By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas freshman Neil Braddy thought he helped win the Southeastern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship for his team on Sunday. The Southside High graduate, who ran the anchor leg of the 1,600-meter relay on Sunday, said he didn’t know the team standings and Arkansas’ coaches told them [...]

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NEW RETREAT Slow morning, so why not pass along the handsome shot of a former hunting lodge near Stuttgart that has been purchased by Matt Mosler as a retreat center for the former Channel 4 morning show host’s Sherwood-based Christian ministry. Paul Uher, who once operated Chef Paul’s restaurant in Hot Springs, willl be overseeing food [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — With a host of tax-cut bills one step from final consideration in the Legislature, lawmakers are pondering just when to take the plunge.

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Things are not quite like they used to be, either economically or politically.

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Recent acquisitions made by Windstream have positioned the rural telephone company for growth in a surprising arena: the wireless industry.

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LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences says former state Sen. Jon Fitch, director of the state Livestock and Poultry Commission, has died at the age of 56.

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The most politically partisan debate of the session hasn’t even started. When it does, you’ll know.

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Lawmakers and the Governor can check very little off their to-do list nearly two months into the legislative session.

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Sunday line is open. Storm watch in effect. It roared through here earlier this afternoon with a stormy note from preacher, financial adviser, Rotarian, NRA stalwart, loan shark defender Sen. Jason Rapert, who’s about to make his predecessor from Bigelow, Bob Johnson, look mighty good. Rapert’s proud leadership of Rotary reminds me of the club’s famous four-way [...]

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The financial and engineering challenges the city of Fort Smith faces with its water and sewer systems are shared by other cities, too.

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