Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
- An Arkansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for perpetrating a mass shooting at a south Arkansas grocery store
- Federal Judge Timothy Brooks ruled Arkansas cannot enforce a law requiring a copy of the Ten Commandments in all state-run buildings while a legal challenge against it plays out
- Gov. Sarah Sanders has just 30 days to appoint a whole new library board
- The federal government has approved Arkansas’ request to use Medicaid dollars to pay for short-term psychiatric hospital stays
- Arkansas' state revenue beat expectations last month
- Arkansas is seeing a boom in tick populations, leading to more emergency room visits for tick bites
- Two candidates are vying to lead the Arkansas Democratic party
- George Makris Jr., CEO of the Simmons First National Corporation, will step down at the end of the 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.
