Reed News

A Marianna man who was most recently one of the finalists for the job of the University of Arkansas system presidency has died in a morning car crash.

STANLEY REED: In the mix again for UA president. University of Arkansas Trustee John Ed Anthony told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette the other day that two Arkansas business leaders and two academicians from out-of-state were interested in succeeding the retiring B. Alan Sugg as president of the University of Arkansas System.

Hello, all you Labor Day survivors. The first thing I want to do is to thank all of you who joined me in visualizing that beautiful Labor Day weather.

Rain, rain, beautiful rain. Isn't it amazing how quickly the grass greens up when even a few drops of rain make it to the ground? Gardens are suddenly lush, crops grow before our very eyes and the air smells wonderfully clean.

Yesterday, I linked Ernest Dumas' current column about Republican senatorial candidate Stanley Reed .