Judge Leon Holmes rejects former state treasurer Martha Shoffner's guilty plea after being unsatisfied with her testimony regarding activities that led to her indictment. Senator Mark Pryor lashes out with his own ad against negative publicity regarding his voting record on gun control. Governor Mike Beebe lauds the state's Unemployment Insurance Program for bouncing back after running out of money a few years ago. Ozark Regional Transit offers free rides throughout the summer to children aged 17 and under. And Tyson Foods acquires a California-based ethnic food operation.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks: the Arkansas Music Pavilion moves to Rogers, a survey of local theatre's past, present, future and even coming attractions. And the Adams Collins Jazz Trio performs another song in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers tells us about a nationally juried art exhibition that's coming to Fayetteville this week to commemorate women taking flight throughout aviation history.
It's the final Tuesday of May and we have classics and soon to be classics in this month’s theater preview. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas visits the Young actors Guild in Fort Smith as they rehearse BIG: The Musical.
The Adams Collins Jazz Trio will be the first performance in the Mountain Street Stage Music Series Sunday at the Fayetteville Public Library.Web Exclusive: Adams Collins Talks Shop About the Vibraphone
A Carroll County homestead is one of 98 Botanical Sanctuaries in the U.S., and the only one in Arkansas operated by Bree Donna Thompson who is working to conserve at-risk medicinal plants.
The Fllipoff Pirates, a familiar local band, won the opportunity to play a set at Wakarusa tomorrow night.Governor Mike Beebe announced his appointee to replace Martha Shoffner as State Treasurer after her resignation last week. The Bentonville city council approves thousands of dollars worth of repair work to a flood-damaged trail. A Rogers elementary school gets a new fitness course through a joint-use grant with the city. And Arkansas' only contestant in the Scripps National Spelling Bee moves forward to the second round of competition today.
It's the final Tuesday of May and we have classics and soon to be classics in this month’s theater preview. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas visits the Young actors Guild in Fort Smith as they rehearse BIG: The Musical.Here are the selections for our montage dedicated to the number five:
Apologies to: Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, Brooks Robinson, the chemical element boron, Kurt Vonnegut, the Pentagon and Subway restaurants with their five-dollar-footlong jingle.
- "Beethoven's Fifth" as performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- George Brett (#5 for the Kansas City Royals) hits a home run in the 1984 All-Star Game
- The Vogues sing "Five O'clock World"
- How to use the fifth amendment in a congressional hearing
- School House Rock's take on the number five, as sung by native Arkansan Bob Dorough
- A scene from the Britich series MI-5
- The Fifth Dimension sings "One Less Egg to Fry"
- Jach Nicholson orders breakfast his way in Five Easy Pieces
- Lou Bega's dance hig "Mambo No. 5"
- Jack Lord gives his famous line from Hawaii 5-0
Apologies to: Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, Brooks Robinson, the chemical element boron, Kurt Vonnegut, the Pentagon and Subway restaurants with their five-dollar-footlong jingle.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, April 14, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a Pea Ridge family works to bring a family member home, a new trail lets walkers, runners and cyclists see a part of northwest Arkansas that's pretty much been a secret, and the lowdown on voodoo from a guest speaker who visited the University of Arkansas campus late last week.
Arkansas treasurer Martha Shoffner officially tenders her resignation, we get a few tips on staying up to date on severe weather, even when away from the television or radio. And, Walmart announces a plan to sell more goods produced right here in Arkansas.
"Hot Venom" by Miniature Tigers
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas talks to gubernatorial candidate Bill Halter about his Arkansas Promise Scholarship Plan and more.
The June Arts and Culinary Festival next month in Bentonville isn’t just visual arts and food. Music is packed into downtown Bentonville throughout the month.
Songs heard inside this story:
"Too Cool for School" by RJ Mischo
"Well You Needn't" by The Claudia Burson Trio
"Scrapple From the Apple" by Charlie Parker
Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers talks about the Airing of the Quilts and more.
Co-producers and the director of Gordon Family Tree are in town this week for two screenings of their movie. Tickets for tomorrow's screening are available here.
