"We tried other routes to correct this wrong quietly in the way gentlemen should handle their differences. Bart chose confrontation," Jones said.

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Fairfield Bay, a resort town on Greer's Ferry Lake where a property owners' association controls some of the utilities and a lot of the politics, is in upheaval over the closure of a local business after the owner declined to pay dues. 

A high school senior shares what outsiders get wrong about Pine Bluff. "I know the doubters are wrong because change is in our bones," John Thompson writes.

Former Little Rock School District superintend Baker Kurrus argues that the funding for vouchers, woven into the state’s complicated system for funding K-12 schools, violates the state constitution and moves us backward on thorny issues of equity that the state has been trying to address for decades.

Celebrations and simulcasts took place at both Central High School and Second Baptist Church in Little Rock today, as a statue commemorating civil rights leader and newspaper publisher Daisy Bates was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall.

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Judge Welch will allow "lawyer officers" to carry guns per a recent state Supreme Court ruling, but only in the Pulaski County Courthouse's common areas on the first floor.

Sometime after midnight, a severe thunderstorm produced a tornado in Garland County that uprooted trees and damaged several properties in Lake Hamilton and Hot Springs.

The nation’s fastest-shrinking city, and among its least safe, hopes an education turnaround will help spark a revival in central Arkansas.

In a letter to readers, Jen Fawkes shares how her debut novel came together after multiple tries.

Among the 39 artists chosen for the exhibition, 19 have a connection to Arkansas and six either currently live in or were born in Little Rock.

It’s easy to slot PETT and Zilla — two of Little Rock’s most engaging rock outfits — into opposing categories, but put them on the same stage and suddenly the middle of their Venn diagram begins blurring and expanding.

“Lucky Five,” the first single from Carper's forthcoming LP, is spry and approachably jazzy, splattered with muted trumpet and old-fashioned strings.

Ranging in age from 13-52, only six contestants remain: Rachel Kamphausen, Marcus Murphy and Mya Little, who will compete on Saturday night; and Yni Bernalte, Kyndal Collins and Kim Qualls, who will compete on Sunday afternoon.

What do writing and swimming have in common? Bestselling author Eli Cranor has your answer.

By comparison to her previous work, “Mother of Other Kingdoms” — her fifth collection of poetry — is said to be gentler and more personal, with a shift in focus from political resistance to the natural world.

A spirited but incomplete survey of the karaoke scene in Central Arkansas and beyond takes writer Daniel Ford to the White Water Tavern, the Town Pump, Millennium Bowl and Infusion.

“The Smallest Power,” which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in January, recounts a modest but inspiring act of courage amid political turmoil in Iran.

The full lineup includes DJ Xavier Riley, P for Parker, SinClare, Bri Ailene, Emily Fenton, Piecemeal Pact, Jett Jano, and Q.G. The BlackKnight. 

The owners of popular North Little Rock burger spot North Bar have elected to renovate their original location at 3812 JFK Blvd. in Park Hill’s Lakehill Shopping Center, changing previous plans of relocating the restaurant following the fire that heavily damaged the eatery last October. 

Managing partner David Rackley is targeting a September opening for a new Shorty Small’s location at 126 N. Main St. in Beebe. It will be the company’s first brick and mortar since it closed the original store on Rodney Parham after 40-plus years.

Flaming Hot Pot & Korean BBQ announced plans last month to open a West Little Rock store later this year in the former Denny’s at 310 S. Shackleford Road.

ALDI, an international chain of discount grocery stores founded in Germany, is hosting the grand opening for its first Little Rock store in the former Bed Bath & Beyond at 12309 Chenal Parkway on Thursday, May 23.

Owner Don Dugan sold The Busker at 1304 S. Main St. to Don Marshall, who has already begun redecorating the former South on Main space to open GiGi’s Lounge.

The Melting Pot, a longtime Florida-based fondue chain, is expanding into Arkansas.

A partnership between Arkansas Baptist College and ReMix Ideas brings three Black-owned restaurants to the university's student union: Elnora Wesley's H.O.M.E Vegan Restaurant, Heaven McKinney's The Grind Coffee Bistro, and Corey Nelson's Chicago Flamin Grill.

KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot, a restaurant franchise that blends “traditional Asian hot pot with Korean barbecue flavors”  is close to opening its new location in North Little Rock at 4317 Warden Road. 

More than 800 flavor thrill seekers packed into the River Market pavilions last night for the Arkansas Times Spring Margarita Festival.

On her last day at the Arkansas Times, here are some shining moments from city reporter Mary Hennigan's Eat Arkansas diet.