
Ozarks At Large


Michael K. Honey's new book Sharecropper's Troubadour gives us details of the life of John L. Handcox.



The state Department of Workforce Services releases March unemployment numbers for Arkansas, though they remain slightly above the national rate. Plus, the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage will either be reaffirmed or struck down in the coming weeks.


As you Like It will be performed by the University of Arkansas, and an Earth Day Celebration is just around the corner. Becca Martin Brown has What’s Up.
Here are the ten clips used in our salute to jumping:
- “Jump Around” House of Pain
- White Men Can’t Jump
- “Jumpin Jive” Joe Jackson
- Dirty Harry
- “Jumpin Jack Flash” Rolling Stones
- 21 Jump Street
- “Jump in Line” from Beetlejuice
- Divergent
- “Jump” Van Halen
- Tony Danza on Sesame Street
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: in an effort to facilitate further business success in Arkansas, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission has launched a new website, ArkansasFavorsTheBold.com. We'll have a conversation with Grant Tennille, that organization's executive director. Plus, the Fourth Congressional District, geographically the largest in the state is in the midst of a heated Republican race this primary season. We have part one in a series of conversations with each candidate.
Young Frankenstein is at Walton Arts Center as 2010 comes to a close.
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by Bruce Springsteen
Last night, a public meeting devoted to the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith included details about financing the project
The federal DREAM Act, which has stalled in Congress, would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented youth who came to the U.S. before they were 16 years of age, lived here for at least five years, have no criminal record, attain a college education or enlist in the military. Jacqueline Froelich has this report.
A new vocal ensemble in Fayetteville, Anacrusis, will perform a debut concert Saturday.