For Halloween our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, offers up a spooky quiz.

Twenty percent of Arkansas streams and creeks in the Illinois River Watershed are severely eroding, according to the Illinois River Watershed Partnership, which is facilitating a day-long workshop to assist affected land holders.

Services for John Walker, civil rights attorney and state legislator, have been planned.

Friday and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., several artists in Eureka Springs will open their studios to the public. The tour is free and could help people learn more about the creative process.

Richard Wright was born in 1908 in Roxie, Miss., and would go on to become one of the most important literary voices in the 20th century. He began writing short stories before moving to Chicago in 1927 and became part of a new wave of Black urban intellectuals joining, and later abandoning, the Communist Party. Wright eventually moved to New York City in 1937 where he received federal funding to write through the Works Progress Administration. He published the classic work Native Son in 1940 and

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released interim final hemp farming regulations . The U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program, mandated under the 2018 Farm Bill, creates a regulatory framework for hemp production for states, including Arkansas.

David Sedaris will be at the Walton Arts Center Sunday at 7 p.m., but before he goes on stage, we asked him about touring, flying and more.

Halloween and the first weekend of November offers a dizzying array of live music opportunities throughout the region. Wednesday, Oct. 30 Ripe, Castlecomber at George's Majestic Lounge (Fayetteville) - $15.00, 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 Dazz and Brie at Bike Rack Brewing Co. (Bentonville) - 7 p.m. Fossils of Ancient Robots at Chelsea's (Eureka Springs) - 8:30 p.m. Prince tribute show at Majestic (Fort Smith) - $12 adv, $15 day of, 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 Full House at George's Majestic Lounge

Rain, heat and almost everything else has had an effect on Arkansas farmers in 2019 and those irregular weather patterns both harmed and helped them in their planting and harvesting.

The Urban Institute has released its Disrupting Food Insecurity Dashboard , an intuitive online public database which reveals just how certain social, health and welfare conditions are directly linked to inconsistent access to an adequate diet.