
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.
The local band East of Zion will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Fayetteville Public Library, which is located on the corner of School Ave. and Mountain St.
Senators Boozman and Pryor sound off about immigration reform, an Arkansan who advocates on behalf of the children of incarcerated persons is honored at the White House, Some Vietnam Veterans will be honored during a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Flag Day, including two Arkansans. And, thousands of license plates adorned with Razorbacks are on automobiles across the state, but those plates have generated millions of dollars for scholarships.
"Romeo and Juliet" by The Killers
A program in Arkansas has helped more women receive mammograms and other medical examinations in an effort to detect more cancers earlier.
Over the decades, Eureka Springs’ history museum, filled with historical collections and artworks, had taken on the appearance of a flea market. But thanks to several inspired new museum board members, the institution has been transformed.
The Young Actors Guild’s Summer Musical promises to be BIG this weekend. Becca Martin Brown tells us more.