Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: it's primary election day in Arkansas, and Roby Brock talks to three Republicans who are vying for their party's nomination for attorney general. Plus, the City of Fayetteville is looking toward the future as Baby Boomers continue to age. A new project wants the city to become an age-friendly place. And, in our monthly series on technology, we visit the VA hospital in Fayetteville, where new solar arrays aim to make the facility more sustainable.
Here, the band performs the song "Forgiveness."
In just more than a decade, Mark Landon Smith, director of Arts Live Theatre, has taken the program to new heights. Becca Martin Brown has more on their upcoming season.
Here are our ten clips inspired by monster trucks...well, all monster---no trucks. 1. Bobby Pickett sings Monster Mash. 2. Boris Karloff and O.P. Heggie in an iconic (if often misquoted) scene from The Bride of Frankenstein. 3. Warren Zevon's song Werewolves of London. 4. Maria Ouspenskaya and Lon Chaney, Jr. in The Wolf Man. 5. Godzilla, the song by Blue Oyster Cult. 6. Godzilla, the fire-breathing monster. 7. Edgar Winter and the classic rock instrumental, Frankenstein. 8. King Kong's roar. You get credit if you guessed a lion's roar played backwards...because that's what it is. 9. Imagine Dragons' song Monster. 10. Bela Lugosi's Dracula doesn't lie...he just doesn't tell the whole truth. Apologies to: Lon Chaney, Sr. (silent films are not good Sunday Montage fodder), the Creature From the Black Lagoon and Of Monsters and Men. Maybe next time.
The Arkansas gross domestic product grew in 2013, particularly in some unexpected sectors. With one of the architects of the Arkansas Private Option defeated in a primary runoff this week, the future of the Medicaid expansion is in doubt, but Governor Mike Beebe is undeterred. Plus, this weekend marks the 149th anniversary of the end of slavery in the U.S., and the 17th annual NWA Juneteenth Celebration will mark the occasion in Springdale.
"Ten Million Slaves" Otis Taylor
Michael Tilley, from The City Wire, talks about the latest details regarding an acquisition of Hillshire.