Friends and family gathered at the Miller County Courthouse on Friday morning to honor the late Jim Hudson, former circuit judge. As part of the ceremony, a bench donated by the Miller County Democratic Central Committee was unveiled. The bench, which will be permanently placed on the [...] 
The Annual Team Texarkana Runners/Triathletes Thanksgiving run and breakfast was held this morning over on the Texas-side. We gather for a 5-miler each year, followed by a pretty hefty breakfast as seen in the picture. Pictured is Todd Payne, who just completed the Ironman Arizona three [...] 
I'm taking advantage of the short week to try and get caught up on a few things. I'll finish out the week in Baton Rouge watching the Hogs play LSU. Here's a pic of yesterday's event honoring fallen firefighters here in Texarkana:
Yesterday, Robbie was honored with the governorship for a day since Governor Beebe, Lt. Governor Halter, and Senate Pro-Tem Johnson were all out of the state. He's governor today, too. [...] 
I spoke to the Sunrise Rotary yesterday on health care reform legislation and its potential effect on states before speaking at the Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Breakfast sponsored by Harvest Texarkana and Randy Sams. Both events were at Williams Memorial. Here's a pretty scary red eye pic [...] 
I'm here in DC for 24 more hours for a whirlwind DLC fellowship program. I'm part of the inaugural class of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council fellows, and this is the last session in the three year program (posts from 2007 in Little Rock, 2008 [...] 
Thank you dad , and all other veterans, for the sacrifices you made for this country.
I am proud to be named in the 2009 issue of the Mid-South Super Lawyers for Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee. It's my first appearance in the publication, and I'm listed alongside my brother Jeff, who's making his second appearance.' [...] 
We kicked off activities for Veterans Day with our annual parade here in Texarkana over the weekend. As they always do, the Veterans Council put on a well organized event. Here I am with Stacey Binning and her son Thomas. 
Arkansas needs one more win to become bowl eligible after beating South Carolina 33-16 in Fayetteville today.
A September fire that occurred in downtown Texarkana resulted in the razing of Barry’s Jewelers. Here's the pic of the remains of the 100 block of East Broad just a few feet from the state line:
There was another good crowd at Monday night's fish fry in honor of area law enforcement agencies at the Lafayette County Fairgrounds. What started out as a small get together down at Walker's Creek has turned into a event that draws the governor and hundreds others annually. [...] 
I'm just a few hours out from hopping on the bus and heading over to Staten Island to battle 40,000 other runners for the start of tomorrow's race. The rain cleared out tonight, and the temperatures should be perfect. I'm here at the Millenium Broadway with Arkansan' [...]
