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M The Preserve Arkansas 2022 Parker Westbrook Award for Lifetime Achievement will be awarded to architect John K. Mott, a Fort Smith native who is director of preservation for the MTFA Design + Preservation architectural firm in Washington, D.C. He has led the MTFA Design + Preservation team on more than 200 restoration and adaptive reuse projects across the country. His notable Arkansas projects include Old Main and Vol Walker Hall at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; the Drennen-Scott and Willhaf houses at Van Buren; and the Clayton House at Fort Smith. Professor Carl Matthews, UA Fa...

The Arkansas Court of Appeals reversed the guilty verdict and ordered a new trial in the case of Erskine Flamer Jr., who had been convicted of the second degree murder of Deunte Stanley and tampering with physical evidence. An Ashley County Circuit Court jury set the penalty at 50 years in prison and a $2,500 fine for the murder as well as three years in prison and a $500 fine for tampering with evidence. The charges came after a dispute in Pine Street Park in Hamburg on July 21, 2019. The court opinion notes that Flamer and Deunte Stanley were involved in an altercation in the park. Flamerâ...