Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, January 2, 2026.
- Governor Sarah Sanders named several appointments to state government positions at year's end.
- A Fayetteville resident is suing Washington County over federal COVID-19 relief funding being used for a jail expansion project
- El Dorado pastor Michael Kornegay has been named as the January 'Face of Arkansas'
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