Interviews are schedule in July and August.

A fentanyl overdose death has been added to charges filed in a federal investigation.

Free speech, in practice and in peril, figures in a lot of news today.

Arkansas appears at the epicenter of bad virus news.

Black Arkansans have been celebrating it for more than 100 years — and not just in June.

Arrest of city director for refusing to leave scene of police encounter prompts lawsuit.

State Police are using a controversial technique to stop fleeing motorists more, but won't talk about sufficiency of training.

Cue Edith Piaf. Walter Hussman has no regrets for the embarassment he caused his alma mater. Meanwhile, a local reporter who broke the story gets at its essence.

A Democrat with election experience seeks to be the state's top election official.

The Little Rock Board of Directors has voted to allow the city to take out a short-term loan to pay for park improvements, a new fire truck, mobile radios for the police department and more. The city will seek $5.9 million in financing. 

Coming up: The Rep takes "Marie and Rosetta" to War Memorial Park, Mary Gauthier at Fayetteville Roots HQ, 'Raya and the Last Dragon' at Movies in the Park and more.

How Barbara Hendricks sang her way out of rural Arkansas, onto the world’s biggest opera stages and into the lives of refugees across the globe.

Like much of the music that’s come from Brasher, Morgan and Benjamin in the projects they’ve played in individually, Affection’s 2021 LP — recorded in 2003 — is both smart and wholly danceable.

The project will eventually connect the Walton Arts Center, TheatreSquared, Nadine Baum Studios, Fayetteville Public Library, and the University of Arkansas’ Art and Design District with trails and pedestrian/cyclist connections. It is slated for completion by January 2024.

Coming up in July.

"I’ve had CEOs of billion-dollar international companies come up to me at events and art openings over the past few years and say, 'I’m very concerned about what’s going on down there.' They don’t care if Arkansas is a beautiful state. They don’t care about sports. They care about how people are treated and where to put their next multi-million-dollar business expansion. They care about their investments and their reputation."

The images in Robbie Brindley's new book, "Kudzu and the Usual Erosion" were shot on 120 film on a Mamiya RB 67 camera — big enough to require a tripod and using a process that's "a lot more like fishing," Brindley told me. "You have to be very calm and patient.” 

You may not be able to catch a show at The Rep's space on Main Street just yet, but you can visit for a workshop.

Belatedly, we mark the passing of Frank Bonner, the Little Rock native who brought a little bit of Arkansas Razorback spirit to each episode of "WJRP in Cincinnati" in his role as station sales manager Herb Tarlek.

Classical music at Wildwood, psychedelta at Four Quarter Bar and more this weekend.

Brad Izzard, a native of South Africa, has recently been rehired and named executive chef of the entire hotel. Izzard formerly served as chef de cuisine under Antunes at One Eleven, and left the hotel after the shutdown to work as a chef at a private high end country club.

Less than a week into the new college sports era granting players the right to earn money off their names, images and likenesses (NIL), Wright's BBQ in Fayetteville made a splash Tuesday as a number of Arkansas Razorback athletes announced sponsorships with the barbecue restaurant.

The Hillcrest Merchants Association will throw its annual ice cream social tonight on the 2800 block of Kavanaugh Blvd. from 6-7 p.m. with music from the Quapaw Brass Quintet, ice cream from Hill Station and popcorn, cookies and lemonade.

Serving up confusion in the time of the coronavirus.

Ranking the glazed donuts of Little Rock and North Little Rock by the dozen.

The restaurant announced on Monday that it would be closing for a few days this week to prepare to ease back into indoor dining, which it plans to start on Friday, June 25.

The organic, small batch brewery in Paris, Arkansas (Logan County), will provision the Main Street restaurant with a dozen types of drinks, including non-alcoholic ginger and root beers.

Proceeds from Hot Dog Mike's return this weekend will benefit the Eli Talley Foundation for childhood cancer. Hot Dog Mike will be set up at Domestic Domestic in the Heights at 5501 Kavanaugh Boulevard from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. (ish) and 5 p.m.- 7 p.m. (ish) Fri., June 18 and Sat., June 19.

The food trucks you see heralded on Facebook aren't the only ones out there. Check out Yolanda Kitchen sometime.

The Root will reopen its indoor dining room on Friday, July 9.