Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we make a stop in Galena, Kansas and meet Melba the Mouth.
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Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we visit Eisler Brothers Old Riverton Store on Route 66 in Riverton, Kansas.
This month’s collection of work at the Fayetteville Underground will have us looking up, beneath, or even away.
Hacking collective “Anonymous” posted data stolen from 75 police websites nationwide. The data came from servers owned by Brooks-Jeffrey Marketing, a Mountain Home company. This story comes from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, how the heat is making life hard for area farmers and ranchers. A tour of the restored Coleman Theater on Main Street in Miami, Oklahoma in our Route 66 series and private gifts to the University of Arkansas see a 40% increase over the previous fiscal year.
Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we visit the newly restored Coleman Theater in Miami, Oklahoma.
Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we visit the Route 66 Vintage Iron Museum in Miami, Oklahoma. To see some images from downtown Miami, click here.
First Thursday in Fayetteville, Evening Book Club at the Boone County Library in Harrison and Reverend Horton Heat at George’s in Fayetteville tonight.
Ozarks at Large’s Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas talks to Shannon Joyce and Becky Roarke, Energy Corps members at the University of Arkansas’ Applied Sustainability Center. She spoke with them at a Community Development Block Grant event at Walker Park where they were tabling.
Upstage Melodrama:The Search for the Secret Book of Atrebor at the Fayetteville Public Library, Dreamweavers at the Boone County Library and multimedia spectacular on Versailles at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith on Becca's list.
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Friday, April 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the former president of Heifer International speaks on the University of Arkansas campus. Plus, we take a walk through history that begins in Jasper.
A woman born and educated in western Arkansas played a big part in making "We Shall Overcome" a popular anthem.
Several musicians and singers will gather for a free Pete Seeger concert and sing-a-long.
The president pro-tempore of the Arkansas Senate says he will assume the duties of presiding over the Senate this session in lieu of a Lieutenant Governor. Mark Pryor and supporters of Tom Cotton's run for the seat have both made significant TV advertising buys in the past few days. And one historic building in downtown Rogers will soon be getting a facelift thanks to a grant from Main Street Arkansas.
"Freight Train Boogie" by Doc Watson
A remarkable canyon straddles the border of Arkansas and Missouri, northeast of Berryville. Once settled by scrappy farmers, the springs-drenched Dogwood Canyon has been conserved by a Missouri entrepreneur. Manager, Chad Phillips, says visitors are welcome year round.
Roby Brock from our content partner TalkBusiness Arkansas visits with Goodwill CEO Brian Itzkowitz to find how a new facility is helping to create jobs in Arkansas.
"Smoothie Song" by Nickel Creek