If the summer heat is wearing out your garden, Zinnias will save the day By P. Allen Smith August has rolled around, and with it, the dog days of summer. If your garden is anything like mine, it’s starting to show a little wear and tear, responding to some extreme summer heat and drought. The…
By Amanda Nettles / Photography by Jamison Mosley Located in the heart of downtown Little Rock, step inside the historic Capital Hotel and find a favorite local haunt. Known for their creative cocktails and innovative casual cuisine, the Capital Bar & Grill is the perfect spot to catch up with friends, people watch or close…
Vicky Williams fell in love with her best friend. They met in the sixth grade and began dating in high school. As an interracial couple in Texas during the late 1970s, their relationship had its obstacles. But according to Vicky, those obstacles only made their love grow. By senior year, he had offers to play…
In 1946, panic swept through Texarkana, on both sides of the Arkansas-Texas border. Over a period of three months, a man had murdered five people and wounded three others. In the first attacks, which targeted couples parked on lovers’ lanes, the female victims were sexually abused. The last known murder in the series occurred at…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he dining room at Little Rock’s Brookdale Pleasant Hills senior living community is a bright, airy space with large windows and a cheery atmosphere. It is literally and figuratively the center of things here for residents; even in between meals a few seniors lounge in the afternoon sunlight or chat with a neighbor. Most have…
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]aroline Ford, a recovering alcoholic, has also experienced a change in the way people view a different mental illness – that of alcohol and substance addiction. It is what fuels her passion for helping others through her work as executive director of the Wolfe Street Foundation, Arkansas’ largest nonprofit resource for people recovering from alcoholism…
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]uicide prevention became a topic of discussion when Gov. Asa Hutchinson formed the Arkansas Suicide Prevention Council. Since then, local media have addressed the topic and a number of rallies have been held. While suicide is difficult to discuss, it’s a subject that must be talked about. “There’s a lot of work to be done,”…
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ost of us know at least one person who struggles with some form of mental illness. It is very real, and while it once carried a stigma, that attitude is changing as we come to understand its prevalence and its life-threatening impact. Nationwide, 1 in 4 adults experience a mental illness, while 1 in 17…
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) defines mental illness as “a condition that impacts a person’s thinking, feeling or mood and may affect his ability to relate to others and function on a daily basis.” One’s mental wellbeing may be influenced by a number of factors: genetics, environment and lifestyle are just a few.…
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]illions of Americans — almost 19 million, or 10 percent of our population, according to 2012 statistics — suffer from depression. An estimated 11 percent of adolescents, 30 percent of college students, 14 percent of new moms and 10 percent of adults 65 and older have been affected by depression. Depression is a terrible disease…
