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Daily Newscast for Friday, June 21, 2024

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, June 21, 2024.

- Arkansas State Police say a man wanted in connection with a double homicide in Oklahoma has been apprehended

- State lawmakers have signed off on a resolution urging Arkansans to vote against a proposal to legalize abortion in the state

- Little Rock airport officials have voted to hire Steven Baker as the airport's new director

- Residents at the Autumn Park Apartments held a news conference Thursday to protest what they call "squalid" living conditions

- Nonprofits around Little Rock came to serve the unhoused at a city event at Mosaic Church on Colonel Glenn Road on Thursday

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.

Nathan Treece is a reporter and local host of NPR's Morning Edition for Little Rock Public Radio.