By Dwain Hebda | Photos by Jordan Knight “Is he dead?” The words came out of Emma DonnAnn Crumbly’s mouth thick and heavy, muscling their way past the heart beating in her throat. A moment ago, the 39-year-old nurse had been on the phone with her mother who’d handed it over to the sheriff…
When word got out about Buffalo River Outfitters (BRO) winning Best Local Tourist Attraction in AY’s Best of 2020, owner Ben Milburn was honored and humbled. It’s an impressive distinction in a state that boasts itself a “Natural” one, where the tourist destinations are as plentiful as any other. But for the people of…
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…
By Kenneth Heard Amy Pennington rewound the DVR set up in the old Craighead County jail in Jonesboro to see if her night vision camera caught a ghost knocking over a box of files. Pennington, of Palestine in St. Francis County, and members of her team, Arkansas State Paranormal, were inspecting the two-story…
By Dwain Hebda Photos by Paul Henry (RMHC) Ronald McDonald House looms bright and cheery, outlined against the robin’s egg sky of an Arkansas autumn. The house stands sentinel over Arkansas Children’s Hospital right across the street and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) a couple of miles up the road, offering solace…
By Andrea Patrick // Photography by Jamison Mosley It doesn’t seem already possible, but fall is officially upon us. To me, this season means Halloween, Thanksgiving, cooler temperatures and dark colors. And I really make it a point to invoke those themes when planning events this time of year, especially when designing charcuterie boards. …
By Angela Forsyth // Photos by Jordan Knight “I learned not to fear cancer,” are the wise words spoken by Fran Kelley, survivor of breast and cervical cancer. In 2016 at the age of 68, Kelley received the diagnosis that changed her life forever. She had been going in for mammograms every six months,…
A few years back, I had the great honor of sitting in Anthony Valinoti’s kitchen for two hours doing nothing but watching him make pizza. This was before he moved into the sleek space that his landmark Hot Springs restaurant DeLuca’s Pizzeria currently occupies, in the old joint, where space and patience for fools were…
We are kicking off October in the best way we know possible. And this — to announce our winners of the AY’s Best of 2020 contest that, come pandemic or high water — we were able to secure. James Corden, the affable host of a late night show there on your television, was our host,…
By Dustin Jayroe // Photography by Jamison Mosley A tranquil night in Tokyo has been disturbed by panic. As October’s full moon began to rise above the skyline at dusk, climbing high above the stories-tall buildings, something below the surface of the sea also began its ascent. A creature far more nefarious than a…
