OPINION | REX NELSON: Tulip in the spring
The great Mississippi writer Willie Morris once used a term that I think about on days like this: "the last of the desultory Southern drivers."
The great Mississippi writer Willie Morris once used a term that I think about on days like this: "the last of the desultory Southern drivers."
Like most counties in rural Arkansas, Dallas County has been bleeding population for decades. In 1930, there were 14,671 residents. By the 2020 census, that ha…
Growing up in Arkadelphia, I came to realize that I was on the edge of two worlds. I could head west into the Ouachita Mountains. There were hills, lots of roc…
It was 1985. I was 26, single, living in the state's largest city, serving as assistant sports editor of the Arkansas Democrat, covering Dallas Cowboy home gam…
Bald Knob is a surprisingly good place to dine for a town of 2,500 residents. There's the Bulldog, a past inductee into the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. There's…
This week, Rex sits down with one of The Natural State's leading authorities on the timber industry, Ray Dillon, who formerly served as President and CEO of th…
As a trustee of the Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust, Marion Burton had a dream. Burton, who died in late January at age 93, dreamed of Winthrop Rockefell…
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour once described duck hunting this way: "The camaraderie and collegiality you get in duck hunting is totally different from…
During the decade I worked in the governor's office, I looked forward to trips when Marion Burton was flying the plane. Burton, who died in late January at age…
I'm having lunch with Woodruff County Judge Michael John Gray at Smokin' Joes BBQ along U.S. 64 in McCrory, and it seems he knows everyone in the room. That's …