BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit involving Arkansas-based HGTV stars nearly two years after the case was filed and just days before all parties were set to go to trial.

The Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education announced this week that it will distribute financial awards of nearly $7 million to 174 schools that were either high-achieving or showed substantial academic growth last spring on the state-required ATLAS exams in grades three through 10.

Michael Barton, 36, of Southwest 34th Avenue in Bentonville, was arrested Thursday in connection with voyeurism. Barton was being held Friday in the Benton County Jail with no bond set. Fayetteville Zackary Brown,

A plane crashed into a field near the Bentonville Municipal Airport in Arkansas Thursday afternoon. 40/29 Meteorologist Majestic Storm was at Osage Park when the plane crashed.

A newly filed bill in the Arkansas legislature proposes a law that would require all police in the state wear bodycams while on duty.

Among the pardoned are Richard "Bigo" Barnett, who became notorious for a photo taken in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, and Peter Stager, who admitted to beating a police officer with a flagpole.

Three NWA chefs are 2025 James Beard semifinalists, highlighting Arkansas’s excellence in culinary innovation and creativity.

Walmart New Home Office campus in Bentonville, Arkansas prioritizes worker well-being, environmental stewardship, public accessibility.

Designed by Gensler and SWA, the trail–laced corporate compound ranks as the largest mass-timber campus development in the United States.

Chefs from Conifer, Wright's Barbecue, and Yeyo's El Alma de Mexico are all in the running for the prestigious James Beard Awards.

Three chefs at Northwest Arkansas restaurants were named James Beard Award semifinalists on Monday. Matthew Cooper at Conifer in Bentonville, Rafael Rios at Yeyo's El Alma de Mexico in Bentonville, and Jordan Wright at Wright's Barbecue in Johnson are all up for the Best Chef: South award.

Alice Walton, with a net worth of $104.0 billion is the richest woman in the world, holds the 17th position on the list of billionaires as per the Forbes, 'The Real Time Billionaire List',