Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, August 22, 2024.
- Jonesboro police have released the personnel files of an officer fired for allegedly using excessive force on an inmate
- The interim superintendent of the Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually impaired has been demoted to principal
- An athlete who competed in mountain biking at the Paris Summer Olympic games says training in Northwest Arkansas helped push them to silver
- The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center has opened a new exhibit exploring the impact of Black philanthropy in the U.S.
- Easterseals Arkansas broke ground on a new K-12 academy on Wednesday
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