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Brett the News Guy
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News guy, NOLA born, Bayou educated. Proud girl 👧 dad. Voracious water drinker. Saints fan. Proud KNSU radio alum.
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A soldier from #WWII had been listed as #MIA for more than 80 years. His remains are returning to #Arkansas, and will likely be buried next to his brother, who also died in the war
#journalism #history
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Remains of missing World War II airman identified, will return home to Garland County | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
For at least five years, Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Russell Owen Chitwood remained misidentified amid the casualties from World War II in Europe. Then, he was marked as unidentified for roughly 77 year...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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This story has been the last two days of my life. Lots of searching, reading, reviewing, double checking. But here it is.
The weekend needs to get here quickly.
#Arkansas #Epstein #BillClinton
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'Utter fantasy': Epstein says Clinton never went to private island | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
As reporters from around the world sought interviews with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, many wanted to know about his relationship with former President Bill Clinton and whether he ever visited...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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#WarrenZevon's induction last night
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Warren Zevon Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Full David Letterman Speech)
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November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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He's in. Enjoy every sandwich ...
#WarrenZevon
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The Killers | Lawyers, Guns And Money | Full Performance | Live @ The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2025
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November 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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#HunterSThompson
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Susan Cowsill sings Warren Zevon...
#music
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Susan Cowsill - Mohammed's Radio [HD LIVE at Wild Honey 2025]
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October 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Beautiful tribute to #WarrenZevon
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Inside The Stunning Warren Zevon Tribute That Had Los Angeles In Tears
A star-studded Los Angeles tribute to Warren Zevon honored the Rock Hall of Fame's newest inductee.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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It's Spiro Agnew Day! The VP traded his office in 1973 for a no contest plea to avoid 40 tax evasion charges. Celebrate at your leisure.
#history #politics
October 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Caught up with former Times Picayune sports writer Wright Thompson tonight at the Six Bridges Book Festival. Good talk about his new book. The Barn.
#books #littlerock
#nola
October 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Over lunch with my colleagues, we got to talking about extremists (and my history covering them). It reminded me of my friend (and mentor) Bill Morlin, who died in 2021. Wishing Bill were here. I'd love one more conversation.
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Only death could keep this investigative reporter from exposing secrets - Poynter
Bill Morlin was a local shoe-leather reporter so well-sourced, he could get the details on any crime-related story in a matter of hours.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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How the filly M K's Rockette got her name and why it involves #Arkansas
#horseracing #horse
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Racehorse named for Saline County teenager killed in dog attack | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Makayla Fortner was known to love riding and feeding horses, as well as being around most animals.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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State Police: Former #Arkansas #Police Chief talked of knowing law enforcement moves if he escaped from #prison

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State Police: Human error, lack of communication aided Hardin’s reported escape | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
A former police chief charged with escaping from the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock told a fellow inmate he knew how law enforcement would react once he escaped, an Arkansas State Police inv...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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My latest: An unlikely eyewitness to a #WWII POW execution points to possible location of remains of #Arkansas soldier
#journalism #history #stories
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Search planned for remains of World War II soldier from Arkansas | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Ben Hagans recalls seeing his friend step up, willing to sacrifice his life to save a fellow soldier. The actions leading to the death of U.S. Army Lt. Col. Robert Vesey at a Japanese prisoner of war ...
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September 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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My latest on a #military veteran from #Arkansas charged with threatening President Trump
#courts
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Arkansas man charged with threatening Trump ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
A military veteran from north-central Arkansas charged with threatening President Donald Trump will undergo a mental exam and competency evaluation.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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"No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride...and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well...maybe chalk it up to forced consciousness expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten."
-- Hunter S. Thompson
#Thoughts
September 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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“Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run, but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant.”
-- Hunter S. Thompson
#thoughts
September 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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My latest
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Arkansas death row inmate asks court to speed up his case | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
In hand-written letters and testimony, Scotty Ray Gardner has made his desire to speed up his capital murder case clear.
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September 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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August 29...
#nola
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Louis Armstrong - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (Live)
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August 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Letters from home will soon look different in #Arkansas #prisons
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For Arkansas inmates, digitial letters from home will soon replace traditional mail | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
For someone in prison, a letter from a family member or friend outside the walls can be a precious gift.
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August 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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"He stated when he walked up to the gate he just directed the officer to 'Open the gate,' and he did."
Report details prison escape of "Devil in the Ozarks," with first public account by the inmate
#prisons #arkansas
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UPDATE: Report provides Hardin's first public account of prison escape, says initial confusion delayed the search for him | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
The report provides the first public account of the incident from Hardin, including his planning and what he did before being recaptured.
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August 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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When the "Devil in the Ozarks" walked out of a prison in May, it was in part because he shouldn't have been there to begin with.
Testimony before the #Arkansas legislature showed that he should have been in a maximum security #prison, among other errors
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Corrections chief says Grant Hardin was misclassified, shouldn’t have been at Calico Rock | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
A former police chief serving time for rape and murder who walked away from a state prison was incorrectly classified and shouldn't have been at that prison, the head of the Arkansas prison system sai...
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August 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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#Breakingnews Prosecutors to seek #deathpenalty for teacher charged in double #homicide at Devil's Den State Park in #Arkansas
This story will be updated
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Prosecutor: State will seek the death penalty in Devil’s Den State Park double homicide | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for a man charged with killing two people at Devil's Den State Park over the weekend.
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July 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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#Arkansas Attorney General finds nothing illegal in initial look at "whites-only" community
#journalism #segregation
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Initial review finds nothing illegal in proposed ‘whites-only’ community, attorney general’s office says | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
A preliminary review of a "whites-only" community being built in Sharp County hasn't found evidence that they've broken the law, a spokesman for the Arkansas attorney general's office said Tuesday.
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July 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Not fiction. Not #satire. Real. Very, very real. And in northeast #Arkansas
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Group plans ‘whites-only’ community in Sharp County, expects protest | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Eric Orwoll is very direct about plans for the land near Ravenden where he and his associates have set up companies and started some construction. He's trying to create a whites-only enclave in Sharp ...
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July 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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If you were wondering what happened to Chris Rose, here he is. Content, in solitude and terminally ill.
“I know I’ve got a great story to tell. I don’t know if I know how to write anymore. When I do sit down, it doesn’t come very easy.”
#NOLA #journalism
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Writer Chris Rose gave New Orleans a voice after Katrina. Now he lives alone in the woods.
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, his column in The Times-Picayune gave voice to the grief, frustration, anger and absurdity of a battered New Orleans. But Chris Rose also battled his ...
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July 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM