Ozarks At Large
Art created for a national event by area elementary and middle school students will be on display through the end of 2013 and beyond.
Carroll County is one of just a few Arkansas counties that has no shelter for victims of domestic violence. Wildflowers Ministries in Eureka Springs is raising funds to secure the necessary property and expertise to open such a facility.
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission develops a new way to market large-acreage sites to attract major industrial development. The Springdale Fire Department develops a strategic plan for the next five years. And the city of Fayetteville announces free parking in the downtown area for the Tahnksgiving and Christmas holidays.
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has existed for four years and it's director is thinking about the future.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, a look back at the second wave of feminism in politics, the new face of Arkansas' voter ID law, and Roby Brock tells us Tyson has been doing chicken right in his Talk Business Arkansas update. Plus, the use of insects in music; it doesn't happen often.
A national conference in 1977 captured the attention of the press…and still has a legacy today.
Tyson Foods announces record sales and earnings for the 2013 fiscal year. Roby Brock of Talk Business Arkansas has that and more in his weekly update.In addition to bugs, our insect expert, Dr. Donald Steinkraus, likes music. We look at instances of insects in rock and roll.
Walmart announces a new appointee to its board of directors, and who its next CEO will be come February. The Arkansas office of Medicaid Inspector General gets down to business with a new website for reporting Medicaid fraud, waste or abuse. And road construction will slow traffic in Fayetteville this week of Thanksgiving.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, April 7, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the man who has been intimately connected with the Nobel Peace Prize for the past quarter-century talks about the process for selecting a recipient and some of the controversies associated with the honor.
Here is our list of ten cookie references from our montage this morning. If you got all ten, take the rest of the week off . . . this was our most obscure list yet.
A commercial for the Fig Newton cookie from the 1970s.
Michael Scott and Angel fight for Kevin’s loyalty on an episode of The Office.
Kate Smith and Andy Williams deny the Cookie Bear a cookie on The Andy Williams Show. (this was once a popular, zany skit . . . we promise)
Walter Matthau in a scene for the movie The Fortune Cookie.
Jerry and Elaine discuss the black and white cookie. It didn’t end well.
Shirley Temple sings "Animal Crackers" . . . they’re cookies, right?
The Keebler Elves push fudge cookies.
Gingy, the talking Gingerbread Man tosses an insult in Shrek 3.
Shelly Long sells Girl Scout Cookies in Troop Beverly Hills.
Two of the three best Muppets ever, Kermit and Cookie Monster, play a game.
Apologies to the cast of Robert Altman’s film Cookie’s Fortune, baseball players Rojas and Lovagetto, the short-order cook in Beetle Bailey and famous Amos. Maybe next time
Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5
Results from a new study announced yesterday by the NWA Council found many strengths of doing business in Northwest Arkansas, and few weaknesses as well. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and state senator Keith Ingram introduce a trifecta of bills aimed at curbing election fraud. And Governor Mike Beebe stands by his decision to veto two abortion bills, even though the legislature overturned both vetoes.
“Play With Me” by The Album Leaf
Michael Tilley of The City Wire discusses how the abortion law passed by the Arkansas State Legislature could result in legal action that will be funded by taxpayers, and more.
“American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell,” is a traveling exhibition at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art that opens to the public tomorrow.
“Earl Harvin” by Garage A Trois
Becca Martin Brown helps kids look forward to what entertainment options they'll have for Spring Break.
