Front & Center

Adair Howell was one of the first women to be voted into the Conway Noon Rotary Club in 1989. At the time, allowing women into the club was controversial, with…

Brooke Bradford found out she had been elected state president of Arkansas FFA the same day she found out she had been named a U.S. Presidential Scholar for 20…

David Ewing went from painting a police station in Alaska to running one in Arkansas.

Ellis Arnold can’t shake Hendrix College.

Paul Bradley is rooted deeply in the city of Conway. He graduated from Conway High School in 2002 and earned his management information systems degree from the…

For Dr. Casey Smolarz and his staff at the emergency room of Baptist Health-Conway, he said being properly trained has helped them prepare adequately enough fo…

Hendrix College in Conway was the host of the Arkansas Governor’s School, a summer residential program for high school seniors, for 39 years — ever since the p…

Growing up, James Walden spent many hours playing SimCity video games and pouring over state highway and tourist maps, as well as population and statistics. He…

Claire Summers never planned on becoming a teacher.

Kasey Griffin has lived in Heber Springs her whole life.

Maumelle Police Chief Cory Pickard has all the markings of a leader. It’s a quality honed through decades of police work, volunteer firefighting and military s…

Aimee Prince checks all the boxes.

Over the course of 40 years, Sam Williams lived his dream of being in law enforcement, nearly half of them as chief of police in Maumelle. When that all came t…

Jennifer Boyett is coming home again, and she is excited to have a fresh start.

The students who will benefit from Jim Murphy’s $1.2 million endowment at Arkansas Tech University can thank his football skills for landing him there.