Kelly McEvers is a two-time Peabody Award-winning journalist and former host of NPR's flagship newsmagazine, All Things Considered. She spent much of her career as an international correspondent, reporting from Asia, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. She is the creator and host of the acclaimed Embedded podcast, a documentary show that goes to hard places to make sense of the news. She began her career as a newspaper reporter in Chicago.
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith is getting $15 million in federal funding to build simulation labs that train nursing students in maternal and infant care across the River Valley.
Col. Jonathan "Brute" Esparza took command of the 188th Wing at Ebbing Air Force Base in January. He talks about the unit's three missions and what it means to be a citizen airman.
Travis Simpson, editor of The Courier in Russellville, talks about his Printz Honor-winning novel "Cope Field," getting boys to read and why local newspapers still matter.