Arkansas was awarded an NCAA Baseball Regional on Monday. But is that a good thing? History says no. The Razorbacks have hosted four other Regionals since the NCAA moved to the current format (1999, 2004, 2006, and 2007). Only once — in 2004 — did Arkansas survive and advance to compete in an NCAA Super Regional. That [...]

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The Baxter County Sheriff"s office says an 18-year-old Missouri man has died after falling from a cellular phone tower he was working on in Mountain Home.from Channel 7

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The Arkansas Public Service Commission has approved a settlement that calls for a $73.8 million rate hike for Entergy Arkansas customers.from Channel 7

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Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn was confident his team had done enough before the Southeastern Conference Tournament even began to be named one of the NCAA’s 16 Regional host sites. He was right. The Razorbacks, who went 0-2 in the SEC Tournament with stars Brett Eibner and Zack Cox nursing injuries, were still named one of the [...]

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Just in time for the summer grilling season – higher beef prices. This report takes a look at what’s causing the rising costs.

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My column today focus’ on Steve Womack.  I examine some of the criticism he has been getting in his race for Congress and try to separate the legitimate from the illegitimate.  You can read the column at ArkansasNews.com or in your favorite Stephens Media newspaper. However, since I know there is interest in this race, here [...]

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Journalists love words. It follows then, that we adore our dictionaries. A dictionary is a powerful book. It opens the door to the world of words and contains the seeds for a harvest of vast knowledge.

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This week’s heavy snow that followed forecasters’ prediction of a light dusting brings out the child in us. In some cases that’s good, but in others it isn’t.

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Many Sherwood residents were not yet born when, on April 4, 1968, Trumann native Gerald Jumper, using the stage name Ray Sherman, sat on a stool in front of a camera in the WMC-TV studios in Memphis and announced to the world that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had just been shot and killed at [...]

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At what point along the road to irresponsibility does a school board realize it has lost all its effectiveness as a governing body because its members are acting to further personal agendas?

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