Catie Riley of Fayetteville holds a paper machete strawberry as she decorates her booth Library Vintage, Sunday, May 18, 2025 during the annual Strawberry Festival at the downtown square in Fayetteville featuring two stages filled with music, games and competitions, dozens of vendor booths and a special guest, meet-and-greet with Muriel Fahrion, the original illustrator of the Strawberry Shortcake franchise. Last year’s festival brought over 10,000 people to this free and family-friendly event.

Amelia Sullivan, 9, (from left) paints in the art studio as she interacts with her brother Asher Sullivan while celebrating her birthday, Monday, March 3, 2025 during a bi-annual sensory friendly day at The Amazeum in Bentonville focused on providing an inclusive and accesible experience for visitors with special needs.

Bentonville West girls jump in the pool, Friday, February 7, 2025 during the Bentonville High Invitational swim meet at the Bentonville Community Center in Bentoville.

A sign is posted, Saturday, July 31, 2021 at McKissic Creek in Bella Vista. Visitors can access the creek by turning down Wishings Road and walking down a short, hidden dirt path nestled along the treeline. McKissick Creek is generally busy with people and dogs wading in the water and kids jumping off a large bluff from a rope swing.

Dayon Malloy, 9, (from center left) and sister Lydia Malloy, 8, hold up signs and play with bubbles, Friday, June 5, 2020 during a protest against police brutality on the lawn of the Rogers City Hall in Rogers. "I was the only colored in my class and I just wanted to know some of the history about a lot of the people that had died," said Lydia. "A lot of people died for no reason. I feel happy just being out here."

Veronica Ortiz of Rogers looks at the solar eclipse, Monday, April 8, 2024 during an eclipse viewing party at the downtown Bentonville Square in Bentonville. Downtown Bentonville Inc., Visit Bentonville and the Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce collaborated to host Solar-Bration on the square in Bentonville.

School staff stop Har-Ber Courtland Muldrew (3) from cutting down the net, Friday, February 23, 2024 during a basketball game at the Bulldog Gym at Springdale High School in Springdale.

Springdale head coach Heather Hunsucker reacts as she returns to the locker room, Friday, February 28, 2025 during the second half of a basketball game at Har-Ber High School in Springdale.

Paris Hilton presents a small sweater to host Peyton Manning, Friday, June 7, 2024 during the annual Walmart employee celebration at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville. Walmart held its annual employee celebration with a celebrity host and guest artists, plus talks by company officers.

Jinora Rothmeyer, 5, of Fayetteville feeds an alpaca, Monday, May 30, 2025 during the 9th annual Spring Market NWA at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Bentonville featuring dozens of vendor boothes, food trucks and a petting zoo.

Sidney Glymp holds an Asian water monitor, Sunday, July 6, 2025 during a reptile expo at the Rogers Convention Center in Rogers. Breeders from all over the country arrived for the weekend to sell their reptiles and educate the public on how to handle the animals or move past phobias of them. "A lot of people get over their fear here. A lot of fears of reptiles are learned. 'My parents are afraid so I should be afraid'," said Sidney Glymp, a volunteer with Arkansas Reptile Rescue, a rescue out of Paris that rescues, rehabs and re-homes exotic reptiles."

Zlatoslava Los, 8, of Siloam Springs holds up the flag of Ukraine as she marches, Sunday, February 27, 2021 during a rally in support of Ukraine at the Bentonville Square in Bentonville. Dozens of people, many of whom have family and friends in Ukraine, gathered at the square to show their support of Ukraine amid a Russian invasion. "My mother was deported from her home after World War II. She was five when they came," Nadia Stasiv of Gentry said of the Russian regime. She buried her mother this month during a trip to Ukraine and returned on February 23rd, just before the start of the war. "It's like every generation of Ukraine has some trauma from Russia."

Meelle Peoples, 3, (from left) kisses Mechillinda Lee of Fayetteville, Saturday, December 14, 2024 during the Candy Land Pajama Jam with Santa Claus at Rogers High School in Rogers, a pajama-filled celebration with the Northwest Arkansas Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. The event featured family friendly activities including cookie and ornament decorating, letters to santa and face painting.

Attendees look at art, Thursay, April 10, 2025 during a student art show at Fairview Elemenetary School in Rogers. Fairview Elementary will hosted its annual art show that included a glow show area, students’ artwork along the hallways and 3D art around the cafeteria. Each student had five to seven art pieces displayed throughout the school.

Ellen Heman, 11, reacts as she slides, Thursday, February 3, 2022 down a hill at Bethel Baptist Church in Bentonville in Bentonville.

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