Garrett Barnes is the Assistant Director at the NEA Career and Technical Center here in Jonesboro and also happens to be the Justice of the Peace in District 2 here in Craighead County. We get into the weeds with Garrett on exactly who the NEA ...

What’s the Big Dill?Pickleball is a sport that combines elements of Tennis, Badminton, and ping pong. On this week’s episode of the Legacy Lowdown Producer Andrew fills the co-host seat as we discuss what makes Pickleball fun for all ages a...

Dr. Lauren Hannah joins us in the studio and talks all things mental health. Dr. Lauren is a therapist and also the co-owner of Foundation, a Wellness Practice and their soon to open neighbor next door - Sana Vita Wellness. She breaks down some...

Operation BBQ Relief is a little bit exactly what it sounds like. OBR was founded after the Joplin tornado disaster in 2011 when a couple guys who liked to BBQ together came up with the idea to help volunteer their time to help feed displaced f...

Garrett Tyler is a drummer, producer and music director - and perhaps the most famous guest we’ve ever had on! He is originally from Pocahontas, AR but now calls Nashville home. Garrett connects the dots for us on how a small town guy from Poca...

Jessica Odom joins us on the podcast this week and sheds a little light on the internet situation in Northeast Arkansas and how the company she works for, RightFiber by Ritter Communications, has built an infrastructure ready to support the ine...

Endurance athlete Jeff Chastain joins us this week to discuss his journey fromthe couch to not just 5k - but 50 Mile treks on foot through the Ouachita Mountains and 300 mile bike rides across the state of Arkansas and beyond. He tells us h...

This week we got to sit down with Former Mayor Harold Perrin, who is now the Senior Vice President of Business Development for First Security Bank of Jonesboro. When it comes to leaving a legacy, we can't think of anyone more impactful than Mr....

What does a county judge even do? Many think that they preside over courts or that they have a background in law. While they do still preside over some courts, we learned from Marvin that there's no law degree required, but there's a LOT of oth...

Slade Mitchell is the Energy Marketing Administrator for City Water and Light in Jonesboro, where he has been for the last 11 years. We get into some of the details on their new solar projects that are in the works, and even spend some time cha...

Rhonda Qualls and Lisa Trevathan are two of the most animal-loving ladies in Northeast Arkansas. They are both long-time supporters and volunteers of the Northeast Arkansas Humane Society, and are also certified Animal Cruelty Investigators. Li...

Listen in as we interview Dr. Hunter Smith to hear about how he worked his way from a practicing dentist and owner of one clinic, to now owning more than 35 clinics across the country. Hunter and his partner, Dr. Will Little, have made it their...

Casey Pearce has such an interesting story, reminding us just how small the world can be. Casey was obsessed with sports and always dreamed of working in the "big leagues" of football (aka the NFL). A happenstance meeting as an underpaid intern...

George Jared wears many hats, but this episode is all about the lowdown on the upcoming ballot issues. As a writer for NEA's Talk Business and Politics, George is well-educated on each of the issues and breaks them down for us in layman's terms...

Amanda Herget is the co-owner of Gearhead Outfitters. She tells us the story of Gearhead, starting with her husband Ted's first store on Flint Street in Jonesboro. Amanda takes us through the journey that took them from one store in Arkansas to...

Brandon Mathis is the manager of Hemp Solutions, LLC and Kildee Hemp Company. Hemp Solutions is home to the largest hemp farm in Arkansas, located right here in Bay. They are a farm-to-product facility which means they plant, cultivate, harvest...

Mitchell Nail is the Director of Media Relations at St. Bernards Healthcare. In that role, he is often the face or the voice of St. Bernards as it relates to the media, but an added bonus is that he gets to spends a little time each week interv...

Our guest this week is Lacey Vance, Head Human at Hounds Hideaway! Lacey walks us through what starting her business was like, what motivated her and her husband to create this business and why she decided to open two more locations. Hounds Hid...

Courtney Watkins joins us this week to talk about how she went from working at an insurance agency to owning one. She sheds some light on what it’s like to be a woman business owner in what some consider a “man’s world” and tells us how she...

We have Craig Rickert in the studio this week! Many may remember the #wherescraig movement back in 2017. Craig speaks about his time as an anchor on our local news station and opens up about why he really left. He is now the Director of Communi...

Dr. Ben Adkins, aka the Serial Progress SeekerBen Adkins started his professional career as a chiropractor in Poplar Bluff, MO. He basically did all the cool things on the internet before the rest of the world was doing them! Anyone rem...

Leading up to this Fourth of July Holiday weekend we talk to Army Veteran Levi Crawford  about his tours of duty In Iraq and Afghanistan. In vivid detail he describes how he was wounded serving in Afghanistan, the long road to recovery, an...

The future is looking fizzy with Fizz Facial Bar owner, Crystal Booth. Crystal was born and raised in Kentucky but found her way to Jonesboro and deemed it the perfect place to start up her dream business, and now the home of Fizz’s National he...

Megan Brown, founder of Hope Found Northeast Arkansas, sits down with us to talk about human trafficking and how it's happening right under our noses here in our community. She gives tips on what types of things to watch for, and how to talk to...

Meet Cody Powell. Lumberjack by day (a long-time employee of EC Barton and Company), Entrepreneur, father of two and owner of Cryo 2.0 the rest of the time. Listen in as Cody tells us about how he got interested in cryotherapy, why he's excited...