By Rebecca Ward, Licensed Clinical Social Worker When did “mental illness” come out of the attic? When did we stop whispering that someone had had a “nervous breakdown?” Wait. Maybe I need to ask, “Have we, as a society of human beings, accepted that we are susceptible to have an illness of our minds and…
Arsaga’s Coffee will open its first drive-thru location in Fayetteville, according to signs that recently appeared outside of the former Rally’s property on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Founded in 1992 by Cary and Cindy Arsaga, this family-owned business has become a mainstay in Northwest Arkansas. The popular small batch coffee roaster already operates a pair…
by Dustin Jayroe // Photography by Jamison Mosley Cal McCastlain, Jr., took his life in 2014, as a 19-year-old freshman at the University of Mississippi. Now, his brother, William, having faced his own mental health adversities, is determined to raise awareness and assist with suicide prevention. William was 17-years-old when his family got the call…
Two friends set out to become college basketball players and wound up the owners of a sports bar chain. Brandon Landry and Jack Warner, the founders of Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar, became friends in 1997 when they both signed up for the Louisiana State University basketball team as walk-on players. During their time on the…
by Chris Price The numbers are daunting. So much so that they are causing anxious, sleepless nights for the man who leads all planning, budgeting, and implementation of expenditures of state and federal funds allocated for alcohol and drug education, prevention, treatment and law enforcement in the Natural State. Arkansas is in the midst of…
I was sick over the weekend. Those are words I haven’t uttered in years. But it happens. And after AY Publisher Heather Baker dropped off cheese dip and chicken soup (what winners eat) on Friday and Saturday, I knew I had to muster up the energy to fix something for my husband and me to…
