
Ozarks At Large


The American Red Cross is holding several blood drives in the coming weeks to help make up for the scarcity of donations that normally come during the summer months. Plus, the final honor flight takes off in Northwest Arkansas, And 4-H programs in the state get a boost from the Walmart Foundation.





The ending sports seasons, art with a new permanent home, and a new effort to collect diapers are all part the Tuesday notes.

A half-mile wide tornado killed at least 16 last night when it rolled across the central part of the state, hitting the cities of Mayflower and Villonia especially hard. Meanwhile, the Northwest Arkansas Chapter of the American Red Cross begins coordinating its response teams to help in the recovery efforts.



Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the cajun-zydeco group, Snake Eyes and the Bug Band, will perform this afternoon at the Fayetteville Public Library' we hear a conversation and a song from the band, and it's sort of like soccer but on horseback: polo in Bentonville. Plus, we celebrate the horse in our Sunday Morning Montage.
Dr. Bill Smith discusses why Americans lack knowledge about their own country.
“What a Wonderful World It Would Be” by Sam Cooke
Arkansas prisons go green, National HIV Testing Day, members of the University of Arkansas track and field teams move on to world championships – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half Time.
“Jump” by Aztec Camera
Fantasia, Elvis Costello, Steely Dan, Britney Spears, New Kids on the Block and others in concert.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
Governor Mike Beebe will speak at a meeting of the Stonewall Democrats of Arkansas at First Presbyterian Church in Little Rock Tuesday evening, marking the first time an Arkansas Governor will formally address a gay civil rights organization.