As I reflect on the events of 2010, I am proud of the achievements our state has accomplished, even in a year when the nation was in the grip of the worst recession since the 30’s. Though Arkansans definitely felt the effects of this recession, we have weathered the downturn better than the majority [...]

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That’s the question posed by an article today in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.  It’s a good piece of investigative work from Michael Wickline that you should read. Rep. Elect Fred Smith (Democrat from either Crawfordsville or Walls, Mississippi) is in a pickle.  A legislative audit of the Dermott School District (see audit report page 25-26 [...]

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I’ve always enjoyed listening to 50,000-watt, clear channel AM radio stations at night. Since childhood, I’ve tuned those stations in once the skies go dark over Arkansas. They allowed me to escape my bedroom in Arkadelphia and travel in a figurative sense to what seemed like exotic places. The greatest radio station of them all [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — Three North Little Rock police officers were involved in a shooting that left one man dead this morning.

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Van Buren County made state — and even national — headlines all too often in 2010. Naturally, none of those headlines heralded good news.

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Independent energy company Petrohawk Energy has sold its natural gas assets in Fayetteville Shale to Exxon Mobil Corp. unit XTO Energy for $650 million.

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Two years ago, Helen Palangio brought a couple of stray kittens to the Van Buren County Animal Shelter.

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Van Buren County Judge Robert Bramlett was written up for three instances of noncompliance by state auditors in their last report.

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Changes at Jacksonville High School for the fall 2010 semester included disciplinary actions and raised standards for behavior that have brought results, said Karl Brown, the school’s director on special assignment, Dec. 17.

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The Pulaski County Special School District met Dec. 20 in a called meeting and spent nearly four hours going over the complaints the district received from the Arkansas General Assembly’s most recent legislative audit.

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