Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
- The special election to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Jonathan Dismang last month has been moved up
- A federal judge has ended a decades-old desegregation measure for two south Arkansas school districts
- Much of southern Arkansas remains at an elevated risk of wildfire
- Agrochemical giant Monsanto will pay Arkansas up to $80 million in a settlement over environmental damages
- Employees of the University of Central Arkansas expect an increase in health insurance premiums
- UA Little Rock is launching a new artificial intelligence program
-University of Arkansas researchers make health survey information available online
- Former head of the University of Arkansas system B. Alam Sugg has died at age 88
Listen to live newscasts from Little Rock Public Radio each weekday during NPR's All Things Considered from 4 to 6 p.m., and online at littlerockpublicradio.org.
