Arkansas Business articles from September 2007

Arkansas Business archives from September 2007

Payday lenders face hurdles: NLR, state regulators take aim at controversial industry.
September 3, 2007... FOR YEARS AFTER THE CHECK CASHERS Act of 1999 was adopted by the General Assembly, businesses known as payday lenders operated with virtual immunity across Arkansas. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Many payday lenders ignored the act's...

Maverick gas wells come up dry in Woodruff County.(MAVERICK OIL & GAS Inc)(Company overview)
September 3, 2007... BRENDA BYERLY SAYS MAVERICK OIL & GAS Inc. of Addison, Texas, which was once a budding player in the Fayetteville Shale Play, packed up one spring day and left without a trace. Maverick's departure from Woodruff County was so abrupt that...

Centennial Bank players wheel, deal.
September 3, 2007... LONG BEFORE MAKING THE DEAL TO sell Centennial Bancshares, its major investors did a lot of wheeling and dealing in upscale Little Rock homes. The biggest winner appears to be John Olaimey, Centennial's executive vice president and...

Costly commentary.(Whispers)
September 3, 2007... Heard about a mass e-mail that aused quite a stir? No, not the River Market warning. We're talking about one that had central Arkansas mortgage lenders up in arms. The version of the message we received alleged that borrowers were at...

After midnight.(Whispers)
September 3, 2007... Carr said there are doctored versions of his original e-mail floating around cyberspace as well. One version of Cart's e-mail drew a response from Scott McElmurry, executive vice president of Bank of Little Rock Mortgage. "This e-mail,...

Night & day.(Whispers)(Young Mens Christian Associations)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... The fall 2007 soccer season is upon us, and a familiar face is noticeably absent from the central Arkansas scene. Mark Gibbs, director of coaching for the YMCA's Westside Futbol Association in Little Rock, left after his first year. ...

Sherwood dirt.(Whispers)
September 3, 2007... A 30-acre commercial development is in the works for Sherwood. The project is in motion after a $3.6 million land purchase by Bear Paw LLC, led by Matt Chandler and Matt Enderlin. The site is near the northeast corner of Johnson Avenue...

Overnight deal.(Whispers)
September 3, 2007... Speaking of multimillion-dollar Sherwood properties... Mahadev LLC of Warren bought the 60-room Best Western Sherwood Inns & Suites at 7533 Warden Road. The seller in that $3.36 million transaction was Whitten Development Inc., led by...

Ain't life grand?(Whispers)(Grandview Heights condominiums project )(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Well, not so much, actually. At least for some of those involved with the Grandview Heights condominiums project on Beaver Lake in northwest Arkansas. The developer of the 170-acre project, which is supposed to have three 15-story...

At long last, justice.(Editorial)
September 3, 2007... FINALLY, LONG AFTER HE should have, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned. The announcement was praised by Democrats and even some Republicans, and rightly so. The departure of Gonzales, and Karl Rove before that, does, however,...

Good (no) call.(Editorial)
September 3, 2007... COV. MIKE BEEBE DECIDED last week that no "imminent crisis called for a special legislative session to fix a law that, as it currently reads, allows Arkansans of any age to marry with parental consent. We said last week that there was no...

CalArk a success story.(Letter)(Letter to the editor)
September 3, 2007... [Senior Editor] George Waldon wrote a good story on CalArk [Arkansas Business, Aug. 20]. It has been a pleasure to watch Tom and Rosie Bartholomew grow that company from their gravel hillside lot in Malvern to the international company it is...

The gas boom.(Publisher's Note)
September 3, 2007... UNLESS YOU ARE A FORTUnate property owner in a 10-county area of Arkansas who has suddenly started receiving checks for no work the past three years, you still may not care much about the Fayetteville Shale Play. Here's why you should...

Storage sale.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(SCC Properties LLC and CDFP CM SCC Investment LLC bought the project from Cooper Commercial Properties III)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... A 177,650-SF warehouse project in west Little Rock came in at $6.4 million. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SCC Properties LLC, led by Erie T. Moore Ltd., and CDFP CM SCC Investment LLC, led by Russell McDonough III, bought the Shackleford...

Pipe land.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
September 3, 2007... The assembly of about 840 acres for a pipe plant in east Little Rock rang up a $3.95 million deal. Welspun Pipes Inc. of India acquired the land in four deals. The sellers were W.B. Isgrig & Sons Inc., led by Lynn Topp, almost 699 acres...

School transaction.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Kristy Adams purchased centre from Maggie Martin)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... A Sherwood education center changed hands in an $840,000 transaction. Kristy Adams purchased the My First School project at 3700 E. Maryland Ave. from SMS Holdings LLC, led by Maggie Martin. The deal is funded with a 25-year loan of...

Commercial location.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Pravinkumar Patel bought the site from Perkins Pharmacies Inc.)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... A 1.2-acre commercial site in North Little Rock drew a $240,000 sale. BHAKTO LLC, led by Pravinkumar Patel, bought the land near the northeast corner of Main and 24th streets. The seller is Perkins Pharmacies Inc., led by Hugh Perkins. The...

Tea room talk.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Kelly Joiner bought the location from John Hathaway and Brett Kirkman)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... A storefront in downtown Little Rock sold for $195,000. Aggieback LLC, led by Kelly Joiner, acquired The Tea Room Resale location at 1611 Main St. The seller is Kirkenstaffaway LLC, led by John Hathaway and Brett Kirkman. The...

Country Club manor.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
September 3, 2007... A 4,006-SF home near the Country Club of Little Rock changed hands in a $1.05 million deal. Kenneth and Stephanie Gunderman purchased the house from Russell McDonough III. The deal is backed with a 30-year loan of $840,000 from Pulaski...

Estates purchase.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Jean Matchett and Susan Conley bought the house from Lanny Shepherd)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... A 6,031-SF home in west Little Rock's Adkins Estates neighborhood rang up an $830,000 sale. Jean Matchett and Susan Conley bought the house from Lanny and Michelle Shepherd. The deal is financed with a 30-year loan of $500,000 from Moore...

Wellington home.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
September 3, 2007... A 4,052-SF home in west Little Rock's Villages of Wellington neighborhood is under new ownership after a $515,000 deal. Mazen Safar and Rana Kayali acquired the house from Thomas Park III and his wife, Carmen. The deal is funded with a...

Multifamily mortgage.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
September 3, 2007... The purchase of two Little Rock apartment projects is backed with a $40 million funding agreement. RRE Chenal Brightwaters TIC LLC and RRE Chenal Brightwaters Holdings LLC of Philadelphia obtained the 10-year loan from Wachovia Bank of...

Marble funding.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Sherwood Marble Co. got loan from One Bank and Trust)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... A business in North Pulaski County picked up an $850,000 financial package. Sherwood Marble Co., led by Doyle Blankenship, got the three-year loan from One Bank & Trust. The 8.7-acre project at 15701 Highway 107 previously was linked with...

Industrial loan.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Burkhalter Leasing LLC obtained loan from National Bank of Arkansas in North Little Rock)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Thirteen industrial lots in Maumelle were used to a secure a $500,000 mortgage. Burkhalter Leasing LLC, led by John Burkhalter, received the loan from North Little Rock's National Bank of Arkansas. The limited liability company...

Shale's economic effects greater than expected.(ENERGY)
September 3, 2007... A University of Arkansas study that projected a $5.5 billion economic impact from the Fayetteville Shale Play between 2005 and 2008 is already proving to be too conservative, Kathy Deck, director of the Center for Business & Economic Research...

Alltel shareholders OK buyout by private equity.(COMMUNICATIONS)
September 3, 2007... Alltel Corp. shareholders approved the company's proposed sell-out to a pair of private equity firms last week. The wireless firm said voters approved the measure with about 97 percent in favor of the purchase. Voters represented about 73...

Jonesboro's Nestle plant plans to hire 120 workers.(MANUFACTURING)(Nestle Prepared Foods)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Nestle Prepared Foods Co. said it plans to hire an additional 120 employees at its Jonesboro manufacturing facility. In April, more than 60 employees were added to the business. With the new jobs, total employment at Nestle in Jonesboro...

Liberty Bank's suits seek $20m tied to 16 loans.(BANKING & FINANCE)
September 3, 2007... Jonesboro-based Liberty Bank of Arkansas has filed three lawsuits asking for a total of $20.2 million in unpaid principal, interest and fees tied to 16 different loans to Gaetano Rizzo and Dominic Geric, residents of Michigan. The...

Dillard's posts 2Q loss of $25m; faces new attack.(Public Reports)(Financial report)
September 3, 2007... Dillard's Inc. reported last week a loss of $25.2 million, or a loss of 31 cents a share, in its second quarter and then faced downgrades by analysts. a decline in share value and a renewed attack by Barington Capital Group LP A year ago,...

Murphy oil subsidiary buys Welsh refinery.(Public Reports)
September 3, 2007... Murphy Oil Corp. said its subsidiary Murco Petroleum Ltd. agreed to buy the remaining 70 percent stake in the Milford Haven, Wales. refinery from Total SA for $250 million. Murco already owned an effective 30 percent interest in the 108.000...

Champion parts posts second-quarter loss.(Public Reports)(Financial report)
September 3, 2007... Champion Parts Inc. of Hope posted a second-quarter loss of $830,000, or a loss of 23 cents a share, compared with earnings of $113,000, or 3 cents a share, for the same period last year. The remanufacturer of automotive parts said sales in...

Fayetteville shale play symposium pulls in 400.
September 3, 2007... A sold-out audience of 400 at the Aug. 29 Fayetteville Shale Play Symposium hosted by Arkansas Business and the University of Central Arkansas heard from a dozen presenters, including, clockwise from far left, Teresa Marks, director of the...

LPGA expected to boost economy by $10 million.(NW Journal: A Look at News From Northwest Arkansas)(Ladies Professional Golf Association)
September 3, 2007... The inaugural LPGA Northwest Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers Sept. 3-9 will provide a sizable bump to northwest Arkansas' economy. A purse of $1.25 million has attracted some of the biggest names on the LPGA tour...

Flake-Kelley takes over Dixie leasing.(NW Journal: A Look at News From Northwest Arkansas)
September 3, 2007... One of Arkansas' heaviest hitters in commercial real estate is coming to the aid of one of northwest Arkansas' most embattled developers. Flake-Kelley of Little Rock is now handling leasing and management for Commerce Park II and Nelson's...

Siloam springs to be site of Driscoll's Hampton Inn.(NW Journal: A Look at News From Northwest Arkansas)
September 3, 2007... Hotelier Marion Driscoll will bring 66 more guest rooms to the market in Siloam Springs when his Hampton Inn opens in late September. The building permit for the project was valued at $2.6 million. Driscoll would not disclose the total...

U.S. Census Bureau.(Business Briefs)(Statistical data)
September 3, 2007... Arkansas, with a median household income of $37,420, continues to rank among the poorest states in the United States, ahead of only last-place Mississippi at $35,261 and West Virginia at $37,227. Oklahoma and Alabama round out the bottom five....

Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions is hosting Manufacturing Matters Conference 2007: Smarter Choices for Growth from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 27 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Rock.(Business Briefs)(Conference news)
September 3, 2007... Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions is hosting Manufacturing Matters Conference 2007: Smarter Choices for Growth from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 27 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Rock. The cost is $179 and includes breakfast, lunch, session...

Sylvia Mohr, standards specialist with the U.S. Mission to the European Union, will speak at the Sept. 11 meeting of the World Trade Club from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 201 S. Shackleford Road in Little Rock.(Business Briefs)
September 3, 2007... Sylvia Mohr, standards specialist with the U.S. Mission to the European Union, will speak at the Sept. 11 meeting of the World Trade Club from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 201 S. Shackleford Road in Little Rock. Cost is $35,...

Camping World of Bowling Green, Ky., America's largest retailer of RV and outdoor supplies, camping accessories and recreational vehicles, opened its first store in Arkansas last week off Interstate 40 in North Little Rock.(Business Briefs)
September 3, 2007... Camping World of Bowling Green, Ky., America's largest retailer of RV and outdoor supplies, camping accessories and recreational vehicles, opened its first store in Arkansas last week off Interstate 40 in North Little Rock. The store will...

Patrick Henry Hays Senior Center.(Business Briefs)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Opening ceremonies were held last week for the 22,000-SF expansion of the Patrick Henry Hays Senior Center, 501 W. Pershing Blvd., in North Little Rock. The nearly $5 million project brings the center to 60,000 SE New features include a lap...

Mama Bea's Big Burgers Inc.(Business Briefs)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Mama Bea's Big Burgers Inc. of Little Rock plans to sign a deal with a New York franchising firm and move to Dallas in the fall. The company said it is considering accepting outside investment to ease the transition and for logistical purposes....

CaseStack.(Business Briefs)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... CaseStack of Santa Monica, Calif., which said it believes northwest Arkansas is becoming the global hub for the next generation of ideas in sustainability, supply chain and consumer packaged goods, announced recently that it plans to open an...

The Sam M. Walton College of Business of the University of Arkansas has chosen Rise Vision Inc.(Business Briefs)
September 3, 2007... The Sam M. Walton College of Business of the University of Arkansas has chosen Rise Vision Inc. of Shawnee, Kan., to design, build and install a digital signage system for its new Global Financial Markets Trading Center. Under the oversight of...

Tootie Pie Co. of Boerne, Texas, a baker and seller of handmade pies, has announced the opening of another sales region with the addition of the Little Rock division of Ben E. Keith Foods.(Business Briefs)(Financial report)
September 3, 2007... Tootle Pie Co. of Boerne, Texas, a baker and seller of handmade pies, has announced the opening of another sales region with the addition of the Little Rock division of Ben E. Keith Foods. Ben E. Keith Arkansas covers all of Arkansas and parts...

Coaches, doctor top list of highest-paid state workers.(Overview)
September 3, 2007... DR. ROBERT "JAKE" JAQUISS got a $100,000 raise this year, bringing his total compensation as a professor of cardiovascular surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to $1.1 million--and putting him in rarefied company: one of...

Highest-paid state employees.
September 3, 2007... Highest-Paid State Employees Ranked by total compensation Name Title Agency/Institution 1 Houston Dale Nutt Head Football Coach University of ...

UAMS emplyees.(University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences )(Table)
September 3, 2007... UAMS Employees Ranked by total compensation Total Name Title Compensation 1 Robert Jaquiss, Professor, Cardiovascular...

Arkansas Educational Television Network Commission.(EDUCATION)
September 3, 2007... Ronnie Williams, vice president for student services at the University of Central Arkansas at Conway, has been appointed by Gov. Mike Beebe to the Arkansas Educational Television Network Commission, which oversees the statewide public...

Ray Wallace, who was hired in May as provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, has officially assumed his duties.(EDUCATION)
September 3, 2007... Ray Wallace, who was hired in May as provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, has officially assumed his duties. Arleene Breaux has been promoted to vice chancellor for university...

Medical Dosimetry Certification Board.(HEALTH CARE)
September 3, 2007... Eric Easton has earned national certification through the Medical Dosimetry Certification Board in Hartford, Conn. Easton is the certified medical dosimetrist at the Claude Parrish Radiation Therapy Institute of North Arkansas Regional Medical...

Conway Regional Health System.(HEALTH CARE)
September 3, 2007... Wendy Wiley has accepted the position of medical information director at Conway Regional Health System. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Farmers Insurance Group.(INSURANCE)
September 3, 2007... C. Ray Roberts, an agent at Farmers Insurance Group of North Little Rock, has received the company's highest award for outstanding overall performance and has joined a select group as a member of the Presidents Council.

Jonesboro Prosthetic & Orthotic Laboratory.(MANUFACTURING)
September 3, 2007... Rob A. Yates has been named president and chief executive officer of Jonesboro Prosthetic & Orthotic Laboratory. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Boyd Metals Inc.(MANUFACTURING)
September 3, 2007... Jon Kennon and Justin Robles have been hired by Boyd Metals Inc. as account managers at the Fort Smith offices. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED]

Arkansas Methodist Medical Center.(MEDIA/MARKETING)
September 3, 2007... Shane Carter has been named director of public relations and marketing for Arkansas Methodist Medical Center of Paragould. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

American Bankers Association School of Bank Marketing & Management.(MEDIA/MARKETING)
September 3, 2007... Vickey Warriner, vice president of marketing at Pine Bluff National Bank, has graduated from the American Bankers Association School of Bank Marketing & Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Warriner alsoearned the Certified...

Methodist Family Health Foundation.(NONPROFIT)
September 3, 2007... Becky Kossover has been appointed to the board of directors of the Methodist Family Health Foundation of Little Rock. Kossover has over 20 years of experience in management, public relations and fundraising.

Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation.(NONPROFIT)
September 3, 2007... Diana Denning has joined the Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation as donor recognition coordinator and graphic designer. Will Whiting has also joined the foundation as the senior community development coordinator. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Tracey Maulden, an executive broker for Crye-Leike Realtors of Little Rock, has received the Accredited Buyer's Representative award from the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council.(REAL ESTATE)
September 3, 2007... Tracey Maulden, an executive broker for Crye-Leike Realtors of Little Rock, has received the Accredited Buyer's Representative award from the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council and the Graduate Realtor Institute award from the National...

Stock summary.
September 3, 2007... Stock Summary Arkansas Public 8/30/2007 Weekly YTD 52-Week 52-Week Company Stocks Close Change Change High Low Acxiom Corp. (ACXM) 24.34 -0.81% -5.14% 28.25 20.92...

Legal notices.
September 3, 2007... GENERAL NOTICES NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS PRORATE DIVISION -12TH IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NO. PDE2007-1352 JOHN IDEN FLEISCHAUER, JR., DECEASED LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF DECEDENT: 1116 N. Spruce Street...

More of the same.(Whispers)
September 3, 2007... Apparently E&S Development & Properties has everyone singing and dancing. The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal reported two weeks ago that the project was held up because Benton County has not yet issued a building permit because the...

Fox trot.(Whispers)
September 3, 2007... Word is there's been a recent defection within the management ranks from one central Arkansas television station to another. Jana Cason, the former business manager at Nexstar Broadcasting Group's KARK-TV, Channel 4, has left the station to...

Summer numbers.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas Media)
September 3, 2007... One TV ratings book each year flies a little lower under the radar than the other three, and that is the July period. Nevertheless, we've received some early whole numbers that will still paint a fairly accurate picture of how the big four...

Wake and watch.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas Media)(KTHV-TV)(Channel 11)(Channel 7)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... The morning ratings race between KTHV-TV, Channel 11, and KATV-TV, Channel 7, is a tight one with the stations neck and neck at 5 and 6 a.m. KARK-TV, Channel 4, which showed signs last fall that it was increasing the competition in the...

Evening starters.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas Media)(KATV-TV (Little Rock, Arkansas))(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... There's no disputing that KATV is still the clear-cut leader at 5 and 6 p.m., pulling down a 10 rating and 25 share and 14 rating and 29 share, respectively. Both KATV and KTHV are locked up in both slots, with KARK holding a slight lead...

Tale at 10.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas Media)(KARK-TV )(KATV)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Though KATV clearly leads in the total market ratings at 10 p.m., Audas said KTHV leads in most demographics at that time slot. KATV pulled an 11 rating and 23 share, while KTHV had a 9 rating and 20 share. KARK had the same as June 2006...

Market watch.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas Media)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... Though the July ratings period is mostly overlooked, it is the time of year when Nielsen Media Research releases its annual list of how the country's 210 designated market areas stack up. There are three in Arkansas, with each one recording...

On the line.(THE PLAYING FIELD)
September 3, 2007... Sports Illustrated's pro football expert, Peter King, offers opinions on players' abilities that transcend the other so-call experts. So when King recently wrote that former University of Arkansas tight end Jason Peters (2001-03) of the Buffalo...

Glamour Girls invade NWA.(THE PLAYING FIELD)
September 3, 2007... The Ladies Professional Golf Association makes its first tournament appearance ever in Arkansas this week with the Northwest Arkansas LPGA Championship Presented by John Q. Hammons at Rogers' Pinnacle Country Club. Most importantly, the...

Speaking out.(THE PLAYING FIELD)
September 3, 2007... "I like the way Granny thinks!" --Diana Nutt in an e-mail, on being told that a friend's relative approved of Teresa Prewitt's derogatory e-mail to former Hog quarterback Mitch Mustain (Washington County Circuit Court documents) ...

The daly news.(THE PLAYING FIELD)(Cartoon)
September 3, 2007... I wish these tournaments were only one round! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Countdown to p-day.(THE PLAYING FIELD)
September 3, 2007... Jermain Taylor's world middle-weight championship belts will be on the line when he fights Ohio native Kelly Pavlik on Saturday, Sept. 29, in Atlantic City. HBO will broadcast the event live. After two lackluster fights, Taylor is facing a...

Penthouse & outhouse.
September 3, 2007... TYSON GAY The former University of Arkansas sprinter pulled away from rivals Derrick Atkins of the Bahamas and Asafa Powell of Jamaica in the final 20 yards and impressively won the 100 meter dash at the International Association of...

Change of scenery.(ASU NOTES)
September 3, 2007... When Southern Methodist University plays Arkansas State in Jonesboro on Sept. 15, the Mustangs will be making their first appearance in Arkansas since Sept. 19, 1998, when the Arkansas Razorbacks beat the Ponies 44-17 at Little Rock's War...

Indians' payday.(ASU NOTES)
September 3, 2007... Arkansas State will be making more than $1.5 million for three nonconference road games in 2007, according to figures reported in the Jonesboro Sun. The University of Texas was to pay ASU $700,000 for the teams' season opener Sept. 1 in...

Eyes on the Indians.(ASU NOTES)
September 3, 2007... The largest crowd to see the Indians play was the turnout in Baton Rouge, La., on Sept. 11, 2004, when 91,611 mostly LSU Tiger fans showed up to see the Indians chewed up 53-3. That mark will likely be bested when the Indians visit Knoxville's...

Indians' goals start after Texas.(ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY)
September 3, 2007... Shade has become a rare commodity during Arkansas State football practices. Under the shadow of their athletic facility just south of the astroturf stadium, the Indians have been preparing on their practice fields for their season opener at...

UCA tackles full division I schedule: for more than a month, the most striking evidence of change, a dominating view from the major artery on the University of Central.(UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS)
September 3, 2007... Arkansas campus in Conway, was tangibly intangible. Six steel pillars, shooting up from the end zone, awaited the visual and the techno but offered almost ritualistic signs. When the Central Arkansas Bears open their home football season...

A healthy Hillis holds the key for hogs.
September 3, 2007... How much did the University of Arkansas Razorbacks miss Peyton Hillis during the last four games of its 10-4 campaign in 2006? Head coach Houston Nutt and Hogs defensive coordinator Reggie Herring both say Hillis' absence may have been the...

Bruce James calls the hogs.
September 3, 2007... Bruce James was an All-America defensive end for the University of Arkansas in 1970, chose Little Rock as his home after a brief professional stint with the Philadelphia Eagles, and for the past nine years has appeared on KATV's highly rated...

Players to watch.(HOG NOTES)
September 3, 2007... Down the line, nearly every coach and player spoke with mentioned sophomore Malcolm Sheppard, a defensive end during the spring who was shifted during August drills to tackle. Though seemingly undersized at 275 pounds, Sheppard has exceptional...

Separation anxiety.(HOG NOTES)
September 3, 2007... One of the problems with Arkansas establishing a consistent passing game in recent years has been the inability of the receivers to get separation, either through raw speed or with precise route-running and physical strength against man-to-man...

More NFL-style drills.(HOG NOTES)(Brief article)
September 3, 2007... While the receivers were learning new pro-style techniques for getting open, returning Arkansas quarterback Casey Dick was getting the old-fashioned treatment from new offensive coordinator David Lee to shorten his stride. Lee said that...