Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, the types of food establishments--restaurants, convenience stores, grocers, fast food businesses--that surround a school have an impact on childhood obesity. We speak to two U of A System Division of Agriculture researchers who make that claim. Plus, Habitat for Humanity Washington County completes its 50th home, Roby Brock has his Talk Business Arkansas update, Becca Martin Brown tells us What's Up, and more.
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Today is World MS Day, and we talk with a representative of the MS Society and with a local resident afflicted by the degenerative disease.
"Blueberry Hill" by Fats Domino
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers says that the Gulley Park Summer Concert Series is a harbinger of summer.
Next month, chefs in Downtown Bentonville will take on the challenge of pairing their dishes with everything from beer and wine to works of art. We speak with two of the participating chefs about the science, art and experimentation that goes along with those pairings.
The Fllipoff Pirates, a familiar local band, won the opportunity to play a set at Wakarusa tomorrow night.
Governor Mike Beebe is expected to name a replacement tomorrow to fill the office of state treasurer after former treasurer Martha Shoffner resigned last week amid federal extortion charges. Senator Mark Pryor responds to an attack ad that claims he is soft on gun control. And the Old State House Museum in Little Rock will soon debut an exhibit featuring the past
"Islands" by The xx
