The 21st Cancer Challenge is just one of many ways to support nonprofits in the area this month.
Ozarks At Large
A recent study suggests that Arkansas' two racetrack and gaming complexes have a sizable impact on the state's economy. Fayetteville Public Schools prepares to offer free meals to city youths through the summer, and an effort to raise the state's minimum wage gets a groundswell of support.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Republican Attorney General runoff candidates discuss medical marijuana and the death penalty. Also, we take a look back at the desegregation of public swimming pools.
In this month’s food segment, we visit the Arkansas Food Innovation Center where the Roberts family makes Gina’s Salsa.
Later this month, Siloam Springs will be home to a Whitewater Recreation Park, the first of its kind in the state.
Memorial Day marks the opening of public swimming pool season across America. And this summer, an article about pools and race will be published in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, titled “Going off the Deep End: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Desegregation of Little Rock’s Public Swimming Pools.” Jacqueline Froelich spoke with author and historian John Kirk.Officials with the U.S. Marshals Museum yesterday approved its 2015 budget, which includes allocations for architectural, exhibit and operational costs. President Clinton speaks to the role presidential libraries serve in providing historical context, and state revenue numbers for May came in below what economists expected.
Ahead on Ozarks, workforce officials try to improve job training to meet industry demands. And, we look at the University of Arkansas' autism intervention program.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, June 23, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, coverage from a groundbreaking ceremony for Bentonville's new high school. Plus, a conversation with the author of “The Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiority, and the Politics of Whiteness.”
Most Saturday mornings, a certain rural Huntsville resident, can be seen at the Madison County Recycling Center sorting plastics, cardboard and cans—faithfully doing his civic environmental duty. But what makes this recycler special? He’s a dog. Jacqueline Froelich reports.
"Butterflies" Chris Titchner and the Sunday Rain Dog
Theater Squared will offer its final full production its 8th season with Hamlet.
Last month, Irish blues singer Hozier released his "From Eden EP."
Here is the list of clips for our montage to the Nutmeg State:
1. Judy Garland and Bing Crosby sing Connecticut.
2. Connecticut native Gary Burghoff in his role as Radar on the TV series M*A*S*H.
3. Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis get acquainted in Beetlejuice...a movie set in Connecticut.
4. New Haven-born Moby performs Extreme Ways.
5. William Bendix promotes the 1949 film version of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. (written by one-time Connecticut resident Mark Twain).
6. Jane Curtain, another Connecticut native, on Saturday Night Live.
7. All About Eve starring Bette Davis, set in....Connecticut.
8. Another movie set in the state: Christmas in Connecticut.
9. And another set in the Constitution State; The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
10. Karen Carpenter, a native, sings We've Only Just Begun.
An exhibit at the Shiloh Museum fir Ozark History showcases a mans collection of his own toys from the 1930s and 40s.
"'All of Your Toys" The Monkees






