The nationwide explosion of craft beer has become increasingly evident in central Arkansas. Of course, there were the pioneers of Little Rock. Diamond Bear Brewing Co. and Vino’s Brewpub are no...
In the 1980s, Arkansas’ wine market was virtually nonexistent. Actually, that’s not particularly noteworthy because at that time, even New York didn’t really have a stronghold in the wine w...
The hustle and bustle at the heart of American politics in Washington, D.C., is the destination for many people in the U.S. who see it as the ultimate place to find a career — not to mention so...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/27/southern-calling/
Kemuri has been open for just over a year, but in that short time, it’s become one of Little Rock’s best dining experiences. Jerry Barakat took his outstanding sushi menu and pedigree from Oc...
A brand-new telling of a classic tale will soon reveal what happens when the undead becomes unearthed.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/27/local-arts-organizations-team-dracula-unearthed/
Just as soon as it became an immensely popular Saline County location, BASH Burger Co. has announced it is temporarily suspending its business on Military Road in Benton. BASH hasn’t given spec...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/27/bash-burger-halts-business-benton/
In hopes of combating the state’s obesity epidemic, along with other health issues, Gov. Asa Hutchinson has announced a plan that aims to not only reduce obesity but also encourage healthier pr...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/27/hutchinson-announces-10-year-plan-curb-state-obesi/
Sync, a sister publication of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette created in 2007 with the intent of reaching a young adult audience, will cease publication Wednesday, newspaper leadership said Friday.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/23/sync-weekly-cease-publication-wednesday/
Missy Jenkins Smith was only 15 years old when a victim of bullying changed her life. She says she remembers going to prayer circle that chilly Monday morning after Thanksgiving break. Her twin s...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/20/stop-bullying/
Arkansas is for lovers? Maybe not, but there is something that kindles the creative flame of the state’s romance writers.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/20/writing-romance/
“Oh, wow. It’s just about everything on the menu,” said our waitress when asked what had changed at Juanita’s Cafe and Bar. That’s true of more than just the food. There was a time when...
For a short time in the metro, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll will live.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/20/ultimate-elvis-tribute-show-visit-maumelle/
Kudos to my colleagues at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for breaking the news that PGA golfer John Daly, a University of Arkansas alumnus, is opening a new steak house in downtown Conway. John Da...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/20/golf-legend-announces-steakhouse/
“When Will It Rain?” is a once-popular song by the band Jackyl that told the story of a person suffering in the summer heat. While the heat is leaving central Arkansas, it doesn’t seem like...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/20/lack-rain-presents-drought-conditions-southern-ark/
As I was watching the Democratic presidential debate, I was struck by the characters onstage and their relationship to the ’80s, and I’m not just talking about the average age of the particip...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/20/debates-and-80s-movies/
The first Democratic presidential-primary debate took place last week, and unlike every exchange we have seen between the Republican candidates so far, the entire event was steeped in civility. Y...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/20/democratic-candidates-relate-american-people/
I was born with New York Yankees pinstripes in my blood. My dad became a passionate Yankees fan in the 1950s while growing up in Iowa. With no local team to follow, he fell in love with the Yanke...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/20/cubs-fandom-friendship-last-through-years/
Def Leppard will play Verizon Arena in North Little Rock next year.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/16/def-leppard-sets-verizon-arena-concert/
One of Disney's most profitable movies and the highest-grossing animated film of all time will come to life on ice in May in North Little Rock, Verizon Arena said Thursday.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/15/disney-ices-frozen-comes-verizon-may/
Although devoid of shoppers and merchandise on an early October day, the Outlets of Little Rock was noisy and crowded. Construction workers and store crews worked around each other as the last to...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/13/new-destination/
Decades in the news business taught Bob Steel to expect the unexpected. Even when Cumulus Media fired him from his morning news job nearly two years ago, the 68-year-old wasn’t deterred and rea...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/13/shining-example/
The topic of Indian food rarely brings out a middle-of-the-road opinion. People generally tend to either hate it or love it, and it’s not too hard to see why. Indian food is assertive, bold and...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/13/bold-cuisine/
The Wrecking Crew just might have recorded your favorite song.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/13/wrecking-crew-documentary-chronicles-unsung-heroes/
October is food festival season, and the annual Chili Fights in the Heights event is one of the more popular ones. This year’s competition is set for Saturday on Kavanaugh Boulevard from 1-6:30...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/13/chili-festival-returns-heights-benefit-foodbank/
On Oct. 1, Christopher Harper-Mercer reportedly killed nine people and himself at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/13/ualr-professor-statistics-gun-deaths-dont-tell-ful/
How many of you can name the left tackle on your favorite football team? Or how many of you can name five starting left tackles in the NFL? Not easy to do, is it? For those of us who love footbal...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/13/playing-left-tackle-and-dhs-director/
On Oct. 8, John Selig, the director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, informed employees that he will be leaving his position at the end of the year.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/13/replacement-needs-history-children-medicaid/
Mike Anderson deserves better than the hand he’s been dealt. But in typical Anderson fashion, he won’t make excuses or lower expectations after half of his basketball team isn’t returning e...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/13/anderson-upbeat-despite-long-odds-season/
Of all the partying Motley Crue has done in 34 years, their farewell bash may be the best. The All Bad Things Must Come to an End Tour stopped at Verizon Arena on Thursday night, and rock’s bad...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/09/motley-crue-rocks-farewell/
The Arkansas State Fairgrounds will soon come alive. Thousands will mingle and wander through the maze of rides, people and vendors, taking in the aroma of food, grass, animals and machines. The ...
Eddie Montgomery is a bona fide country music star, but he doesn’t forget where he came from.
When Grand Funk Railroad released the song “We’re an American Band” in July 1973, lead singer Don Brewer and his mates had no idea how much of an impact the song would make decades later.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/06/american-band-back-little-rock/
It’s a good time for classic-rock fans in the Little Rock metro this week.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/06/glam-rock-act-motley-crue-stop-verizon-final-tour/
We cover a lot of new restaurants here at Sync, but they aren’t the only ones doing good work in Little Rock. This month, The Oyster Bar is turning 40 years old. To celebrate, the Stifft Statio...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/06/oyster-bar-celebrates-40th-year-offers-month-long-/
Sometimes, life catches up to you. Sometimes, that means you have to put some things aside.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/06/after-9th-year-little-rock-film-festival-calls-it-/
Whether you follow the liberal media or watch the Republican debates, it would be easy to think that Hillary Rodham Clinton is running unopposed in the Democratic Party’s primary. Yet it is has...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/06/ignore-bern-follow-money/
By now, I’m at least 99 percent desensitized to the never-ending loop of financial appeals candidates make. In some ways, I resent the fact that our country seems to live in a perpetual campaig...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/06/wealthy-unqualified-rise-top/
The list of Arkansas natives that have played or currently play in the NBA is incomplete. It is an error Glen Rice, a three-time NBA All-Star, has tried to fix since his rookie season in 1989-90 ...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/oct/06/former-nba-all-star-glen-rice-benton-proud/
Carl Carter Jr. laughs a lot, and his father says he gets that from his mom.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/29/remembering-matriarch/
Arron Michael Lewis was born in 1981 on a colder than average Tuesday in Ruston, Louisiana.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/29/accounts-accused/
Social media is a restaurant’s best friend when it comes to advertising. It costs virtually nothing, has the potential to reach your entire market and gives you access to instant feedback. Rest...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/29/missing-mark/
The field for the GOP presidential bid is crowded, but as far as state Rep. Charlie Collins is concerned, it’s lacking something.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/29/enlisting-leader/
If a woman could fit a cocktail party in her purse, it’d probably look a lot like The Evening Bag.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/29/evening-bag-returns-support-womens-foundation/
Ever since The Root Cafe won a $150,000 grant through JPMorgan Chase Bank back in January, we’ve all been waiting to hear how owners Jack and Corri Sundell would use the money to expand the sma...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/29/root-hauls-shipping-containers-expansion-project/
The story of Noah’s Ark is one of the first biblical parables millions of children learn. The story is of a man who built a gargantuan ark and took two of each of the world’s animals along wi...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/29/documentary-search-noahs-ark-features-metro-busine/
Years ago, I chose to call Little Rock home, and I’ve never once regretted it. But now, I fear the city that I wanted to be a part of has changed and can never come back. I read that Little Roc...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/29/do-i-live-detroit/
In the past two months, I have known two people who have had their vehicles stolen from their driveways as they slept. One of them spends the day working with a local nonprofit to create a better...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/29/strengthening-economy-first-step/
The first couple of years I lived in Arkansas, I had more than a few “Welcome to the South” moments. Tornado warnings in January, high school football stadiums that looked like small-college ...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/29/marching-musical-machine-mid-south-must-see/
It seemed like just another day when Christi Partain saw her son Tre at her home in Vilonia. The only bad news she was expecting was that she might not get to see him over the coming holiday week...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/22/pushing-prevention/
The late 1980s were turbulent years for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock athletics. Rising star Mike Newell had taken the men’s basketball team to new heights, but that didn’t happen...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/22/backup-plan/
There is no shortage of Mediterranean food in Little Rock, with most of it coming in the form of Greek cuisine. Restaurants such as Layla’s Gyros and Pizzeria and Leo’s Greek Castle have had ...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/22/new-kid-block/
A few years back, while conducting an electronic voice phenomenon recording, Rhonda Burton says she witnessed her equipment fly about eight feet off a piano and shatter onto the floor of the MacA...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/22/paranormal-expo-educates-bigfoot-ufos-mediums/
It didn’t take long for the space that once belonged to Acadia Restaurant to get a new tenant. Yeimar Bolanos-Lara is opening La Terraza Rum and Lounge at the Kavanaugh location soon. Bolanos-L...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/22/la-terraza-plans-lounge-former-acadia-location/
Elephants are often seen as gentle giants that are content to entertain humans. But underneath that exterior is an intelligent animal that experiences a wide variety of emotions, some that even c...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/22/little-rock-zoo-limits-interaction-between-elephan/
I’m a big fan of Nate Silver. He made a name for himself when he worked at The New York Times. Usually the only good aspect of anything at The New York Times is when it’s used to line the bot...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/22/debate-debate/
Last week, CNN hosted the second major presidential debate between many of the candidates who are vying for the GOP’s nomination for the presidency. But of the 11 individuals who shared the mai...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/22/fiorina-takes-stand-against-trumps-outrageousness/
Arkansas State is an improved football team. Especially defensively. How improved? Saturday night’s game at Toledo should be a good indicator. The last time the Red Wolves and Rockets hooked up...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/22/improved-red-wolves-defense-should-help-against-to/
Adrian Alvarez legally immigrated to the United States in 1982, and although he came here in search of a better life for his family, he came here alone.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/15/culturally-connected/
M.F. Metal Music is an anomaly not only in Bryant but also in Arkansas. The medium-sized store, which opened in June 2012, is tucked away in a quiet strip mall next to Goodwill. On one Wednesday ...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/15/metro-metalhead/
Every now and then, a poll makes the rounds on social media asking, “What kind of food we are missing the most in Little Rock?” Without fail, Thai food is always one of the top answers. That�...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/15/entirely-thai/
Nestling itself in pockets of Little Rock and North Little Rock, the ACANSA Arts Festival returns for a second public celebration of the arts.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/15/acansa-5-day-arts-celebration/
Much-loved Riverdale restaurant The Fold opened its doors again after a planned week-long renovation project stretched into a second week. The entire project was aimed at helping increase space i...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/15/fold-opens-doors-after-2-week-renovation/
People who are used to attending Riverfest on Memorial Day weekend will need to alter their plans in 2016. For those who stop by the event for the daytime family activities, the ever-rising entra...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/15/riverfest-creates-second-festival-moves-music-late/
If Hillary Clinton supporters want to blame those responsible for the current email scandal that has disrupted her presidential campaign, look no further than the Democratic Party! But first, let...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/15/friends-these-hillary-doesnt-need-enemies/
I’d like to think that I’m among the many who believe the 2016 presidential primaries started way too soon. As soon as the 2014 midterm election cycle came to a close, voters found a brief re...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/15/despite-good-effort-gop-cant-stop-clinton/
For Randy Rainwater and many others at War Memorial Stadium on Sept. 12, there was deja vu. The same sinking feeling returned. Another Arkansas team going down to an opponent whose sole purpose w...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/15/there-still-hope-hogs-football-following-big-loss/
Arkansas scientist Kevin Delaney will return as a science expert on "The Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon on Friday, according to the Museum of Discovery.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/14/local-scientist-marks-fourth-tonight-show-appearan/
A new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" is coming to the newly renovated Robinson Center in 2017, officials said Monday.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/14/phantom-opera-coming-robinson-center-2017/
ORLANDO, Fla. — Walt Disney World on Friday said this will be the last year of the Osborne family's Christmas lights at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/11/disney-world-plans-end-osborne-family-christmas-li/
Big changes are planned at next year's Riverfest, including splitting the concerts and family activities into separate events.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/10/free-springfest-added-riverfest-lineup/
Janet Jackson will perform next year at North Little Rock's Verizon Arena, the venue announced Thursday.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/10/janet-jackson-sets-verizon-concert/
A conversation with 607 zigzags all over the map, especially when the conversation’s soundtrack is music from the 1990s.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/08/me-myself-and-i/
Since 1948, the Arkansas Razorbacks have played football games at War Memorial Stadium. It’s a tradition that continues this weekend, when the Hogs host the University of Toledo in Little Rock ...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/08/party-links/
Let me start this review with an excerpt from an actual post made on the Facebook page of Rick’s Beignets owner Rick Rogers:
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/08/beignet-no-other/
It’s late afternoon, and Arkansas Baptist College is full of people — students, construction workers and visitors — all either working, relaxing or heading to class on this warm late August...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/08/operation-campus-growth/
Before there was Frank Underwood in House of Cards or Walter White in Breaking Bad, there was Macbeth.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/08/shakespearean-tragedy-macbeth-opens-rep/
When we reviewed Benton food truck BASH Burger Co. just a couple of months ago, it was obvious that Chase Turner and Ryan Ashcraft were on their way to something good.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/08/bash-burger-co-adding-truck-no-2-lr-area/
It looks like Lord Hanuman won’t be sitting at the state Capitol grounds anytime soon.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/08/look-proposed-monuments-state-capitol-grounds/
When it comes to education, the Clinton School of Public Service values hands-on learning. Every year, 10-11 teams of students from the school complete public service projects in partnership with...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/08/clinton-school-students-serve-state-through-projec/
The sad, strange, Stephen King-style trip of former state Treasurer Martha Shoffner has come to an end. The end being a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, where she will stay a hefty portion of...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/08/warden-norton-and-martha-shoffner/
After being in legal limbo for over two years, former state Treasurer Martha Shoffner has received a 30-month sentence in prison for her convictions on bribery and extortion. A hearty amount of c...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/08/ethics-violation-prevention-measures-needed/
It doesn’t take long before you find yourself doing the unimaginable as a parent. Changing diapers at 3 a.m. with one eye open in the dark, cleaning spit up off your dress shirt, searching for ...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/08/fulfilling-promise-son-entails-game-day-traffic/
In October, Arkansas' largest water park will transform a portion of its operations into a haunted trail as part of the first Wilds of Wild River Country event.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/02/wild-river-country-host-haunted-trail-october/
Main Street Food Truck Fridays is set to kick off its fall season Friday at Main Street and Capitol Avenue, featuring live music and five food trucks.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/02/main-street-food-trucks-return-friday/
In early August in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Howard Brill was teaching a class full of students about comparative law, informing them about the applications of laws in the U.S. and the European U...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/01/face-justice/
Tommy Smith wants to know what your vice is. It’s not an odd request, given his history in Little Rock radio, one steeped in his own vices — mostly off the air, but a share of them (usually) ...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/01/tommy-smiths-reckoning/
Alexia Elichiry is, first and foremost, a problem solver, one who doesn’t shy away from big questions. That much is apparent simply in her job description; not many people start a statewide com...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/01/full-spirit/
What was once a site that guaranteed anonymity for those looking to cheat on their spouses has now become a public list exposing infidelity to the world.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/01/look-ashley-madison-data-breach/
It was your run-of-the-mill interview in Moneta, Virginia, for WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward on Aug. 26 when former reporter Vester Lee Flanagan, who went by Bryce Willia...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/01/slaying-virginia-anchor-cameraman-hits-lr-broadcas/
Kelly Clarkson is pretty familiar with the No. 1 spot. With the February release of her seventh studio album, Piece by Piece, the first winner of reality-TV singing competition American Idol also...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/01/kelly-clarkson-makes-nlr-stop-piece-piece-tour/
After months of preparation, Mylo Coffee Co. has decided to abandon its plans for a second location in the 200 block of West Capitol Avenue. Mylo owner Stephanos Mylonas had announced the plans e...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/01/mylo-ceases-plans-downtown-location/
Common sense rarely comes into a college football or gun debate. While she may not be able to control overly optimistic or pessimistic Razorbacks fans, state Attorney General Leslie Rutledge can ...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/01/ag-intersection-guns-common-sense/
There is one characteristic that unfortunately sets our country apart from all other advanced nations in the world, and it’s the number of innocent lives that are lost each year to gun violence...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/sep/01/rutledge-missed-golden-opportunity-clarity/
Last season, Fredi Knighten almost started a mutiny among his Arkansas State University teammates. Not only was the Red Wolves senior quarterback watching an Arkansas game on the team bus, he was...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/25/everlasting-bond/
Dillion Winfrey didn’t plan to play college football at the Unversity of Central Arkansas, but the decision has worked out nicely for the former Bryant High School star.
You’ll rarely read anything from me praising national chain restaurants, but that doesn’t mean they are without their strengths. At their best, the top chains provide a reliable dining experi...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/25/menu-mass-appeal/
When you record a perfect score on the ACT or the SAT, your options for higher education might seem almost limitless. Score perfect on both, and the world is yours.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/25/flawless-feat/
American roots artist Pokey LaFarge is a bit of an anomaly in the music industry. While most artists are seeking to push the boundaries of sound, looking to find that “next big thing” in musi...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/25/pokey-lafarge-brings-old-school-style-sound-new-ge/
Little Rock-based burger giant David’s Burgers is one of the fastest-growing restaurant groups in Arkansas and is showing no signs of slowing down. Already with five locations in central Arkans...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/25/davids-burgers-plans-locations-lr-cabot/
According to The Old Farmers’ Almanac, much of the U.S., including Arkansas, can expect a colder and more snowy winter than usual. Although scientists might generally scoff at almanacs, their p...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/25/some-things-know-about-el-nino/
What’s the deal with those new colorful buses?
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/25/metro-transit-system-gets-name-change-new-look/
When I was growing up in Van Buren, I sorta dreaded the start of every school year — not the academics or the athletics. For me, the most feared part of the new environment was determining wher...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/25/cool-kids-table/
For quite a while now, there has been talk that more conservative-leaning Democratic elected officials have been considering joining the GOP. Now, after a few terms of Republican electoral gains ...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/25/actions-not-party-beliefs-define-us/
It took about five minutes after four-star quarterback recruit Ricky Town made the announcement that he was coming to Arkansas for some on social media to speculate about the future of the curren...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/25/hogs-landing-star-qb-prospect-usc-big/
Christian singing group The Gaither Vocal Band is bringing their Gaither Christmas Homecoming tour to North Little Rock this winter, the Verizon Arena said Thursday.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/20/gaither-vocal-band-coming-verizon-arena/
Obesity wasn’t just a faceless epidemic dominating the headlines for Rebecca Privitera. In 2011, she was 386 pounds.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/18/our-big-fat-problem/
From a young age, Christian contemporary music artist Josh Wilson knew he was destined to play music for the rest of his life. With a string of chart-topping hits, 155,000-plus likes on his Faceb...
The city of Bryant has never been at the head of the conversation when it comes to great local food. Decades of being in a dry county meant few but the national chains dared set up shop, and that...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/18/best-both-worlds/
Jessica Wooden didn’t plan to stay in Little Rock for more than a few days. That turned into a few weeks, and she is still here. Dr. Julie McCoy, the founder of the American Rugby Pro Training ...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/18/practice-makes-perfect/
If “The Greatest Show on Earth” wasn’t built to amaze before, it officially is now. Built to Amaze, the brand-new offering from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, brings never-before-perfo...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/18/built-amaze-brings-stunts-animals-verizon/
Izard Chocolates has gone from farmers market stall to a new storefront in a year and a half. Nathaniel Izard opened his new location at 623 Beechwood St. on Aug. 6 after working out of the Hillc...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/18/izard-chocolates-opens-storefront-hillcrest/
Arkansas’ elderly population is growing and, with that, its need for nurses is, too.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/18/uams-awarded-grant-train-nurses/
The Heartbeat has stopped, but The Ride has started.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/18/signal-media-scraps-soul-station-adds-country-musi/
Gov. Asa Hutchinson continues to prove the wisdom of the Arkansas voters with his commitment to morals and pragmatism. By now, we have all seen the video of the Planned Parenthood executive callo...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/18/funding-abortion-performing-organization-immoral/
In mid-July, a new firestorm began to brew around Planned Parenthood after a video was released of an exchange between a 26-year-old man representing the Center for Medical Progress and a Planned...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/18/decision-misguided-following-conservative-herd/
Just when it looked like Pulaski Academy football couldn’t get any more unconventional, Coach Kevin Kelley plans to weave rugby strategy into his offensive philosophy this fall. Yes, rugby, and...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/18/pas-new-offensive-scheme-so-crazy-its-brilliant/
Legendary musician, songwriter and producer Stevie Wonder will make a North Little Rock stop in November as part of his nationwide tour, Verizon Arena announced Monday.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/17/stevie-wonder-tour-makes-nlr-stop-november/
The Arkansas State Fair on Friday announced the nine headlining acts that will grace its main stage during the year's fair, which runs Oct. 9-18 in Little Rock.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/14/arkansas-state-fair-announces-15-headlining-acts/
Braelond Simmons could have been the perfect statistic. The J.A. Fair High School graduate’s father died 12 days after his sixth birthday. He and his two younger siblings were raised by a singl...
As a food critic, there are a lot of things I look for in judging how a restaurant is performing. Obviously, the quality of the dishes plays a big role in my overall impression, but sometimes jus...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/11/simply-southern/
It’s a Thursday afternoon, and things are still quiet in the small building serving as the base of administration for the fledgling Jacksonville/North Pulaski School District. The former bank b...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/11/taking-reins/
A Tony Award-nominated character actor known for roles in films including Groundhog Day and a former St. Louis Cardinal will be in attendance at screenings on the first weekend of the Hot Springs...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/11/hot-springs-film-fest-feature-groundhog-day-actor-/
It’s hot. Really hot. But for weeks, the Red Octopus Theater has been crafting a way for audiences to trade in the misery prompted by oppressive summer highs for laughter. Summer Oven, the come...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/11/red-octopus-theater-group-opens-summer-oven/
Chef Donnie Ferneau has some changes in store for his Good Food by Ferneau restaurant in North Little Rock’s Argenta neighborhood. Ferneau says he will expand dinner hours to include Wednesday ...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/11/nlrs-good-food-ferneau-expand-dinner-hours/
Arkansas has hovered in the top five states for highest teenage birthrates for many years, having had the highest teen birthrate as recently as 2013, according to The National Campaign to Prevent...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/11/look-teen-pregnancy-arkansas/
When it comes to the modern communication age, don’t expect things to stay private.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/11/act-304-criminalizes-revenge-porn-protects-victims/
So the Republican Party threw a debate, and everyone came. As I noted on television, not even a Kardashian could have added to the excitement. Thank you, Donald Trump, for the sizzle. He’s beco...
Last week, Fox News hosted two debates. The first of which was between each of the candidates that the media outlet did not deem worthy of participation in its over-hyped and already-crowded Trum...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/11/circus-atmosphere-distracts-issues/
When I interviewed David Bazzel back in late January, I finally got to ask the question I had wanted to ask him for a long time: “Do you ever sleep?”
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/11/bazzel-deserving-easy-target-toast-roast/
Rock bands Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin will hit North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena on Nov. 14, the venue said Monday.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/10/shinedown-breaking-benjamin-play-nlr/
Country music queen Miranda Lambert will hit the stage at the A-State Convocation Center in Jonesboro on Oct. 10, the venue said Friday.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/07/miranda-lambert-play-jonesboro-oct-10/
Triple Threat, the Arkansas trio Howard Stern called “beautifully nerdy,” has made it to the next round of America’s Got Talent. Right now, members of Triple Threat are in New York sun prep...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/06/triple-threat-calls-arkansans-support/
It’s 9 a.m., a time when most musicians are probably still in bed. Kris Allen, though, is already up and at ’em. Not only is he an early riser, but he’s on time, too, another musician stere...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/04/become-idol/
Verizon Arena may be empty now, but come Saturday, thousands of people from Arkansas and beyond will descend on North Little Rock for their chance at stardom. All they have to do is make an impre...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/04/farewell-idol/
At first introduction, Ben Bell doesn’t seem like somebody who could have a drastic effect on Arkansas’ culinary scene. Bespectacled and diminutive with a sincere politeness that affects ever...
It’s already been a dream season for Dallas Keuchel, and it could get even better. Keuchel, the star Houston Astros pitcher, is one reason why the club is enjoying one of its better seasons in ...
From presenting at fashion weeks in cities such as New York and Atlanta to opening her own in-house production facility in Little Rock, designer Linda Rowe Thomas is known for putting Little Rock...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/04/little-rock-designer-holds-first-model-boot-camp/
Natchez Restaurant in downtown Little Rock has closed its doors, leaving its staff looking for new opportunities.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/04/pastry-chef-abbasi-finds-new-home/
On July 24, Hot Springs police officers and LifeNet received a call about an unresponsive child in a vehicle.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/04/look-vehicular-heatstroke/
Benton is a city experiencing great change and growth. The once quiet small town on the fringes of the Little Rock metro area is now bustling with activity as retailers and developers work to kee...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/04/benton-blog-social-media-presence-market-citys-app/
These are quite possibly the dumbest words I’ve ever written (with the exception of “Obama’s foreign policy”), but DON’T LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN IN A HOT CAR. The mere fact that I wrote tho...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/04/column-i-never-wanted-write/
I can imagine very little that is worse than losing a child, and I say this as someone who is not a parent. But I have played witness to the absolute despair and sorrow that the parents of severa...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/04/education-not-punishment-answer/
Voters in the Amway Coaches Poll released last week must not have seen Arkansas’ games with Ole Miss and LSU last season.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/aug/04/hogs-should-be-ranked-higher-rebels-tigers/
If the Eagles’ History of the Eagles Tour is the final hurrah for the storied band, they left a crowd of more than 15,000 at Verizon Arena with an unforgettable experience.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jul/31/eagles-play-sold-out-verizon-crowd/
The 1999 edition of the University of Arkansas Razorback football team unleashed three running backs with big reputations and bigger dreams. Chrys Chukwuma, a powerful 6-foot-1, 214-pound senior,...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jul/28/calling-audible/
It’s a typical Monday evening at Pine Valley Golf Course in Sherwood. While the sun is setting, a breeze rolls through the course’s sloped terrain and gently whips the flag on the 18th hole a...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jul/28/hybrid-sport/
For years, Capital Bar and Grill has served as Little Rock’s watering hole to the city’s business and political elite. At all hours of the day, it’s not uncommon to see smartly dressed figu...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jul/28/helping-hand/
Cyrene Quiamco spends most of her free time on social media. No, she doesn’t have an addiction. Well, on second thought, with two cellphones, a tablet and an LG G Watch, she might have a proble...
Two years ago, Tony Taylor browsed the lineup for Los Angeles film festival Outfest with the thought that Little Rock could one day host a similar event showcasing diversity and quality in LGBT f...
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jul/28/inaugural-kaleidoscope-festival-aims-present-diver/
South Main Street pizzeria Piro Brick Oven & Barroom changed its name to Raduno Brick Oven & Barroom on July 21. The restaurant has updated its logo, as well as its beer growler program.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jul/28/soma-restaurant-piro-changes-name-logo/