Judicial politics in Faulkner and Conway counties was a colorful, if smelly, business in the '50s, '60s and '70s. A gang of judges, legislators and county officials regularly used the courts to advance the interests of themselves and their deep-pocketed friends, and they did it more or less openly as well as lightheartedly.
The road was rocky, featuring a faculty/administration dispute, but Arkansas Tech University is touting its renovated theater and facilities for teaching drama at the Russellville campus.
Why not a scrap of positive news amid the gloomy political stuff? Retired Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Robert Brown will be honored with an honorary doctor of civil laws degree Oct. 11 at his undergraduate alma mater, the University of the South (Sewanee).
Arkansas Tech President Robert Brown has awarded presidential scholarships — good for free tuition — to Pottsville quadruplets Carlie, Cole, Curtis and Jonatham Latham.
Ardith Morris sent me a note via Facebook a few minutes ago that said she'd been removed as director of the theater program at Arkansas Tech University after 29 years.
Dr. Robert Brown, president of Arkansas Tech, defends his decision to close a theater workshop as a safety hazard. He says the decision was motivated only by safety concerns, not philosophical disagreements.