Year: 2026

by Nancy Peevy -

Fast 15: Tyler Mlakar

Tyler Mlakar takes ownership of sophisticated, challenging legal problems with high expectations and delivers results for Rose Law Firm. According to Bourgon Reynolds, managing member at Rose Law Firm, Mlakar…

by Jeff Della Rosa -

Fast 15: Jenna McEvoy

Jenna McEvoy initially wanted to go to law school but found a love for public health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The Chickamauga, Ga., native moved from…

by Jeff Della Rosa -

Fast 15: Justin Macedo

Justin Macedo was 23 when he purchased the outdoor retail business he had joined the day after graduating from Farmington High School.  He started at Uncle Sam’s Safari Outfitters in…

by Jeff Della Rosa -

Fast 15: Michelle Long

Michelle Long was unsure whether to take an accounting role after graduation and considered studying abroad. A University of Arkansas professor and mentor to Long suggested an internship that led…

by Tina Alvey Dale -

Fast 15: Christina Grace Long

Christina Long did not set out to become one of Arkansas’ most recognized sports journalists. She set off for college intent on a future in photography. By her mid-20s, she…

by Tina Alvey Dale -

Fast 15: Javier Hernandez

Javier Hernandez, a Rogers native, is building a career centered on connecting people and strengthening communities in the rapidly growing region he loves. Hernandez works with businesses, nonprofits and local…

by Tina Alvey Dale -

Fast 15: Sarah Henderson

Sarah Henderson has moved quickly into a leadership role at one of Northwest Arkansas’ most visible business organizations, where she oversees operations and public affairs. Henderson, a Bentonville native, stepped…

by Tina Alvey Dale -

Fast 15: Maddie Hardwick

Maddie Hardwick’s path into higher education was not carefully mapped, but her impact on students and colleagues at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has been anything but accidental….

by Nancy Peevy -

Fast 15: Angela Gaucin

Arvest’s mission of “people helping people” resonates with Angela Gaucin. And she feels “a moral debt, a moral sense of responsibility, to pour back into” the community that gave her…

by Nancy Peevy -

Fast 15: Camron “Noah” Collins

Noah Collins is pursuing a career in medicine because he knows that will give him the ability to impact his community, help his family and support his mom. That’s also…

by Jeff Della Rosa -

Fast 15: Sam Chesshir

Sam Chesshir was an intern at Little Rock-based Stephens Inc. when a mentor there suggested looking into AcreTrader. “AcreTrader was still in the high-growth startup phase,” Chesshir said. “It was…

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Goldie Kikin

Goldie Kikin passed on May 1, 2026, at the age of 77, having been born on May 7, 1948, in Olm and residing in Teaneck, New Jersey. A Funeral Service…

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Shirley Estep

Shirley Estep, 90, of Alma, passed away Friday, May 1, 2026 in Alma. She was born August 26, 1935 in Fort Smith, AR to the late Carl and Eileen (Martin)…

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Velma Jean Tichenor

Velma Jean Tichenor, age 83, was born on August 2, 1942, in Whitmore, Arkansas, to Charles and Dorothy Noland. She passed away peacefully at her home in Lavaca, Arkansas, on…