Follow Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/nwaonline Thu, 27 Jan 2022 04:24:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dcVrmBr1Jk2NCejEQ2Mq9rY Arkansas extended its winning streak to five games with a 64-55 win at Ole Miss on Wednesday.]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2022 03:59:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dcVrmBr1Jk2NCejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4deNMMVGYE3fD6CY3L745TL_ Follow along for live updates, stats, notes and observations as Arkansas looks to extend its SEC winning streak to five games in Oxford, Miss.]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2022 01:46:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4deNMMVGYE3fD6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddxIU_TOj2KWylmFkX7M1Jw Conference basketball is heating up; Harrison searching for a new football coach; Girls state dual wrestling this weekend.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 23:46:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddxIU_TOj2KWylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddl61cxPXL-AXn9ye8UNv30 The number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas rebounded on Wednesday to a new all-time high even as the state's case numbers continued to point toward a slowdown in new infections.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 23:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddl61cxPXL-AXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dcvbuhtO8GdSeT5HJgy6HUf The FBI on Wednesday said a 31-year-old Arkansas man was fatally shot after firing at agents during an operation in Jonesboro earlier this month.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:53:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dcvbuhtO8GdSeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dfyenoS2rKPpaCY3L745TL_ FAYETTEVILLE -- A Springdale man pleaded not guilty in Washington County Circuit Court to capital murder and other felony charges related to a fatal stabbing in Fayetteville on Christmas Eve.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:40:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dfyenoS2rKPpaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4deX9xTCGK1AYV1cWWor9YPv The University of Arkansas men finished in third place with a 29-under-par 835 at the Arizona Intercollegiate on Tuesday in Tucson, Ariz.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:25:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4deX9xTCGK1AYV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4deX9xTCGK1AYaCY3L745TL_ Northwest Arkansas has a chance of seeing light snow late Wednesday night, forecasters say.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:20:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4deX9xTCGK1AYaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dc8zyJ9k9TYLKCY3L745TL_ The financial technology startup that Walmart is backing will acquire two financial companies as it tries to create one app where shoppers can do different financial activities from getting paid to borrowing and saving money.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:52:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dc8zyJ9k9TYLKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dc8zyJ9k9TYLClmFkX7M1Jw Walmart said Tuesday it has taken a stake in agriculture startup Plenty, becoming the first large U.S. retailer to significantly invest in indoor vertical farming as a way to deliver fresher produce to its stores.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:43:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dc8zyJ9k9TYLClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dc8zyJ9k9TYLJVjH6qdYdAk Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Wednesday he will appoint Karen Whatley to succeed Judge Barry Sims in Arkansas’ 6th Judicial District, 7th Division Circuit Court.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:38:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dc8zyJ9k9TYLJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddr9DOCJW3Pj5s0ohxaO6Yr WASHINGTON — Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:32:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddr9DOCJW3Pj5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddr9DOCJW3Pj8b1naedg1wr The Federal Reserve will signal Wednesday when and how fast it plans to raise interest rates to help tame inflation that is squeezing family budgets.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:18:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddr9DOCJW3Pj8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddUvMj81OchsSejEQ2Mq9rY SPRINGDALE -- Springdale Har-Ber beat Rogers on Tuesday in a game that was, essentially, over by halftime.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddUvMj81OchsSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dfaOzGdnNVOjXn9ye8UNv30 City Council members on Tuesday approved a small expansion to The Railyard Entertainment District to bring three new businesses into its boundaries.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:19:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dfaOzGdnNVOjXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dfaOzGdnNVOjaCY3L745TL_ New deputies coming in to the Sebastian County Sheriff's Office will get vehicles to go with the job.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:17:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dfaOzGdnNVOjaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddMHu5KriZ8rOT5HJgy6HUf Members of the Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday voted to overturn a temporary ban on new zoning approvals of Dollar General-style stores they adopted one week earlier.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:04:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddMHu5KriZ8rOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dfdLHF0riG1fXn9ye8UNv30 Arkansas' unemployment rate continued to fall in December, ending 2021 at a record low of 3.1%. That was a decline from 3.4% in November and continued a full year of improved employment during the pandemic, state officials reported Tuesday.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:13:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dfdLHF0riG1fXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dfdLHF0riG1fZVjH6qdYdAk m Madhu Kumar of Monmouth Junction, N.J., had put in her online Walmart shopping cart, but hadn't ordered, the flower stands, armchairs and other household items that showed up on her doorstep, and learned that the $1,800 worth of items were actually bought by her 22-month-old son, Ayaansh, who was playing with her phone.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:10:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4dfdLHF0riG1fZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddCcvum23weouzdsCmHakzH NEW YORK -- The covid-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have pleaded with Americans to get extra shots to shore up their protection against the highly contagious omicron variant.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:09:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/BOSSnK0n4ddCcvum23weouzdsCmHakzH