
Ozarks At Large


Michael K. Honey's new book Sharecropper's Troubadour gives us details of the life of John L. Handcox.



The state Department of Workforce Services releases March unemployment numbers for Arkansas, though they remain slightly above the national rate. Plus, the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage will either be reaffirmed or struck down in the coming weeks.


As you Like It will be performed by the University of Arkansas, and an Earth Day Celebration is just around the corner. Becca Martin Brown has What’s Up.
Here are the ten clips used in our salute to jumping:
- “Jump Around” House of Pain
- White Men Can’t Jump
- “Jumpin Jive” Joe Jackson
- Dirty Harry
- “Jumpin Jack Flash” Rolling Stones
- 21 Jump Street
- “Jump in Line” from Beetlejuice
- Divergent
- “Jump” Van Halen
- Tony Danza on Sesame Street
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: in an effort to facilitate further business success in Arkansas, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission has launched a new website, ArkansasFavorsTheBold.com. We'll have a conversation with Grant Tennille, that organization's executive director. Plus, the Fourth Congressional District, geographically the largest in the state is in the midst of a heated Republican race this primary season. We have part one in a series of conversations with each candidate.
This weekend the pastor of His Way Fellowship in Gateway will take to the roof of a nearby store in an effort to collect food and money for those in need.
Yesterday, an exercise on the University of Arkansas campus didn't turn out exactly as planned, but was still a learning experience.
"Up, Up and Away" by Sonny Criss
This week there are shows, art exhibits and classes at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith Academy of the Arts, including a theatre double feature this weekend.
More informaton is available at uafortsmith.edu/academy.
The father of the blues, The Sound of Music and more in our history capsule for November 16.
Becca helps us plan ahead for tomorrow and beyond.
"Work These Hands" by Cletus Got Shot