If you're a progressive in Arkansas, you have to really squint to find good news in election returns last night.

Arkansas’s masterful 2021 baseball season reached its peak at the wrong time. Thus far, the 2022 campaign looks more like one where we’ll wonder why they never peaked at all.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who easily won her primary election last night and is widely predicted to easily win in November, is already being mentioned as former President Donald Trump's running mate, should the twice-impeached conman win the nomination in 2024.

State Sen. Bob Ballinger (R-Berryville), who drew four Republican primary challengers in District 28, is headed to a June 21 runoff against Bryan King, the former state senator who Ballinger defeated in 2018. They highlight a host of legislative races with runoffs.

At least it's not boring. Arkansas Republican voters go with the bankrupt ethics rules violator for state treasurer.

Let America see the reality of our collective obsession with guns. Let us see whether our broad interpretation of the Second Amendment and typical reflex to invoke some concept of “freedom” in the face of every such atrocity survives such an assault of images. 

It's Jones vs. Sanders for Arkansas's top office.

The Pulaski County early vote results are in and, to the degree that they're telling, hold few surprises. The favorites in all the constitutional offices on each side are leading, perhaps save for Sen. Mat Pitsch, who some thought might have a leg up on bankruptcy-plagued Rep. Mark Lowery, in the Republican primary for State Treasurer. Lowery is winning by almost 40% in the early totals, though Pulaski is Lowery's home county.

A gunman murdered a teacher and 14 elementary school children today. Hope your precious 2A rights were worth it.

Five more deaths.

Track of Today: Princeaus' "Keanu Reeves's Puff Cereal."

Hot Springs' historic Malco Theatre is the subject of an episode of the Travel Channel's "Portals to Hell."

T02D: Matt Stell's "Man Made."

Seven new dancers and a new season from Ballet Arkansas.

A cornerstone of Arkansas radio since 1967, Bob Robbins was, for many Arkansans, the king of "burnt toast and coffee time." Here, we recall his legacy with excerpts from the Arkansas Times archive from writer David Koon and from Cody Lynn Berry for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.

Pitts' film "Salad Days" premiered to a sold-out crowd this week, and is available to stream starting today. Here's how to watch it.

T02D: Hell Camino's "Jaws of the Ouachita."

Nicknamed "The Wes Anderson of TikTok," artist Ashlyn Gulbranson documents life in the Arkansas Ozarks for her 60,000 followers.

T02D: Indy Grotto's "Why Oh Why."

Margo Price and Emmylou Harris and the Red Dirt Boys, along with Amythyst Kiah, Hayes Carll, Dispatch, Amos Lee, Son Rompe Pera, Lost Bayou Ramblers, The Gravel Yard, Alison Brown, Arkansauce, Old Crow Medicine Show and folk art curated by one of the genre’s most forward-thinking ambassadors, Willi Carlisle.

The new Little Rock location will be Arkansas's first and is located at 101 S. Bowman Road. It seats 116 indoors and 12 outside, and they're hiring for both front and back of house positions.

If you're looking for some dietary guidance to help improve your game this weekend, look no further.

Husband and wife Saddiq and Jeannie Mir purchased the restaurant in April. Saddiq Mir previously served as Oaklawn's vice president of hospitality, overseeing the recent expansion including the hotel spa, as well as food and beverage operations.

A beverage change is coming to the hill.

"The group intends to bring back the glory days of Breckenridge and revitalize it with a diverse combination of restaurants and other retail spaces," said Jim Keet, Chairman of JTJ Restaurants, LLC. "At least four restaurants with various cuisines will be a part of the new plan for the center."

In a confessional moment before the decision was announced, Watson said, "There were eight of us at the beginning. Two of us are standing. I just want to know that I deserve it, and I have a place on this stage, and so do plants."

"The Growing Season" will follow six Arkansas farmers as they work through a year on their land.

Chef Alicia Watson, owner of the Little Rock plant-based culinary wellness business Vito and Vera, has made it to the final episode of the new Food Network reality competition series “Big Restaurant Bet," which airs tonight at 9 p.m. on the Food Network and streams live on Discovery Plus, Hulu Live and YouTube TV.

Chicken Salad Chick, a chicken salad-focused fast casual restaurant chain, is celebrating its grand opening at 3901 Warden Road in North Rock this Wednesday and giving away free chicken salad deals for a year to its first 100 guests.

Lost Forty Brewing announced on Friday that its Puffy Jacket Baltic Porter took home a bronze medal from the 2022 World Beer Cup in the International Dark Lager category.