On today's edition of Ozarks, Brooks Blevins discusses early Ozarks settlers and Michael Tilley brings us the latest on a food tax in Fort Smith.
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Brooks Blevins has researched many of the early white settlers in the Ozarks and this week discussed some of the early pioneers of the region during an appearance at Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale.
On today's edition of Ozarks, a report on the damage caused by a tornado in Franklin County Arkansas last night. Also, author Holly Payne talks about her book "Kingdom of Simplicity."
Author Holly Payne addresses the concept of forgiveness in her book “Kingdom of Simplicity.”
Now there's a way for UA students to dispose of old textbooks that bookstores won't buy back.
A Fayetteville resident explains how he used Facebook to get Chipotle Mexican Grill to re-consider the placement of its sign on the old Frisco Depot.
On this edition of Ozarks, the governor answers some questions submitted via Twitter and Facebook, a few dams need repairs and The Perennial Plate comes to Northwest Arkansas.
On this edition of Ozarks, the song of the cicada will fill the air this summer, and Rudyard Kipling's classic, The Jungle Book, comes to life on stage.
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On this edition of Ozarks, a preview of an upcoming grief seminar for bereaved parents. Also, Fort Smith releases an annual report on its homeless community.
Bill Parry, from the cast of Memphis, talks to us about the musical, life on the road and the changes theater has had in the past couple of decades. Memphis is at Walton Arts Center through the weekend.
"Big Love" performed by Will Mann, from the Memphis soundtrack
The Valley of the Vapors music festival turns Hot Springs into a hotbed of DIY and experimental music each March. There's a new documentary film out about the fest making its Northwest Arkansas debut at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville this Saturday. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen has more.
The Arkansas Legislature considers a ban on the parental rights of convicted rapists, as well as a bill barring school districts from considering home school students as public school students. Plus, University of Arkansas chancellor G. David Gearhart calls for an independent audit of the university's advancement division.
"We Will Become Silhouettes (Matthew Dear's Not Scared Mix)" by The Postal Service
In reaction to the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school massacre, Arkansas schools continue to bolster security—from hiring armed guards to installing heavy surveillance. We check districts around the region, talk with school security experts, look at current state legislation, and hear from former U.S. Congressman Asa Hutchinson on the status of his National School Shield Emergency Response Program, commissioned by the National Rifle Association.
We talk to an expert who has studied norovirus for 10 years about the symptoms and conditions to lead to its exposure to humans.