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James Leigh
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Senior Staff Writer, The Sentinel-Record
Hot Springs
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Biography
I am the former sports editor for The Sentinel-Record in Hot Springs, and I have moved back into the main newsroom for the first time in six years. I served as the editor for The Siftings Herald in Arkadelphia, the Prescott (Ark.) Picayune-Times, the Gurdon (Ark.) Times and the Hope (Ark.) Star. I started my journalistic career at the Malvern (Ark.) Daily Record covering courts and crime before moving to sports, which is where I have spent the majority of my career. I look to continue to hone my craft in the main newsroom, taking a break from the always exciting world of sports, but I imagine that I'll still cover some sports.
Arts , Sports , Community , Courts , Features
Content
WATCH | Arkansas Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates Japanese culture with sold-out workshops, sumo tournament
By James Leigh Verified| The Sentinel-Record Verified Bookended by All-Star Sumo and the North American Craft Sake Fest, the Arkansas Cherry Blossom Festival was a big success, the executive director of the Hot Springs Sister City Program said. Upcoming Events
Vietnam Wall replica, memorials honoring fallen from multiple conflicts set for Memorial Day weekend in Hot Springs
By James Leigh Verified| The Sentinel-Record Verified Americans who died during World War I through the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 will be honored over Memorial Day weekend as more than 70 additional panels will join the 80% replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall to be displayed at Hot Springs Memorial Field May 23–26. The Cost of Freedom tribute, an addition to the America's Freedom Tribute wall, expands the 144-panel replica to include those from multiple conflicts as well as the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a news release said.
Hot Springs Northwoods named best mountain biking trail system in state by Arkansas Outside for fifth time in six years
By James Leigh Verified| The Sentinel-Record Verified Despite Arkansas Outside changing the format to something similar to a March Madness bracket, Hot Springs Northwoods Trails System has once again claimed the title of the top mountain biking trails in the state. This marks the fifth time in six years the trail system has taken the title, Visit Hot Springs Trails Coordinator Traci Berry said. "(They) did it during March Madness and decided to make it a bracket instead of just 'Here are the trail systems; vote on it,'" she said.
Company Info
The Sentinel-Record
The Sentinel-Record, your hometown newspaper, is a family-owned business. The Sentinel-Record and Hot Springs New Era were purchased in 1929 by Clyde Eber Palmer from John A. Riggs. Riggs founded the New Era, a combination of the Daily Bulletin, which began in the 1890s and which he acquired in 1911, and the Daily News, which he later absorbed. John H. Higgins created The Record in 1899.
Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
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Founded: 1877