
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.
Professor Ronald Mallett, who teaches physics at the University of Connecticut, recently visited the University of Arkansas campus to deliver a public lecture on theoretical physics. Mallett is also the author of “Time Traveler,” a memoir that discusses his personal life and his desire to time travel.
“Theme to the Time Tunnel” by John Williams
The City of Springdale installs a wind turbine at Shiloh Square in downtown Springdale; Arkansas Auditor of State Charlie Daniels announces an eBay auction of unclaimed property; and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
Beatles tribute band Rain will be in town soon. Also, comedian Lewis Black will be at Walton Arts Center this Saturday, but his show’s already sold out. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
“Freezone” by Spacetime Continuum
Arkansas Health Director Paul Halverson announced the state will get another 29 trauma centers to provide faster care for trauma patients. The additions will be funded by a 2009 tobacco tax increase.
Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com contemplates the possibility of having a theatre for independent films, a venue for live musical acts that can accommodate a couple thousand people, and much more.