Rex Nelson

The Little Rock Touchdown Club, founded in 2004, has grown into one of the country’s most distinguished and largest clubs of its kind and an influential source of news and insight during the football season. The club, for which AY …

In welcoming a newfangled Southeastern Conference football schedule, Hunter Yurachek, athletics director at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, seemingly fired a shot across the bow of those hoping to keep the Razorbacks at Little Rock’s War Memorial Stadium, even …

Feature image, top: AY President and Publisher Heather Baker and AY Media Group Editor-in-Chief Dwain Hebda. AY Media Group, publisher of AY About You, Arkansas Money & Politics and Mental Health Guide of Arkansas, was on display at the 2025 Diamond Journalism Awards. The …

Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari visited the Rotary Club of Little Rock Tuesday and shared bits of his history, coaching philosophy and outlook for the 2025-2026 edition of the Razorbacks program. “All I can tell you about this year’s team …

The Arkansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will host its annual Diamond Journalism Awards banquet on Saturday, July 26, at Next Level Events in downtown Little Rock. The evening will celebrate top journalism across Arkansas and neighboring …

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 …

One does not always hear about a successful business in any field that regularly refers clients to its competitors, but for Marshall Butler, director of commercial services at Pinnacle Advisors in Little Rock, it just seems like the right thing …

Football’s ultimate intimidator, Jon Gruden, the former NFL head coach with the uncanny likeness in appearance and sideline demeanor to the horror slasher Chucky, squirmed. On a midday in August 2022, Gruden was the guest of a packed house before …

Fans of Rex Nelson, senior editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, are likely familiar with his description of Arkansas as “a unique place in between.” “We’re mostly Southern but not wholly Southern,” he said. “We’re a tad Southwestern. …

A new hotel development project has been confirmed to be underway at the almost century-old Lafayette Building. Constructed in 1925, the twelve-story building is situated at 523 South Louisiana Street in downtown Little Rock and was added to the National …