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HOT SPRINGS -- The Hot Springs Convention Center is getting a face-lift, and that is just part of the upgrades planned for the 26-year-old facility.

Leaders of the Broyles Foundation say they will move its annual Frank Broyles Award ceremony to Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs starting with the end of the 2024 football season.

A new road to the Olympics could begin Friday when the Pan American Bass Fishing Championship opens at Lake Hamilton.

Though Hot Springs has always had a strong tourism industry, it has been bigger than ever before this year.

Visit Hot Springs is encouraging Garland County residents to support the USA Bass team as it competes against other teams from around the world in the Pan American Bass Fishing Championship on Lake Hamilton Sept. 6-9.

On the 75th anniversary of the death of baseball great Babe Ruth, the YouTube channel Babe Ruth Baseball History released a video today that includes photos from Hot Springs.

Hot Springs 2023 ad campaigns have received three Telly Awards from The Telly Awards organization, which recognizes excellence in video and television work around the world, Visit Hot Springs said in a news release.

A standing-room-only crowd packed the Garland County Circuit Court Division IV courtroom Wednesday as former Chief Deputy Prosecutor Kara Petro was formally sworn in and ceremonially robed as the new circuit court judge by outgoing Judge Marcia Hearnsberger.

Lake Hamilton will soon host anglers from around the world for the 2023 Pan American Bass Fishing Championship Sept. 7-9, and organizers are looking for volunteers to captain boats for the international teams.

A recap of the The Sentinel-Records sports stories from the week.