An outside security firm already had been hired before the commissioners voted publicly to approve a contract.

A Benton County man will spend 140 months in prison for firing a shot at Benton County Sheriff's deputies during a March 2024 ...

Tracy Neal is an award-winning reporter who covers criminal justice (courts and crime) for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He’s been a reporter in Northwest Arkansas for more than two ...

Since January, the following restaurants were cited as having major — or "priority," as Benton County dubs them — violations. Restaurants are graded on a scale that tops out at 100 ...

Power outages were reported early Saturday morning as a possible tornado touched down in Washington County.According to Power Outage U.S., more than 500 people were without power in Benton and ...

Two inmates at the Jasper County Detention Center have been accused of starting a fire in a holding cell last fall that destroyed the booking area of the jail, seriously injuring multiple inmates ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A boy who was in the backseat of a Ford Escape died when a Ford F-350 hit the rear of the Escape while it was turning Saturday afternoon in Benton County. The crash on ...

Severe weather in the overnight hours of Friday into Saturday morning left a trail of damage along Highway 412 in Springdale.

JASPER COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged two Jasper County inmates with arson. Carlton Alexander German, 38, and Jamari Tylik Williams, 22, are being ...

According to the county's unincorporated road closures map, at least four roads were deemed impassable after flooding hit the area.

MACON, Ga. — A Macon-Bibb County inmate was injured when other inmates threw hot water onto his face, according to a press release from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. The 21-year-old inmate ...