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Voice of the Bulldogs: Tim Terry Wins Second Sully Award for Broadcast Excellence

For more than a quarter-century, the soundtrack of Greenwood athletics has carried a familiar voice—steady, passionate, and unmistakably loyal. That voice belongs to Tim Terry, and in 2025 it earned statewide recognition once again.

The Little Rock Touchdown Club has named Terry the recipient of the 2025 Sully Award, honoring the most outstanding broadcast call in an Arkansas high school football game. It marks Terry’s second Sully, with his first coming in 2018, and serves as another milestone in a career defined by dedication to Greenwood High School.

Terry began calling Greenwood football in 1999. What started as play-by-play coverage quickly grew into something more—a living chronicle of Bulldog pride. Over the years he expanded his reach to basketball and baseball in 2010 and even joined Bulldog softball broadcasts, becoming a year-round voice for Greenwood athletics.

But the numbers alone tell only part of the story.

Across four sports, Terry has called an astonishing 32 Greenwood state championship games. That level of longevity and consistency places him in rare company, not just among broadcasters but among anyone who has served a high school community with such sustained commitment.

A 1992 Greenwood graduate himself, Terry’s broadcasts reflect more than professionalism—they carry the heart of someone deeply rooted in the community he serves. Listeners don’t just hear the game; they feel the emotion behind every snap, every buzzer-beater, every walk-off hit. His calls have captured generations of Bulldog triumphs, heartbreaks, and unforgettable moments.

The Sully Award specifically recognizes excellence in football broadcasting, and Terry’s winning call this season stood out among a competitive field of finalists from across the state. Judges praised the energy, clarity, and emotional authenticity that have become hallmarks of his style.

For Greenwood fans, though, the honor simply affirms what they’ve known for years: Tim Terry isn’t just calling the Bulldogs—he is part of the Bulldogs.

In an era when high school sports coverage is often fleeting, Terry’s decades-long presence has provided continuity and connection. Parents, students, alumni, and longtime residents have all experienced Greenwood athletics through his words. His voice has become woven into the identity of Bulldog sports.

As Greenwood celebrates another Sully Award winner, the moment also highlights something bigger—the power of hometown storytelling and the lasting impact of those who commit themselves to preserving it.

Congratulations to Tim Terry, the voice who has made Bulldog history come alive for 26 seasons and counting.

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Obituary: Angie Stephens (1968-2026)

Angie Lillian Stephens, 57, of Waldron, Arkansas, passed away on January 15, 2026, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She was born on March 31, 1968, in Danville, Arkansas, to Lillie H. (Vaughn) Petty and Cliffton Petty.

Angie was a devoted USDA inspector who took pride in her work and served others with diligence and integrity. Above all, Angie treasured time spent with her family and friends. She had a giving heart and was always willing to help others in any way she could. Angie found great joy in cooking for those she loved, sharing meals filled with laughter and love. She also cherished her dog, who was a constant source of comfort and companionship.

Angie’s warmth, kindness, and gentle spirit will be deeply missed by all who knew her.

She is survived by her loving husband, Lonnie Stephens; her son, Bradley Holland; her daughter, Ashley Smith; and her beloved grandchildren, Beau, Faith, Arian and other grandchildren. She is also survived by other family members and friends who will forever hold her memory close to their hearts.

Arrangements are being entrusted to Heritage Memorial Funeral Home of Waldron, Arkansas

AFP-AR Launches “Pathway to Zero” to Eliminate State Personal Income Tax

LITTLE ROCK, AR- Today, Americans for Prosperity Arkansas (AFP-AR) launches its “Pathway to Zero” initiative, in its boldest plan yet to put money back in the pockets of hardworking Arkansans—by calling for the elimination of the Natural State’s personal state income tax.  

Ryan Norris, AFP-AR State Director, released the following statement:  

“Arkansas has shown what bold leadership from Governor Sanders and the legislature can achieve—lower taxes, a stronger economy, and strength in its fiscal position, all at the same time.  With reserves at historic levels and revenues exceeding expectations, the state is well-situated to complete the work already underway—responsibly eliminating the income tax.

Our proposal is not another one-off cut, but a durable framework that points clearly towards zero on personal income tax. If Arkansas wants to remain competitive, affordable, and open for opportunity, now is the time to set the destination.” 

For more on the Pathway to Zero, click HERE.

Catch Ryan Norris’s appearance on One America News this morning HERE.

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“Just Roll with It” Serving up Recipes and Humor

Hello everyone!!! Winter is back in the beautiful state of Arkansas. In WAG fashion, we loaded up and 14 of us went to eat at the Catfish Barn. I made sure to text everyone and tell them cash or check. We reserved a table, and we had such a good time. We are loud, and everyone is trying to talk over each other. Guess who, after messing up his last check, only brought one check with him? Yes, you guessed it—my nephew, Michael. We enjoyed our meal and we all headed out to pay, and guess who leaves his phone on the table? Yes, Michael. “Sir, sir, is this your phone?” We all just laughed and laughed. We get up to pay, and I am right behind Michael. He’s taking his time to fill this check out so he can do it right, and the lady checking us out says, “Looks like he’s doing a good job this time.” Bless him.

I told y’all, we are always doing crazy things. My husband was a Hopkins, but let me tell you—he fit right in. Crazy stuff was always happening to him. Jacob can vouch for all the stuff, and if it wasn’t happening to him, he was causing it. Remember, he bought me the Confederate soldier statue as a Christmas gift. He loved the History Channel. He went from the History Channel to the Weather Channel when he was home to watch TV. He was working in Greenbrier, Arkansas once and had a day off, so he decided he would go to Little Rock to the Clinton Library. He heads down to Little Rock and can’t find it, which shocked me because he was very good with directions and all his north, south, east, and west—you know, like Lewis and Clark trying to give directions. He stops in Little Rock and rolls down the passenger window to ask a guy on the street how to get to it. The guy opens the passenger door and hops in and says, “I will take you to it.” They drove around forever, and the guy had no clue how to get to the Clinton Library. Come to find out, he was a homeless man, and my husband had to pay him to get him to get out of his truck. “Only you,” I said when he told me that story. He finally found the Clinton Library on his own. I said, “Why would you drive around Little Rock with your doors unlocked???” He learned a valuable lesson that day. Bless him—he thought you could trust everyone, and he never met a stranger. You wives love your husband and never take a day for granted.

This week’s recipe is one I have ran before, but I made it on New Year’s, and it is soooo easy and good. My great-nephew, Jake Melton, loved it. Ingredients: 1 box of angel food cake mix 1 (15-ounce) can of peaches (I take my potato masher and chop them up smaller) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine the cake mix and the peaches with the juice until combined. Pour batter into an ungreased 9×13 baking dish. Bake until cake is golden brown. I baked for 30 minutes. This cake is delicious. You can also use pie filling and a dry angel food cake mix. Use any flavor—1 (21-ounce) pie filling and 1 angel food cake mix. Mix together by hand, put in a 9×13 baking dish, and bake at 350 for 28–30 minutes. I have made the blueberry, and it is very good and easy.

State Capitol Week in Review from Senator Terry Rice

LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) announced a new $14.7 million federal grant aimed at strengthening early childhood education and expanding access to high-quality learning programs across the state. 

The federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is for the Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five.  The grant is intended to advance the state’s early childhood education system over the next year through several key initiatives.

The first initiative is strengthening statewide coordination among families, educators, Head Start programs, and school districts to build a unified system. 

The second is to support the LEARNS Act implementation through the ongoing transition to a single early childhood system, which includes improving data systems and supporting the early childhood workforce. 

The third initiative is expanded access, increasing the availability of high-quality early learning opportunities for children from birth to age five, regardless of their location. 

Creating local partnerships for collaborating with local lead organizations to ensure educational plans reflect community-specific needs is the fourth initiative.   

The final initiative is Higher Education involvement.  The program is collaborating with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock which recently received $4.2 million of the funding to help expand these early childhood initiatives across the state.

This most recent award brings Arkansas’ total federal Preschool Development Grant funding to approximately $54.25 million since 2019.   The Secretary of Education, Jacob Oliva said, “the grant will help strengthen coordination and ensure children across the state have access to strong early learning opportunities, regardless of where they live.”

ADE has also been awarded two competitive Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grants from the U.S. Department of Education, totaling nearly $25 million over five years, to study and strengthen literacy instruction and improve outcomes for all students, especially those in rural communities.

Arkansas is the only state to receive more than one award, affirming the state’s investments in strong literacy foundations through the LEARNS Act.  One of the EIR federal grants awarded to Arkansas, worth nearly $15 million, will be used to evaluate high-impact tutoring initiatives at rural schools.  The project will be used in partnership with a virtual tutoring program, Air Reading.  Stanford University will independently evaluate the program to determine its impact.

A separate grant totaling nearly $10 million will be used to study a program that teaches early literacy skills in partnership with the University of Florida Literacy Institute.  Together these grants build on Arkansas’ recent investments to strengthen literacy statewide through the LEARNS Act.

MES First Semester Principal’s List/Honor Roll

Kindergarten:

Honor Roll: Legacy Cagle, Jay Edwards, Ariyah Hiatt, Beckett Holland, Kade Moore, Amelia Oxford, Rankin Rogers, Olivia Schultz, Bentley Turner, Matthew Voutthi Principal’s List: Genevieve Aksamit, Molly Belin-Langston, Kaysen Bock, Adrianne Carlton, Kadence Case, Gray Cater, Kamryn Chronister, Hunter Clay, Colt Coplin, Sophia Dang, Daxton Elmore, Scarlett Elmore, Boone Gitthens, Mason Harper, Andre Harris, Brinlee Henderson-Carver, Jacelyn Himes, Gunner Hope, Paisley Jeffrey, Collins Mort, Karter Neal, Jaclyn Oliver, Sylius Phillips, Stellar Pruitt, Lane Roper, Blaze Sanger, Kallan Sellers, Anniston Silvey, Casey Spencer, Sarah Talley, Elaina Trinh, Brooklynn Ward, Fae Williams

First Grade:

Honor Roll: Nova Connor, Raelyn Dooley, Leala Edwards, Delilah Harrison, Evan McBride, Myles McCaslin, Ava McCutcheon, Laney Moore, Josie Nichols, Sonny Oxford, Veda Purifoy, PJ Reed, Minka Sterling, Addison Sisco, Axyl Tucknies Principal’s List: Noah Baker, Hudson Bond, Erin Clark, Drayden Hartman, Monica Herrera-Vidana, Logan Howell, Athena McDonald, Rhett Moore, Cecilia Newman, Annagrace Overton, Lynnden Reano, Jaylie Richmond, Haven Shores, Talon Shrum, Jaxson Silva, Ocie Walden, Case Walls

Second Grade:

Honor Roll: Briggs Anderton, Ava Bowman, Jessica Boyd, Kylie Brown, Tucker Brumbelow, Jimmy Case, Sierra Clark, Jani Cowan, Penelope Dang, Loki Dix, James English, Maci Grissom, Jordan Howard, Kimber Kuettle, Logan Leland, Zayne Morrison, Tinslee Moses, Finn Moss, Scarlett Stokes, JJ Swearingen, Marleigh Thomas, Dixie Webster

Principal’s List: Edward Biazo, Lawson Gitthens, Lainey Hattabaugh, Hadley Heydenreich, Emerson Krigbaum, Emily Langford, Leena Little, Addison Mize, Zoey Nguyen, Lucas Pennington, Redwater Stick

Third Grade:

Honor Roll: Damien Brown, Dakota Coplin, Mason Dickinson, Aiden Elmore, Sawyer Godwin, Chase Hansel, Patrick Harris, Giovannie Hartman, Roque Hattabaugh, Paislee Huddleston, Cambrie Mason, Cayson Milligan, Cameron Parsons, Emmalee Pollard, DeAndre Pope-Ledeau, Jayce Reed, Easton Sherrer, Aurora Sylva, Addyson Turner

Principal’s List: Aurora Alvarez, Axel Alvarez, Addison Deeds, Emily Griffin, Samuel Jordan, Gabriella Moore, Della Newman, Wade Roper, Aiden Whittaker, Deacon Wilson

Fourth Grade:

Honor Roll: Evelyn Anderson, Rayleigh Bascue, Charlotte Booker, Noah Branche, Anaya Brown, Ezekiel Buckley, Paizlee Coe, Skylar Deer, Alexis Edwards, Journey Elmore, Rylie Ferstl, Maddie Francis, Lane Gitthens, Coda Griffin, Legend Handlang, Jarrett Hill, Divina Hunt, Edmund Krause, Elijah McCutcheon, Toby Meyers, Asher Moore, Sarah Morton, Zoe Neal, Emery Newman, Ava Silvey, Jayden Soares, Colten Williams

Principal’s List: Presley Adams, Karleigh Boswell, Lincoln Bozant, Makayla Eubanks, Tobias Fuerst, Roslyn Himes, Britynn King, Augustus Krigbaum, Amerie Marcotte, Corbin Mason, Ethan Nguyen, Adalynn Pennington, Skye Pruitt, Elaina Robinson, Olivia Stokes, Easton Winters, Natalie Young

Fifth Grade:

Honor Roll: Ryleigh Andrews, Emma Carlton, Coraline Cook, Mylee Escalanta, Nora Godwin, Aiyanna Gordon, Genesis Huff, Kamrynn Jackson, Brooklynn Johnson, Harper Jolley, Woodrow Krigbaum, Tyler Lawrence, Anniegayle Minden, Gabriella Morgan, Haley Plowman, Hailie Prater, Jessica Risner, Kyren Ross, Brody Schefe, Bobbie Wright

Principal’s List: Alexis Bates, Ella Brown, Racyn Clopton, Layton Heydenreich, Alexandria Howell, Matthew Hudcovic, Riley Kelley, Kinsley Norton, Ethan Trinh

Sixth Grade:

Honor Roll: Jordan Cesaire, Easton Crossland, Bradlee Estep, Korben Eyerman, Jordan Gordon, Avery Griffin, Riley Hall, Faith Harris, Audi Hiatt, Johnny Howard, Emerson Jenkins, Hadlea Mixon, Clayton Moore, Raylyn Moore, Kambree Robrahn, Ryan Shuptrine, RJ Swearingen, Hadleigh Whittaker, Tripp Williams, Kassidy Wilson

Principal’s List: Raelyn Bozant, Caroline Mort