To get to know twenty-year-old Ivy Jo Young, you have to go back to the autumn of 2011. For years she’d been struggling with her weight. Even looking at her high school graduation photos...

Jerry Glidewell taps the keys briskly on his computer in his office where he is ending a busy day of work as Executive Director of the Fort Smith Boys and Girls Clubs. Right now it’s that tapping that he hears as he juggles fundraising, public relations, and

The drive to Eureka Springs zigzags across steep hills, through lush valleys, and a countryside filled with oak, maple, cedar, and pine. At the end of the journey sits the town of 2,300, where...

It was a two-seater, the outhouse in which Annie was now fervently praying, a convenience when there are six kids in the family and the little ones are afraid to go by themselves at night...

John sat against the cold concrete of his cramped gray jail cell. How has it come to this, he wondered. He’d been a decent kid. He minded his mom and tried to think before he acted...

Tangerine sunsets/and cicada symphonies/end the days as we sprawl/upon the brittle lawn,/legs and arms splayed wide/to catch a wayward breeze...

Since our son was born, I’ve tried to keep a daily journal of our family life. Funny things he would say or do, or just something I didn’t want to forget. Something I’d always want him to...

Now that Christmas has come and gone, we all feel the need to relax. And what better way to do just that than with a book. The one I chose to curl up with is one by Dolly Parton...

Sisters Gourmet Bistro is located on Main Street in historic downtown Van Buren. It’s a cozy restaurant, with three dining areas, one with a full-service bar. When owner Richard Hodo applied...

In the past two and a half years, there has never been an instance where I have relinquished my chokehold-like control over the content of each and every one of my stories, until now...