Arkansas Gazette

Billy Ray Smith Jr. liked what he saw when he strolled around Notre Dame’s snowy campus as a high school senior in 1978. Smith, who died recently at age 64, had been a state champion in football and student body …

Pine Bluff sits right where the Delta’s lighter shade of farm green meets the darker shade of south Arkansas timberland, where the crops turn from rice and soybeans to loblolly pine and oak. Both shades of green have resulted in …

Photos provided by Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame   Ten outstanding figures from the world of sports will take their places in the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame April 10 at the organization’s 68th annual induction banquet. The event is …

Teller of Tales, Keeper of Truth Rex Nelson has lived a remarkable life in the broadcast booth, on deadline, in the statehouse and on the road to the next great plate of fried chicken in Arkansas Photo by Sarah Oden …

Say this about David Bazzel — he comes by it honestly. Bazzel’s father, Harold, was a longtime elected official in Panama City, Florida, primarily serving as the Bay County clerk of court. His mother, Carolyn, was a mainstay as a …

Pictured above: The Medical Arts Building in downtown Hot Springs. (Photos provided) He refers to it as the “mini-Empire State Building,” but by next year, Hot Springs hotelier Parth Patel hopes to call the Medical Arts Building – the 16-story, …

Arkansas Times Senior Editor Max Brantley announced his retirement in a blog post on Sunday which was titled, “That’s all folks.” Sunday was Brantley’s 50-year anniversary of working in Little Rock. He spent 31 years with Arkansas Times, and previously, …

Digs of the Deal: Historic Woodruff House, Living History in Little Rock   Home of the founder and first publisher of the Arkansas Gazette, the Woodruff House is one of the only antebellum homes remaining in the Little Rock area. …

Multimedia magnate Walter Hussman is once again taking a gamble on his newspaper as the industry verges on total collapse. by Caleb Talley | Photography by Jamison Mosley Walter E. Hussman Jr. has succeeded at just about everything. He’s certainly …