Rex Nelson

The St. Francis River begins in Missouri's Iron County as a mountain stream. It flows swiftly through the St. Francois Mountains for 25 miles before slowing down just north of Poplar Bluff.

The St. Francis River begins in Missouri's Iron County as a mountain stream. It flows swiftly through the St. Francois Mountains for 25 miles before slowing down just north of Poplar Bluff.

When I was invited earlier this year to speak to the annual meeting of the Trumann Chamber of Commerce, I was asked if there was anything else I wanted to do while in the area.

As long as the schedule doesn't change, I will drive to the DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Little Rock on six Sunday nights next year to speak. The visitors who listen to me pay money to Road Scholar, a nonprofit organization that specializes in experiential travel for those ages 50 and older.

My wish for you this Christmas is that you make enough memories to last a lifetime. Those memories will serve us far longer than gifts.

In this week's episode, Rex welcomes Bryan Day, executive director of the Little Rock Port Authority, back to the show to catch up on new developments in Central Arkansas' economic sector.

Golf was Memphis automobile dealer Wallace Claypool's favorite activity in the early 1920s. In 1925, though, he went on a duck hunt at Reelfoot Lake that changed his life.

ADG Illustration by John Deering for Style 8/10/00.man rolling up sleeves In the 1840s, a community was established along a small road through the pine woods of what was then Saline County.

Arkansas was in a bad spot when I was born here in 1959. The state had been losing population faster than any other state since 1940.

Anew year has dawned. Another 12 months of traveling across and writing about Arkansas has begun. Here are some things I would like to see happen in 2025: