Good morning, Springdale.

A former Bentonville police detective admitted shooting and killing Canada geese in a private neighborhood pond in Rogers last month—according to the Rogers Police Department.

John Brown University in Siloam Springs reached record enrollment on August 20—1,423 students joined the campus as 441 new students began orientation; the group included 374 freshmen, 59 transfers, and eight returning students.

The incoming class chose top programs in business, visual arts, nursing, engineering, and teacher education.

Plaintiffs in Conway filed a motion on Monday to add the school district and two families to their lawsuit over Act 573— the law that requires public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.

The district continued to post the posters after a judge temporarily blocked the law, and Attorney General Tim Griffin asked the court to deny the motion.

At Wednesday’s meeting, the Public Facilities Board in Springdale studied regional affordable housing needs and examined the role of public entities in housing development—efforts that may shape future policy decisions.

On Monday, the Arkansas Attorney General filed to block Conway parents from joining a lawsuit that challenges the display of the 10 Commandments in Fayetteville, Springdale, Bentonville and Siloam Springs School Districts—arguing that adding them would change the original claim and harm the state’s appeal of Act 573, while filings from the parents and ACLU countered the move.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders amended an executive order on Wednesday to add $1.5 million for communities hit by April storms and tornadoes—bringing total relief funds to $1.85 million to be managed by the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management for disaster recovery.

The Schmieding Foundation donated $500,000 to expand Arkansas Children’s Northwest in Springdale — the hospital’s pharmacy was named in honor of the gift as part of a $318 million project to improve care for children.

Matt Jones and Anthony Kristensen hosted a podcast that reviewed the offseason trends for the Arkansas men’s basketball team while Arkansas soccer coach Colby Hale joined the show to discuss a top-10 home matchup against No. 3 Duke — the episode offered insights on team strategies ahead of upcoming games.

Monarch Flight Festival

12-4 p.m. — Walter Turnbow Park at Shiloh Square — Free entry — Celebrate the endangered Monarch Butterfly with local crafts and community fun.