Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Thursday, February 12, 2026.
- A new report from the state Division of Youth Services shows just over 400 youths were committed to the division in 2025, down from 436 the year before
- An expansion effort at the Washington County Jail is expected to finish ahead of schedule and under budget
- Arkansas State Police have arrested three people for attempting to smuggle contraband into state prisons
- The mayor of Pine Bluff has blocked a resolution to dedicate $860,000 in public funds to fund a go-kart track in the city
- Longtime principal of Little Rock Central High School. Nancy Rousseau, is retiring
- Arkansas’ lieutenant governor, Leslie Rutledge, has appointed retired attorney Beth Walker to serve on the state’s ethics commission
- The Woman’s City Club building in downtown Little Rock is for sale for $2.7 million
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