The spring of 2020 will forever have a mark on history as the beginning of this ongoing era of COVID-19. Here in Arkansas, the first case of the disease was announced on March 11 of that year. From that moment to now, an unprecedented pandemic has lingered — with ebbs and flows, peaks and valleys…
There are two things I’m obsessed with: traveling and Al Capone. There’s one place in the state that I can have both at the same time, and that’s in Hot Springs. I learn something new about the city and its history every time I visit, so naturally, I make trips down there whenever I get…
I’m one of those travelers flying back to Little Rock from the eastern half of the country who finds comfort in seeing Lonoke from 5,000 feet. The glide path takes my aircraft over the pancake-flat Delta landscape surrounding the town, checkerboarded with rice fields and fish farms. And then on the west end of town…
Carrie Mae Snapp saved the lives of The Beatles when the English rock group’s airplane made a brief stop in Walnut Ridge in 1964. But if not for a friend who had seen the Fab Four land at the Lawrence County airport the previous night, and for a pilot who admitted the group was…
Gathering together as a community is not as simple as it once was a couple of years ago. Large groups in close quarters are a risk not many can gamble amid the precautions the COVID-19 pandemic has put in place, but living in complete isolation indoors is also not an ideal situation. With the health…
Not many towns in the state can claim a history equal to that of Arkansas City. Nor can many point to such a run of bad luck. First, some background on this southeast Arkansas community. Perched on the eastern edge of Desha County next to the Mississippi River, Arkansas City once served as a…
Northern Arkansas definitely ranks among my favorite places to be in the entire state. The waters of Bull Shoals Lake cascade into the curves of the White River, which snakes its way across Arkansas down a seemingly endless path — from Lakeview to Newport, and everything in between. To soak up some of the final…
There are always great things to do in the Natural State, and AY About You has compiled some of the most exciting events in Arkansas this weekend. Listen to Heather Baker discuss some weekend events this morning on 103.7 The Buzz below. Thursday, August 26 What: National Dog Day Pet Portraits Where: Tipton & Hurst (Little Rock)…
There are always great things to do in the Natural State, and AY About You has compiled some of the most exciting events in Arkansas this weekend. Listen to Heather Baker this morning on 103.7 The Buzz below. https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/HbmTWVK4b6PC6n777 Thursday, August 19 What: Third Thursday Festival Where: Downtown Benton When: 6 pm Two Thursdays have…
There are always great things to do in the Natural State, and AY About You has compiled some of the most exciting events in Arkansas this weekend. Listen to Heather Baker this morning on 103.7 The Buzz, below. 103.7 The Buzz · The Show With No Name Hour 3 8-13-2021 Thursday, August 12 What: Jurassic Park…
