By Joe David Rice // Photos By Casey Crocker Richard J. Wegner never had any intention of settling in Arkansas when he stayed in Hot Springs Village and later camped out at Lake Ouachita State Park with a friend back in 1978. They’d left their homes in upstate Illinois, heading south for a few…
By Adeline Goodman An Arkansas summer, slow and warm, is marked by time on the porch enveloped in the humidity of the great outdoors. The muggy middle months beg for iced sweet tea on the back porch, morning reading on the front and for those without, the window or balcony is perfect, too. Arkansas’…
We polled our readers on the best attorneys in banking & finance, bankruptcy, criminal defense, DUI/DWI defense, education, labor, construction, elder law, employment law, family law, health care law, personal injury, trusts and estates, real estate, trademarks and more. Your voice was heard via thousands of votes cast. The following listing is who you said…
By Adeline Goodman, Bailey White and Dustin Jayroe For years, AY About You has produced an annual listing of accomplished Arkansas women every October, known simply as AY’s Intriguing Women. This month, AY is proud to present its inaugural brother to Intriguing Women: AY’s Men of Distinction. This exclusive listing highlights Arkansas men…
Whether they are needed to help someone get out of a legal situation, set up a business or find resolutions to family issues, lawyers play a growing role in keeping our society moving forward. According to the American Bar Association’s annual National Lawyer Population Survey, the number of attorneys in the country increased by 15.2…
By Dustin Jayroe Often, we hear the boisterous phrase, “You’ll be hearing from my lawyer,” in some way, shape or form in movies or on television. However the phrase is delivered, the trope serves as what purports to be the supreme comeback for alleged wrongdoing; although, the fact that it is usually an antagonist…
By Angela Forsyth Since June is Men’s Health Month, we’d like to take this opportunity to take a closer look at men’s health, particularly during this time when COVID-19 has taken center stage of most health conversations. Eric Schaefer, M.D., medical oncologist and hematologist at Highlands Oncology Group in Northwest Arkansas, warns that it…
By Kenneth Heard Toni Holmes noticed the train stopped at the Prospect Road railroad crossing near her home in eastern Jonesboro on March 28 and thought it was strange. Trains usually pass through quickly so as not to hinder traffic on the busy road, but this southbound freight had been idling quietly at the crossing…
By Dwain Hebda Photography By Jamison Mosley Lauren Coker Stringer made the short walk to the employee’s entrance at Arkansas Children’s, focusing on her steps, remembering to breathe. She’d trained for this, of course, this calling to work the emergency department, considered by many the toughest of all nursing assignments. Already in…
By Lisa Fischer | Photos Provided By Kaden Peebles Kaden Peebles was social distancing before social distancing was cool. For a 22-year-old who’s heard those dreaded words “you have cancer” three different times in five years, she has been wearing masks and gloves since 2015. Peebles was a high school junior in a small…
