Jonathan Kreisberg's only scheduled performance in the middle of the United States this year is Saturday night at Sunrise Stage in Fayetteville. It is the second concert in the 2019 KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series.

Since 2007, nearly 250 cities and counties across the U.S. have passed laws banning or taxing plastic bags. This month, the Fayetteville City Council voted to explore the feasibility of similarly regulating bags, polystyrene containers and plastic straws. We speak with City Council Member Teresa Turk, Ward 4, who sponsored the resolution of intent.

As Sarah Huckabee Sanders leaves her White House post as press secretary, John Brummett, political writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , and Roby Brock, with Talk Business and Politics , consider if she may run for office in her native Arkansas.

June is Alzheimer's Awareness Month and we continue a series of conversations about aging and health with a discussion of brain health.

The Prairie Grove Public Library begins its space-themed summer reading program June 19. Participants can meet at 1 p.m. Wednesdays at the library's new home at the former Walmart Express at 881 W. Buchanan St.

Juneteenth, the celebration of the end of slavery, has been observed in Fayetteville for more than two decades. The tradition continues this Saturday .

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, says it is one thing to know every piece of speech, but it is another to know what each can do.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is releasing its 30th Kids Count Data Book today. The annual report examines child well-being in the United States and ranks states on 16 indicators across the four areas: education, family and community, economic well-being and health. Arkansas' overall ranking improved from 41st to 40th in the latest study.

The Northwest Arkansas Crisis Stabilization Unit opened in Fayetteville Friday, making it the third CSU to open as part of a pilot program funded by the state legislature in 2017. The 16-bed facility will give law enforcement officers in Washington, Benton, Madison and Carroll Counties an alternative to jail when encountering people with mental health issues. Similar facilities are already up and running in Sebastian and Pulaski Counties.

Major flooding along the Arkansas River and flash flooding on the Ozark Highlands is easing. As flood waters recede and damage is assessed, the Arkansas Insurance Department, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission and the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management have issued a warning as well as advice to residents about flood insurance coverage.