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• Two Jasper cops nicked for stealing guns

  14-09-2026 23:20 via arktimes.com
  
  Arkansas State Police sent a press release Monday about the arrests of a Jasper Police officer and a Newton County Sheriff’s Office detective accused of stealing guns.Jasper Police officer Mikel Blocker and Newton County deputy Aaron Carter were arrested Friday, charged with theft of a firearm and booked into the Newton County Detention Center. Neither men remained on the Newton County Jail roster Monday.
  
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• Witness a bird tornado at Swift Night Out

  14-09-2026 21:19 via arktimes.com
  
  Tomorrow evening marks the annual Swift Night Out, a continent-wide gathering to behold swarms of chimney swifts, a species known for spiraling down chimneys in spooky, dramatic swarms that make it feel like Halloween is around the corner. The Audubon Society will host the event on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at its Little Rock location on Springer Boulevard, which boasts multiple towers built just for chimney-swift nesting and slumbering. Uta Meyer, a center manager, describes Swift Night Out as a c
  
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• Vouchers promise students with disabilities a path to private school. Parents say that’s not the reality.

  14-09-2026 20:48 via arktimes.com
  
  It’s after 6 p.m. by the time Angela Johnson hurries home from work. Her 12-year-old daughter, Amelia, is at their house outside of Pensacola, Florida, with a nurse trained to care for medically fragile children. Amelia, who was born with a rare genetic anomaly, has endured many surgeries and requires a brain shunt and a feeding tube.The nurse starts caring for Amelia as soon as a bus from the public school drops her off. Johnson loves much about the school. But as a physical therapist, s
  
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• The songs are the stars of ‘Side by Side by Sondheim’ at The Rep

  14-09-2026 20:27 via arktimes.com
  
  The late Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) was a giant of American musical theater, responsible for many of the most well-loved productions in Broadway history. For his work, he has been awarded more than a dozen Tony and Grammy awards, the Kennedy Center Honor and even the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As far back as 1976, his songs were so revered that entire productions were assembled by some of his peers as a revue and tribute. The first, “Side By Side By Sondheim,” typically fe
  
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• Conway School Board furor leads to sudden resignation

  14-09-2026 19:14 via arktimes.com
  
  After serving one month on the Conway School Board, Matthew White has resigned, citing the “vitriol” and incessant controversy as well as the time commitment involved in the job.White resigned effective immediately in a letter Saturday to Superintendent Jason Black and board President Leona Walton.
  
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• Fire trucks respond to smoldering Rebsamen Liquor call

  14-09-2026 18:24 via arktimes.com
  
  First responders were all over the Town Pump/Rebsamen Liquor building in Little Rock’s Riverdale area this morning, after smoke was seen rising from the roof.Here are some shots from the scene, taken around 10:30 a.m. Monday.
  
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• Camelot comes to Conway: Joe Kennedy III set to stump for Democratic congressional hopeful Jones

  14-09-2026 17:06 via arktimes.com
  
  An heir to the Kennedy family political legacy will swoop down from Massachusetts this week to lend a hand to fellow Democrat Chris Jones.Joe Kennedy III, the redheaded grand-nephew of President John F. Kennedy and a former congressman himself, aims to help Jones unseat U.S. Rep. French Hill, a blue-blooded banker who’s represented Arkansas’ District 2 since 2014.Jones and Kennedy are inviting residents of Faulkner, Perry, Cleburne and Van Buren counties for a town hall at
  
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• Playing Tetris with fire: Stephen Driver’s annual kiln firing in Ozark is both science and ceremony

  14-09-2026 16:37 via arktimes.com
  
  Over the course of five or so days each year, a plot of land in the Ozark National Forest just uphill from the Little Mulberry River turns into a multi-day art project. At the center of the activity is Stephen Driver, an acclaimed potter and educator who, with three of his brothers, bought the patch of land in the fall of 1975, during an era when thousands of back-to-the-landers seeking simplicity and intentional community set their sights on the Ozarks. Over the course of five or so days
  
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• Arkansas country superstar Ashley McBryde at Robinson Center on Saturday

  14-09-2026 16:00 via arktimes.com
  
  ASHLEY MCBRYDE
  SATURDAY 9/19. Robinson Center. 7:30 p.m. $52 and up.Natural State native Ashley McBryde is as busy as ever — in 2025, she even opened her own NA-focused bar in Nashville, the city she’s called home for two decades — but the country star still manages to visit Little Rock at least once per album cycle. When McBryde returns to Robinson Center on Sept. 19 for her first Central Arkansas show since 2023, she’ll be promoting her fifth major-label album, “
  
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