Just before the first series of the infamous 2010 matchup between No. 1 Alabama and No. 10 Arkansas, conversation on the CBS broadcast centered on Ryan Mallett. “Envious” was the word color analyst Gary Danielson, a former quarterback himself, used…
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Pittman’s 2024 Recruiting Class on Pace to Break Program Record
by Evin Demirelby Evin DemirelArkansas football fans have seen plenty of good in the last few offseasons that didn’t quite pan out come fall. Malik Hornsby, for instance, looked like a more than serviceable quarterback, and then a potential game-changer as wide receiver, during…
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4th & 25: Uncertainty Hangs Over Hot-And-Cold Hogs
When last we convened here, I was hypothesizing that Arkansas’ close encounter with a five-alarm nightmare against Missouri State would shake the Hogs awake. That we’d see a team much more prepared for adversity – and ready to prevent it…
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Lexicon Acquires Universal Limited, Inc. of Trussville, Ala.
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffLexicon, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Universal Limited, Inc. of Trussville, Alabama. Effective immediately, the insulation contractor and its nearly 200 Alabama-based employees will join Lexicon’s portfolio of businesses. All existing employees and key leadership will continue their…
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Encore Bank Appoints Patti DuBuque and Launches New Business Line
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffEncore Bank announced today the launch of a new business line, Association Banking by Encore, with the appointment of 25-year community association executive and banking veteran Patti DuBuque. As executive vice president and director of association banking, DuBuque will be…
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Searcy Teen Competes for $150k at National Scholarship Competition
by Jim Millerby Jim MillerSearcy local Maria Nicole Spearn will travel to Mobile, Ala., on June 13 to participate in the Distinguished Young Women National Finals later this month on the 23, 24, and 25. The scholarship competition, in its 65th year, will take…
It seems like forever since the Hogs have been competitive with Alabama on the football field. The last five games in the series have reflected the Razorback program’s fall in Bret Bielema’s final year and its utter mismanagement under the…
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Peco Foods Adding Operations to Pocahontas Plant as Part of Company Realignment
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleAlabama-based Peco Foods will be adding operations to its Pocahontas plant as part of a company-wide realignment. This realignment is aimed at realigning the family-owned poultry company with “changing customer needs and economic conditions,” according to a Peco Foods release.…
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Houston Nutt: ‘I was locked into Brandon Burlsworth’
by News Releaseby News ReleaseAnybody who knows Arkansas Razorback football knows the story of Brandon Burlsworth, how he turned down full rides at smaller schools to walk on with the Hogs, and then made his name as the best walk-on in the history of…
Anybody who knows Arkansas Razorback football knows the story of Brandon Burlsworth, how he turned down full rides at smaller schools to walk on with the Hogs, and then made his name as the best walk-on in the history of…