Charlotte A. Stephens was born in Little Rock in 1854. She became a teacher at a young age and served as a teacher for 70 years.

The HOPE Humane Society is the only animal shelter in Fort Smith. The no-kill shelter, which has a contract with the city, is at capacity with hundreds of dogs living in pop-up crates wherever they can be safely kept while animal control brings in more stray animals every day. Part one of this two-part story examines the overcrowding at the shelter as the Animal Services Advisory Board gets ready to present its pet licensing ordinance to the Fort Smith Board of Directors.

John Brummett, political writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , talks with Roby Brock, from Talk Business and Politics , about President Trump's national emergency and Governor Asa Hutchinson's tax cuts.

Our Militant Grammarian introduces us to another grammatical concept we didn't know about: ablaut reduplication.

We spend some time learning about how dogs learn at the Northwest Arkansas School for Dogs , in Fayetteville, which teaches canine companions best behaviors using positive reinforcement in a playful school setting.

Michael Tilley, from our content partner Talk Business and Politics , stops by to catch us up on some news stories from the past week. We learn what to expect from Walmart's earnings report, due next week, and we hear about the latest debate regarding the upcoming sales tax election in Fort Smith.

Washington County planners on Thursday denied a conditional use permit for an open-pit dirt mining development in a rural residential district west of Fayetteville.

Becca Martin Brown, features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , tells us about some theatre and other entertainment opportunities for the weekend.

Nathaniel Hoff and Jillian Speece describe themselves as high school sweethearts from the heartland. They’re also the husband-and-wife duo behind The Bergamot . They released their new single "Periscope" yesterday and its accompanying video today.

21c Museum Hotel is hosting a screening of a video mural by French artist JR. The work features 245 people representing the different perspectives in the guns debate. The screening and facilitated discussion begins at 7 p.m. Feb. 18.