by Cathy Drew | Dec 11, 2025 | Travel Tips
🎻 How a Small Arkansas Town Helped Shape the Sound of a Nation 🎶 Most people think of Nashville when they think of the Grand Ole Opry — but the spark that lit that legendary stage began in a little place called Mammoth Spring, Arkansas. It all started in 1919, when a...
by Cathy Drew | Dec 8, 2025 | Travel Tips
Governor Sanders and Sec. Lewis Sign MOU with U.S. Forest Service Designating Blanchard Springs Caverns as Arkansas’ Newest State Park LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Secretary Shea Lewis today...
by Cathy Drew | Dec 6, 2025 | Travel Tips
LIVING WINDOWS & PARADE DETAILS ANNOUNCED Calico Rock will hold their annual Living Windows & Lighted Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 13, in just one week. For those that have not experienced it, it’s hard to share just how magical this night is....
by Cathy Drew | Dec 6, 2025 | Travel Tips
Step into the New Year with a guided First Day Hike at Lake Charles State Park POWHATAN, Ark. – Lake Charles State Park will offer a First Day Hike, Jan. 1, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the park, 3705 Highway 25, Powhatan. The event is free and open to the...
by Cathy Drew | Dec 2, 2025 | Travel Tips
When Rock ’n’ Roll Rolled Through Northeast Arkansas Long before the bright lights of Memphis or Nashville defined their careers, a group of young musicians—Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and others—cut their teeth on the small-town stages...
by Cathy Drew | Nov 25, 2025 | Travel Tips
Lyon College Christmas Concert and Tree Lighting Set for Dec. 5 BATESVILLE, Arkansas — Lyon College will present its annual musical gift to the community with a Christmas Concert and Tree Lighting at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in Sloan Auditorium of the Brown Fine Arts...
