Dozens from the community came out Friday to celebrate Veterans Day at Julie’s Sweet Shoppe and Bakery in Conway. Julie Goodnight, owner, hosted the event for three years in her new business, but began the annual celebration in 2005 when she worked at Ed’s Bakery on Oak Street. She said the tradition began after she heard war stories while listening to American Family Radio. She knew both of her grandfathers served in World War II, but realized they never told her any stories about it. Goodnight...
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Dozens from the community came out Friday to celebrate Veterans Day at Julie’s Sweet Shoppe and Bakery in Conway. Julie Goodnight, owner, hosted the event for three years in her new business, but began the annual celebration in 2005 when she worked at Ed’s Bakery on Oak Street. She said the tradition began after she heard war stories while listening to American Family Radio. She knew both of her grandfathers served in World War II, but realized they never told her any stories about it. Goodnight...
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Banking industry lobbyists and representatives are practically salivating over the election results, convinced that Republican control of the White House and Congress will finally give them the opportunity to roll back key parts of the Dodd-Frank Act. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team declared war Thursday on the 2010 financial reform law, vowing to "dismantle" it while blaming the law for slow economic growth. "The Dodd-Frank economy does not work for working people," the transitio...
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At the request of U.S. Rep. French Hill and U.S. Sen. John Boozman, a meeting took place Wednesday morning at Coors Tek to discuss the proposed career and technical education center in Saline County. The proposed center will be an 112,000-square-foot building comprised of four wings housing various pathways. Students will be able to enroll in classes to prepare them for careers in science, technology, engineering and math; welding, manufacturing and metal labs; automotive repair; heating, ventil...
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The I CAN! Dancers will take the stage with central Arkansas “celebrities” during the fifth annual “I CAN! Dance with the Stars” at 3 p.m. Sunday at Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas campus. The recital is free and open to the public. “Each class has been working on a routine for about 10 weeks and is now ready to perform,” Director Julie Mayberry said. “These students are hoping for a large turnout of residents to cheer them on.” Students from Blackbird Academy of ...
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President Lyndon Johnson introduced the War on Poverty to the nation 52 years ago. Designed as a comprehensive social welfare initiative, the program initially included funding for food stamps, school districts, and Medicare and Medicaid. Although many of these programs have been useful, it would be hard to make a legitimate case that their efficiency matches the total investment by the taxpayers. The Census Bureau estimates that the poverty rate has fallen from 19 percent in 1964 to 15 percent ...
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Political leaders such as Donald Trump, make it really easy for people such as me, a 21-year-old surrounded by liberals, to overgeneralize the Republican party as either racist, or racially insensitive. Certainly the fact that the prison system is warehousing black men, as Michelle Alexander has pointed out in her book, The New Jim Crow, isn’t usually at the list of Republican concerns. But Rep French Hill, a deep-dyed conservative from Arkansas, changed my stereotypes about this issue. This Sou...
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KEO, Ark. - One group of birds are causing major problems to the tune of millions of dollars for fish farmers in Arkansas and across the south. They're called Cormorants and farmers said they're eating fish straight from ponds and eating out of farmer's pocket books. "We're the largest producer of hybrid striped bass in the world we ship fish to Taiwan, Israel and other countries," said Farmer Mike Freeze. For more than 30 years, Freeze has been co-owner at Keo Fish Farms. Farming close to 130 m...
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Staff members for U.S. Rep. French Hill have scheduled mobile office hours for this week. Seven stops have been set, one each in Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline, Van Buren and White counties, the Republican from Little Rock said. Mobile office hours are: • Monday, 9-11 a.m. at Beebe City Hall, 321 N. Elm St., and from 1-3 p.m. at the Jacksonville Community Center, 5 Municipal Drive. • Wednesday, 9-11 a.m. in the lobby at Bishop Park, 6401 Boone Road, Bryant, and from 1-3 p.m. at the Van...
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