Entries for the 'people' Category

Fort Smith native Lauren de Miranda was recently awakened by a 200-year-old pine tree that fell on top of her Los Angeles home. “The brick was collapsing, the house was caving in...

Sculptor and professor Bryan Massey walks into his classroom at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway wearing a black Pluto T-shirt (the cartoon character, not the former planet).

The little seaside town of Anzio, Italy, isn’t a place I would have known about if my grandfather, Reese Curry, hadn’t been fighting there, captured and taken as a prisoner of war.

Fort Smith attorney Tom Harper dropped of a short story about the Alamo written by his grandson, Porter Oberle, who lives in Texas.  The story was for a competition in Burnet County, one Porter handily won.

We wanted to share it with you.  As you read it, remember Porter is only fourteen.  We remember what we were doing at fourteen and it wasn't nearly as impressive as this!

Tonya McCoy's dad hunts, fishes, and works like his life depended on it.  But he's not all just another tough guy.  As Tonya discovered years ago, her father has a weakness she used to her advantage.  Because Randal McCoy  just can't say no to his kids.

 

 

Jim Martin tells the story of his father, the man who stepped in to help him when no one else could, and how that act made all the difference in Jim's life today.

 

Marcus Coker loves his dad, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want to change some things about him.  Like his cologne, his diet, and maybe even his wardrobe. 

In honor of Father's Day, we're taking a look at our own fathers, how they live their lives, and what we do and don't know about them.

@Urban writer Marla Cantrell tells the story of her father, Albert Doyle Cantrell, and the mystery that surrounds the part of his life that happened long before she was born.

One of the most profound nights of Gary Hays’s life happened in February during a church service in Cheridant, Haiti. Until then, Gary had never been out of the United States.