Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
- State Sen. Kim Hammer won Tuesday’s runoff election to be the Republican nominee for secretary of state
- Tara Shephard beat educator Charity Smith-Allen for the Democratic nomination for State Senate District 15
- Joseph Duggar appeared before a judge in Florida on Tuesday on sex crime charges
- The 8th Circuit U-S Court of Appeals has agreed with a lower court ruling blocking Arkansas’ rule requiring pen-and-ink
signatures on voter registration forms
- The Pine Bluff Commercial is being acquired by the company Newsroom Ventures LLC
- Four people were injured following a shooting at a Little Rock nightclub over the weekend
- The Little Rock Rotary Club hosted Immerse Arkansas CEO Eric Gilmore on Tuesday, who spoke about issues affecting kids aging out of foster care
- Former Arkansas newspaper editor Robert R Lutgen has died at age 76
- UA Little Rock’s Men’s Basketball team welcomed Travis Ford as the Trojans’ 24th Men's Basketball head coach on Tuesday
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