Issues

  • Allen Scott

    By on October 8, 2018

    With just four years to go until he reaches teacher retirement, Allen Scott says that running for mayor now is worth the risk. Scott has...

  • Notes From Dr. Sam

    By on September 24, 2018

    Good Day, I hope this note finds you well. One of my friends often repeats a quote from Jack Meriwether, city manager of Little Rock...

  • By on September 24, 2018

    The 1989 hit movie Field of Dreams boasts a memorable line that almost all Baby Boomers and Gen Xers can quote with fondness: “If you...

  • Terry Benham

    By on September 24, 2018

    Terry Benham prides himself in his entrepreneurial leadership. What started with a $2,500 loan out of high school, turned into a multi-million-dollar business. He hopes...

  • Lori Blackburn

    By on September 24, 2018

    Lori Blackburn is among four candidates running for Haskell mayor. She is a wife, mother of two boys, a small business owner, and a college...

  • Roy Carmen

    By on September 24, 2018

    Roy Carmen, a retired meat cutter and long-serving member of local politics, is among five men and women running for City Hall in Haskell. He...

  • Mayor Jill Dabbs

    By on September 24, 2018

    After eight years of growth and change, more work needs doing in Bryant, and that is why Mayor Jill Dabbs is vying for a third...

  • By on September 24, 2018

    The great Christian writer C.S. Lewis once said, “You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.”  It seems...

  • By on September 24, 2018

    When retired teacher Noel Deer approached the young boy picking up bottles near a service station in Benton, he had no idea that that act...

  • Ren Hefley Bryant’s Humble Leader

    By on August 2, 2018

    Ren Hefley began his academic and athletic career outside Saline County, but that has not stopped him from feeling like an automatic insider—in fact, when...