Suzanne Babb News Today

DE QUEEN, Ark. - After months of anticipation, the total solar eclipse is just one week away.

The first time I was made aware of Aprils total solar eclipse was during a 2021 trip to De Queen. On that trip, I visited with civic leaders like Suzanne Babb and Patrick Massey about planning that was already taking place. They were focused on an event that was almost three years away.

Three counties in rural Arkansas -- Sevier in the southwest; Perry, northwest of Little Rock; and Woodruff in the Delta -- were among the five with the highest percentage change in visitor spending from 2021 to 2022.

Community gardens are keeping food pantry shelves stocked and last updated 2021-04-09 12:45:18-04 As an urban farmer, Colin Lyman is acutely aware of the changes in the seasons and the change in the world that surrounds his community garden in the heart of Baltimore, Maryland. Lyman was not raised on a farm, and yet, here he finds himself, in the middle of Baltimore, tending to a quarter of an acre of land for The 6th Branch, a community nonprofit that aims to help the community through various...