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.
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