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OPINION | REX NELSON: King of the Delta Sam Epstein Angel of Lake Village, who died last month at age 83, was a Delta legend. Angel was born in January 1939 at a time when Jewish families were prominent in Delta areas of Arkansas and Missis... September 28, 2022

COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN ARKANSAS: Rex Nelson’s predictions for week 5 There seems to be a hex surrounding the Southwest Classic for Arkansas.Texas A&M has won 10 of the previous 11 meetings. Saturday night’s game in Arlington marked the third time in the past ... September 27, 2022

Unique waterway: Outdoor opportunities abound along the Caddo River in the largest and oldest national forest in the South More than half a century has passed, but the memories remain vivid of stops at Caddo Gap with my father.If it were spring, summer or early fall, he would stop the car as he made his rounds (he sold at... September 25, 2022

OPINION | REX NELSON: Along the Caddo On the dust jacket of “Remote Access,” a book about small public libraries from the University of Arkansas Press, there’s a photo of two men sitting in front of the library at Norman... September 25, 2022

OPINION | REX NELSON: Breakfast at Glenwood I pull into Glenwood early on a rainy Tuesday morning, looking forward to breakfast with the local good ol' boys at the O.K. Cafe. Alas, it's closed.There has to be somewhere that serves break... September 24, 2022

OPINION | REX NELSON: A college at Cane Hill The Cumberland Presbyterian settlers at Cane Hill in Washington County were serious about education. The church's Cane Hill congregation was established in 1828, eight years before Arkansas became... September 21, 2022

COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN ARKANSAS: Rex Nelson’s predictions for week 4 At the end, most of the 74,133 in attendance at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium could finally exhale. Arkansas had overcome a 17-point deficit to subdue Bobby Petrino’s Missouri State Bears... September 20, 2022

OPINION | REX NELSON: Calling all Texans The drive into Hochatown, an unincorporated community a few miles from the Arkansas border in southeastern Oklahoma, isn't what I expected. There are billboards everywhere. Even though it's a ... September 18, 2022

OPINION | REX NELSON: Captivated by Cane Hill It was cloudy on the Wednesday that Paul Austin, the former head of the Arkansas Humanities Council, and I parked the car at Cane Hill in rural Washington County. Yes, there are still rural areas in t... September 17, 2022

Along the Caddo On the dust jacket of "Remote Access," a book about small public libraries from the University of Arkansas Press, there's a photo of two men sitting in front of the library at Norman. According to the... September 15, 2022