479 Show - July 27, 2026

Coming up on this week's episode, another full week of government action saw the Springdale City Council discuss its vacant seat during its Committee of the Whole meeting, the Prairie Grove Council amend its door-to-door solicitation ordinance, the Tontitown City Council approve some significant changes in its meeting calendar, the Fayetteville City Council adopted its ordinance limiting the use of non-disclosure agreements and approve a major rezoning, the Siloam Springs Board of Directors introduce the extension of its five-eighth cent sales tax for wastewater treatment work and the Benton County Quorum Court move forward its accounting of the 287g program.In the school house, the Bentonville Board of Education sold one of the two parcels of property that received unsolicited offers to purchase, the Rogers Board signed on to a class-action lawsuit targeting social media companies and the Fayetteville Board approved the sale ot construction bonds and heard the update on its efforts to prepare its elementary students for success.We also had a busy week in the courtroom as an opponent of the future Ramay Junior High School took the city and school district to circuit court to stop the process while a Fayetteville property owner whose home was a frequent stop for first responder agencies was accused of turning his dilapidated structure into a home flambe in order to cash a check from his insurance company that may result in an even larger check for his barristers.It was a more difficult week for responders, as Springdale Police were called to a couple of shooting deaths that resulted in a couple of teen boys facing adullt consequences while a moped driver and pedestrian in Rogers were fatally injured in motor vehicle accidents and a rookie police officer gave his life while trying to save another swimmer in the Elk River north of the state line.Our Benton County Extension report previews a seminar on the new world screwworm that is causing trouble for cattle producers.And our trip off the beaten path takes us across the state to Jonesboro, where a friendly neighborhood Spiderman was caught on video playing Boy Scout and helping a disabled pedestrian across a busy street