06/17/11 Bishop Larry Benfield, the leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas, was out of town during a vote to close the Cathedral School. He said the decision surprised him.
06/14/11 Jerry Jordan, 46, of Hot Spring was found stabbed at 2:40 a.m. in Hot Springs.
06/09/11 Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who practices Kabbalah, asked various church leaders what the Bible says about homosexuality in her latest GOOP newsletter.
06/07/11 Whether wowing audiences with their harmonious vocals and bluegrass accompaniment or making crowds feel as if they've reconnected with long-lost family members through witty banter and infectious fun, Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent -- the chart-topping duo of Dailey & Vincent -- have made legions of fans throughout the world.
06/04/11 Memorial at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown in honor of Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen on June 3, 2011. Rodney Frelinghuysen delivers the eulogy for his father.
06/02/11 UPDATED, 10:35 p.m. --- We'll scratch some of the original item here to note that there are reports late tonight that quarterback Cyler Miles of J.K. Mullen High in Denver has committed to UW. RealDawg.com quoted Miles saying that "Washington is where I want to be.'' Scout.com and Rivals.com are also reporting tonight that Miles has committed. Miles is expected to hold a more formal announcement ...
05/19/11 "Mama and Charlie Mae in the Garden" Greg Thompson Fine Art opens his annual exhibit of works by known Southern artists, including Ed Rice, Walter Anderson, John Alexander, William Dunlap, Glennray Tutor, Carroll Cloar, Clementine Hunter, Donald Roller Wilson, Robert Rector, Kendall Stallings and Theora Hamblett. I would be happy with work by any of these folk, especially Anderson and Cloar. The ...
04/20/11 Meet April's Teacher of the Month, Gail Burns from Rector High School.
04/19/11 Clay County has a new seal and that new seal is designed by a Rector Student winner from a county-wide contest. The new seal will be put into effect over the next few months.
02/20/11 Near the end of February two years ago, the patrons of the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture hosted its first big fundraiser on the campus of Alabama State University as a benefit for the center's programs.
02/11/11 This is the third in a series of articles chronicling the events leading up to the Civil War through a special reporting project by the Stuttgart Daily Leader and the Grand Prairie Historical Society to commemorate its sesquicentennial anniversary.
02/04/11 STARKVILLE -- Close doesn't mean anything to Diamber Johnson. It didn't after the second Southeastern Conference loss to Arkansas, and it meant even less Thursday night after yet another frustrating performance.
02/03/11 This is the second in a series of articles chronicling the events leading up to the Civil War through a special reporting project by the Stuttgart Daily Leader and the Grand Prairie Historical Society to commemorate its sesquicentennial anniversary.
02/01/11 Arkansas State University in Jonesboro has teamed up with the family of Johnny Cash to produce the Johnny Cash Music Festival at the ASU Convocation Center on Aug. 4, with all proceeds going to develop a historical site in Cash's boyhood home of Dyess, Arkansas.
02/01/11 Even a red-hot Arkansas sports enthusiast like The Observer was unfamiliar with James Rector until T.O. visited the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame last week. Even a red-hot Arkansas sports enthusiast like The Observer was unfamiliar with James Rector until T.O. visited the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame last week. Rector, it turns out, won the silver medal in the 100-yard dash at the 1908 Olympics ...
01/31/11 The Rep announced today that it exceeded its $5.4 million, four-year capital campaign plan. Which means that it raised enough to receive a $600,000 Challenge Grant from The Kresge Foundation, bringing the grand total to $6,043,384. Pretty impressive considering the theater had to also raise $1.5 million annually, throughout the last four years, just to support its regular operations. The theater ...
01/31/11 The Arkansas Repertory Theatre ended its capital campaign Monday, exceeding its goal of $5.4 million and securing a $600,000 Challenge Grant from the Kresge Foundation.
12/26/10 Gov.-elect Robert Bentley has been out of the spotlight while the newly elected, Republican-led Alabama Legislature tackled ethics reform.
12/23/10 Researchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, a part of Georgetown University Medical Center, have found that an arsenic-based agent already FDA-approved for a type of leukemia may be helpful in another hard-to-treat cancer, Ewing's Sarcoma (ES). The research, based on animal studies, also suggests the drug might be beneficial in treating medulloblastoma, a highly malignant ...
12/16/10 Rector Elementary School gifted and talented students pulled out all the stops Saturday night for their annual Christmas Talent, Art and Project Show, demonstrating a degree of creativity, imagination and hard work uncommon among students so young and, at the same, time, raising money to help underprivileged Rector elementary students. | 
