Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Arkansas’s Congressional delegation today announced that Congress has finalized legislation with funding for several projects critical to Arkansas’s military installations, research institutions and defense contractors. 

The members of the delegation said they are pleased the FY2008 Department of…[more]

Jefferson city, Missouri — Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan issued a warning to Missourians regarding unsolicited e-mails about tax refunds appearing to come from the Internal Revenue Service. The e-mail asks recipients for personal financial information such as ATM…[more]

SALEM, Mo.-Deer hunters headed to the Ozarks for Missouri’s firearms deer season need to know that the Mark Twain National Forest has closed an 11-square-mile area in Dent, Iron and Reynolds counties.

The USDA Forest Service closed the…[more]

After discovering around 80 diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas since he moved here from Iowa in February, Chad Johnson just about tossed out what became his biggest find yet.

Johnson made the dig…[more]

Built in 1924, shut down and almost sold to out-of-state buyers, Little Rock’s “over-the-jumps” carousel has been restored and is now back in operation at its new home in the Little Rock Zoo.

Former state senator Mike Kinard…[more]

A media panel discussion on the topic of “Citizen Journalism and Ethical Practice” will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14 in Room 313 of the Plaster Student Union on the campus of Missouri State University…[more]

Drivers in the St. Louis are have been worried for several years as some motorcyclists have taken to zipping around traffic, standing on their bikes and popping wheelies, even on crowded highways.

Now, a new twist has developed…[more]

A new mail scam has invaded the Ozarks area.

This one is claiming to be a legitimate deal from Enterprise Rent-A-Car, but is actually another way con artists have devised to separate innocent people from their hard-earned cash.…[more]

Six rabid skunks have been reported already this year in Logan County, and that’s cause for concern, according to Susan Weinstein, DVM, State Public Health Veterinarian for the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). It’s not just the number of skunks,…[more]

An Arkansas success story that has been recognized nationally is our expansion of pre-kindergarten for children in poor families.

The first significant effort to create a statewide pre-K program occurred in 1991, when the legislature passed Act 212.…[more]