Randy Dixon
Ozarks at Large contributor-
On today's show, a new initiative to help smaller cities thrive will begin with work in two Oklahoma communities. Also, Rogers public school students gather to give back to single parents, and a new episode of Sound Perimeter.
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Pryor Center archives revisit the 2004 opening of the Clinton Presidential Center with recordings from four presidents, reporters on the ground and the music that marked a historic day in Little Rock.
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On today's show, we learn about a new semiconductor fabrication facility at the University of Arkansas. We also hear about local sports. Plus, we remember how the world’s attention turned to Little Rock 21 years ago this week for the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum.
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Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams and the Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History's Randy Dixon discuss a mass shooting incident that occurred on July 24, 1984, at the Grand Central Motor Lodge in Hot Springs.
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On today's show, we hear about new, quieter, cleaner buses taking students to Farmington schools. Also, how live TV handled a mass shooting in Hot Springs four decades ago.
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On today's show, we hear that the Faulkner Performing Arts Center is screening a new Ken Burns documentary at the University of Arkansas campus. We also hear about a new technology center for Rogers Public School that opened last week. Plus, we revisit the Pryor Center Archives.
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In April of 1974, three young women escaped from a Kentucky prison and passed through Arkansas on a bloody crime spree. Kyle Kellams and Randy Dixon discuss the crime in this edition of Archives from the Pryor Center.
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On today's show, we learn how the Arkansas State Police certified dozens of chaplains to help improve mental and spiritual health with law enforcement. Also, a statewide advocacy group is heavily impacted by the federal government shutdown, even if it ends soon. Plus, a brand new edition of the Pryor Center Archives.
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In this edition of Archives from the Pryor Center, Randy Dixon and Kyle Kellams recount the 1988 abduction of newborn Christopher Michael Jones from a Little Rock hospital and the emotional, weeks-long search that ended in his safe return.
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On today's show, we dig into a recent study that shows more than half of Gen Z Arkansans are thriving. Also, the disappearance and eventual discovery of Baby Christsopher. Plus, a swan song to Casa Magnolia in Springdale.