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• So much for a school settlement in Pulaski County

  The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Cynthia Howell got the scoop on what appears to be coming upheaval in the Pulaski County School District along with the likely end of any chance of a speedy resolution of school desegregation issues in Pulaski County.

• Riverfest calls it quits

  The board of directors of Riverfest, Arkansas's largest and longest running music festival, announced today that the festival will no longer be held. Riverfest celebrated its 40th anniversary in June. A press release blamed competition from other festivals and the rising cost of performers fees for the decision.

• Football for UA Little Rock

  Andrew Rogerson, the new chancellor at UA Little Rock, has decided to study the cost of starting a major college football team on campus (plus a marching band). Technically, it would be a revival of football, dropped more than 60 years ago when the school was a junior college.

• Turn to baseball

  When the world threatens to get you down, there is always baseball — an absorbing refuge, an alternate reality entirely unto itself.

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• A forgotten classic

  Tom Graves' comic novel 'Pullers' is set in the world of competitive arm wrestling.

  • by Matt Baker
  • Jul 21, 2016

• Review: 'Don't Start Me Talkin'

  By Tom Williams, Curbside Splendor Publishing, $15.96 (paperback).

  • by Matt Baker
  • Apr 10, 2014

• Pollan to WAC, Harris to Blytheville

  Plus, Douglas Blackmon and Books in Bloom in Eureka Springs.

  • by Robert Bell
  • May 2, 2012
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• Five big questions for Arkansas football

  Among them: Can Austin Allen get a better handle on the job and rein in his emotions?

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  • I need to find a scared straight program for my 14 yr old daughter here…

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