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Daily Newscast for Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, September 24, 2025.

- Arkansas corrections officials were grilled on the escape of inmate Grant Hardin at a legislative committee meeting on Tuesday

- The city of North Little Rock released a report detailing how to increase sports tourism within the city

- North Little Rock Police officer Tommy Norman is retiring following a recent arrest on domestic violence charges

- The head of Little Rock's Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport is stepping down after just over one year on the job

- Arkansas lawmakers have advanced $4 million on a contract with vendor Kleo Inc., which manages online services for Educational Freedom Accounts

- Little Rock's SoMA neighborhood is looking for an artist for a new mural project at Main and 13th St.

Listen to live newscasts from Little Rock Public Radio each weekday during NPR's Morning Edition from 6 to 9 a.m., during All Things Considered from 4 to 6 p.m., and online at littlerockpublicradio.org.

Nathan Treece is a reporter and local host of NPR's Morning Edition for Little Rock Public Radio.