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Daily Newscast for Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, October 2, 2024.

- Alma Police have named Billy Jack Lincks, who died in 2000, as the main suspect in the 1995 disappearance of Morgan Nick

- The group 'Arkansans for Patient Access' has filed a lawsuit against the Arkansas secretary of state following the dismissal of a medical marijuana constitutional amendment ballot initiative

- A federal judge has ruled that LGBTQ-themed books placed in restricted sections of west Arkansas libraries must be relocated

- The University of Arkansas system has received nearly $32 million toward a solar energy project

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.