By Lauren McLemore, Madeline Burke and Dustin Jayroe Amid a pandemic, Arkansans persist. The last time the world stopped was on Sept. 11, 2001. A fateful day of terror that no American will ever forget. But it would be easy to argue that the past two months have been worse in a lot…
Throughout March and April, the COVID-19 pandemic was at the forefront of our minds. Businesses shut down or limited services. We isolated ourselves from each other in order to protect us and the ones we love. People lost their jobs, unsure of when they will be able to return. This has been a season riddled…
By Dwain Hebda The phone in Christie Erwin’s purse chirped. On some level, before she even fished it out, she knew who it was and what they wanted. “I need help,” was all the text said. The person on the other end — let’s call him Jack — isn’t legally one of Erwin’s children,…
