Eclipse Science News Today

The Miami Valley is expected to be plunged into darkness beginning around 1:30pm. Many events are being planned around the region on April 8 and the days leading to the total eclipse.

The Rogers Art Market celebrated the upcoming eclipse Saturday morning.

Businesses, cities, and individual groups and families throughout the path of totality are preparing to host events celebrating the occasion.

Also, AAA also asked drivers not to try and watch the eclipse or wear eclipse glasses while driving.

The downtown area of Russellville, usually quiet, is expected to transform into a bustling hub as people start gathering Friday night and continue through the big event on Monday.

A NASA scientist from Arkansas is back in her home state for the eclipse.

Businesses, cities, and individual groups and families throughout the path of totality are preparing to host events celebrating the occasion.

The risk is particularly high for children

The Navajo tribe views the eclipse as a taboo, seeing the sun as a father figure and an eclipse as its death, according to the Museum of Native American History in Bentonville.

It's too early to really know what the weather will be like in Arkansas during the April 8 eclipse, but early models may provide some clues.