A service learning project used by student interns to teach the importance of community service to elementary school children works with the real life organization Chicks for Children. We visit as fourth and fifth graders wrap up the project with a song and dance.
Ozarks At Large
Becca says the ACO Chorale is preparing for its Spring Concert May 4th at Arts Center of the Ozarks.
A sustainability summit hosted yesterday in Rogers gave a forum for some of the largest food, agricultural and beverage manufacturers to promote their newest product sustainability efforts.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel talks to Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas about lawsuits and the electric chair.
The declaration means that federal assistance will be available for individuals, local governments and businesses. Also, the number of child abuse cases in the state declines.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how members of clergy, support organizations and a T-shirt maker are helping spread relief to towns devastated by Sunday's tornadoes, and information about how anyone else can aid recovery efforts.After Sunday's tornado devastated Vilonia, Mayflower and the surrounding areas, several businesses began offering a slew of options to provide additional support to relief efforts, some traditional and others more novel.
For a list of some of the ways to help relief efforts, click here.
For a list of some of the ways to help relief efforts, click here.
The ending sports seasons, art with a new permanent home, and a new effort to collect diapers are all part the Tuesday notes.
Becca Martin Brown says The Bard is on stage in Fayetteville and a classic story from another era is on stage in Bentonville.
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the director of special education for the U.S. Department of Education; she says many with disabilities are capable of learning anything and everything that those without disabilities can. Plus, as strawberries begin to pop up in gardens and farmers' markets in the area, a group of national leaders in the industry meet in Fayetteville to discuss sustainable growing practices.
A legendary western swing band sweeps into Fort Smith tonight.
A 1951 science fiction soundtrack highlights PJ's weekly visit to our studio.
To hear more of our time with PJ, click here.
Cargill, the Minneapolis-based agri-firm, which has operations in Arkansas, recently made a cash donation to The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas new Kings River Preserve in Carroll County. Jacqueline Froelich reports. To learn more visit nature.org/arkansas
The commuter-based campus of Arkansas Tech University-Ozark is planning for a modern student union. Plans were revealed this week.
"Chinquipin" by Paul McGowan from his new CD "Sleepy Lou." He'll talk about it and play live in our studio Friday.
Several local artists have turned used bike wheels into art, and in one case, a musical instrument to raise money for the Safe Routes to School program.
