Category: Arkansawyer

Defenders of Honor Stand Guard for Fallen Pine Bluff Soldier

MONTICELLO, Ark. — As promised, a flashback to last weekend when a group of Arkansans mobilized in Pine Bluff, Ark.,  to defend the honor of a U.S. soldier whose funeral was targeted by the Westboro Baptist Church. Thanks to Aaron…

Group Plans to Shield Soldier’s Service

An Arkansas high school teacher’s facebook page to “Preserve the Honor of Fallen Pine Bluff Soldier” plans to buffer funeral participants from a Westboro Baptist Church protest Saturday afternoon at Pine Bluff’s St. Joseph Catholic Church. John Allison, a 44-year-old former Marine…

Suite: Occupy Little Rock

Movement the First: To Protest or Not It started with a spark. A Canadian spark no less, when the Adbusters Media Foundation came up with an idea to Occupy Wall Street. That spark started the occupation in Liberty Plaza Park…

Celebrating National Parks’ Week

MONTICELLO, Ark. — All apologies for the lack of posts in September. But as promised, a cross-post from my personal blog when it relates to the South. For those wondering, this week’s celebrating the U.S. National Parks and Ken Burns’…

Early Voters Unfazed by Long Lines

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Moms carried small children on their hips while the pre-teens looked around in disgust. Elderly women moved ahead to sit down while their husbands kept their place in line. Younger men and women spoke in…

Southern Arkansas Election Issues Forum

UAM PRESENTS 2008 ELECTION ISSUES FORUM MONTICELLO, Ark. – You’ve heard the candidates, now it’s time to also consider the issues. Attend the 2008 Election Issues Forum at the University of Arkansas at Monticello in the University Center Green Room…