One of the starting University of Arkansas Razorback pitchers was named as a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist on Tuesday, May 28.

Junior Ryne Stanek is one of 30 baseball players in the running for the Golden Spikes award, which is given to the top amateur baseball player in the country.

Three finalists will be named June 4, and the winner will be announced June 19 on the MLB Network. Fans can help by voting for Stanek on GoldenSpikesAward.com. 

 Springfest will return to Fayetteville on Saturday, June 22, with the popular pancake breakfast, bed races, live music, craft vendors, a pet parade, pub crawl and other activities on Dickson Street.

The festival was originally scheduled for Saturday, May 4, and was postponed due to inclement weather.
 

For nearly 200 years the Downtown Square has been the heart of the city, the center for meetings, markets, parades and rallies. It has been burned down, shot at, blown away, and even deliberately destroyed in the name of progress, but has come back every time as an ever-evolving commercial and social hub for the citizens of Fayetteville.