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Warren Stephens had a simple explanation for why he named a ballpark along the Arkansas River in North Little Rock for his father Jack Stephens, his...
Memorial Day has passed, and it's unofficially summer in Arkansas. For me, that means lazy weekday nights and Sunday afternoons watching baseball at...
I walked quickly through the door of the KWYN radio studios in Wynne early on that Good Friday morning several years ago. Bobby Caldwell, an owner of...
The 10th anniversary of the fire that destroyed much of the Majestic Hotel came and went earlier this year with little notice in Hot Springs. But that...
Several columns in recent weeks have focused on the long history of colorful politics in Conway County. Two of the most notable politicians to hail...
Charles Ambrose knew the situation was dire within days of arriving on the campus of Henderson State University at Arkadelphia in 2021. Ambrose, who...
Today at 3:00 a.m. by Rex Nelson 1 Comment We're in the woods near Hot Springs, and Don Bobbitt, president of the University of Arkansas System,...
Eric Jackson, who served for three decades as general manager of what's now Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, vividly remembers a trip across Chesapeake...
Today at 3:15 a.m. by Rex Nelson Comments My best days on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s were the slow days. I was Washington...
It's time for those who make public policy in Arkansas to follow the example of billionaire John Tyson and go big. Along with the eclipse, the top...
As towns across rural Arkansas continue to bleed population, the most obvious victims often are the churches. I recently saw an online plea for funds...
I met Eric Jackson in the winter of 1979. I was a college student at the time. I was also sports editor of the Daily Siftings Herald at Arkadelphia....
It doesn't matter if one is a Democrat, Republican or independent. If you love Arkansas history and politics as much as I do, the speed with which...
In a letter to the editor back in February, one writer had this to say about me: "I don't resent his commentary about Gov. Sarah Sanders, former...
I've devoted several recent columns to dying towns in the Arkansas Delta and the talented people those towns produced. The most famous folks to escape...
In a March 2018 story for The New York Times, Richard Fausset wrote about the slow death of Cotton Plant. "The town once had four cotton gins, but no...
The New York Times focused on our state last month due to the ongoing disaster known as the Arkansas Legislature. It published a major story about...