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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By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino wasn’t concerned about a letdown, confident the Razorbacks were mature enough to take care of Vanderbilt on Saturday night. The first quarter made the announced crowd of 70,430 in Razorback Stadium a little uneasy. But with quarterback Ryan Mallett healthy and completing passes to [...]

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By Ryan Malashock Special to the Arkansas News Bureau FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas wide receiver Jarius Wright hadn’t hauled in a touchdown pass since January 2. So understandably, Wright seemed giddy about tallying two touchdowns Saturday in the No. 19-ranked Razorbacks’ 49-14 victory against Vanderbilt. He even playfully floated the ball back to a referee with a jump-shot motion [...]

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By Scott Faldon Times Record • sfaldon@swtimes.com FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ 49-14 win against Vanderbilt wasn’t the most memorable performance of the year. Despite that, it will be in the record books thanks to Ryan Mallett The Razorback quarterback finished with 409 yards on 27-of-44 passing with three touchdowns and no interceptions. That was good for a QB rating [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — A television ad that U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s re-election campaign launched last week is startling in its frankness.

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LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe apparently has not paid a political price for tackling tax issues head-on in his first term as Arkansas’ chief executive.

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This situation dissipates our already limited talent pool of people to run for and get elected to all these little local school boards.

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FAYETTEVILLE — Mostly, the out of sync malady that infected the Arkansas football team was under control after a little more than a quarter.

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In a few hours, the polls will close in Arkansas and everyone will know the results of one of the most talked about midterm elections in several years.

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I got this robocall tonight from Charlie Cole Chaffin on behalf of Democrat Rep. Dawn Creekmore who is running for state senate against Republican Jeremy Hutchinson. “I believe we would be better represented by someone from our community rather than her opponent who lives in Little Rock,” says Chaffin in her appeal to support “Saline County’s [...]

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