Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Monday, December 22, 2025.
- Gov. Sarah Sanders discussed Arkansas schools, literacy coaches at a roundtable last week.
- Ricky Thompson selected as next chancellor at the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana.
- North Central Unit state prison in Calico Rock to be renamed to honor longtime Board of Corrections chair Benny Magness.
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