STAFF PHOTO BEN GOFF Brian Watson, center, accepts the chamber’s Elbert S. Graham/Elza Tucker Award during the banquet in Rogers.
STAFF PHOTO BEN GOFF Brian Watson, center, accepts the chamber’s Elbert S. Graham/Elza Tucker
STAFF PHOTO BEN GOFF David Gearhart, right, University of Arkansas chancellor, greets Johnelle Hunt
STAFF PHOTO BEN GOFF David Gearhart, right, University of Arkansas chancellor, greets Johnelle Hunt on Friday during the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce annual banquet in the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers. Hunt was honored later in the evening with the chamber’s Dick Trammel Good Neighbor Award.
Gina Britton
Gina Britton
FILE PHOTO FLIP PUTTHOFF Scott Hodge, left, Siloam Springs parks and recreation manager, and David V
FILE PHOTO FLIP PUTTHOFF Scott Hodge, left, Siloam Springs parks and recreation manager, and David Vansandt with the city’s parks advisory board, have a look at the whitewater park being built on the Illinois River on the south edge of Siloam Springs. A new U.S. Geological Survey study says whether a stream in the river’s watershed is healthy depends on more than whether there’s a poultry farm.
Courtesy Photo Cat Oswald Artist Cat Oswald’s mandala of the goddess will be among artwork on
Courtesy Photo Cat Oswald Artist Cat Oswald’s mandala of the goddess will be among artwork on show at the sixth annual Goddess Festival starting Sunday in Fayetteville.
Staff Photo Becca Martin-Brown Diana Rivers, left, and Vick Kelley, founders of the Goddess Festival
Staff Photo Becca Martin-Brown Diana Rivers, left, and Vick Kelley, founders of the Goddess Festival, unpack T-shirts for this year’s event. They’re teaching and sharing their wisdom this year but are retiring from organizing the festival.
Staff Photo Becca Martin-Brown Krystina Poludnikiewicz, from left, Julie Jeannene and Cat Oswald loo
Staff Photo Becca Martin-Brown Krystina Poludnikiewicz, from left, Julie Jeannene and Cat Oswald look at entries for this year’s Goddess Festival art show. The festival begins Sunday at the Omni Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology in Fayetteville.
Ronald Vince Fennell
Ronald Vince Fennell
STAFF PHOTO SAMANTHA BAKER • @NWASAMANTHA Brady Patrick of Springdale Har-Ber delivers a pitch
STAFF PHOTO SAMANTHA BAKER • @NWASAMANTHA Brady Patrick of Springdale Har-Ber delivers a pitch Friday during the game against Gravette at Randal Tyson Recreational Complex in Springdale.
STAFF PHOTO SAMANTHA BAKER • @NWASAMANTHA Brady Patrick of Springdale Har-Ber delivers a pitch
STAFF PHOTO SAMANTHA BAKER • @NWASAMANTHA Brady Patrick of Springdale Har-Ber delivers a pitch Friday during the game against Gravette at Randal Tyson Recreational Complex in Springdale.
STAFF PHOTO SAMANTHA BAKER • @NWASAMANTHA Hunter Fine of Gravette throws in a ball hit to left
STAFF PHOTO SAMANTHA BAKER • @NWASAMANTHA Hunter Fine of Gravette throws in a ball hit to left field Friday during the game against Springdale Har-Ber at Randal Tyson Recreational Complex in Springdale.
STAFF PHOTO SAMANTHA BAKER • @NWASAMANTHA Hunter Fine of Gravette throws in a ball hit to left
STAFF PHOTO SAMANTHA BAKER • @NWASAMANTHA Hunter Fine of Gravette throws in a ball hit to left field Friday during the game against Springdale Har-Ber at Randal Tyson Recreational Complex in Springdale.
Rebekah Jeanne Vandeveer
Rebekah Jeanne Vandeveer
STAFF PHOTO DAVID GOTTSCHALK Traffic is backed up following the accident on Arkansas 16.
STAFF PHOTO DAVID GOTTSCHALK Traffic is backed up following the accident on Arkansas 16.
STAFF PHOTO DAVID GOTTSCHALK Emergency personnel prepare Terry Moore for transport to an awaiting he
STAFF PHOTO DAVID GOTTSCHALK Emergency personnel prepare Terry Moore for transport to an awaiting helicopter.
STAFF PHOTO DAVID GOTTSCHALK Emergency personnel carry Terry Moore Friday to an awaiting helicopter
STAFF PHOTO DAVID GOTTSCHALK Emergency personnel carry Terry Moore Friday to an awaiting helicopter for evacuation following a one-truck accident around 10:50 a.m. on Arkansas 16 between Elkins and Fayetteville.
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Elliott
Elliott
Patterson
Patterson
STAFF PHOTO DAVID GOTTSCHALK Mandrake Patterson, right, speaks Friday with attorney Gregg Parrish in
STAFF PHOTO DAVID GOTTSCHALK Mandrake Patterson, right, speaks Friday with attorney Gregg Parrish in Judge William Storey’s courtroom at the Washington County Courthouse in Fayetteville after he pleaded guilty to two counts of capital murder and one count of attempted capital murder in an exchange for life sentences.