by - February 9, 2020 9:13 am
Elvis at 85: a Graceland reunion
When Jerry Schilling was a 12-year-old, he would go to Guthrie Park in Memphis, Tenn., to play football. Often, there was a mix of younger and older boys. One older…
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by - January 10, 2020 6:41 pm
Elvis birthday week creates tourism boon in the Mid-South
Jerry Schilling got his Christmas bonus and he decided to use it to buy his boss a gift. Schilling, who spent many years in Hollywood as an actor and film…
by - March 16, 2012 8:52 am
FCRA officials talk water project, Elvis event
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) announced it will undertake a $524,000 water line construction project along Taylor Avenue and Custer Boulevard. Congressional funds were appropriated in 2010, and a…
by - February 23, 2012 11:46 am
Shrek coming to Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE — While relishing the success of the Million Dollar Quartet, a highlight of the Walton Arts Center’s 2011-12 Broadway season, president and CEO Peter Lane hinted at one of the…
by - February 3, 2012 8:48 pm
Elvis fever continues
The Million Dollar Quartet’s Elvis impersonator, Cody Slaughter of Harrison, isn’t the only entertainer helping us relive those memories of The King. While Slaughter’s role in the Million Dollar Quartet…
by - January 30, 2012 11:13 am
The Beatles drive tourism in Walnut Ridge
Walnut Ridge is just a hop, skip and a jump from Jonesboro, but the northeast Arkansas community is hoping visitors will come to “twist and shout.” As part of a…
by - January 25, 2012 5:16 pm
Harrison native is Elvis in Walton Arts Center show
Cody Slaughter became Elvis with no formal voice training, no acting lessons or dance instruction. He simply taught himself the songs, the moves and the mannerisms, and now at age…