http://www.yourstreet.com/news/bentonville YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Photo by roland A 6-year-old boy and his mother, thought missing for two years, were found stowed away in a secret space in his grandmother's southern Illinois home, the Associated Press reports. Richard "Ricky" Chekevdia was found Friday, healthy and happy after... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6684320/two-years-later,-missing-boy-found-in-grandma-s-house Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:30:08 -0700 ROGERS — The Bentonville and the Rogers school districts are taking different approaches to President Barack Obama's scheduled speech to children Tuesday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6682098/districts-approach-obama-speech-differently Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:08:08 -0700 Ann Wright, a retired Army colonel and Bentonville native, will speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Wal-Mart Auditorium at NorthWest Arkansas Community College's Shewmaker Center in Bentonville. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6682099/wright-to-speak-tuesday-at-community-college Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:08:08 -0700 Bentonville could be home to the only bomb squad in Northwest Arkansas starting in 2010. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6682104/bentonville-council-to-consider-bomb-squad Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:08:08 -0700 Bentonville's Electric Department is ready to give free energy audits to its customers. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6671346/bentonville-conducting-energy-audits Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:49:08 -0700 Bentonville will select a new City Council member at a Tuesday meeting to fill Alderman Brad Crain's position. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6665205/bentonville-to-appoint-council-member-tuesday Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:06:08 -0700 Two additional runs along a bus route between Fayetteville and Bentonville have increased ridership to record levels, Ozark Regional Transit officials said Thursday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6631886/bus-service-adds-runs-interstate-route Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:46:08 -0700 BENTONVILLE — Benton County Circuit Judge David Clinger ordered a man to pay $79,300 in restitution for stealing a plethora of items, mostly from Wal-Mart's home office complex in Bentonville, while he was a FedEx driver in 2005 and 2006. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6631887/judge-settles-restitution-in-theft,-diamonds-heist-case Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:13:08 -0700 Bentonville residents could be picnicking next to a pond or watching concerts in a 1,500-seat amphitheater at Orchards Park by summer next year. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6622055/bentonville-breaks-ground-on-orchards-park Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:22:08 -0700 BENTONVILLE — Robert Ray Miller knew he had the right to remain silent, and he waived that right when he confessed to setting fire to a four-story hotel under construction in Bentonville in fall 2007, said Benton County Judge David Clinger. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6622056/miller-s-confessions-stay,-judge-says Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:00:08 -0700 Police hope the forensic examination of a pickup that sat for weeks outside a Missouri strip club will offer clues to the whereabouts of two Bentonville women. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6612653/truck-checked-in-vanishing-of-2 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:23:08 -0700 ,... so far from God. The line is open. But I forgot to post this a couple of hours ago. But here's a little traveling music from 40/29 TV, which had quite an afternoon news summary from the badlands of NWA and environs. There's the prosecutor's... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6609838/so-close-to-missouri- Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:12:08 -0700 We've seen this in Pulaski County, too, but the trend couldn't be better illustrated than here : Sales tax revenue has declined sharply in every major city in Northwest Arkansas this year. In Bentonville, the drop from June 2008 to June 2009 was a whopping 22.9... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6602749/a-gathering-storm Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:44:08 -0700 During Monday's Meeting: • Rich Davis, economic development director for the Bentonville/Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce gave an update on economic development. Davis said the chamber will recommend that Bella Vista and Bentonville start business licensing programs. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6608105/bella-vista-city-council Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:20:08 -0700 The family of two Bentonville women missing since June hopes the discovery of their pickup truck will yield new leads, a family member said Monday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6608103/family-hopes-missing-women-s-truck-yields-information Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:00:08 -0700 LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe on Thursday appointed the former mayor of Bentonville and a Huntsville man to the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6594552/beebe-appoints-northwest-arkansans-to-boards,-commissions Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:35:08 -0700 NY Times interviews the new director of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. Mr. [Don] Bacigalupi (pronounced BAH-chee-ga-loop-ee) said his decision to leave an established museum for a new and untested one was motivated partly by the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6569440/new-man-at-crystal-bridges Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:08:08 -0700 The current CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art will become director of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art under construction in Bentonville. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6568252/new-leader-at-crystal-bridges Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:46:08 -0700 Pittsboro, N.C. - The stimulus for this mill town turned artist's colony arrived in the form of green bills bearing sketches of herons, turtles and trees. A few dozen local businesses banded together this spring to distribute the Plenty - a local currency intended to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6560832/when-cash-runs-short,-print-your-own Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:47:28 -0700 In the year since it was filed, two district judges and the Bentonville city attorney have recused themselves from the case of a Bella Vista man charged with misdemeanor harassment. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6546157/accused-of-harassing-judge-s-wife,-man-requests-new-venue Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:54:08 -0700