Ozarks At Large
The Arkansas State Police will soon be on the lookout for drivers who are texting or are otherwise distracted while behind the wheel, and unemployment declines in the area.

Former First Minister of Scotland Henry McLeish has a strong passion for education. He often speaks on the roles of education in the United States vs the United Kingdom. He spoke to Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas about learning in a modern society and his political career.
Becca Martin Brown, with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says the region's libraries offer plenty this month for their youngest visitors.
Fayetteville's National Cemetery will soon have two acres more of space, after the Regional National Cemetery Improvement Corporation completed the land purchase. And, two special elections are happening today in Washington County.

For the past twenty-five years one man has had an intimate connection with the Nobel Peace Prize.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, we learn more about a state rule that allows Arkansas children in state custody to be placed with fictive kin. Plus, the duo Still on the Hill stops by the studio to discuss their latest CD titled “Once a River.”
The document offers information about employment, growth and other issues. It also compares those numbers to similar regions.
A failed experimental grape, cultivated in 1993 by fruit scientists at the University of Arkansas’s research station in Clarksville, has been licensed and crossbred at “The Grapery” vineyard in Bakersfield, California into an astonishing hybrid.
“Kind of Blue” by Miles Davis
Tonight, The Cleverlys perform at George’s, “The Trip to Bountiful” at Fort Smith Little Theatre, and Jeff Coffin performs at Second Street Live in Fort Smith.
An iPhone app is part of the University of Arkansas research that hopes to make solar energy more accessible to homeowners and businesses, making it easy for them to go off-grid.
“Summer Nights” by Benny Green
Ethan Nadelmann, former Princeton professor and the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, will debate U.S. drug policies tonight with Asa Hutchinson, former administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency and former Arkansas Third District Congressman.