Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Features & Entertainment

Bald Knob, 1909: The Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company, known today as HMSHost, was a major operator of railroad station hotels and lunchrooms across the United States in the early 1900s. It was founded by the Van Noy brothers of Kansas City. The company managed dozens of railway newsstands, dining rooms and lunchrooms in numerous sites across Arkansas, including in Bald Knob.

Two compelling new books — one about singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, the other about an unsolved double murder in Alaska — reckon with the distance between the facts we can recover and the truth we want them to provide.

Two dozen colorful murals created during the last six years add up to an outdoor art museum in North Little Rock's Argenta Arts District. Nearly all the paintings can be viewed on a walk covering eight square blocks.

Longevity optimization is a trending phrase that's starting to permeate conversations, communities and social media feeds. Future-sounding terms like hormone replacement therapy and biomarker identification are creating a more scientific approach to consumer health. This week, I'll share some additional details around this new trend and will introduce an exercise that fits perfe...

Walnut Ridge Mayor Charles Snapp stood on the bridge that spans his city park's heart-shaped fishing pond and watched the activities around him.