This is the second recent appointment to the Little Rock housing authority's commission. The selections are still awaiting approval from the Little Rock Board of Directors.

A state representative and a bank president have submitted letters to support Greenlight Little Rock's proposed move, while the Sherwood mayor opposes it.

The flu intensity level in Arkansas is still “very high."

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Conway School Board candidate Bill Milburn leads all other candidates in fundraising. He's running against incumbent Trey Geier. Two other candidates are vying for another board seat.

Yet another would-be Arkansas politician runs headlong into the state's draconian laws regarding hot checks and the ability to hold office.

Subiaco Abbot Elijah Owens said he did not have any information that “any child associated in any way with our abbey” was harmed by Fryer.

After multiple yak-doll oriented teasers, KARK, Channel 4 News officially announced on Wednesday that beloved Arkansas weather prognosticator Todd Yakoubian is the station’s new chief meteorologist.

City officials have invested $105,000 "for three electric bikes, three AEDs and an ATV that can transport a patient if traffic congestion makes it impossible to transport a person in need of medical help via regular means,” Maumelle's Fire Department chief Beau Buford said.

The governor's plan to add more people to existing prisons, regardless of capacity or prison staffing, has her at loggerheads with the state Board of Corrections.

In the latest two episodes of "Hip Hop Hello," a weekly radio program on Bentonville Community Radio, host Clint Schaff interviews Central Arkansas rapper Q.G. The BlacKnight and pioneering DJ and producer François K, among others.

Vogue reports that Nixon's foray into drawing nostalgia-infused scenes of food courts, stores and escalators was inspired by Park Plaza Mall, the Little Rock shopping center she frequented as a kid.

Through wavy guitar effects and a powerful percussive backbone reminiscent of “Disintegration”-era The Cure, Resting's first single drips with numbness and desperation.

Picks for March include both volumes of “Kill Bill,” “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” “Thelma & Louise” and more.

Now on its 50th anniversary tour, “Jesus Christ Superstar” has four showings at Robinson Center — 8 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; and 1 p.m. Sunday.

Author Danielle Dreilinger, as a guest of The Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, will tackle the underexplored history of home economics in a talk drawn from her book, “The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live.”

Coppins published "Romney: A Reckoning" in October 2023. The New Yorker called the book a “rare feat in modern-day political reporting."

Pakistani-American filmmaker Amman Abbasi, who attended Hall High School and Central High School as a teenager, will premiere his 2024 film "Yasmeen's Element" at this year's South by Southwest Festival in Austin.

“Action/Abstraction Redefined” features 36 artists and over 50 works of art from the Institute of American Indian Arts' permanent collection across the movements of abstract expressionism, color field and hard-edge painting, showing how Native artists culled inspiration from traditional designs while co-creating and responding to new waves of artistic expression. 

A lecture on historic West Ninth Street, an afternoon of family-friendly STEM activities and a concert by the Marian Anderson String Quartet finish out the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center's celebration of Black History Month.

Arkansas food historian and author Kat Robinson has recently launched a questionnaire aimed at local owners of barbecue restaurants for research ahead of her newest book covering the state's barbecue traditions.

Smashed N’ Stacked burgers pile on flavor, but the real goal is to smash food insecurity.

I’m still thinking about Brood & Barley’s weekly salad special.

The headline for this 1982 write-up by Mary Dee Terry, which ran in the sporadic Arkansas Gourmet department, was "It May Sound Terrible But it Tastes Sooo Good!" We'll take her word for it.

Hot Springs’ Bleu Monkey Grill will open its new West Little Rock outlet next week at 10700 N. Rodney Parham in the Village at Pleasant Valley shopping center.

The Hotel Hot Springs is targeting a spring opening for revival restaurant Coy's Steakhouse.

Authenticity is a priority for owners David and Marlin (pronounced “mar-LEEN") Martinez, both in the decor and the food that they serve.

The Bagel Shop announced on Instagram Friday that tickets are on sale for the first of a new dinner series at the shop titled “‘Fancy Place,’ a dining establishment.” 

A food scene report from the abandoned Denny’s, City Silo and the two new restaurants headed to Bowman Road. 

Shaniya Abrams of Raduno — winner of Best Server in the 2024 Arkansas Times Readers Choice poll — takes an in-depth look at the local food scene offerings on her @savouringshaniya Instagram page. We gave her a pop quiz on her favorite local gems.