
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.
Thursday night the chancellor of UA-Fort Smith revealed the school's five-year plan.
Becca has plenty to suggest for our weekend, and she lists the opportunities in alphabetical order.
A jazz musician, an outlaw and more in our history capsule for August 20.
A local man is one of the most respected coffee judges in the world. Zan Jarvis asked him how he became a judge and what a judge looks for in a prime taste of joe.
"Java Jive" by The Ink Spots
Some Arkansans are cashing in on a plan to help keep birds from returning to the damaged gulf. Kelly MacNeil reports.
"Baubles, Bangles and Beads" by Wes Montgomery