ESI Staff
Draft budget gets the once-over at CAPC
At the Wednesday, Sept. 10 workshop, the City Advertising and Promotion Commission started 2026 budget talks with Finance Director Ty Reed presenting a draft....
Citizen throws shade on proposed tree cut
Members of the Planning Commission heard some criticism from the public about a decision made in August that granted permission to remove a maple...
Who wouldn’t want a redtail shark in the living room?
Sean McCanless has the perfect answer for anyone wanting no-hassle pets that will entertain you on a gray day, don’t have to be groomed,...
Constables on Patrol
Sept. 9
11:14 a.m. – Officers were unable to locate a reported suspicious male downtown.
1:54 p.m. – Officers could not locate the owner of an...
Who’s in charge?
Many citizens traveling north on US Highway 65 from Conway, Arkansas, to Carroll County have been experiencing travel delays in excess of an hour...
The Coffee Table
Don’t call me sweetie, darlin’
People are sometimes surprised to find that I am 71 years old. They say, “You don’t look 71,” although I beg to...
Hall Closets
Ouch! Oh man! That one stung, badly.
Two missed FGs and an ill-timed turnover on a late-game drive that coulda/shoulda/woulda won it for the visitors,...
From the Back Porch
Houselights flicker, then go off. A few coughs, bodies settle into seats. Silence. A spotlight hits center stage, the curtains open, and there he...
American Insights
Who Are We?
On the dark, seemingly endless autumn night of Saturday, November 23, 1963, the journalist James Reston began to write. “America wept tonight,...
The Dirt on Nicky
Garlic built the pyramids
French physician and bon vivant Henri Leclerc gets credit for calling garlic “the stinking rose.” Garlic belongs in the lily family,...