I walk into Overstreet Hall, which holds so much of the history of what s now Southern Arkansas University at Magnolia. The three-story building was constructed from 1941-43 with assistance from the federal Works Progress Administration. SAU was founded by the Legislature in 1909 as one of four district agricultural schools and has never forsaken its roots.
I vowed several years ago to take up the mantle long carried by Paul Greenberg, waxing poetic about one of the finest things this state has ever produced. Yes, we re talking about Arkansas tomatoes.
It s only 7 a.m., but several hundred people have gathered on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith for the breakfast sponsored the first Friday of each month by the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce.
I’m taping an episode of my Southern Fried Podcast with Judge Raymond Abramson of the Arkansas Court of Appeals when the subject of Delta Jews comes up. Abramson, who hails from Holly Grove, is among the last of the Delta Jewish lawyers. It’s a group that once included well-known attorneys such as David Solomon of Helena, Oscar Fendler of Blytheville, Kent Rubens of West Memphis and Eddie Grauman of Helena.