Stories by Kent Marts

  • Guest column: A home for David

    My oldest professional relationship, going back to April 1977, has come to an end with the death of sportswriter David Lanier.

  • PARADISE ONE STEP AT A TIME

    For three years, heavy sack by heavy sack, Lisa and Paul Majors’ home has grown from their patch of paradise on the northeast side of Benton County’s Posey Mo…

  • Drive-By Shooting Reported

    Police are investigating a drive-by shooting reported on Braxton Drive on Friday night.

  • John Ault Was An Unsung American Hero

    Tuesday afternoon next to one of the grand trees in Bentonville Cemetery, an unsung hero of the Greatest Generation was laid to rest.

  • PEOPLE & PLACES

    Williams Marks 98th Birthday

  • Pica Pole | Muddy water

    With news of flash floods in south Arkansas and Oklahoma City, I’m reminded that flash floods can happen anywhere, including right here in Siloam Springs.

  • Pica Pole : A new chapter begins at the paper

    With the recent announcement of the possibility that the newspapers in the region might merge, a number of people have asked how that affects me. I put the cur…

  • Pica Pole : Balloon Boy story had wings

    Debate has rolled along in the newsroom and elsewhere since Friday, when what quickly became known simply as “Balloon Boy” floated in to fill the insatiable ap…

  • Pica Pole : Aw, nuts! Acorns hard to find

    It is going to be a very rough winter for our forest friends that rely on oak trees to fill the cupboard. Deer, squirrels and most small mammals, and many bird…

  • Pica Pole : If only I felt like the weather

    The weather is beautiful, so why am I suffering miserable allergies, or a cold, or whatever in the heck has my sinus passages plugged as tight as a corked wine…

  • Pica Pole : Don't be fooled by Mars hoax

    Until the end of my time on Earth, I'll face the same question each August. The question is known in astronomy circles as The Great Mars Hoax.

  • Pica Pole Head on out to Hobbs

    If you have not been to the Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area's visitors center, you need to go.

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