During last week’s emergency meeting of the Pulaski County Special School District board, new board member Tom Stuthard of Jacksonville moved to go into executive session because he said he had some things he wanted to say to board members in private and not “out here for everyone to hear.”

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The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.

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The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.

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When I hear “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” sung by Carly Simon on the soundtrack of “Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns,” I am moved in different ways.

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Judge Griffen Under a blistering sun at mid-morning, a half-dozen poster-waving members of the $500 Million Tax — To Much! committee urged traffic at 12th Street and University to honk if they oppose the city sales tax proposals. Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, activist Jim Lynch, committee chair Robert Webb and supporters were getting plenty of honks [...]

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Though they aren’t, it sure seems like homicides are a daily event here in Central Arkansas. Reported today: a man found dead in his North Little Rock home. Check out the Fox 16 homicide map, updated three days ago — whoever is in charge of updating it is a busy person. Seventeen are mapped. Add [...]

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Brummett is dismayed by political antics and weirdness — both in the debt crisis and in Gould — and concludes in his column that: Allow me to take both a side and a stand: Democracy works only when executed by sane and civilized people who permit open debate without head-pummeling. One can only conclude that democracy isn’t [...]

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By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — The Arkansas football team will open the practice field doors to fans when workouts begin on Aug. 4. But anyone interested in watching the Razorbacks begin preparation for the 2011 season will be watching from a new location. Arkansas unveiled its preseason practice schedule Friday and, in the process, [...]

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By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — Another piece of Arkansas’ nonconference basketball schedule is in place. The Razorbacks will play Michigan on Jan. 21 in Bud Walton Arena, the school announced Friday afternoon. It will be the first time the teams have met since 1997, when Michigan beat Arkansas in the semifinals of the [...]

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Country performer Travis Tritt has been added to Fort Smith’s newest music festival, now making the all-ages gathering a four-day event.

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