As the end of the month and June approaches, more businesses are reopening or announcing plans to reopen. Some include popular attractions across the state like the Crater of Diamonds State Park, Magic Springs, Topgolf and Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge. AY About You will be updating this list as new venues open up. Friday,…
Central Arkansas’ Metroplan is celebrating its annual Ozone Action Days campaign with a bike-themed scavenger hunt taking place now through the end of May. Metroplan, the signature voice of Central Arkansas’ transportation and environmental efforts, is inviting families to get educated on ozone and emission efforts through a scavenger hunt inspired by National…
Every Wednesday, AY About You will feature a woman from Arkansas who inspires and empowers other women. She might be a teacher, a mother, a scientist…any woman who can share her story and experience to lift up and support others. These stories will offer our online readers a glimpse of how they might have overcome…
Although a reopening date has not been set yet, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary are expecting to make an announcement next week. According to the public relations director of Crystal Bridges Museum, Beth Bobbitt, the museum has been working with the Arkansas Department of Health to create a reopening phased…
Approximately 250 Victoria’s Secret stores and 50 Bath & Body Works locations are preparing for permanent closure by the end of the year. L Brands owns the franchises and announced they suffered from a sales decline of 37 percent last quarter. However, the company has expressed their commitment and pursuit of establishing Victoria’s Secret…
Check out the latest news from around Arkansas! Every day, we’ll bring you some of the best news bits from around the Internet. New gourmet hotdog franchise coming to Little Rock, featured in Real Housewives of Atlanta The Original Hot Dog Factory (HDF) will be establishing roots in west Little Rock as early as the…
I am having my family at the lake with us this weekend. And this is a hungry group of people. So besides take out BBQ, my own Mediterranean roasted chickens and rice, fifteen side dishes, I then had to decide on desserts. Last week, I posted the P. Allen Smith recipe for the…
Little Rock has ended its nightly curfew. Mayor Frank Scott Jr. announced that the midnight to 5 a.m. curfew has been lifted. However, in a press release, he urged Little Rock residents to continue to abide by social distancing guidelines and to wear masks if they cannot avoid coming into close contact with…
Select team sports will be allowed to resume this summer with restrictions to limit the potential of COVID-19 transmission. Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the state directives for community and school team sports during the Thursday, May 21 press brief. According to Hutchinson, limited contact team sports will be allowed to practice and compete this…
The beloved classic Arkansas restaurant chain Minute Man has set a target to open in July for curbside delivery and drive-thru at its new location in Jacksonville. Depending on COVID-19 restrictions, limited indoor seating could start in the fall. Minute Man was founded in the late 1940s and named “not only a nod to…
