Street in front of Bud Walton Arena to be renamed after Nolan Richardson
The Fayetteville City Council passed a resolution to rename Leroy Pond Drive after former men s Razorback basketball coach Nolan Richardson. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 6:24 PM CDT March 17, 2021
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. The Fayetteville City Council passed a resolution to change the name of Leroy Pond Drive, one of the busiest roads on the University of Arkansas campus, to Nolan Richardson Drive on Tuesday (March 16).
Leroy Pond Drive sits in front of Bud Walton Arena, the home of the men s and women s Razorback basketball teams.
The University of Arkansas Black Alumni Society has requested that the Fayetteville City Council rename Leroy Pond Drive for Razorback Basketball Coach Nolan Richardson. If passed, a section of Meadow Street between Stadium Drive to Graham Avenue will be renamed Leroy Pond Drive.
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“He never knew an enemy. People he worked with and the clients he served all thought they were his best friend. He was one of a kind, said nephew, Clark Dillard. The Southern Cotton Ginners Association recognized Lindsey’s contributions to the community by naming this year s SCGA Memorial Scholarship in his honor.
Elmer Baxter “B” Lindsey is well known as a devoted family man, pillar of the community and an advocate for the cotton industry. He’s also remembered as an accomplished businessman, a gifted athlete and a farmer.
But the people who knew him best remember him as a good man, a strong Christian who made their lives better by knowing him.
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Tommy Tuberville Net Worth: Tommy Tuberville is an American college football coach and politician who has a net worth of $16 million. Tuberville was the head football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1995 to 1998, followed by Auburn University from 1999 to 2008. From 2010 to 2012 he was the head coach of Texas Tech. From 2013 to 2016 he coached from the University of Cincinnati. He was elected to the United States Senate in November 2020, serving Alabama. He began his term in January 2021.
Tuberville was inspired to run for office by his father, a World War II vet and recipient of five Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. His father instilled in him values such as patriotism, work ethic, and grit. Tuberville has been called the common sense conservative. He campaigned for lower taxes, gun rights, improving education, immigration reform, healthcare reform, battling against government overreach and fighting for the unborn, in addition to a number of other issues.
Photos: (from left) Paul Rowton, Robert Rudolph and Steve Eddington
LITTLE ROCK – Gov. Asa Hutchinson has announced three appointments to the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas State University (ASU) System.
On Monday, Gov. Hutchinson signed Act 18, officially adding Henderson State University (HSU) in Arkadelphia to the ASU System. Act 18 also expands the system’s board of trustees from five members to seven.
Gov. Hutchinson appointed the following members to the ASU System Board of Trustees:
• Paul Rowton, Harrisburg, is the executive vice president of GES Inc., a corporation that owns and operates Edwards Food Giant and Edwards Cash Saver Supermarkets. Rowton is the former president of the ASU Alumni Association, where he served on the board of directors for 14 years. Rowton’s term will expire Jan. 14, 2028.
December 27, 2020
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Arkansas All-American, Outland Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Fame inductee Loyd Phillips has died at the age of 75. Phillips died on Sunday after complications from a stroke.
Phillips, who grew up in Longview Texas, was one of the greatest football players in Razorback history, a consensus two-time All-American for Arkansas from 1964-66. He is one of only two Outland Trophy winners in school history (Bud Brooks), an award annually given to the best interior lineman in college football.
“The Razorback Family and college football has lost one of its true legends,” Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Hunter Yurachek said. “Loyd Phillips was a ferocious competitor for Coach Frank Broyles in what was a truly golden era of Razorback Football. As his accomplishments attest, he established himself among the best to ever play college football. However, away from the field, Loyd was a humble