Around Arkansas A crypt has been discovered in a shallow grave beneath the Arkansas’ School for the Deaf campus. “It’s unclear how many students and teachers might be buried on campus,” signed J.R. Courtright, the school’s director, “But it’s a bigger number than we expected.” National News In a nighttime raid, US forces in…
Fall is finally here and with that comes cooler temperatures and a desire to see nature. Arkansas is blessed with an abundance of nature as that Natural State nickname is earned, not given. Here, 56 percent of the state, or 19 million acres, is forest, according to a 2015 survey issued by the Arkansas Farm…
AY About You Magazine has your complete guide to Arkansas’ music scene. This weekend, go see the Zak Brown Band the Spa City Rocktober Music Festival and more. Around Little Rock Friday 10/25 Funkanites 70’s Soul Cover-UP/ White Water Tavern 2500 W 7th St. / 9:00/ $10 Arkansas’ favorite eight-piece Afrobeat, soul, and funk ensemble, the…
It was a perfect evening for a hoedown last night at the Harding Farm in west Little Rock. That’s where supporters got to celebrate the successes of the wonderful work of Exodus.Life. This charity provides education for non-violent offenders incarcerated in our prison system. ]Many of these men and women were drug addicts and that’s…
Around Arkansas Federal task force shuts down three fentanyl trafficking rings, resulting in 50 arrests. A Yellville deer hunter was killed, apparently stabbed by a wounded deer. National News Education Secretary Betsy DeVos held in civil contempt by a federal judge after ignoring orders to stop collecting loans for a now-defunct for-profit college. FEMA…
by Evin Demirel If you peer hard enough into the smoldering wreckage of Saturday’s 51-10 annihilation at the hands of Auburn, you will see the faint outline of a bright spot. That faint outline is in the shape of Treylon Burks’ enormous hands. And, for at least one series during that other forgettable disaster, he had…
Stay “in the know” about all the great events going on around Arkansas. AY’s Publisher, Heather Baker, will tell you what the hot spots are this weekend. Thursday, Oct. 24 What: Haunted Cemeteries of Arkansas Where: CALS Main Library When: 5-6 pm Explore the spooky history behind some of Arkansas’ most haunted cemeteries, including some…
Around Arkansas Hefei Risever Machinery, a heavy equipment parts manufacturer based in China, held a grand opening celebration for their new $20 million plant in Jonesboro. Steven Jones, the former deputy director of the State Department of Human Services and fresh out of prison for bribery charges has been picked as West Memphis’ new director…
by Dustin Jayroe It’s more than difficult to come up with such a guide — on what movies are opening in movie theaters this weekend — when the belle of the ball (that is still months away) just dropped a new trailer this week. I, like many of you (I assume/hope), have Star Wars…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug that has the potential to treat the most common form of cystic fibrosis mutation, the F508del mutation. On Tuesday, Oct. 21, the FDA approved Trikafta, a triple-combination drug that is available for cystic fibrosis patients aged 12 years and older who have have…
