Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023.
On today's agenda:
-Food safety experts say leafy greens are the likely source of an E. coli outbreak at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
-Arkansas high schoolers prepare for a new community service requirement
-A northeast Arkansas hospital is set to become the state's first "rural emergency hospital"
-Arkansas' medical marijuana program is on track to outpace last year's record-setting sales
Listen to live newscasts from Little Rock Public Radio each weekday during NPR's Morning Edition from 6 to 9 a.m., during All Things Considered from 4 to 6 p.m., and online at littlerockpublicradio.org.