Mary Jane Doe is a local stoner-socialite here to provide you with hot gossip on fresh bud, best strains and how to make the most of your high. Mary Jane DoeWana Gummies in Mango (Sativa) Wana | Gummies | Mango | Sativa 10mg per gummy   I popped half of one of these bad boys before the all-femme-fronted show at Vino’s on International Womxn’s Day. First half is always to get in the mood. Snuck the second half between sips of my lukewarm Busch Light during the middle of the show. Second half is to enhance the Vino’s experience of my boots sticking to the floor as I watch the mosh pit ..read more

Benjamin HardyWildfire smoke over Lake Maumelle (from Pinnacle Mountain), April 5 Hop on in. The post Friday open line appeared first on Arkansas Times ..read more

RULED A SUICIDE: Missouri doctor John Forsyth was found in Beaver Lake with a gunshot wound. (Photo by Stephanie Smittle) The death of Missouri emergency room doctor John Forsyth has been ruled a suicide, Arkansas officials stated yesterday. Forsyth, 49, was a doctor at Mercy Hospital in Cassville. Last year, in the early morning hours of May 21, he texted his fiancee after finishing his overnight shift. He told her that he would see her soon. His family did not hear from him again and he did not show up for his shift the following morning. Surveillance video showed Forsyth walking toward an ..read more

RED-STATE ACTIVISM: An abortion rights rally held earlier this year at the Capitol As readers of this blog know, signatures are currently being gathered to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would reverse Arkansas’s abortion ban. If passed, the amendment would not allow the state to “prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion services within 18 weeks of fertilization.” Those protections would also be extended beyond 18 weeks in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal anomalies or “to protect a pregnant female’s life or to protect a pregnant female from a physical disord ..read more

More than 800 flavor thrill seekers packed into the River Market pavilions last night for the Arkansas Times Spring Margarita Festival. It was unseasonably chilly for late April, but it didn’t matter; the margs were flowing like wine. If you’ve never experienced an Arkansas Times Margarita Festival, you should keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming fall festival. Fifteen local restaurants had bartender representatives on hand shaking up creative spins on the classic cocktail with sponsor Milagro tequila. El Sur co-owner Luis Vasquez said they brought the same amount of margaritas as last year ..read more

A team of high school students won changes to a long-standing semester exam exemption rule at Thursday’s Little Rock School District board meeting.  In 2005, the school board voted to allow semester exam exemptions after a Central High School student, Tyler Fuller, went before the board to make this request. After 18 years, current students felt it was time for a revision.  Two students at Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School initiated the effort, and a committee of students met on April 3 to hash out revisions. The committee members were: Suthar Nama – 12th grade, Central Hi ..read more

The Hillcrest Neighborhood Softball League, a recreational league for girls from Kindergarten to 12th grade, is saluting its 40th anniversary with a get-together at Allsopp Park on Saturday. The celebration starts with food and fellowship at noon — including hot dogs, crafts, yard games and a slideshow of pictures — and will continue with an alumni game at 2 p.m. and a coaches game at 4 p.m. You can RSVP here and send nostalgic photos to info@hillcrestneighborhoodsoftball.org. Attendees are encouraged to bring along any memorabilia as well. Founded in 1984 by two sets of parents — Jane and Ron ..read more

A federal judge sentenced Tommy Ray Goss, who with his wife headed a behavioral health care charity at the center of a sprawling bribery scandal spanning Arkansas and Missouri, to six years in prison on Thursday. The sentencing hearing was in federal court in Kansas City, Missouri. U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes also ordered Goss to pay a $350,000 fine. Goss is to report to prison June 10. The judge indicated he will decide on restitution later. Tommy Goss was the chief financial officer of Preferred Family Healthcare, a nonprofit based in Springfield, Missouri, that once operated more tha ..read more

A legislative panel on Thursday narrowly rejected a proposed 20% reduction to Arkansas PBS’ spending authority for fiscal year 2025. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro) has repeatedly been critical of the publicly funded educational television station. He presented the Joint Budget Committee with an amendment to Arkansas PBS’ fiscal 2025 appropriations bill that would have reduced the agency’s spending authority for privately raised funds, from $8.96 million to $7.17 million. Sullivan told his fellow committee members Thursday that the proposed amendment would reduce Arkansas PBS’ spending power b ..read more

Rep. Julie Mayberry (R-Hensley) An amendment from Rep. Julie Mayberry (R-Hensley) to explicitly apply state purchasing law to Arkansas’s seven constitutional officers — including the governor — failed in the Joint Budget Committee’s Special Language Subcommittee yesterday. The amendment appears to be a jab at Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who allegedly did not follow state purchasing laws when she bought a $19,000 lectern from a buddy. The legislative audit report on lecterngate was released on April 15, adding some political fireworks to what initially had been predicted to be a low-dra ..read more