State Legislators get an update on measures meant to ease overcrowding in the state's prison system. Arkansas' rural roads receive unfavorable rankings in terms of fatalities and maintenance, and Bentonville officials celebrate the topping out of the city's new community center.
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Today's Locally Made segment shines a light on Gingiber, an illustrative paper goods and homewares store based in Springdale. 
The Sons of Brasil will deliver the second installment in this year's KUAF Summer Jazz Series, this weekend at 21c Museum Hotel in Bentonville. We hear from trumpeter and founder of the group Stan Kessler.The Arkansas Lottery Commission reports the second straight year of declining revenue for the state's scholarship lottery. Rogers Public Schools officials remove a rule that implied a requirement for end of semester exams. And two Arkansas attorneys file a motion in federal court for a summary judgement in regards to the state's ban on same-sex marriages.
Roby Brock speaks with Tom Cotton's communications director and Mark Pryor's deputy campaign manager.During a debate hosted by the Arkansas Press Association last week, Arkansas' gubernatorial candidates shared opinions on a variety of topics including the private option.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, more than 3,000 Arkansas children are in foster care custody on any single day. A new report has suggestions on how to better serve these young people. Plus, Arkansas native Louis Jordan's forays into the Caribbean and Calypso in today's edition of Arkansongs, and we hear how the four men running for Governor of Arkansas responded when asked about the legality of same-sex marriage
The Arkansas Press Association hosted three debates last week, including one with the four candidates in this year's governor's race.
The latest enrollment numbers for Arkansas' Private Option are announced, the city of Fayetteville gets ready to accept nearly a million dollars in grants for trails construction, design and engineering,and one water-borne illness is making the rounds through Arkansas and the nation.
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Friday, July 18, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a blueprint for a cheap weekend of entertainment, and the logistics of taking materials across the country. We have a story about the challenges of staying current in the trucking industry.
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Here are our ten clips celebrating dance in honor of the NCAA's Big Dance:
1) Dancing Queen by Abba.
2) Al Pacino does the tango all the way to an Oscar in Scent of a Woman.
3) Marni Nixon provides the voice to Audrey Hepburn's celebration in My Fair Lady.
4) Gene Gene the Dancing Machine delights the audience on The Gong Show.
5) Uma Thurman and John Travolta debate in Pulp Fiction.
6) Chubby Checker launches a dance craze with The Twist.
7) Kevin Bacon makes the case for dancing in Footloose.
8) Los del Rio launches another dance craze with the Macarena.
9) Billy Elliot explains why he dances.
10) Gene Kelly ends the best (disagree?) dancing scene ever in Singing in the Rain.
Apologies to: all those other dances, dance movies and dancing songs. Maybe next time.
Becca Martin Brown begins a week's worth of road trips to start Spring Break off right.
We end today's show with another song from the band's new album Lion's Den.
The university system's board voted yesterday to start offering online courses. And, the state departments of health and education partner on educating schools about the dangers of heat-related illnesses.
Sister by Andrew Belle
Michael Tilley from The City Wire says the 188th Fighter Wing has recieved approval to spend to $12.5 million to build a facility that could help the unit become an ISR Center of Excellence.
