Business travel pitched as economic engine Oct 29, 2009
4:56 p.m. Wednesday, October 28, 2009. The Associated Press. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Jerry Jones sees customers everywhere for Cowboys Oct 28, 2009
Jones, addressing an audience of travel professionals at a forum in downtown Little Rock, said his target market is far larger than Cowboys ticket buyers ... Jones, who grew up in North Little Rock about a half-mile from where the U.S. Travel Association's Marketing Outlook Forum took place, said tradition is an important factor in marketing the Cowboys. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Viking Classic plays up chefs' appeal Oct 28, 2009
Besides Florence and Lippy, who will show his stuff twice on Saturday, the lineup features chefs Chris Wilson of Emeril's restaurants; Lee Richardson of the Capital Hotel in Little Rock, Ark. and Mississippi's own Luis Bruno and Robert St. John. (The Clarion-Ledger)
State Capitol week in review Oct 28, 2009
Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:22 PM CDT LITTLE ROCK State governments budget for the current fiscal year has been cut 2. 2 percent because tax revenue has slowed during the current economic recession. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
New Trail of Tears markers to go up in Arkansas Oct 26, 2009
Daniel Littlefield, director of the Sequoyah Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, says Arkansas has hundreds of miles of travel routes on the trail. The Trail of Tears is the name given to the routes that more than 16,000 Cherokee Indians traveled during their forced removal from their homelands to what is now Oklahoma. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
MOTORCADE CLUB BRINGS VISITORS THROUGH CITY SITES Oct 25, 2009
The couple attended an RV jamboree in North Little Rock last year and began making plans for a trip Around Arkansas for 2009. Their group travel manager for the Arkansas excursion was Renee Robison from the Arkansas Department of Parks sm in Little Rock. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Park service to take on Clinton's first home Oct 20, 2009
Hillary Clinton's father died in 1994 in Little Rock, where he and his wife had moved to be closer to the Clintons. Vince Foster, a childhood playmate who lived next door and shared a yard with the Clintons on South Hervey Street, had followed Clinton to Washington to serve as deputy White House counsel. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Daily guide to television and radio Oct 16, 2009
Violinist Joshua Bell; Little Rock Nine member Terrence Roberts ( Lessons From Little Rock ). Jimmy Kimmel Live at 12:05 a.m. on Chs. (Boston Globe)
SFA Baseball Releases 2010 Schedule Oct 15, 2009
Home-and-home series with UTPA, Houston and Houston Baptist also dot the schedule and the `Jacks will also travel to Little Rock for two games on March 9 and April 27. This will be the first the teams have met since 2006 when the Trojans were the first opponent in baseball's first season back at SFA.. (Sfajacks.com)
Beebe Hopes Europe Trip Will Draw Business to Ark. Oct 13, 2009
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press WriterLITTLE ROCK, Ark ... Beebe last week told reporters that he had met in Paris with officials from Dassault Falcon, which recently announced it lay off 72 workers at its Little Rock facility and an unspecified number of employees would leave through an "early out" program ... The aircraft manufacturer in June laid off 153 workers in Little Rock. (ABC News -- Wire)
Ancient Egypt on exhibition in Little Rock Oct 9, 2009
The "World of the Pharaohs" exhibition in Little Rock does more than depict the lives of kings during the 3,000 years of pharaoic rule ... FILE-This Sept. 23, 2009 file photo shows Egyptologist Bob Brier, senior research fellow at Long Island University, examining an Egyptian mask dating from the 1st century B.C. to the 1st century A.D. at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, Ark ... (AP Photo/Danny Johnston,File) FILE- This Sept. 21, 2009 file photo shows a model Egyptian boat dating from... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Southern route for bypass selected Oct 8, 2009
Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 12:15 PM CDT LITTLE ROCK The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) announced Tuesday it has completed an environmental assessment (EA) for the U.S. Highway 412 improvements project in Paragould and selected the southernmost route (S2). The selection was made after considering information contained in the EA and comments received at a public hearing at Paragould High School on June 23. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Archive Architecture: Setting the Spin in Stone Oct 5, 2009
Its floor-to-ceiling windows will be visible not only from the grounds of the museum but from downtown Little Rock (and from the condo of two Friends of Bill, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, across the freeway) ... Already, according to Little Rock's city manager, Bruce Moore, the Clinton library has brought almost $1 billion in private investment to the area around it ... Barry Travis, chief executive of the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, said a study commissioned by the bureau... (Yahoo News -- Architecture)
Sister cities help build deep ties Oct 2, 2009
Little Rock has sister relationships with cities in Mexico, Italy and South Korea, as well as two cities in China ... Little Rock formed its link with Pachuca, Mexico, two years ago ... Mexican Consul Andres Chao said that since then, the cities have developed a student exchange and a Little Rock delegation visited Mexico, including the mayor, businessmen and educators. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Zombieland Film Review Oct 2, 2009
En route to see if Columbus family is still alive, the duo meets up with Wichita (Stone, of Superbad) and Little Rock (Breslin) sisters who ve subsided by scamming trusting humans ... If anyone gets short shrift in the cast, it s Breslin, although Little Rock s lament in a zombie-riddled world being deprived of an enjoyable childhood is more abstract. (Suite101.com)
`Zombieland' a lively comedy about the undead Sep 30, 2009
Eventually they hook up with crafty sisters Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), and in traditional zombie-movie fashion, these disparate characters form an uneasy and unlikely alliance in hopes of staying alive. Little Rock wants to head west to California, where she's heard her favorite amusement park from childhood is blissfully zombie-free. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Hawaii curbs her wanderlust Sep 25, 2009
At 21, she has spanned the globe to discover the inner beauty of places as diverse as Thailand and the countries that make up the former Yugoslavia, to say nothing of Little Rock and Honolulu. She has already followed more dreams than some ever have and while her passions appear incongruous it all makes complete sense to her. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Razorbacks Release Baseball Schedule Sep 24, 2009
Most notable are Arkansas game against Louisiana Tech at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock (May 11) and a home date with Oklahoma (May 18). 2010 Arkansas Baseball. (HawgsIllustrated.com)
Colgate oral health bus stops at LES Sep 24, 2009
The husband-wife team has ventured across the region, including stops in New Orleans, Little Rock, AR, Pine Bluff, AR, and McComb, Jackson and Gulfport. Most of the vans head to urban areas, Detroit, Chicago, Charlotte and Washington, Fred Bishop said. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)
Team site links » Sep 18, 2009
Dyer, 5-foot-9 and 200 pounds from Little Rock (Ark ... Dyer said Little Rock senior quarterback Jesse Stone may also travel with the group to Auburn. (ESPN -- Recruiting)
LSU plays UNC in Chick-fil-A kickoff Sep 17, 2009
Nov. 27 Arkansas Little Rock, Ark. 2011 LSU Football Schedule. (LSU Sports -- Rivals.com)
Rivals.com: OSU looking for answers Sep 15, 2009
com College Football - Monday with Mike: Looking for answers. College Football: Rivals. (Oklahoma State Sports -- Rivals.com)
Southwestern travel notes Sep 15, 2009
The bus tour picks up participants from multiple locations in southwestern Arkansas and then travels Interstate 30 to Little Rock and Interstate 40 to Conway. It follows U.S. Highway 65 north through Clinton, Marshall and Harrison before crossing the Missouri border and arriving in Branson. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
The Crashing Liberal Agenda Sep 7, 2009
$750,000 for technology and security infrastructure at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. The recession can t touch pork barrel spending. (Human Events Online)
Obituaries (6) Sep 6, 2009
Kenzie Mya Rabjohn entered this life on Sept. 2, 2009 in Little Rock, and went to be with the angels in heaven on Sept. 3, 2009, at the Arkansas Children s Hospital. Kenzie is survived by her loving parents, Alan Rabjohn and Tallah Shelton; grandparents, Bill and Sharon Rabjohn of Rector; Tenene Holifield and Dewane of Pollard and Tim Shelton of Rector; her aunts and uncles, Kimberly Rabjohn of Rector, Matt and Sara Rabjohn of Rector, Trevor Shelton of Jonesboro, Thomas Harris of Fayetteville;... (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Rice Growers Expect Strong Yields This Year Sep 3, 2009
LITTLE ROCK (September 2, 2009)--Rice growers are projected to have a 2009 yield nearly 3 percent greater than a year ago, even though Arkansas, where about half the nation's rice is produced, had an unduly wet spring and a cool summer. The National Agricultural Statistics Service forecasts the U.S. rice yield will be just more than 7,000 pounds per acre, versus just more than 6,800 pounds per acre in 2008. (KWTX.com, TX)
Sitel announces plans for fair to fill 300 jobs Sep 1, 2009
Biz bits 090109 - The Augusta Chronicle. Biz bits From Staff and Wire Reports Tuesday, September 01, 2009. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Different Bill Walker Aug 27, 2009
Walker and Associates, Inc., a prominent, woman-owned, national distributor of telecommunications products and network deployment services based in Welcome, N.C., has agreed to purchase the non-affiliate operating assets of Windstream Supply LLC, a subsidiary of Windstream Corporation, based in Little Rock, Ark. The purchase will include the hiring of Windstream Supply's sales and marketing staff and inventories necessary to suppor 00004000 t Windstream's substantial non-affiliate... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
10 airports to get baggage screening upgrades Aug 27, 2009
Little Rock National Airport (Little Rock, Arkansas). Tulsa International Airport (Tulsa, Oklahoma). (CNN -- Travel)
Son documents the work of late Marion Sue Thompson Aug 21, 2009
In 1969, she displayed a pen and ink drawing in Little Rock that led to an invitation to show her work in Paris, France, and later the Grand Prix International in Cannes and Deauville, France, where she was awarded grand finalist for her work ... The tour took her and 20 of her painting up the Arkansas River to Little Rock in a race against the Border Star steamboat ... Bradford said his mother got off the boat in Little Rock, where she was supposed to take her paintings off the Delta Queen. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
PINE BLUFF-JEFFERSON COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY VOICES OBJECTION TO LOCKAGE FEES Aug 15, 2009
She will be in attendance, along with Col. Donald Ed Jackson Jr., commander of the Corps Little Rock District. . (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
US Airways to add nonstop flight from BHM to DC Aug 13, 2009
Other cities included in the extension are Islip and Ithaca, N.Y.; Little Rock, Ark. Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Pensacola, Tallahassee and Miami, Fla. (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
U.S. Airways, Delta enter new partnership Aug 13, 2009
Islip, N.Y.; Ithaca, N.Y.; Little Rock, Ark. Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Pensacola, Fla. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
More of this story Aug 12, 2009
"I know I should expect power to go out in some storms. It's not a problem for me that it takes time to fix, and certainly I would never want anyone to be harmed. Here's my problem, it goes out every storm. Here's why I don't think it's right because my friends from Little Rock tell me, It never goes out up here'," said Currie, adding that maybe it is an exaggeration, but, "Meanwhile it goes out down here every time we have a storm and sometimes when we don't have a storm.". In response to... (Hamburg Ashley County Ledger, AR)
NRI doctor, wife face new charges Aug 8, 2009
According to a statement released by the U.S. attorney's office in Little Rock, agents yesterday arrested Sangeeta, who pleaded not guilty to the charges later in the day at a hearing before U.S. Magistrate J. Thomas Ray. Sangeeta, who was arrested from her home near London in Pope County yesterday, remain in custody until a detention hearing Monday in federal court, the report said. (India Times)
Paragould PRIDE marching band gears up (3) Aug 7, 2009
Nov. 7: National Showcase of Bands at War, Memorial Stadium, Little Rock. Article Rating. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Ridge Runners to host sign-up Aug 7, 2009
The team will travel to Little Rock on Oct. 17 to run and walk along 46,000 other participants in a 5K race supporting the Sugan G. Komen foundation, which supports research in search of a cure for breast cancer ... Those who cannot attend the race can also register as a Spirit Runner, which is a team member who cannot make it to Little Rock to participate. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Local briefs Aug 7, 2009
This is the first opportunity to register as a member of St. Bernards Pink Warrior team that will participate in Oct. 17 Race for the Cure in Little Rock ... Teams will join more than 46,000 participants Oct. 17 in Little Rock to honor breast cancer survivors and remember friends and family who have lost their fight to the disease. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
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On June 1, a Tennessee man, Abdulhakim Muhammad, was apprehended after shooting two soldiers outside a U.S. Army recruiting station in Little Rock, Ark. One of the soldiers, Private William Long, was killed. (Human Events Online)
Jihad, USA (9) Aug 2, 2009
He is suspected of shooting two soldiers outside a U.S. Army recruiting station in Little Rock, Ark. One of the soldiers, Pvt. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Can Obama Save Hawaii? Aug 2, 2009
Is the president helping Hawaii. - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine. (Slate)
Beebe is optimistic about Arkansas-Cuba trade Aug 2, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Blue Turtles set to compete in state USA Swim meet Jul 30, 2009
Published: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 12:14 PM CDT The Blue Turtle Swim Club will travel to Little Rock this weekend to compete in the state USA Swimming Long Course Age Group Championships. Several members of the Blue Turtles have qualified for the event, which will run Friday through Sunday at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Airports of tomorrow Jul 29, 2009
This conceptual design for an expansion to Little Rock National Airport flips the conventional organization of arrival and departure, elevating baggage claim to the topmost, light-infused level of the terminal. . (MSNBC -- Travel)
Population Of Nearly Extinct Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog Discovered Jul 29, 2009
ScienceDaily (July 28, 2009) For the first time in nearly 50 years, a population of a nearly extinct frog has been rediscovered in the San Bernardino National Forest s San Jacinto Wilderness. Biologists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) assessing suitability of sites to re-establish frogs and scientists from the San Diego Natural History Museum retracing a 1908 natural history expedition both rediscovered the rare mountain yellow-legged frog in the San Jacinto Wilderness near Idyllwild,... (Science Daily)
Author E. Lynn Harris dies at age 54 Jul 25, 2009
in 1955 and raised in Little Rock, Ark ... Associated Press Writers Bob Jablon and Solvej Schou in Los Angeles; AP Writer Michelle Locke in San Francisco; AP Writer Noah Trister in Little Rock, Ark. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Travel Picks: Weird attractions Jul 24, 2009
What began as a joke in 1933 is now a tradition at all three Peabody locations with Orlando and Little Rock the newer additions. 4. (India Times)
Museum puts spotlight on hunger and poverty Jul 21, 2009
Visitors look an a model of a Honduran farm village at Heifer International's museum in Little Rock, Ark ... 5 million museum at its Little Rock headquarters to illustrate the work it does around the world to help impoverished people feed themselves ... At Heifer International headquarters, 1 World Avenue, Little Rock, Ark. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Taking home the title Jul 20, 2009
Submitted photo Lisa Wolfley, of Preston, nabbed another national championship trophy and a bonus third place trophy at the 2009 Unified National Arm Wrestling Championships last month in Little Rock, Ark ... There were more than 500 participants from all over the United States competing for a title at the event, hosted June 26-29 in Little Rock, Ark. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Summer tournaments are growing trend Jul 19, 2009
"We keep 'em busy. If you're not working, you're getting behind," said Kevin Kelley, the coach at the private Pulaski Academy in Little Rock who helped organize a tournament here that included 24 teams from Louisiana and Texas ... A: One-hand is the rule of choice for both the Hoover tournament and a 24-team event in Little Rock, Ark ... At the Little Rock tournament, the quarterback would start each play by snapping the ball to himself off a small stool. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Prep football goes 7-on-7 during the summer Jul 18, 2009
"We keep 'em busy. If you're not working, you're getting behind," said Kevin Kelley, the coach at the private Pulaski Academy in Little Rock who helped organize a tournament here that included 24 teams from Louisiana and Texas. That type of travel is hardly unusual. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Transgendered female dies during Voodoo ritual... Jul 15, 2009
Hamilton, 21, a male living as a woman, flew in on Friday from her home in Little Rock, Ark ... "I'm still trying to find a scenario that makes sense," said Billie Miller, Hamilton's boss at Arkansas Flag and Banner, in Little Rock ... Miller said Hamilton had called a mutual friend in Little Rock upon arriving in New Jersey, and that Hamilton didn't mention to the friend that anything was wrong. (The Drudge Report)
QUORUM COURT OKS JUVENILE CENTER BUDGET Jul 14, 2009
His primary concern was that people who make what he called turn around trips, for example a morning meeting at Little Rock and back in the county by later that same morning or by early afternoon should not be reimbursed for meal expenses. County Judge Mike Holcomb sought to assure Carroll on the issue, explaining that we will have plenty of documentation, on those expenses. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Impact of raising hotel tax Jul 13, 2009
A 2008 study of room taxes and the economic impact commissioned by the American Hotel ng Educational Foundation shows the room taxes rank in the lower third in the nation, below Little Rock, Ark. and many other cities and states. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Westminster students, alumni begin 1st Blue Jay Across USA tour Jul 11, 2009
Events will be held in St. Louis, Hannibal/Quincy, Chicago, Columbus, Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville, Nashville, Little Rock, NW Arkansas, Springfield, Tulsa, Dallas, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Colorado Springs, Denver and Kansas City. Westminster President Barney Forsythe will join the group at events in St. Louis, Chicago and Denver. (Fulton Sun, MO)
GCT details plans for stimulus funding Jul 10, 2009
Currently, teachers must travel to Little Rock to rent the devices. We re trying to make education more accessible for our kids, Birmingham said. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Related: Palin resignation splits GOP Jul 5, 2009
While Bill Clinton ran while being governor of Arkansas and George W. Bush as governor of Texas, Little Rock and Austin are not that far by Cessna Citation or Gulfstream from New Hampshire or Florida or California. And, Cook noted, there is little political upside to being a governor during difficult economic times, when the options usually range from tax or fee increases to budget cuts. (Yahoo News)
Two days after stroke, Nutt Sr. dies at 74 Jul 5, 2009
Nutt Sr. spent 32 years at Little Rock school - College Sports - ESPN ... Nutt Sr. spent 32 years at Little Rock school ... The elder Nutt spent 32 years at the Little Rock school before retiring in 1987. (ESPN -- College Basketball News)
2 arrested in disappearance of former Ark. mayor Jul 4, 2009
The carpet pieces have been sent to the state Crime Laboratory in Little Rock for analysis ... They say the card had been used at several stores in Fort Smith and Little Rock ... Officers recovered Anderson's pickup truck outside Little Rock in rural Pulaski County _ about 150 miles away from Fort Smith. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Analysis: Palin Was Fed Up Jul 4, 2009
"He pals around with known terrorists, or the socialist comments. She could dish it out but when the shoe was on the other foot, she crumbles. She can dish it out but she can not take it. She is by no means presidential material. As an Independent -conservative, she will not have my vote. by birdyspice July 3, 2009 6:46 PM PDT exactly.. she keeps talking smack about socialism when she fully supports socialist programs even stating on the campaign trail that she wanted special programs for kids... (CBS News)
Pig that survived crash surfaces in swimming pool Jul 1, 2009
An 800-pound hog that survived on its own for a week after a truck flipped while on its way to a slaughterhouse has surfaced in a swimming pool at a home near the crash site. LeAnn Baldy, whose house is only yards from Interstate 430, said Monday she noticed her pool was suddenly overflowing and then saw the immersed pig, which was having a drink in the pool. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
More than $1.3 million during session Jun 29, 2009
Contract lobbyist Earl Jones Jr. of Little Rock reported spending the most, $253,987. He reported $248,158 of that in January representing Altria Client Services and its affiliates in the tobacco-tax fight. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
JanSport Joins Al Roker and The NBC Today Show to "Lend a Hand" Jun 26, 2009
and Little Rock, Ark ... This week JanSport accompanies Al Roker and The Today Show at three of their goodwill stops, including A Chance for Children Foundation in Los Angeles, the Portland Parks Foundation in Portland, and today, at the Arkansas Rice Depot in Little Rock ... "Since 1967, JanSport has been making backpacks that are carried up mountains, on campuses and within urban communities, said Skip Yowell, JanSport co-founder. JanSport is thrilled to be able to Lend a Hand with... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Netanyahu Nixes Meeting With Obama Envoy Jun 24, 2009
Heck, if my family lived in a tire-less car up on blocks in Little Rock, I'd be a tad jealous myself. by Anti-Zionist_107 June 23, 2009 1:10 PM PDT. (CBS News -- World)
Fears Rise Over Homegrown Jihadism Jun 16, 2009
Abdulhakim Muhammad, 23, pictured in a Little Rock, Ark ... He was later arrested for overstaying his visa and deported back to the U.S., where he slid quietly into life in Little Rock, Ark ... who had just completed basic training and was volunteering at the west Little Rock recruiting office before starting an assignment in South Korea. (CBS News -- US)
