by - March 10, 2019 4:38 am
Keith Forrester always thought that someday he would eventually return to the family row-crop farm at tiny Whitton in western Mississippi County where he was raised. Three generations of his…
by - March 10, 2019 4:27 am
Dear Whoever You Are, I can only suppose that your Valentine’s Day holiday was one of the best ever. I would tell you you’re welcome, but you’re not and anyway,…
by - February 14, 2019 4:47 pm
Police and prosecutors across Northeast Arkansas are using one of law enforcement’s oldest tools -information sharing – in a new way to address violent crime. In January, 2nd Judicial District…
by - February 8, 2019 3:01 pm
We’ve all heard that old saying that, “When they say it’s not about money, it’s about money.” But it was interesting to note that recently Dr. Linda McGhee, a family…
by - January 14, 2019 12:38 pm
Phillip Finch and Ross Jones met a decade ago while a local option, wet/dry election effort was under way in Independence County. Soon, the two Batesville entrepreneurs began brewing beer…
by - January 13, 2019 12:04 pm
A friend who once worked in the Washington, D.C., office of a congressman often quoted the aphorism widely credited to Otto von Bismarck that one should never watch laws or…
by - December 5, 2018 7:29 am
Trauma victims in rural Arkansas often are many miles and many precious minutes away from potentially life-saving care, decreasing their odds for survival until they reach a hospital. Statistics from…
by - November 13, 2018 5:36 pm
Two things, music and the passage of time, in the right circumstances seem to smooth the rough edges of one’s memory. So it was pretty easy — sitting in a…
by - October 23, 2018 5:15 pm
Do you remember those cross-country car trips, crammed in the back seat of the non-air conditioned family station wagon next to a baby brother you claimed you couldn’t stand? And…
by - October 15, 2018 6:45 pm
Harvest is always a special time in Arkansas and across the Mid-South, with the gathering of crops signifying the conclusion of the growing season. But for Craighead County brothers and…
by - October 6, 2018 10:06 am
Scientists in Arkansas and around the world are “like kids in a candy store” because the gene-editing technology “CRISPR” has become “a game-changer for medicine, agriculture and the environment,” said…
by - August 20, 2018 5:30 pm
As Nathaniel Charles Todd stepped on the stage to receive a diploma at Arkansas State University’s spring commencement ceremony, he and the university recorded milestones. Todd was recognized as ASU’s…
by - August 12, 2018 5:05 pm
It’s only August, but I can’t wait for September to get here for a number of reasons. First, September means the return of football season. Friday night lights, Saturday afternoon…
by - July 3, 2018 11:44 am
The passing of former Jonesboro Sun editor and publisher John Troutt Jr. recently put me in a reflective mood, not just about the near quarter century I spent in his…
by - June 5, 2018 11:03 am
We can’t help it, but those of us who follow sports generally, or follow one team particularly, like to think we can predict the outcome of the next contest by…
by - May 17, 2018 12:20 pm
Maybe it’s the weather. A chilly and rainy April didn’t seem at all like the prelude to our usual hot, steamy election-year month of May in Arkansas, filled with equally…
by - May 16, 2018 3:01 pm
Farmers in Northeast Arkansas are working to finish planting this year’s crops, but the success of this year’s efforts won’t be known until harvest time several months down the road….
by - April 22, 2018 4:36 pm
Overheard recently in the Craighead County office of the DF&A — or what most of us would call the state revenue office: Clerk: “Ma’am, are you registered to vote?” Customer…
by - March 11, 2018 10:04 pm
Had there been any doubt among our delegation about the primary engines powering Northwest Arkansas’ strong economy, a stop in Springdale on our way to Tulsa about 15 years ago…
by - September 4, 2014 2:59 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin, saying the city needed “someone who can bring a fresh, new management style” to the Jonesboro Police Department, named Rick Elliott police chief. Elliott, 55, who…
