Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
- A former police detective is suing the city of Bryant and her former employers saying her firing was in retaliation for reporting concerns about leadership of the police department
- A Little Rock man will serve 10 years in prison for robbing and tying up his former stepmother at knifepoint
- New Arkansas public television executive director Carlton Wing spoke about the decision to disaffiliate from national PBS
- A federal judge has rejected a guilty plea from a man charged with selling fentanyl that resulted in the death of a West Memphis resident
- A former elementary school principal is criticizing the Jacksonville North Pulaski School district for not notifying parents of a sexual-assault arrest as it happened
- A federal judge has blocked the state of Arkansas' from enforcing a law allowing parents to sue social media platforms over their mental harm caused to their children
- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has announced a multistate, $700-million settlement with Google
- An Arkansas-based startup to connect new companies with community health organizations has received $500,000 from the Walton Family Foundation
- The Arkansas Department of Health says viral respiratory illness activity remains low across the state
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