https://lancebrownfield.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Lance BrownfieldenMon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/9d51428c-a5c0-4101-9ebb-2017f22b4047.pngThe backside of the rodeo bleachers in Malvern, Arkansas, shot on Minolta X-370.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/9d51428c-a5c0-4101-9ebb-2017f22b4047.pnghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/9b34ced4-5734-42ad-be97-05c42d7a17b4.jpgA posable wooden figure holds up a wooden ball in front of a cloud background. Shot on Nikon D5.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/9b34ced4-5734-42ad-be97-05c42d7a17b4.jpghttps://armoneyandpolitics.com/local-music-shops/Local music stores have become a rare sight since the era of online shopping began, becoming veritable islands to themselves scattered across the state these days (or maybe islands in the stream). Once a staple in any small- to mid-size town, now only a few remain in Arkansas as the industry declines and chain-store giants squeeze...Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://armoneyandpolitics.com/local-music-shops/https://www.chinachristiandaily.com/news/world/2024-09-24/lausanne-4-femi-adeleye-calls-for-repentance-return-to-holy-spirit-14516The first full day of the fourth Lausanne Congress in Incheon, South Korea, started with a session called The Coming of the Promised Spirit – No Mission Without Power. The message was delivered by Rev. Dr. Femi Adeleye, vice chair for the Lausanne Movement. From Ghana and Nigeria, Adeleye is the Africa director for Langham Preaching, the director of the Institute for Christian Impact (ICI), and an author and teacher, among other titles. Over 200 countries and territories were represented, with...Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.chinachristiandaily.com/news/world/2024-09-24/lausanne-4-femi-adeleye-calls-for-repentance-return-to-holy-spirit-14516https://thediplomat.com/2024/03/helping-south-korean-adoptees-return-to-their-birth-country/The Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link has been vital in pushing for a special visa status and other services to help Koreans adopted abroad reconnect with South Korea. South Korea at one time topped all other countries in the region in one export to its allies in the West – children. Since 1953, over 200,000 Korean children have left the shores of the small peninsular country to be adopted by families in the United States, Europe, and other allied nations. More than half of all Korean adoptees ha...Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://thediplomat.com/2024/03/helping-south-korean-adoptees-return-to-their-birth-country/https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/9dbb30d6-818e-41be-9df6-aa73e7f3e448.jpgThe Hot Springs airport runway frozen over as seen from the Air Traffic Control Tower, shot on Nikon D5 for The Sentinel-Record.Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/9dbb30d6-818e-41be-9df6-aa73e7f3e448.jpghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/affb1c9e-f6e4-467b-9889-64bba8ce42e5.jpgA magazine cover of a local chef for Her Magazine, published by The Sentinel-Record. Several other photos were taken, shot on Nikon D5.Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/affb1c9e-f6e4-467b-9889-64bba8ce42e5.jpghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/b5655781-ff6f-44a7-a0a8-6a5fefa96013.jpgA pig at the Garland County Fair, shot on Nikon D5 for The Sentinel-Record.Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/b5655781-ff6f-44a7-a0a8-6a5fefa96013.jpghttps://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3232932/how-china-became-no-1-chess-and-what-it-means-world-will-look-chinese-people-differentlyThere are 32 seconds left on the clock for Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, and he is scrambling to secure the victory he was denied in his last attempt at the International Chess Federation (Fide) world championship, in 2021. His opponent, China’s Ding Liren, has an advantage in time and in pieces on the board, and one move could mean the end for Nepomniachtchi, who has dominated most of this year’s final, on April 30, in Astana, Kazakhstan. As the fourth and final 10-minute tiebreaker begins, mo...Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3232932/how-china-became-no-1-chess-and-what-it-means-world-will-look-chinese-people-differentlyhttps://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/jul/02/watch-successful-entrepreneur-soul-train-voice/Businesses come and go in downtown Hot Springs, but a few have withstood the test of time, including one entrepreneur who stands out among the rest, in more ways than one. Joe Cobb, 79, has owned and operated Ginger's Popcorn at 414 Central Ave. for 24 years. Just one of his many business ventures over a lifetime, Cobb is the only Black person to ever own a business in the downtown district, according to Ken Wheatley, who rented the space to Cobb all those years ago.Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/jul/02/watch-successful-entrepreneur-soul-train-voice/https://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/jun/12/watch-so-bizarrequestions-still-remain-in-case-of/The discovery of a 20-year-old Ford Escape submerged in Lake Hamilton may have solved a decades-old missing persons case, but did little else to answer the question of how Kerry Joe Angell Jr. died. Angell's skeletal remains were found inside the 2003 Ford Escape in March, after he had been missing since 2008. Then 49, Angell missed his shift at Riser Ford on Feb. 23, 2008. As a salesman at the dealership, he was allowed to drive the demo car as a perk for selling lots of inventory -- a common practice at the time. The dealer tag FX12110 was not found when the car was pulled out of the lake.Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/jun/12/watch-so-bizarrequestions-still-remain-in-case-of/https://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/may/22/watch-the-story-of-origami-sake-set-to-unfold/After two decades, Ben Bell's dream of making sake in Hot Springs is coming true. A graduate of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts, Bell first developed a passion for the Japanese alcoholic beverage after visiting Hot Springs' sister city, Hanamaki, Japan. Hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Tuesday, Origami Sake hopes to make Arkansas the "Napa Valley of the sake industry."Mon, 22 May 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/may/22/watch-the-story-of-origami-sake-set-to-unfold/https://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/mar/23/johns-shoe-hospital-takes-its-final-steps/After 115 years in business, John's Shoe Hospital is set to close in mid-June after the property at 828 Central Ave. was purchased by a local company. The shoe repair store was started in 1908 by John Walknowitz and was subsequently taken over by his son, Joe. In 1955, a 15-year-old by the name of David Garner was hired at the store and learned the business. He eventually took over the shop and has continued the legacy until today.Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/mar/23/johns-shoe-hospital-takes-its-final-steps/https://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/mar/05/happy-gilmore-actor-loves-humor-of-the-south/Actor Christopher McDonald, the official starter of the First Ever 20th Annual World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade, finds the humor behind the quirky annual event appealing. McDonald is set to fire the starter's pistol to signal the start of the parade at 6:30 p.m. March 17 on Bridge Street.Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.hotsr.com/news/2023/mar/05/happy-gilmore-actor-loves-humor-of-the-south/https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/bac530be-74fd-41f3-b962-f5324ac8325b.jpgA member of an RC club tosses his plane into the air. Shot on Nikon D5 for The Sentinel-Record.Sat, 04 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/bac530be-74fd-41f3-b962-f5324ac8325b.jpghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/6be42850-418d-4b95-ae77-5c3fb04b7f8a.jpgTwo people embrace at the scene of a house fire. Shot on Nikon D5 for The Sentinel-Record.Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/6be42850-418d-4b95-ae77-5c3fb04b7f8a.jpghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/6be42850-418d-4b95-ae77-5c3fb04b7f8a.jpgTwo people embrace as a house fire rages. Shot on Nikon D5 for The Sentinel-RecordFri, 03 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/6be42850-418d-4b95-ae77-5c3fb04b7f8a.jpghttps://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3207364/all-inclusive-christ-how-asian-friendly-church-china-swept-us-and-isnt-slowing-down“I came alone, without knowing any friends in the US,” recalls Michael Chen of his 1997 arrival in New Jersey. “A Chinese PhD student picked me up from the airport and prepared my first meal; another brought me, and other newly arrived Chinese students, for weekly grocery shopping, which is one reason we couldn’t reject his offer to go to his church.” Having earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering in physics from Tsinghua University, in Beijing, Chen had crossed the Pacific to pursue a master...Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3207364/all-inclusive-christ-how-asian-friendly-church-china-swept-us-and-isnt-slowing-downhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/2e679cb4-d41d-4459-9902-670718f23fbe.jpgLocal students performa a dance during a play, shot on Nikon D5 for The Sentinel-Record.Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/511406/images/2e679cb4-d41d-4459-9902-670718f23fbe.jpghttps://www.hotsr.com/news/2022/nov/27/30-years-of-friendship-city-foundation-prepare/EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first installment of a two-part series about the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Sister City program. As the 30-year anniversary of its sister city partnership with Hanamaki, Japan, approaches, the city of Hot Springs and the Hot Springs National Park Sister City Foundation have begun planning a celebration to take place in January.Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.hotsr.com/news/2022/nov/27/30-years-of-friendship-city-foundation-prepare/