The First Arkansas Lottery Fraud Fail

I guess someone had to do it. According to KATV-TV, Channel 7, a woman was arrested trying to pass off a fake winning lottery ticket at Arkansas Lottery headquarters in downtown Little Rock.
A woman is arrested inside the Arkansas Lottery Headquarters Monday afternoon…and KATV’s cameras were there for the arrest. Police say Ruth Dennis, 56, [...]

Friday Week In Review: Who Will Wear the Crown? Edition

Now that the Great Northwest Arkansas Newspaper War is settled, we can move on to other, more important forms of media self-destruction, like giving away all our online content for free!
Here now, at no extra charge, is a loving look back at the Week The Way It Was, Not Necessarily How We’d Like It To [...]

Another Look at Health Care and the Lottery in Arkansas in This Week’s Arkansas Business

This week’s Arkansas Business is out and live on the Web. Among this week’s stories:
Editor Gwen Moritz has been reading the blogs, and this week she offers another view of health care after reading Cory Allen Cox’s essay on his late sister’s experience with the system over at The Arkansas Project.
Jamie Walden takes a look [...]

TVNewser: Former KATV Anchor Susan Roesgen’s CNN Contract Won’t Be Renewed

TVNewser reports that former KATV-TV, Channel 7 anchor Susan Roesgen’s contract with CNN won’t be renewed. Roesgen joined CNN in 2005 and reported from New Orleans during and after Hurricane Katrina.
She made some minor waves with her coverage of a Chicago Tea Party event, which she described as “anti-CNN since this is highly promoted by [...]

The 2009 ArkansasSports360.com College and High School Football Preview

Ryan Mallett and Tyler Wilson on the cover, with Michael Dyer fronting the high school preview section. Free on newsstands and online now. Plus: Check out the free digital edition of the magazine, which includes extra Web-only high school football content.
Video: Steve Sullivan at ArkansasSports360.com sports news partner, KATV-TV, Channel 7, talks about the new [...]

Local TV Ratings, Million-dollar Homes in This Week’s Arkansas Business

Arkansas Business’ new edition is available now in newsstands and online. Here’s a sample of this week’s stories and opinion:
Who pays $1 million (plus) for a home? We’ve got a list of Pulaski County homes that sold for more than $1 million right here.
Meanwhile, condo sales at 300 Third in Little Rock surpass $41 million. [...]

Great Success! at the 2nd #LRTweetup Last Night

I think it’s safe to say a good time was had by all at last night’s 2nd #LRTweetup at the Capital Bar & Grill in downtown Little Rock. I think our group was at least as big — if not a little bigger — than at the first event, and there again seemed to be [...]

Sams Honored at Little Rock Media Fellowship Luncheon

The Little Rock Media Fellowship honored retiring “Today’s THV This Morning” anchor BJ Sams at its regular luncheon today at Ump’s Bar & Grill at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock. The group, a fellowship of Christians in broadcasting, chipped in to buy Sams a Hartmann travel bag for all his world travels post-retirement. His [...]

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Today’s THV’s BJ Sams to Retire After 50 Years in TV

Well, it’s official. After more than 50 years in the media business — more than 20 of them on KTHV-TV, Channel 11 in Little Rock — BJ Sams will retire in July.
BJ made the announcement on “Today’s THV This Morning,” where he’s been holding it down for the past decade, helping make it the No. [...]