A service learning project used by student interns to teach the importance of community service to elementary school children works with the real life organization Chicks for Children. We visit as fourth and fifth graders wrap up the project with a song and dance.
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Becca says the ACO Chorale is preparing for its Spring Concert May 4th at Arts Center of the Ozarks.
A sustainability summit hosted yesterday in Rogers gave a forum for some of the largest food, agricultural and beverage manufacturers to promote their newest product sustainability efforts.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel talks to Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas about lawsuits and the electric chair.
The declaration means that federal assistance will be available for individuals, local governments and businesses. Also, the number of child abuse cases in the state declines.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how members of clergy, support organizations and a T-shirt maker are helping spread relief to towns devastated by Sunday's tornadoes, and information about how anyone else can aid recovery efforts.After Sunday's tornado devastated Vilonia, Mayflower and the surrounding areas, several businesses began offering a slew of options to provide additional support to relief efforts, some traditional and others more novel.
For a list of some of the ways to help relief efforts, click here.
For a list of some of the ways to help relief efforts, click here.
The ending sports seasons, art with a new permanent home, and a new effort to collect diapers are all part the Tuesday notes.
Becca Martin Brown says The Bard is on stage in Fayetteville and a classic story from another era is on stage in Bentonville.
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the director of special education for the U.S. Department of Education; she says many with disabilities are capable of learning anything and everything that those without disabilities can. Plus, as strawberries begin to pop up in gardens and farmers' markets in the area, a group of national leaders in the industry meet in Fayetteville to discuss sustainable growing practices.
The Springdale-based non-profit Northwest Arkansas Water Walk is organizing a walk and a fundraiser to highlight the lack of access to clean drinking water in many developing parts of the world.
More information is available at www.mycharity.org/nwawaterwalk.
“Hush” by Waterdeep
Singer-songwriter Bruce Allen and friends will perform May 1 inside Clapp Auditorium at the Mount Sequoyah Retreat and Conference Center.
“Cathedral in a Suitcase” by Pat Metheny
Our food expert Teresa Maurer visits KUAF along with a special guest Lucy Kagan who works with Apple Seeds, Inc., a non-profit that focuses on nutrition education.
To view the Zesty Homemade Vinaigrette recipe, click here.
United States Attorney General Eric Holder, during his visit to Little Rock, said the President’s administration is taking a zero-tolerance approach to human trafficking violations.
Retiring Congressman Mike Ross meets with fellow lawmakers and community representatives who benefit from natural gas drilling; a small school district near Mena receives federal recognition; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“Step Lightly” by Joe Henderson
