Rich Polikoff
Stories by Rich
William Allen Schwab
posted: 05/19/2013 4:17 a.m. Discuss
FAYETTEVILLE — Bill Schwab might never write that book about gated communities. He was working on one a few years back, and was closer to its finish than its beginning. Then lives got in the way.
Dr. Alfred Yeoman Gordon Jr.
posted: 04/21/2013 3:02 a.m. Comment 1
Dr. Al Gordon did not attend the University of Arkansas. This qualifies as a supreme irony. Gordon’s mother and father went there.
HIGH PROFILE: Stacy Lynn Lewis
posted: 03/03/2013 3:26 a.m. Comment 1
Stacy Lewis has stared down some truly frightening putts.
Ethel Goodstein-Murphree
posted: 12/23/2012 3:42 a.m. Discuss
Although it will be months before she returns to her real office, Ethel Goodstein-Murphree is already in love with the place.
Kids get benefits that Seeds sows
posted: 12/23/2012 3:36 a.m. Discuss
Every parent, Beth Ashbaugh included, has pleaded with their kids to eat their vegetables.
2,200 young readers earn trip to Horse Tales show at UA
posted: 11/30/2012 4:47 a.m. Discuss
Some 2,200 fourth-grade students from schools around Northwest Arkansas spent part of Thursday with Frederik the Great.
Finish line nears for new Eureka Springs High
posted: 11/24/2012 3:52 a.m. Comment 1
Without a doubt, the toughest part about building the new Eureka Springs High School is that it’s located in such a hilly place.
TIGERS, LEOPARDS AND COUGARS: Shelter owner ailing; big cats left in lurch
posted: 11/15/2012 1:29 a.m. Comments 8
A refuge that shelters wild animals near Eureka Springs has taken six large cats from a private Crawford County refuge since Monday, but the future remains uncertain for 28 large cats still at the refuge near Mountainburg.
Crystal Bridges exhibit spotlights region’s relics
posted: 09/25/2012 4:24 a.m. Discuss
For the Eureka Springs Historical Museum, it’s quite an opportunity.
Roger Barnard Collins
posted: 09/02/2012 2:51 a.m. Discuss
Roger Collins wasn’t willing to merely be an employee.
PROFILE: John L. Smith
posted: 08/26/2012 3:58 a.m. Discuss
Arkansas Razorbacks Coach John L. Smith believes that if you want to win, you have to pay the price. Smith has poured most of his life into coaching - but has made time for some daredevil adventures.
Arthur Gustav Malzahn III
posted: 08/19/2012 3:38 a.m. Comment 1
Gus Malzahn doesn’t get nervous before games. He used to get nervous. When Malzahn was a wide receiver for Fort Smith Christian, and later at Henderson State University, he would get plenty nervous before games.
Joplin walk honors 161 dead a year after tornado
posted: 05/23/2012 4:06 a.m.
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They walked for Skyular Logsdon, who barely had time to learn how to walk himself.
Suzanne Denise McCray
posted: 02/19/2012 5:41 a.m. Discuss
It seems as though the University of Arkansas owes Suzanne Mc-Cray a lot. McCray is the UA’s vice provost for enrollment management and its dean of admissions, where she oversees the offices of admissions, financial aid and the registrar. She has also overseen record growth at the university; this past fall, 23,199 students were enrolled at the UA, including a freshman class of 4,447. Both figures are records, for the second consecutive year in both categories.
Sarah Grace Mesko
posted: 02/05/2012 4:02 a.m. Discuss
Sarah Mesko’s musical hero is Freddie Mercury. Mesko idolizes the late lead singer of Queen for his astonishing vocal ability, operatic in style and quality. The Hot Springs native loves listening to Mercury, and can’t say enough good things about his voice.
Father Hilary Filiatreau: Colorful monk who loved to sing
posted: 12/22/2011 3:49 a.m. Discuss
When no one could pick up the phone, Father Hilary Filiatreau of the Order of St. Benedict would greet callers with a song.
Donald Jay Smith
posted: 12/18/2011 4:04 a.m. Discuss
Donnie Smith would love to learn to speak fluent Spanish.
Carol Anne Reeves
posted: 11/27/2011 4:54 a.m. Discuss
Carol Reeves learned more from a board game than she did in school.
100-year-old Legionnaire touted as oldest in region
posted: 11/18/2011 3:39 a.m. Discuss
Charley Loucks beat the odds.
Crystal Bridges Museum to open Friday morning
posted: 11/08/2011 5:24 a.m. Discuss
Susan Morrison wouldn’t dream of skipping this event.
It’s Alice’s Game, But Museum Has OK of Waltons
posted: 11/05/2011 noon Discuss
In a rare interview with The New York Times published in June, Alice Walton told the newspaper that before she could launch Crystal Bridges of American Art, she needed the backing of her nieces and nephews.
Art Chosen for Hotel Set to Complement the Nearby Museum
posted: 11/05/2011 noon Discuss
Ground has been broken for a luxury hotel in downtown Bentonville that will cater to visitors to the city’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
New staff Don’t Always Have Art Listed on Resume
posted: 11/05/2011 noon Discuss
Kathryn Roberts hopes to one day be remembered for her work with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Musical group seeks new venue
posted: 09/06/2011 4:17 a.m. Discuss
Despite week after week of record heat, there weren’t many empty seats this summer at Opera in the Ozarks.
Jeffrey Paul Long
posted: 08/28/2011 5:38 a.m. Discuss
Playing quarterback is a dangerous choice of extracurricular activities. On a team that runs the option, it’s even riskier. In that offense, the quarterback is asked to hang on to the football until a defensive player bears in, and then decide whether to keep the ball or flip it to a trailing running back.
UA to fix Fulbright statue base
posted: 08/06/2011 3:04 a.m. Discuss
A statue of J. William Fulbright usually found on the west side of Old Main at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has been moved to storage so its base can be replaced, university officials said Friday.
Crystal Bridges directors build museum staff
posted: 06/13/2011 5:10 a.m. Discuss
Kathryn Roberts hopes to one day be remembered for her work with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
SATURDAY’S CLASS 3A SOFTBALL: Atkins waits until the wee hours to beat Prescott
posted: 05/23/2011 3:52 a.m. Discuss
In the end, Atkins didn’t mind the wait one bit.
CLASS 5A BOYS: This time, Siloam Springs delivers
posted: 05/22/2011 3 a.m. Discuss
Finally, it was Siloam Springs’ turn to celebrate.
CLASS 4A BOYS: De Queen waits, waits, waits, wins
posted: 05/22/2011 2:58 a.m. Discuss
It required all the patience in the world, but De Queen finally got its goal.
CLASS 5A STATE TOURNAMENT: Simpson elevates play, leads Magnolia to 5A title game
posted: 05/17/2011 3:51 a.m. Discuss
Trusting Landon Simpson’s durability proved to be the right decision for Magnolia.
Michael Andre Anderson
posted: 05/15/2011 3:57 a.m. Discuss
Pickup games shouldn’t matter much. But to Mike Anderson, they always do. The new University of Arkansas men’s head basketball coach likes to play those casual contests where hardly anybody is watching at least a couple of times a week. At 51, he is often facing players half his age, if not younger, but he more than holds his own.
14 offered just a peek as museum blossoms
posted: 05/04/2011 2:51 a.m. Discuss
With just over six months remaining until the planned opening of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Don Bacigalupi was smiling.
Sidney Johnson Burris
posted: 05/01/2011 4:28 a.m. Discuss
Sidney Burris is the reason the Dalai Lama is coming to Arkansas on May 11 for two forums in Fayetteville about nonviolence.
SEC WOMEN: UA finds form in victory
posted: 03/11/2011 4:48 a.m. Discuss
After a rough couple of weeks, the Arkansas women’s basketball team finished the regular season on a good note Thursday night.
Grand first inning gets Arkansas back on track
posted: 03/03/2011 5:18 a.m. Discuss
It didn’t take long for the Arkansas baseball team to bounce back from its first loss this season.
Hot-shooting foe pops UA women
posted: 02/28/2011 5:04 a.m. Discuss
It was the opposite of a momentum-builder.
SEC Women: Arkansas buckles down, beats LSU
posted: 02/21/2011 3:23 a.m. Discuss
All of a sudden, Arkansas has LSU’s number in women’s basketball. The Razorbacks completed a season sweep of the Lady Tigers on Sunday, hanging on for a 42-40 victory in front of 1,541 fans at Bud Walton Arena. Arkansas (18-8, 6-8) has now beaten the Lady Tigers (17-11, 7-7) two times in a row, after opening the season on a 16-game skid against them.
Rogers museum pursuing $500,000 challenge grant
posted: 01/24/2011 6 a.m. Discuss
There’s a big prize awaiting the Rogers Historical Museum, provided it can get to the finish line.
Peter Benoliel Lane
posted: 01/16/2011 2:22 a.m. Discuss
Peter Lane was seeing a cello for the first time, and he didn’t quite know what to make of it.
Sandra Gotshalk Stotsky
posted: 12/26/2010 2:38 a.m. Discuss
Jewish mothers, as the stereotype goes, push their children hard and push equally hard on behalf of them.
Long pipe dream, city opens ice rink
posted: 12/25/2010 1:49 a.m. Discuss
The average high temperature in Bentonville in December is 47 degrees, or 15 degrees above the point at which water turns to ice.
SEC WOMEN: UA women start fast, finish strong
posted: 12/17/2010 4:01 a.m. Discuss
The road treated Arkansas well, but the Razorbacks were plenty happy to be back home.
SEC WOMEN: UA women top Middle Tennessee
posted: 11/22/2010 4:24 a.m. Discuss
It was the fourth victory in as many tries for the Arkansas women, but certainly the most satisfying.
Tommy Duane Collen
posted: 11/14/2010 2:52 a.m. Discuss
Tom Collen can’t wait to get out of this place. No, not Fayetteville. Collen says he would like to finish his career as the women’s basketball coach at the University of Arkansas. He wants to escape losing.
TEXAS LEAGUE FINALS: Unlikely power source
posted: 09/16/2010 3:46 a.m. Discuss
Apparently Anthony Seratelli was saving all of his power for the playoffs.
