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• Mayor, business owners cast blame after another River Market shooting

  21-09-2026 22:13 via arktimes.com
  
  The Little Rock Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened over the weekend, just a few feet away from the Arkansas Times offices. Two juveniles had an altercation Saturday night that escalated to gunfire near Scott and Markham streets in the River Market District around 8:46 p.m.; one was struck and is in stable condition at a hospital. The investigation is ongoing. 
  
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• Headwinds are buffeting The Van, but director says closing not an option

  21-09-2026 21:35 via arktimes.com
  
  Under somewhat dire-sounding circumstances, the founder of The Van, Aaron Reddin, has been tagged back into service as an interim executive director, with his first tasks being to get to the bottom of a theft, look for a new executive director and increase donations.In April, Parker Reid took over as director, but as of Monday morning, Reddin said, he is no longer employed by The Van, a nonprofit that locates and takes aid to unsheltered, homeless people. Reddin made it clear that Reid’s d
  
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• ‘Hawk & Sparrow’: A Q&A with writer Ayana Gray ahead of Six Bridges Book Festival

  21-09-2026 17:01 via arktimes.com
  
  With bestselling authors like Ariel Lawhon, Alix E. Harrow, Deesha Philyaw, Sarah Damoff and Annie Hartnett on the docket, the Central Arkansas Book Festival’s Six Bridges Book Festival — running Sept. 27-Oct. 4 — is proving once again that its organizers have their fingers on the national literary pulse. But don’t let those big-shot names distract you from the homegrown talent on display. To give you a sense of Six Bridges’ robust ties to The Natural State, w
  
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• Federal appeals court to hear oral arguments in Ten Commandments case on Tuesday

  21-09-2026 16:48 via arktimes.com
  
  The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in a case challenging a state law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.At issue is Act 573 of 2025, which mandated that public schools in Arkansas “prominently display … in a conspicuous place” a specific version of the biblical edicts chosen by the state Legislature. A coalition of 10 multi-faith and nonreligious Arkansas families challenged the law in federal court, sayi
  
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