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Decoration Day is becoming a lost tradition

May 16, 2013 3:43am

In Van Buren County, we mostly still call it Decoration Day, but elsewhere the final Monday is May is generally marked as Memorial Day.

Whatever the name, the day, which falls this year on...

Letters to Editor

May 09, 2013 2:33am

Letter to the editor

May 01, 2013 11:47pm

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Building a bridge to Rwanda

Mar 19, 2013 4:01pm

Some men change careers when they turn 50. Some buy fancy sports cars. Some chase younger women.

Dale Dawson decided to adopt. A country. And he’s been joined by other prominent Arkansans....

Letters to the Editor

Mar 19, 2013 4:00pm

Dear Editor:

Did you know? That there is no ordinance against firing a weapon in the city limits?

Did you know? That a high-powered weapon fired in the town (proper) can travel through...

Other Voices — Arkansas: Land of opportunists

Mar 19, 2013 3:59pm

It would be hard to overstate my love of Arkansas. My colleagues in New York can certainly attest to the fact that I hardly shut up about it. I am lucky to live here.

Like most Southern...

Letters to the editor

Mar 07, 2013 4:34pm

Dear Editor:

What is wrong with this town that so many have no compassion for God’s creatures? I refer, of course, to the mayor and City Council’s war on feral cats. I have heard that as...

Iowa student seeks help with project

Mar 07, 2013 4:34pm

Iowa student seeks help with project

Dear Readers,

Hello! My name is Hannah T. I’m in fifth grade at Harlan Intermediate School in Harlan, Iowa. My class is studying about Geography...

EDITORIAL | Proposed state bills would create a layer of government secrecy

Mar 07, 2013 4:31pm

A series of bills was filed in the Arkansas legislature that have the potential to create a layer of government secrecy the likes of which we have not seen since the Freedom of Information Act...

Parental choice, race play into school debate

Feb 21, 2013 3:00pm

Should parents in Arkansas be able to choose what schools their children attend without restriction? If so, would that result in racial resegregation in parts of the state, with mostly white...

Letters to Editor

Updated: Feb 21, 2013 3:03pm

Dear Editor:

At this time, all concerned American citizens may want to consider contacting their U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to urge them to pass the We The People Amendment that...

Other Voices — Enough violence to go around

Updated: Feb 21, 2013 3:01pm

It was rather disheartening to learn that 22 U. S. senators voted against renewing the Violence Against Women Act. The logic of their position flows from a contention that VAWA constitutes an...

Letters to editor

Feb 14, 2013 7:48am

Dear Editor:

So, I was just catching up on some of the “news,” reading the online bits one Sunday morning (2/11/13) and I see there was a boil water notice a couple weeks ago. I started...

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