The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Pat Dye had a lot on his mind when he began his speech at an Arkansas luncheon. Imagine what he would have said had the speech been given Wednesday night, hours after his former employer fired offensive coordinator Tony Franklin.
The Turner Report (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Nexstar Broadcasting, which has duopolies in cities across the U. S., including Joplin and Springfield, now has one in Little Rock, Ark. The company is buying My Network station KWBF to go along with its NBC affiliate KARK: Nexstar President/CEO Perry Sook said the duopoly strategy is key to Nexstar’s growth. “This transaction reflects Nexstar’s long-term strategy of identifying accretive acquisitions...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Bridge Foundation, an Accra-based NGO has presented football equipment to a colts club, Little Rock United, in Kokrobite, a suburb of Accra.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
A company that makes windmill blades and a second firm that will supply a key turbine component announced Wednesday they will open a factory in south Little Rock and together employ 830 people.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Nexstar Broadcasting Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire KWBF-TV in Little Rock, AR - Nexstar Will Own or Provide Services to Multiple Stations in 19 of the 29 Markets Where it Operates - IRVING, Tex.--()--Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) announced today that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of KWBF-TV, the MyNetworkTV affiliate serving the...
Boston Gal's Open Wallet (Free subscription) | yesterday
NPR reports: Some Consumers See Credit Cards Canceled One person who experienced the crunch firsthand is Lynn Murphy of Little Rock, Ark., who admits she's a big user of credit cards. She has quite a... [Head on over to Boston Gal's Open Wallet to read the rest!]
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lucinda Williams talks to Newsday about her new album, Little Honey. One main topic is the music industry, which she tackles in "Little Rock Star" and "Rarity." "Both of them had little mini events that kicked off the writing of...
Gay South Florida (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Arkansas plans to reverse course and allow unmarried or same-sex couples to take on foster children on a case-by-case basis, even as voters prepare to decide the issue in November, the...
Truth In Shredding (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
News: 09-10-2008: Top 100 Guitar blogs, not sure how they work out eho wins. Truth In Shredding is just outside the top 10 behind the Strat O Blogster! Apologies to Dan, as athough he's number one... I 've not visited the blog before. 1 Dan's Guitar Blog 6 69063 88 2 Little Rock Jams 4 112465 186143 3 IG Blog (Guitar - Life) 4 84258 468012 4 Building The Ergonomic Guitar 4 236877 171689 5...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN) is participating in the Movearoo program along with other leading communications companies, including AT&T, Qwest
A Wes Clark Democrat (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Arkansas Blog The Little Rock Chamber of Commerce held a press conference to announce that Polymarin Composites, a producer of rotor blades for the wind industry, and Wind Water Technology, will open a manufacturing facility in Little Rock. The companies plan on investing $16 million in the facility and employing a combined 830 people over the next four years. Governor Mike Beebe was...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Famed scientist Richard Leakey warned that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations.
... and his ministers a flame of fi (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
We're moving to Little Rock, and while everyone who reads this blog has a moral responsibility to visit Lance Quinn's church if you're there, we're prolly not going to live in West LR, so it's not very feasable to join there in spite of, well, the family resemblance. So all you Little Rock people -- here's your chance. Where do you live and what church are you attending? I'm church shopping...
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Jesse Oliver, 21, was arrested shortly before midnight Tuesday near Little Rock, Ark., at a rest stop along I-40.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acxiom® Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM), the global leader in interactive marketing services, today
