🌱 Patch AM: What tonight’s vote could mean for Bentonville’s 100-acre health campus.

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In today's newsletter:

• What tonight's vote could mean for Bentonville's 100-acre health campus.
• Bentonville judge's sentence in Benton County Jail assault case explained
• What led to an eight-year DWI manslaughter sentence in Bentonville

Today's riddle: What is the 1 way to guarantee winning a small fortune at the casino? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 100 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and hot, temps: high: 99, low: 75.
• Thursday: Sunshine and hot, with a high of 98 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bentonville health campus up for first-phase vote (4029tv.com) — A 100-acre health care campus near I-49 and Exit 88 in Bentonville faces a key first-phase vote by the city's Planning Commission tonight. Backed by the Alice L. Walton Foundation, the project would add specialty services like cardiac care, trails, and a parking garage, with an anticipated opening in 2028 if approvals move forward.
   

• Woman placed on state supervised probation for sexually assaulting a deputy (nwaonline.com) — A Bentonville court has placed a Fayetteville woman on 10 years of state-supervised probation after she admitted to sexually assaulting a deputy while in custody at the Benton County Jail. She must register as a sex offender and complete treatment, following a plea agreement supported by the deputy and accepted by a Benton County Circuit judge.
   

• Siloam Springs man sentenced to 8 years in prison after admitting to killing man in DWI crash (nwaonline.com) — In a Bentonville courtroom, a Siloam Springs man received an eight-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to negligent homicide and DWI in a crash that killed motorcyclist Steven Holmes. Family members described their ongoing grief as the judge also ordered substance-abuse assessment for the defendant, whose blood alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit.
   

📸 Around Bentonville

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Tuesday September 1
• XC Take Flight Race
  Fulbright Junior High NorthWest Arkansas Community College, 1 College Dr, Bentonville\
  7:00 pm
• XC Meet-Take Flight@NWACC
  Lincoln Junior High NorthWest Arkansas Community College, 1 College Dr, Bentonville\
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Fall Underclass Pictures
  Bentonville High BHS-BHS-Master Calendar
  7:00 am
• Atlas Screener - 2nd ELA
  Thomas Jefferson Elementary Bentonville, AR 72712
  8:00 am
Thursday September 3
• Fall Underclass Pictures
  Bentonville High BHS-BHS-Master Calendar
  7:00 am
• Atlas Screener - 1st Math
  Thomas Jefferson Elementary Bentonville, AR 72712
  8:00 am
• Airport Advisory Board Meeting →
  Bentonville, AR Calendar
  3:00 pm
• FJHS Football @ Ramsey
  Fulbright Junior High Southside High School, 4100 S Gary St, Fort Smith, AR 72903, U
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 1
• Atlas Screener - 2nd ELA
  Thomas Jefferson Elementary Bentonville, AR 72712
  8:00 am
• LJHS Volleyball vs Kimmons
  Lincoln Junior High School, 1206 NW Leopard Ln, Bentonville, AR
  4:30 pm
• Volleyball vs Lingle
  Fulbright Junior High Schools, 5303 SW Bright Rd, Bentonville
  5:00 pm
• Curriculum Night Session 1
  Osage Creek Elementary Bentonville, AR 72712
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Edgewell Personal Care Company posted a job opening for Senior Category Manager, Walmart in Bentonville. Apply here.
• Mercy Health posted a job opening for EVS/Housekeeping in Rogers. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bentonville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Centerton

• Arkansas police chiefs association endorses use of Flock license plate readers amid backlash (texarkanagazette.com)
• Benton County restaurant inspections: Live roaches, out-of-date spicy crab, excessive trash, leaking meat package (arkansasonline.com)
• Benton County marriage licenses issued Aug. 20-26 (nwaonline.com)

Rogers

• Free T-shirts and games mark Rogers Family Fun Day (nwahomepage.com)
• Dinosaurs take over Rogers Convention Center (nwahomepage.com)
• Mercy NWA joins Maternal Life360 initiative to support current & expecting moms (nwahomepage.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By starting with a large fortune. (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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