Ozarks At Large
Early next month the organization called the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the U.S.A. Inc. will hold its annual convention in Rogers. We talked to John Bircher, National Spokesman for the Military Order of the Purple Heart.


Monday is Pi Approximation Day (a.k.a. Casual Pi Day) because when written in the day/month format (22/7) the date equals 3.14 or the mathematical constant known as pi (hooray math jokes!). In honor of the day, today's montage focuses on pi(e).
1. "American Pie" by Don McLean
2. Clip from The Three Stooges
3. Clip from the television show What Would You Do?
4. "Amore" by Dean Martin
5. Clip from the movie American Pie
6. "Cherry Pie" by Warrant
7. "The Worst Pies in London" from the movie adaptation of Sweeny Todd
8. Clip from The Life of Pi movie trailer.
9. Clip from the movie Blazing Saddles
10. "3.14 Apple Pi" by Bo Burnham
1. "American Pie" by Don McLean
2. Clip from The Three Stooges
3. Clip from the television show What Would You Do?
4. "Amore" by Dean Martin
5. Clip from the movie American Pie
6. "Cherry Pie" by Warrant
7. "The Worst Pies in London" from the movie adaptation of Sweeny Todd
8. Clip from The Life of Pi movie trailer.
9. Clip from the movie Blazing Saddles
10. "3.14 Apple Pi" by Bo Burnham
Timothy Dennis takes a look at stories involving the environment for this week's week in review.


Tamara Zeller Buck from content partner KRCU travels to what is left of a small town in southeastern Missouri and meets former residents who have started a campaign to relocate the community of Pinhook.



Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 13, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Michael Tilley of The City Wire tells us about the week's news including Tyson's bid for Hillshire Brands, and the band Xcluded joins us in the studio as they release their new original album and while they have some time off between the eighth and ninth grades.
The Arkansas Department of Health says that rates of lung cancer are decreasing in the state, due in part to higher anti-smoking awareness campaigns. Governor Beebe calls for more Arkansans to get a higher education. The Greenland School District is set to spend nearly a million dollars on a new football field. And Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr formally gives his resignation from office amid a string of ethics violations.
"Pale Green Ghosts" by John Grant
Tens of thousands of Arkansans are enrolling onto the new state insurance marketplace. The latest ACA enrollment figures through December are pending, but newly released data for the Arkansas’s novel Private Option reveal robust Medicaid expansion.
The first work week of 2014 didn't suffer from a lack of business news.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers previews the latest from Shiloh Museum in Springdale.
When it comes to short term job growth, Springdale is leading the pack in Arkansas, witnessing 7500 new jobs in the last four years. We speak with Bill Rogers VP of Communications with Springdale Chamber of Commerce to find.