On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese airplanes launched a surprise on the U.S. naval base Pearl Harbor. At the end of the attack, thousands of U.S. personnel were killed, while hundreds of airplanes and multiple ships were destroyed. One of those destroyed ships was the USS Oklahoma, and now, almost 79 years after the attack,…
Happy Monday! For this week’s Hometown Heroes, AY About You sits down with Zachary Crow, executive director of DecARcerate. While Crow has a background in film and video production, it wasn’t until he lived in the Open Door Community in Atlanta, Georgia that his eyes were really opened to the impact that incarceration has…
Happy Friday! This week’s Made in Arkansas spotlights the farm-to-bottle creations from Pink House Alchemy in Fayetteville. Emily Lawson was working at a farmer’s market in Fayetteville when she made her first simple syrup in 2013. At the time she was a pre-med student at the University of Arkansas, but she was drawn to…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Amy Webb. Webb is a native Texan who moved to Arkansas 20 years ago to work at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She fell in love with the state and a native Arkansan, and made Arkansas her home. Webb lives in North Little Rock with…
Arkansas is widely known for its athletic programs which surround our many great colleges. However, there are some hidden athletes of all ages doing some intense competitions. Scott Philbrick brings many ingredients to our Sunday supper. He is a natural-born leader, a coach, an Elder, a family man, in addition to being very charismatic.…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Karen Farst. Farst grew up with a love for the outdoors and athletics, making Arkansas feel even more like home for her. After attending Texas Tech University during her undergraduate years and playing on the basketball team, Farst entered medical school at…
Dr. Whitney Holden, an instructor at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts (ASMSA), received the Innovative STEM Teacher Award from the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools (NCSS). The Innovative STEM Teacher Award honors teachers who work for members of the NCSS that promote the mission of the institution and STEM…
An Oregon man has been arrested and charged with an Arkansas murder that has been open since 2004. The Arkansas State Police (ASP) announced that William Alama Miller, 44, has been arrested for the murder of Rebekah Gould. The Cottage, Grove, Ore. resident was arrested on Saturday, Nov. 7, in Lane County, Oregon by…
For this week’s Hometown Heroes, AY About You talks to Canopy NWA, Arkansas’ only refugee resettlement agency. Nearly five years ago, a group of people came together in Northwest Arkansas to discuss how they could advocate for refugees in their community. “At the end of 2015, at the height of the media’s coverage…
By Dwain Hebda • Photos by Jordan Knight Neal Anderson’s life played out to be anything but ordinary, yet if you ask the 100-year-old veteran and businessman the secret to a long and happy journey on this earth, he’ll just shrug. “Be happy, have a good attitude, work hard and try to…
