For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Jennifer L. Carson. Carson was born in Illinois, went to school in South Carolina and Louisiana, before moving to Little Rock where she finished her degree in sociology and anthropology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1996. Shortly after,…
For this week’s pre-election edition of Hometown Heroes, AY About You sits down with Dr. April Chatham-Carpenter with Braver Angels. Chatham-Carpenter is a professor and department chair of applied communications at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and is an organizer with Braver Angels. She considers both Arkansas and Oklahoma to be her…
For this week’s Thirsty Thursday, AY About You sits down with Burks Brothers Brewing. We sat down with Jesse Burks to talk about Burks Brothers Brewing. But, the whole Burks Family plays a role in the venture. The leaders of Burks Brothers Brewing include Jesse Burks, Catherine Burks, Harley Burks, Gunnar Burks and Jaegar…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Jessica Johnston-Myers, the director of sales development at Apptegy. Johnston-Myers was born in Fayetteville, grew up in Little Rock and graduated from Hendrix with a theater-focused liberal arts degree. She applies her theater skills to various sales and operations roles, often coaching high-performing…
Mark Camp and Otto the Otter on KARK. For this week’s Hometown Heroes, AY About You sits down with Mark Camp, Executive Director of Keep Arkansas Beautiful. Camp first took over as the director of the Keep Arkansas Beautiful state agency in 2016. He had been in the municipal finance world his whole…
For this week’s Thirsty Thursday, AY About You sits down with Round Mountain Coffee in Conway. Round Mountain Coffee is owned by Scott Forbush and co-founded by Kyle Sackhoff. “Scott and I had both worked in the restaurant industry and coffee industry for a number of years and were working at the same…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Justina Parker, founder of the blog We Belong. Parker is from Little Rock and currently resides in Maumelle. She holds a Bachelor’s of Professional Studies with a focus in Interdisciplinary Studies from Arkansas Tech University. “After landing a temp job at Heifer…
For this week’s Thirsty Thursday, AY About You visits with Kendall Case from The Hangout! The Hangout is located on Maumelle Boulevard, and was formerly known as “SoBo”, which was featured on Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back last year. The establishment has been completely rebranded and upgraded. The Hangout has three…
For today’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Dr. Rebecca Glazier. Glazier joined the political science faculty at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2009 and is now an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs. Glazier was born in Missouri and grew up in Utah. She earned her…
For this week’s Hometown Heroes segment, AY About You sits down with Rex Williams, Batesville’s independent “Master Trash Pickup” man. Every day, for the last three-and-a-half years, Williams has gone out and picked up trash all throughout Independence County. “I didn’t have anything to do and was driving home one day. I saw a…
