Jessica Clark
Recent Stories by Jessica Clark
Arkansas teen gets Macy’s parade role
posted: 11/26/2009 6:14 a.m. Discuss
Most people celebrate Thanksgiving with relatives surrounded by lots of food, but one Little Rock teen will spend it in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Two Wal-Marts in Fayetteville can sell alcohol
posted: 11/20/2009 5 a.m. Discuss
Beer and wine will soon be available at two Fayetteville Wal-Mart stores as a result of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Division rulings Thursday night.
Students mix skills, service for storm victims
posted: 11/16/2009 2:20 a.m. Discuss
Job Corps students and Habitat for Humanity volunteers from eight states including four from Little Rock are teaming up again to build homes for hurricane survivors in Louisiana.
Johnnie Mae Walker Spargo
posted: 11/11/2009 4:04 a.m. Discuss
She mixed politics with pound cakes Johnnie Mae Walker Spargo was an avid Democratic Party supporter and Clark County election poll worker for more than four decades. In 2003 she was named the Clark County Democrat of the year.
Grover C.A. Richardson Sr. Passion for sports passed on to kids
posted: 10/30/2009 6:03 a.m. Discuss
In the home of Grover Cleveland Alexander Richardson Sr., “If you were crawling and could stand” you played sports, his son said.
Dustin Dean Werner Serviceman, in all senses of the word
posted: 10/24/2009 5:08 a.m. Discuss
Firefighter and guardsman Dustin Dean Werner sought ways to serve no matter how challenging or physically demanding the task proved to be, his brother-in-law said.
David R. Watson Career chemist, loved gardening
posted: 10/16/2009 3:01 a.m. Discuss
When David R. Watson was a child he liked to mix things up just to see what would happen, making his later career in chemistry at Reynolds Metal Co. a natural fit, his wife said. He worked for the aluminum company in Bauxite for almost four decades.
NLR veteran to donate jeep to Texas museum
posted: 10/12/2009 4:48 a.m. Discuss
Years of rebuilding a vintage jeep will culminate Tuesday when a North Little Rock veteran travels 700 miles to donate it to a Navy museum.
Amateurs turn out to show off their wines
posted: 10/11/2009 4:18 a.m. Discuss
Grand champion hopefuls in the Arkansas State Fair’s amateur wine competition are hedging their bets on berry wines, with blackberry, strawberry and other fruit offerings outnumbering other entries.
Rain delay hampers fair’s opener
posted: 10/10/2009 6:50 a.m. Discuss
The opening day of the State Fair didn’t go as planned when Friday’s downpour rained out some events and delayed others, causing low attendance.
