It’s been a while since I reported anything but this week has been newsworthy in NWA.

Paul Bradley was arrested in connection with the incident.

In case you missed it, a wild story of a man kidnapping an elderly lady, strapping what he called a bomb on her leg and forcing her to go withdraw $10,000 from an Arvest bank branch made national news.

The alleged kidnapper, Paul Bradley was captured after authorities tracked him buying equipment on a hardware store video and using an outstanding traffic ticket warrant to search his home.  It turns out he and the victim’s husband had coffee together regularly.

The Heir to the 'X'.

On Thursday, firefighters and police were called to the building that houses Friend of BlogHawgs, Jon Williams on KXNA (104.9 the X).  A man had set fire to a garage apartment next door and tried to set the radio station ablaze as well.  He then locked himself in the station.  Once extracted, he was arrested.  The man is Jonathan Butler, the son of Butler Broadcasting owner, Steve Butler. (READ: “ALLEGEDLY” into each of the last 4 sentences in this paragraph) Jonathan Butler has had several arrests recently including one five years ago after he rammed a Hummer into a house.  No one was injured in the fire and all Butler radio stations are still on the air.

The OPO (how’s that for a flashback?) is getting a new tenant and maybe a new owner. The Fayetteville A&P Commission is going to rent it for a year to house events displaced by the closing of the Hilton, Raddison, Cosmopolitan Hotel.  They are also leasing the downstairs to local artists.

A Springdale Motel was shuttered by the city this week.  Lots of crime and bug problems apparently.  Paywall there but it does mention both a Duggar and EJ’s dad in the same article.