I have to slow down just a little bit I'm crazy the Arkansas traffic network German by crane on a motive team crane dot com Thanks Chris your Accu Weather forecast now from. The cold this morning but believe it or not it could actually be colder on New Year's Day but we don't want to worry about next year partly sunny today high 35 clear tonight low 22 mostly sunny high 44 Saturday partly sunny high 44 could be a bit of sleet light snow or freezing drizzle on Saturday night into Sunday so be ready for slow travel I saw the 27 I'm out by the meteorologist. News straight ahead it's 16 degrees. How are you spending your weekend honey do list church kids' games the grocery store lots of stuff. We are stepping up our game with incredible weekend programming. Computers. Money. Every day. Sheridan and be a high today of 35 degrees overnight tonight 22. 44 currently again 16 degrees in the. Deadline for the new tax laws expect more with. We're going to get it in the Sheridan we can write it off but not sure that she's one of New York state's property owners working to pay next year's property tax before midnight December 31st well that's because the new tax law will limit the amount that can be deducted starting next year but correspondent Dave Briggs says you might want to think before you pay the i.r.s. Is now saying not so fast attempting to clarify who qualifies and cautioning that prepaying property taxes could work but only under limited circumstances to avoid the cap home. Must pay taxes that have been assessed this year meaning that those who pre-paid based on estimates will likely be ineligible check with an accountant much of the nation is frozen and meteorologist Derek Van Dam says when you step outside Remember the wind chill factor in the winds and the cold temperatures it's only one lonely degree in the Big Apple 25 degrees below freezing for Green Bay dilutes negative 19 very bone chilling air expected today and again right as we head into the holiday weekend it's almost 2018 but the 2017 elections aren't over yet Virginia House candidate Shelley Simons wants a court to review the tide ballot in her race against Republican David d.n.c. After she had been named the winner then authorities changed their mind I knew it was going to be close but I never imagined that it would be tied and honestly I think the process for the recount went really smoothly added If during the recount they had said Ok Shelley it's a tie I would be much more accepting of this coin toss a game of chance conclusion and Alabama says it will certify Democrat Doug Jones as winner of its special Senate election but Republican Roy Moore is challenging that decision alleging voter fraud Moore says he's passed a polygraph clearing him of sexual misconduct claims to have been Heyneke but your basement or crawl space have damp musty odors do you worry about indoor gases and pollutants every day living generates moisture that can nourish mold and odors even asthmatic triggers indoor pollutants linked to respiratory ailments birth defects and cancers can become trapped in your home you can't buy health but you can buy waves moisture control and air quality products Way Home Solutions for a dry healthy home satisfaction guaranteed go to dry home 123 dot com Let's drive home 123 dot com war poverty and disaster have left millions of children around the world orphaned at the end and alone when their parents can't be there as. 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Gun 42 year old Marion Lewis Parker faces a charge of 2nd degree domestic battery the child had fled to a 38 year old witness's house after an altercation with his family and told a witness about the shooting the boy told police he was shot as he walked off the property according to Arkansas in line the child had a red welt with bruising on his back the boy's mother told authorities that the child hit her in the face before leaving the residence that's when her boyfriend Parker shot the child with a b.b. Gun Parker's bond was set at $10000.00 the capital city is opening warming centers Spock's sixteen's Stephanie Sharp has details on what those centers offer when the temperatures drop people in need come inside Little Rock community centers they provide a safe place to relax and get out of the cold so it's very important to be able to have this space for residents to be able to escape the severe weather nobody needs to be outside in this in this weather is extremely cold for warming centers including Dunbar Southwest West Central and East Little Rock community centers they are open through Friday from 9 am to 6 pm they're also open next Tuesday and Wednesday transportation to overnight shelters are available at each location and governor. The Hutchinson announced the completion of a statewide mapping project the director of geographic information services Shelby Johnson explained the significance of that project 3 year. Later. Hours. Rather. Than. Johnson said the high rez images were taken from planes earlier this year where her. Mission. Is. Over. State agencies will be able to use the images for things like transportation work and economic development also be a good research source excuse me for emergency response lawyers for the Mexican drug kingpin known as El Chapo or asking the court to delay his April trial Joaquin Guzman known as it was being held in solitary confinement and not able to speak with anyone other than his legal team El Chapo says his confinement is preventing him from assuring his lawyers get paid his attorneys cited lack of payment and the need for more time is reasons to request the delay in the trial which is slated distorted in April the filing in a Brooklyn court suggests there's massive amounts of evidence to review they're asking that the trial start in the late summer months no word yet from the court I'm Clayton Neville I'm Robin c. Is our news radio 102.9 k. R. And. R a Robin thank you Karin you time the radio show. Again Bob Steele and Robin Caesar filling in for Kevin Miller who is away today along with Christine groom who watches the traffic and our executive producer Scott Naaman who is always here never seems to leave and we appreciate the heck out of a bad hand over at the offices of Morgan Stanley wealth management we've got Lou Graham watching your money today so we've got a full show in store for a little bit later on we'll be talking to Meg Matthews She's the public information coordinator with the Arkansas state parks and she's going to talk to us about a thing called pursed hike I'll be interested to hear about that because I'm a hiker I love to go out there and hike around the state of Arkansas right now is a good time to get to one of the lakes and hike around the lake and see the Eagles that are. Yeah that would be nice if it wasn't 10 degrees out probably this the best time to just stay in the house you fireplace go you have watch a little football the name of the left on your hikes right now I am plan ahead I want to do a little warmer we're also going to talk to Kat Robinson a little bit later on a nearby nose Cat Cat writes all these books about Arkansas food and she's going to talk to us about the Arkansas bucket list things to do in our great state before you say goodbye. Around in Arkansas Oh sure yeah pentacle I love pentacle right here in letter oh yeah 2 rivers is a great trail my brother bikes that one a lot we actually had some maternity pictures taken on to reverse train just saw those on Facebook I think yeah that's right but yeah I really want to get to pet a gene though I haven't been there any errors and I spent a long time since I see that waterfall man as a gorgeous waterfall you know he's even see it from the road puir the side of the road look down there it is it's May so cool Have you seen this thing about the calendar that's coming up for the next year it's really interesting you know like. And where he's number one month right well guess what day the 1st Sunday is and it's January 1 and then in February the 1st Sunday is favor or the 2nd time and it goes like that for every month of the year I've never seen a check your 28 calendar and you every Sunday match is the month you're in but January 1st is Monday well maybe I got this wrong let me look at this point as to what I know well. Maybe every Monday is the 1st maybe on Monday the January 1 Monday February 1 Thursday by oh I got to get back to this up I've discovered this somewhere and I will find it and I will correct myself but I'm thinking I'm right about this but I got the wrong day or something maybe it's just hard to bubble to the right let me know I appreciate your good reporter you know I was lying through a variable. Or yours is ever measuring but it's so bogus fake news that they. Know I've got the time right now I want to know what your source Yeah my source unfortunately is the Internet. I am going to it's not 2019 maybe 20 you know it's $28.00 something matches each day I mean he months like January is the 1st month one now find out what the date one is in that month and then go to February and see what the 2nd you know the 2 day is. Having got a calendar but I'm looking at the one on my computer right now and I I'm sorry I just don't follow but oh I have to discuss. Back Yeah I know somebody told me about this yesterday and I had looked at a calendar to see if it was accurate but now here I am spouting it and I can't find a calendar or the information where I got it but I actually it was. Told me and then I saw it on the internet so of all this is interesting I. Will talk about that all here. Make a fool of myself which is you know something I do fairly regularly like I am good at doing the same thing it's fun Yeah well I apologize for that one that's a gram I just yeah that would be really cool if that happened I had just started Hollanders a wrong maybe the counters are wrong. Gosh I can't find it anywhere else. So if you search. Everything you see on the internets true Bob did oh I know that's right you know there's some guy in Africa who wants me to help him out of there and he's going to give me a 1000000 bucks and. All kinds that he want he wants to pay in gift cards yeah have you heard about that scam where they call and get you to say yes when they record your voice Yes And somehow that was them to withdraw your money or something oh my gosh I heard about it actually happened to me over the holiday period and I was so concerned about it I called the attorney general's office the consumer protection division and they said just keep a close eye on your checking account for the next few days because you know can you hear me or I said yes and then of dag on that you know have done it so if somebody calls you gnashed you if the if you can hear oh more they're trying to get a yes out of you just be real cautious because those calls now sound like you're actually talking to somebody live and they're recording they do I've had someone call and say I want to trip because we tried we went to one of their resorts once and I was like Oh Ok where are you sending me and she was like Ok So would you like to continue you're not real so. I'm going to phone my husband likes to get in conversations with people that do that and really take them off he actually has fun lets cameras oh that's me on the other hand I just I don't have I don't have the patience Yeah I don't either will somebody scare me on this counter thing but I want to find out about it k. Or and use time is a 2. If you're listening to Persian news get to the find the one Pantene event at c.c. 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Ok our new time 814 with a look at your traffic cruising around 430 south between the big rock interchange in Colonel Glen looks like a little bit of traffic through there half in the slow down 67 northbound looks like that's back up to speed I'm Christine Romans the Arkansas traffic network German by crane out a motive team crane team dot com sponsored. This is Josh Lou and the n.f.l. Season is here and you are ready for a podcast that's not what you've already been downloading over and over and over you know what I mean every form reporter back with the possible exception of Jeff Garcia now as a podcast with a co-host and it goes along the lines of say former quarterback It sure does look like a challenging week in the n.f.l. Let's get your take on the big Carolina Jacksonville showdown after we hear from Panthers head coach Ron Rivera about how seriously is team is taking place. And. 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If we're feeling a little weird but mostly this is what they say if we just count down to 15 games we played each weekend like we're Casey case and in a jockstrap in a cup we rank it to give you all the news and notes you need to sound really impressive during cornhole at your tailgate you download it Friday on your way to work or on Saturday running errands or Sunday on your way to the actual game I gave you 2 or 3 minutes of snarky insight per game so running time maybe 40 minutes or so you get to be the guy the tailgater as that one piece of information that makes you sound like you're totally in the loop it is John Oliver meets John Clayton Jimmy Kimmel meets Jimmy the Greek no punches pulled no lab animals harm no exes no always no muss no fuss and for those of you who went to high school in the mid 1990 s. 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And with a look at Arkansas headlines here's Robin Caesar Thanks Bob 19 year old Justin Duff is in critical condition after being run over by a vehicle that hit and run happened Tuesday night on Parkway 20 year old Nathan Schneider now has an active battery warrant in the case he was driving a 2008 blue or silver Hyundai Santa Fe good deed on Christmas Eve left a little rock man $600.00 short homeless man asked the 25 year old for a ride at a gas station on Broadway we'll hear more from Fox sixteen's Stephanie sharp at the bottom of the hour on News Radio $102.00 k r n a thoroughbred trainer who earned the sport's highest honors died Wednesday in what Iraq 81 year old Jack Van Burke had been hospitalized said Bob his medical center with complications from cancer shots fired call led to a big fine for Jonesboro police 350 Xanax pills they were called to a Silvan held drive home on Saturday. I'll tell you more about that at the bottom of the hour I'm Robin Caesar News Radio 102.9 k. Are in for a Robin thank you very much k r a news time is 816 you're listening to 1st news. And Bill season is rolling and you're going to tailgate this weekend or you're getting together with friends to watch the games on someone's big screen t.v. You don't have something that cool I don't either this is Josh low and if you want to be in the know for the n.f.l. Games this weekend download the podcast blitz and giggles a new episode every Thursday and Friday great info very little hardcore football to get some good insight for you because I really want to help and giggle on the West with one network. Karen Hughes time a really check your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes watching the traffic is Christine. 430 south between the big rock interchange and Colonel Glen looks like a little bit of traffic through there half of the slow down 67 northbound looks like that's back up to speed I'm Christine Romans the Arkansas traffic network German by crane out emotive team crane team dot com and your Accu Weather forecast comes to see exclusively from meteorologist. Partly sunny totally cold today high 35 clear and cold tonight 22 more mostly sunny not quite as cold hearted 44 I might rather meteorologist. Currently in the capital city 16 degrees you're listening to 1st news Kevin Miller. With the American a great health minute I'm Dennis Doda by helping your body absorb calcium but I'm in deep plays a big role in bone health there's also thought vitamin d. Could play a role in preventing heart disease cancer prevention and aid your immune system but how much of vitamin d. 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You're listening to News Radio 12 point. 0 and Robin Caesar filling in for Kevin Miller who is on vacation returns to this chair on January the 2nd which is a Monday and we're going to give you a quick look at sports now a close game at half time last night turned into another Bud Walton rout the hogs had a good night they beat Cal State University Bakersfield 95 to 68 the crowd was good to about 11300 which is not as great as normal but the reason is all the kids are gone for spring break the hogs lead $4238.00 at half time they were a little sluggish coming off a 7 days' rest but then they caught fire in the 2nd half senior guards Galen Barford Darrell Macon and Anton beer the 3 of them combined to score 50 points yeah . 33 of them in the 2nd half that's when they really called Far Barford I don't know if you saw him but this guy is so good he was hitting 3 is like crazy at 3 a 53 pointers he had 8 or 12 shots. Of 7 of them in the 2nd half you know freshman Dario. Paul scored a career high 14 dogs are now 10 and 2 on the year and doing very well when they're playing at home yeah yeah a friend of mine actually went to that game looked like a good time yeah it did look good time Razorbacks a really good basketball I can't wait for Saturday I take on Tennessee as they open s.e.c. Play and Tennessee's rank and a very good basketball team will be a good game to a thoroughbred trainer who earned the sport's highest honors died Wednesday in Little Rock 81 year old Jack Van Burke had been hospitalized at Baptist Medical Center with complications from cancer Ben Burke helped to win the 987 Kentucky Derby and the Preakness he was inducted into the National Museum of racing and holla Fame in 1905 a year after he was presented the eclipse award as outstanding trainer his 6000 $523.00 career victories ranked 4th among trainers in North America he earned more than $85000000.00 during his career while he she was a great horse too. Wasn't around to watch so he wanted to. Almost won the Triple Crown won the Preakness and the Derby Texas scored 2 passing touchdowns in the 1st 11 minutes of the ballgame and turned over the game do it's the parents in college football's best punter doing just about enough to beat Missouri 33 to 16 in the academy sports outdoor Tex's bowl on Wednesday last night did you watch that game because I know you're a Mizzou grad No I didn't watch that game out feel like I've missed a whole lot since that last. Texas 1st appearance in a bowl games has 2014 and in 2014 a team named Arkansas b. Them you might remember it was a purse when the post-season since the 2012 Alamo Bowl in a while for Texas and they gave him their 1st winning season along time to 7 and 6 on the year the 1st winning season since 2013 the last campaign coached in Austin by one. Mack Brown who won them a national title who they later fired I don't get these teams firing these guys the International time like they have never been the same but they're coming back Texans finally can strut around at home now and go home for the holidays and say hey we won a bowl game and we had a winning season 2 things that haven't happened in a long time for the Longhorns Karen Hughes time is a 27 and you're listening to 1st news. Piece he's Rush Limbaugh on Bloomberg c.n.n. And a.b.c. Brian Ross never once was there fake news about Iraq Obama let's do it another way how much knew it was how many reports of the drive by media done on Donald Trump where they made a mistake that helps they never listen to Rush Limbaugh morning said Aladdin following Chris Plante radio 102.9. Karen Hughes time 827 let's go now the offices of Morgan Stanley wealth management and check in with Lou Graham Blewitt Yeah good morning Bob looks like a higher opening forecast for us equities as we get the Santa Claus rally back on track at least at the opening and at the close yesterday the down this really is up about 28 points 224774 the s. And p. Just a couple of points to $2682.00 both those averages about 19 percent for the s. And p. 28 percent for the Dow the Nasdaq up almost 29 percent again just a Scotius today to 6939 Arkansas share prices for the year we've got some pretty good wonders out there USA Truck shares up 111 percent for the year it won 6 this yesterday to 18 dollars 38 this year Wal-Mart shares up 43.6 percent for the year after gaining a dime $99.26 a share and shares are up about 31 percent for the year after dropping a little bit less than one percent yesterday at $32.00. Dollars 45 cents the Nikkei index down 6 get that one percent this morning at the close we'll see if we get that higher open back in 30 minutes all right very good Lou Thank you sir Karen Hughes time 829 now we check your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes on the nines in watching your traffic is Chris saying things still moving at the North interchange with 30 and 40 l.b. At a little slower than everywhere else but still moving and that's always a good thing looking elsewhere around the metro not seeing too much in the way of problems no accidents that are really slowing anybody down I'm creasing Gromit the Arkansas traffic network driven by crane out a motive teen crane teen dot com Thank you Chris the exclusive Accu Weather forecast comes to us from meteorologist Abram's there's plenty cold this morning but believe it or not it could actually be colder on New Year's Day but we don't want to worry about that till next year partly sunny today high 35 clear tonight low 22 tomorrow mostly sunny high 44 Saturday partly sunny high 44 could be a bit of sleet light snow or freezing drizzle on Saturday night into Sunday so be ready for slow travel high Sunday 27 I'm back by the meteorologist elevate problems we've got news straight ahead for you and coming up in the next half hour can't Robinson the famous local blogger and author she's going to be talking to us about your Arkansas bucket list she'll be joining us in studio now the news from Westwood one. Will be certified today at 2 pm Eastern time one pre-formed Central Time Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill says Doug Jones will be certified today the winner of Alabama's special election to the u.s. Senate Jones' opponent Roy Moore is going to court to try and stop the certification correspondent Diane Gallagher has seen Morse court filing the allege in this it potentially may need to look into people being tossed into the state of Alabama to vote for Dow Jones an attack in Kabul Afghanistan has left at least $41.00 dead and 80 wounded Afghan president has called the attack on a Shiite Muslim. Cultural Center in Kabul a crime against humanity he called them attacks against Islam and all human values there's 7 Haining bitter cold weather has taken hold of much of the Northern u.s. And will stay put for days to come International Falls Minnesota the self-proclaimed ice spark of ice box of a nation plunged to $37.00 below 0 I'm John trout but your basement is gross basis with Kevin Miller traffic and weather together every 10 minutes it's news radio 102.9. Time $831.00 with a look at Arkansas News Robin Caesar standing by thanks Bob 19 year old Justin duffed is in critical condition after being run over by a of the the hit and run happened Tuesday night on Channel Parkway according to Katie h.b. Everyone involved including police know who did it death and 20 year old Nathan Schneider got into a fight before he was run over by the vehicle Schneider now has an active battery warrant was last seen driving a 2008 blue or silver Hyundai Santa Fe a good deed on Christmas Eve left a little rock man $600.00 short fuck sixteen's Stephanie sharp reports that a homeless man asked the 25 year old for a ride at a gas station on Broadway once he agreed he asked him for hand sanitizer the homeless man then put a knife to his throat and demanded money he got away with cash in a debit card a man who works in the area says he would have offered the homeless man a right to the now will think differently. Pick up a stranger some of her guard old you know her with the wall where it's found the homeless man would face aggravated robbery and theft charges a shots fired call lead to a big fine for Jonesboro police $350.00 Xanax pills they were called to a Silvan held drive home on Saturday Alexandria Baker had fired a handgun at her father during an altercation according to k. I t. Baker is on probation after she gave officers permission to search her home they found the 350 Xanax pills and 4 plastic bags. They also found a small amount of marijuana and a 9 millimeter casing the father said he was afraid Baker what actually shot him but Baker says the father produced a handgun she's charged with aggravated assault on a family member and controlled substance possession with deliberate purpose do you are aware of 5 planes flying above the state of Arkansas gathering high rez images this year yesterday Governor isa Hutchinson announced the completion of a statewide mapping project those players those planes were working on the director of geographic information services Shelby Johnson said the images gathered from those planes earlier this year will be of great significance for a number of job sectors in the natural state this is. All. Very. Well. I'm Robin Caesar News Radio 102.9 k r And. Karen Hughes time is a $33.00. You're listening to News Radio 102.9 k. Are in and our own Kevin Miller is away on vacation returning to the cheer on the Monday or Tuesday I guess it is after the New Year Wow Well this is I know you love love stories here's a good one go get your head jury duty no not yet yeah. Just tell them you're a journalist who used to get you out of it but 54 year old guy in Maryland tried to get out of jury duty by telling the judge he was going away for the weekend because he was in love for the 1st time in. To life and it actually worked on the judge let him go oh wow if the guy was tell the truth is the great story if he was lying it's still pretty you pretty good story 54 year old in Ireland got called for jury duty showed up to court selection yesterday initially told the judge he couldn't be on the jury because he was going away for the weekend he would be back in time and then he revealed it was a romantic getaway and told the judge that if they did 54 he had found fallen in love for the very 1st time his life. Someone else was there who wrote about it online they said the judge and the huge smile on his face after he heard the skis but they were. The next time I get called for jury duty I mean well for the 1st time and I've only been married about 50 years right. I'm under I wonder if any judges in the United States would do that I don't know I don't know if they would There is only one point in a woman's life when they're happier than me and we find this out today a new study finds that overall min are happier than women and pretty much every age there is only one exception women are happier than men and age 85 and older because their spouses are dead. Researchers think it could be because it's the 1st time in a woman's life that they don't feel like they have a 1000000 responsibility to fulfill and they can finally relax Well that's depressing new year a. Yeah I don't know that it's true but women do have Gosh they do a lot Yeah Yeah Yeahs work your butts Well thank you. I've got a great wife and she's a terrific homemaker and I love the way you talk about your wife it's well she's awesome but you know she can cook she washes all the clothes I mean she's been a homemaker our entire. Live together you know which is neat and the reason my kids are really good kids that. The media dad gone all the time yeah you know here's here's some good news and a new resolution pour you do you tailgate people No I try not to specially now that I have a little baby in the car much they well there's a new study and mit you know Massachusetts. Stamp or mit I'm trying to remember you know yeah I think that's right but at any rate all the smart guys go there you know he hears and stuff like that yeah I just did a study and tailgating does not get you where you're going any faster in fact it has the opposite effect researchers find that when cars drive to close they creates traffic jams and slows everything down the best thing you can do they say is try to keep an equal space between yourself and the car in front of you and of course that doesn't work as some of. You know yeah I totally believe that you have to have room to move around to people right up on each other than yeah everybody drive thing that way as Chris count's calls it stacking the dirt Ok our new time $837.00 and you're listening to 1st news. Westwood one percent. Here is the agenda in New York Times speak I'm reading this off the page environmental harm they want to hurt workers. Schools It really is like elementary school they want this is the agenda that Republicans are supporting Trump for they want to hurt workers they want to destroy the environment they want to make housing less affordable This is the thing these guys are like should be Andrew Klavan show. Play. Ok our new time $839.00 we check your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes on the nines watching our traffic is Chris singer State Police still saying we're all clear on accidents and I'm taking a look out there and there's not a lot going on north interchange may have to slow down a little bit but that's even still moving I'm Chris Ingram at the Arkansas traffic network German by crane an emotive team crane 1000 dot com Thanks Chris and now your exclusive Accu Weather forecast from meteorologist Elliott Abrams is plenty cold this morning but believe it or not it could actually be colder on New Year's Day but we don't have to worry about that till next year partly sunny today high 35 clear tonight low 22 tomorrow mostly sunny high 44 Saturday partly sunny high 44 could be a bit of sleet light snow or freezing drizzle on Saturday night into Sunday so be ready for slow travel high Sunday 27 I'm back by the meteorologist elevate problems 16 degrees in the capital city and you're listening to 1st news can't Robinson straight ahead. First news with Kevin Miller Radio 102 point. Time flies when you're having fun it's 840 and we'll be out of here at 9 o'clock Bob Steel and Robin Caesar with you filling in for Kevin Miller who is away on his holiday and joining us in studio one of our favorite take care in can't Robinson a local blogger author journalist. You talk talk and all sorts of things here yeah you you've done a lot in your short life I tell you well how's your girl oh she's doing great now and she knows she has 9 home. Think that she's that she's ready for college now. Bless her heart but she's a great. Travel companion with me right before we go into any details about our Arkansas bucket list yeah tell folks and I think most people who listen to k. Are and know who you are but you've written a few books one of which is one of my face is just a few of my 1st book with Arkansas Pine delicious lives of the natural stands my favorite I've also written the classic I eateries of the Ozarks in Arkansas River Valley and classic eateries the Arkansas Delta and Bob have another book Oh not right now all right other slice of Arkansas pie this is made oh yeah and I 2nd it we're going to the highways pile weighs in by ways in Arkansas and oh it's Ok Bill how to drive from one place to another and even a lot of Pike efficiently. I'm going to tell you you go also got a great website Oh yes time travels dot com has more than 1100 articles ranging on everything from Arkansas through to travel all through the mid-south a couple peace places even outside the mid-south me I talk about things like Hemingway's cats and Brattleboro Vermont but most the time I'm here in Arkansas and traveling up and down our great highways and finding great stories to share with people in fact right now you'll hear you'll read about the great Arkansas pythons and the tamale factory in Gregory Cohen's a oh my gosh it's a pan or downright George is something nails Yes And I think he and I grew up together and were the same age and he used to live on a farm and I guess that still does all that is the same farm yeah he built a horse barn but when he built it he built it with a tamale factory on the side now it is the hot seat great place to go in the heart of the north the delta where you get great stakes in your mind like Yogi Berra says nobody goes there its way to grab its way to yeah. You know it's become the best secret place in Arkansas to go eat it's very also a little restaurant called Ozy just like any restaurant up here you know yeah some little of memorabilia even. A lot of money can he he can make some tamales sure can but that's my job. As I go and I find great places to talk about so I introduced people here recently to places like Marler cafeteria down in Magnolia which most people with what people imagine what because they get the word out yeah they all know one of the things you do when you go to a small town least I do and I bet you do too as you don't see where all the pickups are parked I look where the pickups are parked I go to the convenience store buy a cup of coffee and just listen you know or best yet I go down the road and roll down the windows and just smell myself in the store I have that and are many many failures so I got sour on something else Gary Well you got a thing now called the Arkansas bucket list yet is that just food or is that that's actually trips that you can take all throughout the state of Arkansas people asked me Hey you know where things are in Arkansas which I go and so throughout the year every year I take notes and try to figure out Ok this would be a good adventure for someone to have and so I make a bucket list and these are great trips that you can take in 2018 these are the great under skiver places are places you may have forgotten about or experiences you've never had before I bet I've been to some of them probably one of my favorite undiscovered places I guess a lot of people have been there you know the 20 falls or Richling Creek overseeing the camping there every home or gorgeous I mean you can spend a whole year here just go on and then Tom in the rain you don't get out of all your little rock you are misguided get out a little rock I mean I love Little Rock it is one of my bucket list items is that pushing your boundaries with them Plaskett County and that is taking a Colin Mary trip to Mexico without leaving Polaski County we do have a lot of great Mexican restaurant may represent so many states in Mexico so you don't get the same food at every restaurant plus it's the cheapest call in area vacation you'll ever take Yeah yeah my favorite Senor to keep it as Oh you need to try to carry out your list goes or Mariska us that's not a rare message actually it's it's on. Baseline Road Oh Ok now you're thinking about a food truck I think maybe so maybe there's so many of them around here though and it's crazy I've just found so many during a literal restaurant month this year I'm trying to share the world to say good on down there to Southwest Little Rock and just codeine I mean it is yeah. I will let you do your bucket list. Craig is on there yeah Rachel Craig's not on this years talk about on their way or taking. Waterfall adventures before because you can schedule entire vacations around the waterfalls that you can see waterfalls here but I want to talk about a place that's near and dear to my heart up into a lot of research past couple years that serves the County Arkansas home of the chocolate roll I mean it has its own dish up there sure but it's also a great place for adventure and you can spend a whole week up there you can go up there and actually live on a farm at Dogwood Hills farm experience it's a farm and breakfast that's up your code a home right within spitting distance of the Buffalo National river and you can be among the cows and goats and chickens and what have you and the family there the peddlers are fantastic You can also go and make an appointment to go see live Buffalo at Ratchford farms up there take in a movie at the kinda drive in float the buffalo pick up some smoked meats for of course the smoked meat to take home with you and eat at the legendary Daisy queen you know some of the things that you can do yes the legendary legendary. Time knows everything keep going on I don't get hungry what are my favorite experiences though spend all day at folk Center at the mountain oh yeah that's cool and they go get yourself a picnic blanket or do they still call picnic blanket everything from our air about or get yourself a folding chair and go out on the square in Mountain View and just listen to the picketing granted any time between March and November you're going to have some musicians that are out there going to have a good time it's always the Ozark folk called cosigner oak center. And there any more but we were in there one time one morning even breakfast and saw a bear out the window oh yeah there's a half school I mean the wildlife just comes right up to it there's there's glass windows all over the back end of the skillet restaurant and then here's another trip for you my daughter and I actually took this trip last February we drove the entire length of the Arkansas Great River Road Great River Road runs through 11 different states Arkansas has its own segment it comes in a blob of under the arch it goes out south of your door and you're going to pass all sorts of amazing things like a sand Susi Landy which Mark Twain wrote about has a great view of the Mississippi River the Soltani museum in Marion you can go through hell and go the White River Wildlife Refuge and get all the way down to Lake Village Arkansas and see the world's longest Oxbow like so many things and it's often tight on travel stock com There's 9 different options for your bride there and if you need some more just send me an email. It's always a pleasure Kat Robinson with things to do in Arkansas the Arkansas bucket list again you can find it at tie dye travels dot com Kat banks we come in thanks for having bought k r e. 48 let's get a look at national headlines now from Robin Caesar think more than a dozen people were injured in an explosion at a St Petersburg supermarket yesterday President Vladimir Putin called the blast a terror attack during an address to military officers on Thursday in Moscow preliminary data show that an explosive device found at the scene contained 200 grams of t.n.t. That device was inside a locker at a chain supermarket more than 5 feet of snow has fallen in New York and Pennsylvania the airport in Erie Pennsylvania reported more than $65.00 inches of snow the highest snowfall total from any event in that city Redfield New York got more than 62 inches of snow since Christmas Day a San Francisco startup is removing computer monitors and replacing them with augmented reality headsets those headsets project holograms that employees can work off of. Think Tony Stark or Iron Man instead of clicking a mouse you'd grab the air to navigate the web even write sticky notes wow yeah I'm Robin see you there News Radio 102.9. Checking your traffic. You know how people like to find things to complain about why I can't find anything to complain about the traffic this morning looking at the North interchange you might have to slow down a little bit it's a little crowded and slow and down however once you get past it everything's moving fine elsewhere in the metro everything looks fantastic I'm Chris Ingram of the Arkansas traffic network driven by crane out a motive team crane team dot com All right thank you very much Chris and your Accu Weather forecast ahead of him commando going to be hided they have 35 degrees currently 16 degrees in the capital city clear to partly cloudy and Cole with a low of $22.00 tonight then tomorrow is going to be a little bit warmer with a high of $44.00 degrees 2018 will be a critical year for Apple and its crown jewel the i Phone and many tech writers are saying that consumers are over it came commando with your Thursday consumer tech update with every new i Phone Apple c.e.o. Tim Cook just as Steve Jobs did before him says of the new model is the best the most beautiful i Phone ever lines formed in front of every apple store around the world at least they did until this year the highly publicized i Phone 10 has been anything but a line forming best seller even more telling it failed to boost overall global demand for the product inside the China factories production has been scaled back by as many as 10000000 units and this begs the question has the decade long i Phone obsession only been a novelty 2018 will tell the story but if you're making a forecast either way remember this apple is still the world's most valuable company worth over $900000000000.00 Never underestimate what Apple engineers will do next I'm Kim commando. 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Or yes or no sir kind of kid like. Dad. Was your dad the military or any he. He had been in the military you know National Guard back in the day and he was pretty much into discipline we're going to check your money news now that the market is open Let's check in with Lou Gramm over the offices of Morgan Stanley wealth management Good morning to you Lou Yeah good morning Bob after a little bit of selling for the new candidates in Tokyo and a higher close in Hong Kong and kind of mixed markets in Europe we've got kind of a mixed bag here as well the down dust rules up about 34 points at 24808 The Nasdaq up 5 at 6944 the s. And p. $500.00 up just less than a point at $2683.00 very light volume as expected shares of Wal-Mart up $0.17 to $99.43 among Arkansas based company shares Dillard shares down about one percent to $60.96 Tyson $0.33 higher at $81.81 actually I'm down $0.06 at $27.31 Murphy Oil elevenses hired at $31.70 mark USA down $0.34 at $79.78 such a share j. Behind after lowering their forecasts were earnings going forward down $2.69 to $112.78 so mixed bag a little bit lower for Arkansas share prices let you know there's also this afternoon it says sorry Very good thank you Lou Kaye our news time 859 we check your chat.