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…
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…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Jennifer L. Carson. Carson was born in Illinois, went to school in South Carolina and Louisiana, before moving to Little Rock where she finished her degree in sociology and anthropology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1996. Shortly after,…
For this week’s pre-election edition of Hometown Heroes, AY About You sits down with Dr. April Chatham-Carpenter with Braver Angels. Chatham-Carpenter is a professor and department chair of applied communications at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and is an organizer with Braver Angels. She considers both Arkansas and Oklahoma to be her…
