Hijacked! The Inside Story of One of the Most Bizarre Hijackings in U.S. History It began as an ordinary flight when pilot Harold Johnson, of Walnut Ridge, boarded Southern Airways Flight 49 in Memphis on Nov. 10, 1972. It ended 30 hours later after three hijackers took over the plane, demanded $10 million,…
The Science of the Scare: Amid the Terrors of the Pandemic, the Frights of the Night Return In the frightening time when the COVID-19 pandemic runs rampant, U.S. Capitol protestors run amok and politicians run their mouths, the owners of haunted houses and terror parks want to scare us even more this Halloween season. …
Carrie Mae Snapp saved the lives of The Beatles when the English rock group’s airplane made a brief stop in Walnut Ridge in 1964. But if not for a friend who had seen the Fab Four land at the Lawrence County airport the previous night, and for a pilot who admitted the group was…
Now at the 60th anniversary of his death, we recall Ernest Hemingway’s deep ties to Arkansas By Kenneth Heard // Photos courtesy ASU Ernest Hemingway would often refer to Piggott as “the pig,” and he hated the humid summers, calling them “Christ-offal,” when he visited the Clay County town and the home of his…
‘If Strings Could Talk’: Anna Brinker Continues to Grind She’s 30 years old, but country and western musician Anna Brinker sings like a veteran of the genre, telling stories of lost love and broken hearts, of old country roads and family photographs, of empty Jim Beam whiskey bottles and rusty pickup trucks. Brinker has…
In the bizarre world of the traveling oddities shows that feature two-headed animal skeletons, dolls with fangs, lockets made out of human bones and hair and gothic artwork from the pages of a Goethe novel, one man’s crass is another man’s pleasure. “It’s not everyone’s cup of tea,” says Michelle Cozzaglio, the developer of…
Most of Cabot attorney and former comedian Kevin Rook’s career contains punch lines. It’s a career that has gone from the laughter of comedy clubs with the likes of Robin Williams and Chris Rock to the somber halls of justice in family law and criminal court. With Rook, there’s always a payoff line and…
Long before there were benchmark exams, school funding formulas or even the Arkansas Department of Education, there was a cave. Snug in the canyons that lined the spring-fed Hall’s Creek in what is now western Randolph County is a small cavern that served as a school in the early 1800s — before Arkansas had…
November marks National Veterans and Military Families Month and includes the holiday of Veterans Day. AY About You thanks all of our veterans and their families for their selfless service to our country. By Kenneth Heard | Photos by Tony Milligan Harold Johnson used to sit on the wings of trainer airplanes parked…
by Kenneth Heard There are several well-known haunted places in the state for people to visit. With its tales of failed medical practices when once an experimental cancer treatment hospital, the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs is known to be the most haunted spot in Arkansas. Both Gurdon and Crossett are spooked by lights along…
