Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, October 2, 2026.
- Nine employees of the Greene County jail have been fired following the death of an inmate last week
- A Hot Springs man pleaded guilty to charges relating to vandalizing a synagogue and acting as an agent of a foreign government on Wednesday
- Mayor Frank Scott Jr. on Thursday unveiled a city plan he’s calling “Little Rock 2030: Forward Together.”
- Nonprofit Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies has announced that Arkansas and Kentucky will be the first recipients of a grant program to support maternal health services
- Educational Freedom Account participants should plan for less money next school year.
- Water utility Conway Corp. will suspend all outdoor watering in Faulkner County starting Oct. 5
- Former state Sen. Jonathan Dismang has a stake in land bordering the planned AVAIO data center site near Wrightsville
- The U-S Department of Labor has found a North Little Rock railyard worker was illegally terminated
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