The first full week of April featured the Fayetteville City Council discussing the expansion of the Farmers Market, while the Arkansas General Assembly convened its fiscal session and the Arkansas Department of Transportation presented its plans for the Western North-South Connector Road.

Northwest Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack spoke with the operator of the Oz Bike Trail and Chair Life in Bella Vista about their opening in May.

Our trip off the beaten path takes us to northwestern Georgia, where a youth softball tournament made the news for the wrong reasons.