Five students at Little Rock Central High School earned perfect scores on the ACT college admissions exam. The Little Rock School District announced on Monday, Nov. 9 that Alex Borengasser, Deniz Erdag, Kathleen Jackson, Samuel Lu and Joseph Park each scored a 36 on the exam. This marks the first time five students from…
Academy Award-winning actor and director Kevin Costner is reportedly planning a new museum in Hot Springs. The Hot Springs Sentinel-Record reports that Costner announced his plan to open a museum centered around his film and music memorabilia in the Spa City during a June 19 episode of the Sirius XM Radio show “The Highway.”…
The famous McClard’s Bar-B-Q in Hot Springs has expanded its operations with the launch of a Little Rock-based food truck at 27 Rahling Circle (near the intersection of Chenal and Rahling in the Bone’s Chophouse parking lot). The first service starts Wednesday, November 18 at 11 a.m. At this stage, the truck plans to…
Dr. Whitney Holden, an instructor at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts (ASMSA), received the Innovative STEM Teacher Award from the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools (NCSS). The Innovative STEM Teacher Award honors teachers who work for members of the NCSS that promote the mission of the institution and STEM…
I have been keeping an eye on Wicked Taco Factory, the fast-casual Mexican food establishment in the heart of downtown Little Rock for a few weeks now. The restaurant is still new, and I generally wait for a place to work out the kinks before checking it out. But for whatever reason, I deemed last…
