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Daily Newscast for Friday, May 30, 2025

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, May 30, 2025.

- The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of escaped inmate Grant Hardin, a former Gateway police chief

- The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission has approved a 2.5% royalty for lithium extraction from brine

- The Arkansas Board of Corrections met Thursday to debate a contract to begin construction on a prison to be located in Franklin County

- Arkansas has recorded its 7th case of measles this year

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.