All posts by Nate Olson

  • EyeCare Center

     When Dr. Justin Franks opened EyeCare Center of Saline County in 2011, he operated out of a 4,000 square-foot building with a staff of four,...

  • Bryant Team Preview

    The past four years, Bryant’s football season has begun with a big game at Little Rock’s War Memorial Stadium and ended there about three months...

  • Benton Team Preview

    OFFENSE Last season Harris received an unexpected boost to his team when Monticello transfer quarterback Stran Smith showed up in July and became one of...

  • Leah’s Gym

    A  passion for children has made Leah’s Gymnastics and Cheerleading a mainstay in Saline County for four decades. Leah Hudspeth, owner & operator, had humble...

  • Hit-Stix

    The same grit and tenacity Winston Southwell used as a collegiate baseball player is still evident years later in his work as a small business...

  • Improving Lives Together

    Ahmad Yousaf and Michael Pafford couldn’t be more different. Yousaf is from New Jersey and 35. Pafford is 49 and Arkansan. Still, these two doctors...

  • Team Previews

    BRYANT Bryant High School football coach Buck James has some advice for Hornets fans attending this year’s Salt Bowl against county rival Benton. “It’s going...

  • Wing Over Bryant

    Jason Brown had an idea flown past him—literally. Two years ago, the 43rd Annual Women’s Air Race Classic raced across the country and stopped at the...

  • Magic Springs

    Arkansas has only one amusement park. Luckily for Saline County residents, it’s only minutes away. Magic Springs Theme and Water Park continues to be a...

  • Riverside Grocery/Riverside Catering

    There was a time in the over 100-year history of the old Riverside Grocery that it may not have survived a pandemic. However, thanks to...