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Daily Newscast for Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, August 20, 2025.

- A Clark County man has been convicted on multiple counts of possessing or producing child sexual abuse material, some of it generated by artificial intelligence

- Staffer for Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill Hunter Sadler has announced his bid for Arkansas House District 75

- The National Park Service says it is preparing to renovate the historic Maurice Bathhouse in Hot Springs

- Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO, General Wesley Clark, held a lecture in Little Rock on Monday as part of the Arkansas Times Lecture Series

- Arkansas' unemployment rate held steady at 3.7% in July

- A stretch of Highway 440 will be redesignated as part of the Interstate highway System

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.