The Arkansas Department of Health reports that 27 Arkansans have died from the flu so far this season. The Little Rock Region Metro seeks public comment on ways they could improve their services. Among the potential changes, Rock Region is considering altering routes, adding buses and expanding routes into Faulkner and Saline County. If you’re…
Happy Valentine’s Day, readers! I know we just celebrated Christmas, but AY About You loves to celebrate all gift-giving holidays. To help you with gifts for your sweetheart, we have assembled a great assortment of Valentine’s Day giveaways in this issue. From an iRoomba to flowers for your sweetheart to restaurant gift cards, we’ve got…
Little Rock Schools Superintendent Michael Poore revealed the next step in Hall High School’s development. Next year, Hall High will reopen as Little Rock Hall STEAM Magnet High School. A Consumer Affairs survey found that Arkansas residents spent the second-least of all states during the past holiday season. Formal arguments for President Trump’s impeachment…
We love a party here at AY Media Group, and there’s one we want you to put on your calendars because we are all going. It’s February 13 at Cache Restaurant, and two things will happen that night. Our own Lisa Fischer, editor-at-large for AY About You will be honored, but also a light…
Former mayor of New York City and current presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg visited Little Rock yesterday. Bloomberg attended MLK Day celebrations and made attempts at convincing Arkansans to vote for him in the coming election. Thieves stole a historic schoolhouse bell from Salem’s Old Main High School. The bell was 70 years old and is…
Wild River Country faces foreclosure. The water park owes more than $1.5 million in unpaid loans and $6,000 in fines for violating child labor laws. The Arkansas Legislative Council filed a resolution condemning Donald Trump’s impeachment. Donald Trump’s administration announces the legal defense team for his impeachment trial. The team…
As part of its restructuring plan, the Little Rock School District vacated all non-certified positions at Hall High School, McClellan High School, J.A. Fair High and Rockefeller Elementary, requiring all non-teaching employees at those schools re-apply for fewer jobs next year. The Arkansas labor department fined Wild River Country nearly $6,000 for violating child labor…
Recognizing that America’s obesity epidemic has hit police officers particularly hard, the Conway Police Department introduced a new health and wellness initiative for its officers. Hot Springs residents and Oklahoma State University alumni Kayleen and Larry Ferguson donated $50 million to their alma mater. The university plans on using the donation to transform and update…
The Yell County Sheriff’s Department charged four young men with the shooting deaths of multiple cattle around the Centerville area. Harley Stuffelebean (18), of Altus, Darren Steele (18), of Delaware, Dalton Henry (18) and Kaleb Kirchoff (18) both of Dardanelle, were booked for Cruelty to Animals and Criminal Mischief. Over 40 Arkansas counties remain wrapped…
Governor Hutchinson announces that Arkansas will continue to welcome international refugees, who will be settled in Washington County, Fayetteville and Springdale. Out of the 18,000 refugees coming to the US, around 50 will move to Arkansas. Baptist Health and UAMS dedicated a new $32 million expansion to their North Little Rock Medical Education Program, bringing…
