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Encyclopedia of Arkansas celebrates 8,000 entries – Arkansas Times
The Encyclopedia of Arkansas’s latest entry — on Pallbearer, the Little Rock doom metal band — marks a significant milestone: 8,000 published articles.
A project of the Central Arkansas Library System, the encyclopedia is a rich repository of information about the state’s history, art, culture, geography, economics, folklore and much more. Easily accessible and constantly updated, it is an invaluable educational resource. It’s like an Arkansas-specific Wikipedia but with more built-in features and ways to explore its pages. We here at the Arkansas Times crib from it often.
More entries are already on the way. Guy Lancaster, editor of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas and an eclectic content contributor to the Arkansas Times, said there are “another 20-plus that we’ll be uploading next week.
“Last year, we uploaded 413 entries. So at this pace, entry 9,000 isn’t that far off,” Lancaster said in an email. “Thanks to everyone who keeps writing, reviewing, donating, and encouraging!”
The encyclopedia, a project of CALS’ Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, first went live in 2006, with 700 entries. In the nearly two decades since then, it has grown more than 12 times its original size and added features like quizzes and the county explorer.
Martin Parets of Atlanta is responsible for the 8,000th article, in which he described Pallbearer as a “source of pride for Arkansas’s music scene alongside bands such as Rwake and Terminal Nation.”
We agree. With five albums under their belt and write-ups in publications like The New York Times and Forbes (and the Arkansas Times), Pallbearer is a most worthy subject for the 8,000th article.
(Speaking of, Pallbearer has a gig coming up on June 7 at the Mutants of the Monster fest in North Little Rock.)
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Autopsies rule Arkansas mothers death a suicide; twin children’s deaths homicides
BONANZA, Ark. (KATV) — According to our partners at 40/29 News, autopsies show that Charity Beallis died by suicide, and her six-year-old twin children died by homicide.
Beallis and the children were found on December 3, 2025, in their home in Bonanza. All three had gunshot wounds.
Records show that Beallis and her husband were in the process of divorcing when the murders happened. 40/29 reports that Beallis’ son has asked that their divorce be considered final, while her husband, Randall Beallis, has asked the court to dismiss the divorce proceedings.
The news release listed the following evidence:
— An examination of the transcripts of the deposition of Mrs. Beallis in the divorce/custody case and the final hearing on the case on 12-2-2025, reveal that she wished to be reconciled to her estranged husband, which did not happen. Mrs. Beallis, after being represented by four different attorneys, represented herself in the contested divorce/custody hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, Mrs. Beallis was ordered to begin joint custody of her children with her estranged husband.
–Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband was a driver of a Tesla electric vehicle at that time. Tesla has compiled location data on Tesla vehicles, and according to the information provided by Tesla, Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband’s vehicle was not near the residence in Bonanza on the night in question. Also, the estranged husband’s phones did not “ping” any of the cell towers proximately related to Ms. Beallis’ location.
–Information from the home security alarm company shows the alarm was deactivated by Mrs. Beallis by her phone (she had exclusive access to the security system) at around 10 pm on the night in question. Even though deactivated, the alarm company was able to provide information showing no doors or windows to the home were opened during that time. When law enforcement arrived after 9:30 am on 12-3-2025, there were no doors or windows open, and they had to use a key to enter the home. SCSO rigorously tested the functioning of each door and window and found them to be operating properly.
The court released an order on Wednesday stating that it does not have jurisdiction to rule on those motions regarding the divorce. Beallis’ body has been released to her son, while the children are with Randall Beallis.
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Wally Hall
Wally Hall is assistant managing sports editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock after an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, he is a member and past president of the Football Writers Association of America, member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, past president and current executive committee and board member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, and voter for the Heisman Trophy. He has been awarded Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year 10 times and has been inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and Arkansas Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame.
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