Kenneth Heard

It became a habit early on when Cowper Chadbourn and his wife, Debbie Doss, first canoed and floated the state’s rivers more than three decades ago. They’d see trash left at some of the access points, which led the pair…

Larry Wilson began his banking career pushing a broom. The regular janitor at what was then First Jacksonville Bank had to have surgery in the mid-1960s. The owner of the bank, Larry’s father, Kenneth Pat Wilson, recruited his son, who…

Dan Waymack and his team can say more in 30 seconds than most people can say in a day. Waymack, the owner of Little Rock video production company Waymack and Crew, has been shooting catchy television advertisements for dozens of…

Like the fabled mythological phoenix, Mississippi County has for decades consistently risen from the ashes of economic despair. Now, with the announcement of a new $3 billion U.S. Steel plant in Osceola, local officials say this could be one of…

James Shemwell did what many Mississippi County residents did in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He left his home in Blytheville to seek better opportunities.   After earning a two-year degree at what was then Mississippi County Community College,…

Although COVID-19 infections appear on the decline, hospitals in the state remain filled with patients as health care workers enter their second year battling the virus. And while hospital personnel have learned by experience the logistics of treating a widespread…

William Brewer intended to make his fortune in the gasoline industry, but history butted in, and he found his fame in banking instead. Brewer’s family had owned gasoline and propane distributorships in southeast Missouri and northeast Arkansas as well as…

Luis Mejia’s tale is a true example of living the American Dream with a hint of a Christmas miracle thrown in. He opened Cynergy Cargo 2, a custom trailer manufacturing business, in Crossett during the onset of the pandemic last…

I’ve always been one to look for the deeper meaning of things, the true heart of an issue or the real drive of what it all means. Once, when a relationship I was in was doomed, the girl wanted us…

Despite being the sales manager of the largest independently owned jewelry store in the country, Jim Engelhorn has his cell phone number posted on the exterior door of Sissy’s Log Cabin in Little Rock. “In case of jewelry emergencies,” the…