January at the La Quinta Inn & Suites in Springdale.

A Fayetteville man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Washington County Circuit Court to shooting his ex-girlfriend and her co-worker in January at a Springdale hotel.

Three women testified on Tuesday they were sexually assaulted by a fitness trainer at his now defunct Bodies for Christ Training Centers in Springdale and Van Buren.

The Washington County Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustments approved at a meeting Monday evening a request for a conditional-use permit to set up two mobile homes in the Durham area.

Many students are having a tough time enjoying their summer vacation because they are worried their current school won't be open in the fall.

Investigators are still looking into an accident that left a woman dead and two people hospitalized.

An early-morning ATV crash has left a Washington County man dead. Sheriff's officials said John Triden, 37, had just left the scene of a domestic disturbance when he crashed his four-wheeler at the end of a ...

FAYETTEVILLE - Arkansas Razorback junior linebacker Wendel Davis, 19, and Onyebuchi Odunukwe, 20, have both been charged after University of Arkansas Police investigated a traffic incident last Tuesday ...

A master water plan review could turn into a service area dispute between the Tontitown Water and Sewer Commission and the Washington Water Authority.

The second of two men charged in the death of a Springdale real estate agent in a bar fight last year has been caught at the U. S.-Mexico border.

A Springdale man was arrested Friday for allegedly stalking a child on the Internet.