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PAPER TRAILS: Docuseries focuses on Melissa Witt case
On Dec. 1, 1994, Melissa Witt had planned to surprise her mother at Bowling World in Fort Smith. The 19-year-old never made it inside the building, and for mor…
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Subscriber ExclusiveHIGH PROFILE: Little Rock native Johnny Johnson retired after a successful career in sports
Mickey DuVall remembers the first time he saw Johnny Johnson. It was in the early '90s and DuVall was a student at Arkansas Tech University at Russellville and…
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Subscriber ExclusiveGoodness Village offers home away from home
Because Little Rock is home to Arkansas Children's Hospital, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and other big hospitals, patients from across the …
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17-year-old recovering from crash
Shaun Van Kam doesn't remember the morning of Oct. 6, 2023. He doesn't remember much of what happened in the days before or the weeks after, either.
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IN THE STUDIO: Fabric artist and poet CC Mercer Watson readies for show
Studio space is a movable feast of sorts for CC Mercer Watson, the Little Rock textile artist, poet and author.
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Subscriber ExclusiveFormer TV advocate Jason Pederson publishes his memoir
For two decades, consumer reporter Jason Pederson exposed suspected scammers and con artists across Arkansas in the popular "Seven on Your Side" feature for Li…
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Subscriber ExclusiveART: AMFA continues ‘Delta Triennial’ exhibition
On June 28 the "Delta Triennial" opened at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock. It is a dazzling, luminous return of the beloved exhibit, which hig…
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Subscriber ExclusiveTeen wins top honors with poem
SPOKEN WORD WINNER In June, Cabot Junior High North student Rachael McCall won a championship at the National Speech & Debate Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa. R…
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Subscriber ExclusiveBOOKS: Ozarks gets triple threat thriller treatment from Little Rock novelist Maggie Wells
For a summertime [...] read, the series — with its mixture of crime, suspense and a tiny bit of romance — is a welcome dose of escapism. And for Arkansas reade…
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Subscriber ExclusiveStrangers connect for wig relay
A little before noon on June 21, Ellen "Janie" Shrum went to the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce. One of her neighbors has cancer, and she'd planned to ma…
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Discover Trust Tree fundraiser will benefit girls and LGBTQ+ youth
If anyone can put the fun in fundraiser, it's Trust Tree, the Little Rock nonprofit summer camp dedicated to empowering girls and LGBTQ youth through music. Di…
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Subscriber ExclusiveARKANSAS AUTHORS: ‘Daughters’ author Jen Fawkes shifts from short story to novel
The book is much more than a fictionalized take on an odd, little-known chapter of Southern history. Fawkes also called upon a disparate range of influences in…
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Three mark family ties in the Army
On June 6, the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Dennis Armstrong of Little Rock was at Normandy with his 99-year-old grandfather, WWII veteran Henry Armstrong.
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Subscriber ExclusiveDesigning woman: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason on award-winning TV career, next steps
There was a time when Linda Bloodworth-Thomason planned on being a newspaper columnist. Among the jobs the "Designing Women" creator held before her television…
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Subscriber ExclusiveMUSIC: Mothwind to open for The Almas Friday at Sticky’s
The Almas are bringing their "Lifeline" tour to Little Rock for a show Friday at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack. Opening the set will be local metal veter…
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Subscriber ExclusivePAPER TRAILS Nearly 83 years after his death at Pearl Harbor, Arkansas sailor to be laid to rest this month
An Arkansas native killed at Pearl Harbor will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on July 8.
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Subscriber ExclusiveVision of beauty: Friends of late artist Dwight Drennan preserve and share his work, story
For years Drennan, who was known as Kuimeaux ("KEY-mo"), suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He died on July 28, 2022, at 72, leaving behind a…
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Oklahoma artist Molly Kaderka wins Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts’ ‘Delta Triennial’ Grand Award
“Ferrous Form” by Oklahoma artist Molly Kaderka, currently on display at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock, was announced as the Grand Award Winn…
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Subscriber ExclusiveAaron Reynolds and Spoonbend set for first album debut
Last August, singer-songwriter Aaron Reynolds was at Muscle Shoals Sound, the legendary recording studio in Sheffield, Ala., recording music for "Spoonbend," t…
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Subscriber ExclusivePAPER TRAILS Local cyclists making their mark on world senior competition
Cast your memory back to seven days ago, when in this space we wrote about the group of Cherokee cyclists who were about to pedal through Arkansas on their way…
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Subscriber ExclusiveDelta Triennial makes return in renovated Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
On a Friday morning earlier this month, artist Molly Kaderka was plastering one of her artworks to a wall in the Harriet and Warren Stephens Galleries at the A…
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Cherokee bike riders follow trail
Later this week a group of 17 cyclists will pass through Northwest Arkansas on their way to Tahlequah, Okla. The riders are part of the Cherokee Nation Remembe…
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Compassion in Action roast to honor judge, raise funds in Little Rock
A "roast and toast" later this month will celebrate the work of Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Judge LaTonya Austin-Honorable and raise money for Compassion in A…
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Subscriber ExclusiveTELEVISION: Bar Frogs product of Sherwood native Randy Barber
A new five-piece country outfit is not afraid of tackling vital issues in its songs. Being nice to others, brushing one's teeth and cleaning up one's room are …
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Subscriber ExclusiveNorth Little Rock woman loses $10,000 in online scam
Sandra Jung had plans for May 8. The 86-year-old North Little Rock resident was going to clean the house that she shares with her longtime partner, Rodney Nich…
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Subscriber ExclusivePAPER TRAILS: Unearthed coffin in Helena spurs local man to write book ‘70 years in the making’
One day in the 1950s -- the year is a bit vague -- a group of children were playing on Reservoir Hill in Helena when they found a coffin was jutting out from t…
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Subscriber ExclusiveTyler Kinch named Entertainer of the Year at Arkansas Country Music Awards
Singer-songwriter Tyler Kinch was named Entertainer of the Year during the seventh annual Arkansas Country Music Awards at Reynolds Performance Hall in Conway …
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | PAPER TRAILS: Edwin Brewer paintings to be the centerpiece for restoration work at Taborian Hall
The artist Edwin Brewer was best known for his landscapes and still lifes painted in watercolor or oils. Art was a family pursuit: He and and his twin brother,…
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Subscriber ExclusiveQuadruple nominees part of 7th Arkansas Country Music Awards
Independent country artists will be in the spotlight Monday during the Arkansas Country Music Awards in Conway.
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Subscriber ExclusiveART: ‘A Shared Vocabulary’ exhibit open through July 11
Using needle, thread, colorful fabric, beads, shells and other items, Alice Aida Ayers creates vibrant, intriguing artworks of figures that are full of life an…
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Subscriber ExclusivePAPER TRAILS Cancer-surviving nurse’s book about her terror and treatment is chance to pull others ‘out of the mud’
During her more than 40-year-long career as a nurse, Agalia Baker screened lots of women for breast cancer and shared preventive measures with her patients and…
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Subscriber ExclusiveL.A. photographer takes tender look at Arkansas farm town
Rotan, a tiny Delta community in Mississippi County near Osceola -- a place Lisa McCord never actually lived -- holds a special place in her heart. And now it …
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Subscriber ExclusivePAPER TRAILS Irish cultural roots run deep in Central Arkansas
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Subscriber ExclusiveHIGH PROFILE: Frank O’Mara, three-time Olympian, is battling Parkinson's
Frank O’Mara has pulled up a video on his iPad taken in 2018 from a security camera at his Little Rock home. The troubling footage is from the backyard patio a…
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Subscriber ExclusiveMUSIC: Little Rock’s doom metal quartet Pallbearer grows
Outside a steady rain falls and thunder rumbles. Downstairs I have the blinds open but the lights are off; the whole vibe -- with the thunderstorm, the dark ro…
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Getting it straight
Florida's men's track and field team scored 28 points on the first day of the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships to place fifth. Saturday's article inco…
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Teenager’s cancer research, work with women in Nepal just the beginning for 18-year-old
Aarohi Sonputri of Little Rock hasn't quite graduated high school yet, but she's already racked up impressive accomplishments in the classroom and beyond.
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Subscriber ExclusivePAPER TRAILS On his way from South Carolina to California, walker makes a brief stop in Arkansas
Ranger Kielak walked into Little Rock last Tuesday via U.S. 70.
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Subscriber ExclusiveExhibit showcases history its creator was taught as a child
The lessons Jay Youngdahl learned from history books while attending Little Rock public schools in the '60s and early '70s have stuck with him, although some a…
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Subscriber ExclusiveTerminal Nation set to release album today
You may have felt the earth rumble a bit earlier this morning. Don't be alarmed; it was probably just caused by the release today of "Echoes of the Devil's Den…
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MUSIC: Chest Fever pays tribute to The Band
The timeless, influential roots rock of The Band will be the focus of a concert Saturday at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock.
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Delta Triennial opens June 28 at Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock has announced details of the 2024 Delta Triennial Exhibition.
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IN THE STUDIO: Starting over no big deal to Air Force wife
Artist Carrie Waller is accustomed to setting up a new studio space. She and her husband, Brian, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, have lived all over -- German…
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | PAPER TRAILS: Wynne native chosen to direct the largest children’s theater in the country
An Arkansas native will soon take over as artistic director of the nation's largest theater for young people.
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Subscriber ExclusiveFerncliff becomes latest chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace group
Volunteers have gathered at Ferncliff's Disaster Assistance Center on Kanis Road west of Little Rock on this overcast Monday morning earlier this month to lear…
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Subscriber ExclusiveTHEATER: ‘Golden Gals Live!’ coming to Robinson Center on Thursday
The sassy spirit of beloved TV sitcom "The Golden Girls" lives on in "The Golden Gals Live!," a stage production that comes to Little Rock's Robinson Center Pe…
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Subscriber ExclusivePAPER TRAILS: Local class on literary references in Taylor Swift lyrics drawing lots of participants
On Friday, Taylor Swift released her 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department," much to the delight of her legion of fans -- "Swifties" as they are kn…
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Subscriber ExclusiveART EXHIBITION: New art exhibit puts focus on motherhood
Art about motherhood created by Central Arkansas artists who are also moms is the focus of "MotherLOAD," a new exhibit that will be up through May 10 at Argent…
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Subscriber ExclusiveSt. Joseph Center of Arkansas has played many roles — now it’s where the arts and agriculture converge
It's one of those perfect Arkansas spring mornings -- cloudless blue sky, light-jacket temperature -- in late March and things are abuzz at St. Joseph Center, …
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Subscriber ExclusiveOPINION | PAPER TRAILS: Once forgotten, Central graduate soldiers on
In 1982, Dr. Sybil Jordan Hampton received an invitation to the 20th reunion of her Little Rock Central High School class.
