Saturday, November 7, 2009 10:35 p.m.

Cathy Frye

Conway layoffs cut deep

Bus plant part of city since ’33

By Cathy Frye, C.S. Murphy
Posted: November 7, 2009 5:26 a.m.

For weeks, rumors flew down the assembly line at one of the city’s oldest employers — a bus plant that’s been tightly woven into the fabric of Conway since 1933.
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Wrightsville mayor seeks lawyer-pact review

By Cathy Frye
Posted: November 5, 2009 4:52 a.m.

Wrightsville Mayor Mac Riley plans to ask the Arkansas Municipal League to look over the city’s contract with an interim city attorney who now wants to resign.
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Will resign if not paid, attorney warns city

By Cathy Frye
Posted: November 4, 2009 4:45 a.m.

Wrightsville’s interim city attorney, criticized from the outset for what residents deemed “exorbitant” fees, faxed a letter threatening resignation to the City Council on Tuesday evening, a few hours before its regular meeting.
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FORCES OF NURTURE: Uh-oh! Oh, no!! A huntin’ he will go

By Cathy Frye
Posted: November 4, 2009 4:18 a.m.

’Tis almost the season — gun season, that is.
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Treasurer urged to hand over records

By Cathy Frye
Posted: October 27, 2009 4:30 a.m.

The Wrightsville City Council tried once again Monday night to persuade Recorder-treasurer Pat Rogers-Ward to hand over financial and payroll records, citing looming state fines, potential problems with the IRS and an inability to start working on next year’s budget.
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FORCES OF NURTURE: Outwitting parents works best in pairs

By Cathy Frye
Posted: October 21, 2009 3:32 a.m.

Welcome to today’s episode of Parents Are Sooooo Stupid.
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FORCES OF NURTURE: Where’d we marry? Big Bend, naturally

By Cathy Frye
Posted: October 7, 2009 3:56 a.m.

When Hubs and I started dating, we quickly learned that we shared an unusual infatuation with Texas’ remote Big Bend National Park.
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'A UNIQUE LITTLE BOY' To ease son's pain, mom fought system

Rare illness set off insurance struggle

By Cathy Frye
Posted: October 4, 2009 6:12 a.m.

The first time Consuelo Santillano dressed her newborn son, he screamed and passed out.
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FORCES OF NURTURE: Mamas, don't let your boys be pigs

By Cathy Frye
Posted: September 23, 2009 3:46 a.m.

Mothers of boys, take heed: Teach your sons how to clean, wash clothes and iron. Trust me, your future daughterin-law will adore you.
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Voters in Wrightsville go with fresh face for mayor

Riley garners 59 percent of the vote

By Cathy Frye
Posted: September 9, 2009 4:50 a.m.

Impatient residents crowded at the locked doors of City Hall on Tuesday night, struggling to read the mayoral special election results that had just been posted.
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