Special Olympics torch passed to Bentonville police

Conor Woody/The Weekly Vista With the Special Olympics Summer Games torch in hand, a group of runners head south on U.S. Highway 71 early Monday morning on the first leg of the torch’s journey to Searcy. Shown are, from left, Cpl. J.D. Jordan (on bicycle), officer V.J. Wilson, officer Ross Conn, officer Bobby Warren, Bella Vista communications Director Cassi Lapp and officer Reid Hudgens. The group carried the torch to Peach Orchard Road, where they passed the torch to the Bentonville Police Department. It will be passed from department to department until it reaches Searcy, where the Special Olympics Summer Games will take place starting on May 26.
Conor Woody/The Weekly Vista With the Special Olympics Summer Games torch in hand, a group of runners head south on U.S. Highway 71 early Monday morning on the first leg of the torch’s journey to Searcy. Shown are, from left, Cpl. J.D. Jordan (on bicycle), officer V.J. Wilson, officer Ross Conn, officer Bobby Warren, Bella Vista communications Director Cassi Lapp and officer Reid Hudgens. The group carried the torch to Peach Orchard Road, where they passed the torch to the Bentonville Police Department. It will be passed from department to department until it reaches Searcy, where the Special Olympics Summer Games will take place starting on May 26.

Torch runners

General News on 05/25/2016