Little Rock AR

Public school enrollment numbers saw a sharp decline in the most recent school year, according to numbers from the state Department of Education. More than 9,000 students, around 2% of total enrollment, left the state’s public schools, the largest drop in nearly 20 years. This year was the first in which school...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The Little Rock Board of Directors approved another year of funding for the Bridge to Work program, which pays people experiencing homelessness to help clean up the city while offering resources to support long-term stability. The program, led by Canvas Community Church, provides...

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Photo of vehicle is not the same photo of the suspect's vehicle. On Dec. 28, 2025, around 12:30 p.m., deputies of the Saline County Sheriff's Office responded to an attempted carjacking near North Sardis and Pauls Valley. The Honda was seen pulled over with...

The head of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration said the state won’t pay the lawyer hired by the corrections board to represent it in lawsuits against the governor. Jim Hudson said in a letter Tuesday to the Department of Corrections that paying attorney Abtin Mehdizadegan $300,000 would violate...

Arkansas drivers are getting another welcome break at the gas pump as prices continue to fall across much of the ArkansasRadio.com listening area heading into the New Year. Several communities are reporting prices well below the national average. In central Arkansas, North Little Rock and Searcy are both averaging...

Most road trips start with a map and end at a destination. This one started with Siri and ended with a two-carat diamond.

One 26-year-old mother of six in Arkansas is reaching out for the public’s help as she battles stage 5 kidney failure and waits for a transplant doctors say she urgently needs.

There is a low, welcome hum at Sim’s Bar-B-Que that tells you lunch is serious business here, serving as a constant reminder that high-quality barbecue requires both patience and a dedicated community of hungry patrons. The neon glows with a vintage warmth, the blue wood smoke curls lazily from...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission will host a week of events to celebrate Dr. King’s legacy. The 2026 King Week will be held the week of Jan. 10-19. The week of events will feature literacy initiatives, community celebrations and recognition of those whose work is influenced by Dr....

Another rural Arkansas labor and delivery unit closed its labor and delivery unit Friday, leaving pregnant South Arkansans having to drive nearly an hour for the closest hospital to give birth. The maternity ward at the Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden closed after hospital administrators concluded that...