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2024 Tailgate Preview II: Arkansas State

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September 20, 2024

2024 Tailgate Preview II: Arkansas State

Don’t look now, but your 2-0 Iowa State Cyclones are coming off a bye week, ready to get back to business on Saturday. If you’re like me and you’ve re-watched the CyHawk game over and over since September 7th, you’re probably ready to watch this team play live again. Hopes are high, the future looks bright, and there’s no better place to be than Jack Trice stadium on the first official weekend of fall.

Weather: Warm and possibly rainy

Annoyingly, it looks like there will be chances for rain most of Saturday. However, if it isn’t raining, it shouldn’t be too hot and humid and there is potential for a nice tailgating day. Clouds will help keep your sunburn chances down and there doesn’t seem to be much chance for high winds or severe weather. Cross fingers and toes for no lightning and we should be good to go.

Food: Salami and cream cheese bites

Fast. Easy. Won’t get soggy if it’s rainy. I love a dip or a crunchy snack mix at a tailgate, but if it’s going to be a wet tailgate, you might want to contribute something that won’t be a mushy mess in bad weather. As the beer gets flowing, you’ll want a little salty bite to accompany your beverage. These are perfect.

Drink: Summer beer fridge clean out

If you haven’t already, the time to transition to fall beer is nearly here. This would be a good time to drink up all your summer beer you have in your beer fridge or basement. If you’re not a seasonal beer drinker, just go ahead and do whatever you want. Weirdo.

Game: Crossnet

This says it’s volleyball meets four square and can be set up anywhere…I’ve seen this popping up all over the place and it looks SO fun. Competitive, but not too physically demanding (you don’t want to be soaked with sweat during the game). Or, if it’s raining, just play Rock Paper Scissors or something.

Song: All For You by Janet Jackson

We’re continuing my walk down college memory lane with another song from my freshman year of college at Iowa State. My roommate (hi Kari!) and I listened to this CD on repeat in our Towers dorm room. Sure, we didn’t have air conditioning, we had to walk soooo far to class and football games, and we had to shower in flip flops. But there isn’t much I would change about that first year at ISU, including the soundtrack .

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Arkansas State Police investigating fatal shooting in Wynne

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April 15, 2026

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Arkansas State Police investigating fatal shooting in Wynne

WYNNE, Ark. (KAIT) – Arkansas State Police are investigating a fatal shooting Tuesday at the intersection of C Street and Fitzhugh Circle in Wynne.

Cindy Murphy, communications director at the Arkansas Department of Public Safety, confirmed the shooting but did not provide additional details, including the identity of the victim or whether a suspect was in custody.

“We’re working on a release that will hopefully include additional information,” she said.

Murphy said the Wynne Police Department asked ASP’s Criminal Investigation Division to investigate.

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No. 36 Men’s Tennis Opens SEC Tournament Against No. 26 Kentucky

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April 15, 2026

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No. 36 Men’s Tennis Opens SEC Tournament Against No. 26 Kentucky

Avri Kamplain
April 14, 2026

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 36 Arkansas men’s tennis team (16-13) travels to College Station, Texas to begin postseason play at the 2026 SEC Men’s Tennis Tournament. The Razorbacks will face No. 26 Kentucky (16-12) in the first round on Wednesday, April 15 at 2 p.m. CT.

Arkansas and Kentucky met earlier this season on March 8 in Fayetteville, where the Razorbacks earned a 4-3 victory. Arkansas enters the tournament ranked No. 36 in the latest ITA team rankings, led by No. 20 Jakub Vrba in singles. In doubles, the duo of Eric Padgham and Ben Weintraub come in at No. 30 nationally.

Kentucky comes into the matchup ranked No. 26 with a 16-12 overall record. The Wildcats feature multiple ranked players, including Eli Stephenson at No. 21 and Nicolas Arseneault at No. 54 in singles, along with Jack Loutit at No. 82. In doubles, Kentucky is highlighted by the No. 17 pair of Loutit and Stephenson, as well as No. 83 Nicolas Arseneault and Matt Rankin.

The winner of the Arkansas/Kentucky match will advance to face No. 6 Georgia on Thursday.

Live stats and video links are available on the men’s tennis schedule page.

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Shepherd confirmed as federal judge in Arkansas’ Western District – Talk Business & Politics

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April 14, 2026

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Shepherd confirmed as federal judge in Arkansas’ Western District – Talk Business & Politics

John Thomas Shepherd of El Dorado has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be a U.S. District judge in the Western District of Arkansas, according to the offices of U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton, R-Ark.

Shepherd is a native of El Dorado and graduate of Rice University and the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, where he was managing editor of the Arkansas Law Review.

He was a partner at Shepherd & Shepherd in El Dorado and also served as a prosecuting attorney, and later judge, for the Arkansas Circuit Court’s 13th Judicial District. He is a member of the Federalist Society, according to a press release from Cotton’s office.

His brother, Matthew Shepherd, is a partner in the El Dorado law firm and is a former speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives. Their father is Federal Judge Bobby Shepherd who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

“I am pleased to congratulate John Thomas Shepherd on his confirmation and am confident he will serve with the same integrity, professionalism and sound judgment he has demonstrated throughout his career,” noted a statement from Boozman’s. “We are grateful for his deep commitment to public service and the rule of law.”

Shepherd succeeds U.S. District Court Judge Susan Hickey who has been on the bench since October 2011. She was chief judge of the district between 2019 and 2025. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas includes 34 counties stretching from Texarkana and El Dorado to Fayetteville and Fort Smith.

Shepherd is the second Western District judge to be confirmed so far in 2026. David Clay Fowlkes, the former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, was confirmed in early February to be a federal judge in the Western District of Arkansas. He succeeded U.S. District Court Judge P.K. Holmes III, and will be in the Fort Smith office.

Other judges now in the Western District are Chief Judge Timothy Brooks (Fayetteville bench), Magistrate Judge Christy Comstock (Fayetteville), Magistrate Judge Mark Ford (Fort Smith), and Magistrate Judge Spencer Singleton (El Dorado).

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