Texarkana’s Roy D. Hopkins Feed & Seed in 1952. (Photos provided) On the Arkansas side of the Texarkana border, you’ll find a growing city and a thriving entertainment district — but it wasn’t always that way. The Hopkins Icehouse stands…
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Cash to Receive Honorary Doctorate at ASU Spring Commencement
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffRosanne Cash will receive an honorary doctoral degree during Arkansas State University’s spring commencement ceremony, Saturday, May 7, at 10 a.m. at Jonesboro’s Centennial Bank Stadium. Cash is an American singer-songwriter, author, historic preservationist, and daughter of the late Johnny…
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Documentary to Follow New Arkansas Statues Bound for US Capitol
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas PBS is producing a feature-length documentary on the selection, creation and installation of new statues of Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash that will represent Arkansas in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The completed documentary is…
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Crow, Stapleton Among Artists Named in Johnny Cash Festival Lineup
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffFourteen critically acclaimed music performers make up the full line-up for the virtual Johnny Cash Heritage Festival, according to a press release from officials of the Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home. The festival, scheduled to stream Friday and…
Arkansas will have new statues in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and the artists have been chosen to sculpt them. Statues of attorney Uriah Rose and former Gov. James P. Clarke will be replaced by statues…
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State Raises $510K for Daisy Gatson Bates, Johnny Cash Statues; Public Fundraising to Begin
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Nov. 12 that $510,000 has been raised to replace Arkansas’ statues in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. The new statues will be Daisy Lee Gatson Bates and Johnny Cash. The announcement took place…
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Governor’s Address: New Statutes Give Arkansas History a Fresh Face
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAfter three months of hard work that produced historic and much-needed legislation, the 92nd General Assembly has adjourned. Together, we cut taxes. We raised teacher pay. We funded roads and highways, and we passed legislation that will bring more efficiency…
“Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our unity.” – Adrian Cronauer _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ by Caleb Talley Arkansas is dealing with an identity crisis. Legislatively, at least. State…