Word on the street is that Kane Webb, longtime columnist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and editor of the paper's Sunday "Perspectives" section, is leaving the newspaper business and jumping into the teaching game. He's headed to Catholic High School in Little Rock, his alma mater, to teach English. It's a good fit, since that's the language he speaks. Rejected titles for this post included "The Kane Mutiny" and "Webb Poets Society." … [Read more...]

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette announced yesterday that they're battening down the hatches. They’ll be ending free access to their online content  starting August 5 — all news content (much of which has been available at no charge through the newspaper’s Northwest Arkansas site) will officially be on lockdown. The inimitable Lance Turner offers his analysis of this strategic move here. Choice cut: And what does it mean for the Web site? Well, you can kiss some of those inbound links … [Read more...]

Sweet romance fills the air as Arkansas Project pals Blake Rutherford (of the Blake's Think Tank blog) and Jessica Dean (KATV's Little Miss Choose Your News 2009) are engaged to be wed. Congrats to the happy couple, pictured here in the studio on 103.7 The Buzz on a recent radio outing. … [Read more...]

In violation of both good judgment and all canons of quality broadcasting, The Buzz/103.7 in Little Rock is allowing Blake Rutherford, Lance Turner and me back on the air on Sunday morning, where radio impresario R.J. Hawk will ride herd on our antics from 9 a.m. to noon as we talk about politics and current events and whatever buffoonery comes up. You may recall we did this a couple of months back and the results were just simply disastrous. Our ringleader Blake is sitting in for usual host … [Read more...]