Delaney Van Wilpe

1 week ago | 5newsonline.com | Delaney Van Wilpe

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Tiffany, Jo, and Around the Corner’s newest face, Danny, put their sleuthing skills to the ultimate test inside one of Fort Smith Escape Room’s most thrilling challenges. “So many people can play together, from grandkids to grandparents, the whole family can come and interact,” escape room owner Monica Baber said. Located at 4201 Regions Park Dr. #12, the Fort Smith Escape Room has been a local hotspot for puzzle lovers for the past decade.

1 week ago | 5newsonline.com | Delaney Van Wilpe

BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — Grant Hardin, a convicted murderer and rapist and former police chief, has garnered national attention with his escape from an Arkansas prison on May 25. Questions about his past and his ties to Northwest Arkansas have been swirling ever since. Hardin, 56, escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock on Sunday, prompting a statewide manhunt.

1 week ago | 5newsonline.com | Delaney Van Wilpe

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Former reality television star Josh Duggar is requesting that the court appoint him a new attorney to review "constitutional violations" in his federal child pornography conviction. Duggar was on the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting" for many years. The show portraying the life of his large, Arkansas family was canceled in 2015 following allegations that Duggar had molested five girls years earlier, including four of his sisters, according to the Associated Press.

1 week ago | 5newsonline.com | Delaney Van Wilpe

ROGERS, Ark. — Nine different hearings were held in Benton County court on Tuesday in connection with the death of a man in Rogers on March 8. According to court documents, ten people were arrested shortly after the murder and face various criminal charges. All defendants except for two have since pleaded not guilty. Amy Mandujano and Noel Gates have not yet entered a plea.

1 week ago | 5newsonline.com | Delaney Van Wilpe

ARKANSAS, USA — Before he was a convicted rapist, murderer, or escaped inmate, Grant Hardin wore a badge in towns across Northwest Arkansas — a history that now shocks even his former police chief. “He didn't need to be a police officer at all,” former Eureka Springs police chief Earl Hyatt said. Hardin, 56, escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock on May 25, prompting a statewide manhunt.