All posts by Nate Olson

  • Bryant Team Preview

    For the first time since 1999, Bryant won’t open its season with the Salt Bowl at Little Rock’s War Memorial Stadium. Instead, the Class 7A...

  • Benton Team Preview

    Benton hasn’t beaten Saline County rival Bryant since 2005. That season, they beat them twice, first in the Salt Bowl game at War Memorial Stadium...

  • Legends Sports

    Chris Jordan wasn’t necessarily looking to start a business—he was just trying to solve a problem. When his young son’s baseball team needed a place...

  • Creative Floors

    Jody Kindy knew what career he wanted to pursue even before he began high school. Jody’s dad, Joe, opened Creative Carpet in Benton in 1984...

  • Bryant Team Preview

    Quad Sanders’ first season as a high school head football coach was a learning experience.   “ just the game management and where...

  • Benton Team Preview

    After two big wins slipped through their fingers in 2023, Benton hopes to capitalize on those situations in 2024. That all starts with the annual...

  • Yellow Sno Cone Shack

    In her previous career, Julia Shelby was drawn to the heat. Now, she helps the folks in Saline County beat it. Julia, a retired Little...

  • Loblolly

    Just Ice Cream had evolved from a small space downtown to a larger storefront and had grown quite a following from the spring of 2019...

  • Baxley-Penfield-Moudy

    Tom Baxley has come full circle. As a fresh-faced Bryant High School graduate in 1980, he enrolled in real estate school looking for a career...

  • The Hill Barn

    Saline County area couples can celebrate their nuptials in an iconic, historical venue with a rustic charm upgraded with modern conveniences.  The Hill Barn Event...