Soul of the South expands news lineup
Little Rock-based Soul of the South Network has signed a content agreement with Arise TV to provide 5 1/2 hours of weekday news programming targeting black vie…
Stories by Jack Weatherly
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Farmer's debt tops cap on Chapter 12
Dale C. Bartlett, president of Turner Grain Merchandising Inc. -- which is embroiled in its own financial problems -- filed paperwork Monday night in U.S. Bank…
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Grain default crisis spans 3 lawsuits, 15 firms
Turner Grain Merchandising is far from alone in defending itself from lawsuits in the storm that has shaken the $3.7 billion grain industry in Arkansas.
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4th suit filed over firms' grain defaults
The fourth lawsuit in grain defaults by Turner Grain Merchandising and other firms has been filed, as six Mississippi farming operations say that they have not…
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Grain losses rise to $15.7 million
Farmers and others in the grain industry say that Turner Grain Merchandising Inc. in Brinkley and related businesses have failed to pay them for crops valued a…
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Senate bill gives farmers loan lull
Arkansas' U.S. senators, John Boozman and Mark Pryor, on Tuesday filed a bill called the Farmer Flexibility Act of 2014 that could protect farmers who have sol…
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Pay woes for grain growing tendrils
The troubles of Turner Grain Merchandising in Arkansas have spread to other states.
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Turner Grain's leader: Busted
Dale Bartlett, president of Turner Grain Merchandising of Brinkley, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday under Chapter 12, which is designed for individuals …
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Legislature dropped bill in '91 on licensing for grain dealers
A member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1991 radically changed the original intent of legislation that was to establish the licensing and bonding …
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Grain firm closure alarms town
BRINKLEY — Gene Depriest munches slowly on an improvised sandwich, a slice of white bread folded over egg salad, as he sits at a table next to the kitchen door.
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Judge lifts Turner Commodities' frozen-assets order
MARIANNA -- A window into the operations of Turner Grain Merchandising Inc. was opened Thursday during a hearing on a motion in the case that has riveted atten…
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Hearing takes up defaults on grain
Farmers in Arkansas and some neighboring states stand to lose $20 million -- possibly as much as $50 million -- in the payment defaults of Turner Grain Merchan…
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At LR, 2 differ on how U.S. health care advances
Two speakers at a forum Thursday at the Clinton Presidential Center had differing perspectives on health care in the United States.
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Grain payment defaults draw suit
Farmers in southeast Arkansas have filed suit in Lee County Circuit Court seeking an undisclosed amount of money or return of their grain for which they contra…
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Dealer buffer for grain farmers lacking, 2 say
There are no protections at the state or federal level for grain farmers in Arkansas who stand to lose millions of dollars in crops they have sold to Turner Gr…
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Grain dealer's default stirs agencies
Farmers and state officials were taking initial steps Monday in the wake of the default on payments to Delta farmers by Turner Grain Merchandising of Brinkley.
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LR's old Sterling building sold; apartments, offices in plans
The old Sterling department store, the last vacant building in the 200 block of West Capitol Avenue, has been sold and will be redeveloped.
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Chicagoan warned NLR archivist of FBI raid, attorney says
An attorney for Doug Allen, a Chicago sports memorabilia dealer facing a federal fraud charge, said her client tipped off North Little Rock sports photo archiv…
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Soul of the South to air news
Soul of the South television network is a month away from starting a newscast from its facility in Little Rock.
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Two malls, different pictures
Two of the malls built in Little Rock during the worst recession since the 1930s have each fared differently. One, the Promenade at Chenal, is doing nicely, wi…
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Housing project reduces in scope
Moses Tucker Real Estate on Friday announced that it has begun construction on a significantly downsized version of the MacArthur Commons apartments at Capitol…
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Windstream gives center to pension fund
A limited liability corporation formed by Windstream Communications has transferred ownership of its data center at the intersection of Kanis Road and Chenal P…
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Port authority moving riverside
The Little Rock Port Authority soon will be headquartered on the Arkansas River.
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KATV sale gets consent of FCC
The Federal Communication Commission has approved Sinclair Broadcast Group's $985 million deal to buy all TV stations owned by Allbritton Communication, includ…
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Sale of Bale Honda said to be in works
Mark McLarty is in the process of buying Bale Honda.
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Baseball pictures at issue in court
John Rogers, a North Little Rock-based collector and trader of sports memorabilia, has been sued in Pulaski County Circuit Court over failure to meet a payment…
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Baptist Health holding course during change, president says
For Troy Wells to become head of the $700 million Baptist Health in the midst of the tumultuous overhaul of the nation's health-care system might seem a daunti…
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LR's Main Street corridor draws 2 more restaurants
Two restaurants are planned for downtown Little Rock in the resurgent Main Street corridor.
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LR's Main Street corridor draws 2 more restaurants
Two restaurants are planned for downtown Little Rock in the resurgent Main Street corridor.
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Allbritton nears close of KATV sale
Allbritton Communications Company expects the sale of KATV, Channel 7, and six other television stations to be finalized this month.
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Timing of work at issue on roads
The reworking of the Interstate 430/Interstate 30 interchange, built in 1975, had been on the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department "radar" since 2003…
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LR Main area gets new spot to reside
SoMa is a district known for its creativity more than its capital investment, for making the old new.
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Big River Steel plant near Osceola to rise in cost to $1.3 billion
Requirements from a German bank that is providing $600 million for the Big River Steel plant near Osceola pushed the total cost of the project to $1.3 billion …
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Family businesses in U.S. big but obscure
Family businesses play a major role in the economy. By some estimates, they produce about 60 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product and account for that mu…
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157 positions going away, hospital says
CHI St. Vincent announced Thursday afternoon that it is eliminating 157 positions as a result of the acquisition earlier this year of Mercy Hot Springs hospita…
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LR mall on road to '15 opening
The Outlets at Little Rock will open for business on July 31, 2015, and the revamped Interstate 430/Interstate 30 interchange is expected to be ready.
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NW Arkansas ranks 3rd in growth study
The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers area's economy grew by 3.8 percent in 2013 and is projected to grow at 4.2 percent annually between 2013 and 2020, making it…
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Jet finisher to open LR-area plant
An offshoot of French firm JCB Aero plans to open a plant in the Little Rock area in the near future, though the parent company declined to say where and how b…
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In LR, Main Street projects fall behind
Three projects on Main Street in Little Rock have fallen behind their announced schedules by months and, in one case, even by a couple of years.
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Kinco scores contract for Dassault hangar
A contract for nearly $33 million has been awarded to Kinco Contractors LLC of Little Rock to build a 14-bay hangar for Dassault Falcon Jet Corp.'s completions…
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Big hauler to pick LR or NLR site
A site plan has been submitted to North Little Rock for a large distribution warehouse and truck terminal -- a plan strikingly similar to one filed earlier wit…
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Lingerie store found a niche in prosthetics
To hear Barbara Graves tell it, she did everything wrong when she started her shop specializing in lingerie.
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Chicken or boutique: Bowman Curve comeback?
A shopping center that once defined the western boundary of retailing in Little Rock lost its anchor, and perhaps its bearing.
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LR Riverdale 10 to reopen
Matt Smith, operator of Market Street Cinema, has leased the Riverdale 10 Cinema in the Riverdale Shopping Center and will upgrade it with digital projection a…
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Downtown LR property prices skyrocket
Not long ago, commercial property for sale on and just off Main Street in Little Rock went begging.
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A memo to Mencken from oasis of the bozart
As I was about to say last week before I got too windy ... much has been said about the "creative corridor" that is doing its part to reshape Main Street and r…
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Banker positive on 2014 forecast
James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, said Friday that the country's economy may have actually shrunk in the first quarter by about 0…
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NLR food distributor sets plan for new hub
Ben E. Keith Co. will expand in North Little Rock with a $60 million, 300,000-square-foot distribution center and addition of 74 jobs, Gov. Mike Beebe announce…
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Uncovering architectural gems on Capitol Avenue
A $3 purchase on eBay could save the developers of the Capitol Lofts $300,000. Or so David Robinson ballparks it.
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Landers sets deal to merge car firms
The Landers family will merge its auto dealerships in Little Rock with the Luther Auto Group of Minneapolis to form LL Ark Holding Co. LLC, which will own and …
