Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, August 19, 2025.
- A record number of applications have been submitted to Arkansas' Education Freedom Account program
- Janet Mann has officially been sworn in as the new Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Human Services
- A man booked into the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility on Sunday has died while in custody
- Little Rock Central High School has opened a new 67,000 square foot science building
- An Arkansas teenager missing for several days has been found safe
- A nurse anesthetist program at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville is expanding
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.
