https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/en-usCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comFri, 18 Sep 2026 21:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/ua-fayetteville-prof-fired-for-charging-wedding-expenses-to-the-school-faces-domestic-battery-charge/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/ua-fayetteville-prof-fired-for-charging-wedding-expenses-to-the-school-faces-domestic-battery-charge/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/arkansas-reports-fewer-failing-schools-and-school-districts-in-2025-2026/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/arkansas-reports-fewer-failing-schools-and-school-districts-in-2025-2026/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/gmc-sierra-denali-giveaway-and-upcoming-shows-at-saracen/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/gmc-sierra-denali-giveaway-and-upcoming-shows-at-saracen/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/lsquoyour-beloved-remainsrsquo-a-qampa-with-writing-duo-quinn-connor-ahead-of-six-bridges-book-festival/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/lsquoyour-beloved-remainsrsquo-a-qampa-with-writing-duo-quinn-connor-ahead-of-six-bridges-book-festival/ But on Thursday, Joe Kennedy III, the redheaded former congressman and diplomat with that distinctive family jawline, rolled into Conway to host a town hall alongside Arkansas District 2 congressional hopeful Chris Jones.The fellow Democrats held court at Cross Creek Sandwiches on Oak Street to chat up the locals and energize voters as Jones hustles to try to unseat Republican incumbent French Hill.
Joe Kennedy III comes t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/slideshow-kennedy-scion-comes-south-to-stump-for-chris-jones/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 03:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/slideshow-kennedy-scion-comes-south-to-stump-for-chris-jones/ The department’s online data center also appears to have been updated with district and letter grades for the 2025-26 school year. Little Rock School District remains at a C grade.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/update-arkansas-education-department-releases-district-letter-grades-sort-of/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/update-arkansas-education-department-releases-district-letter-grades-sort-of/ If you’re eager to see how your district did, though, you might need to wait a bit longer. The website where these grades are to be posted appeared to still show grades for the 2024-25 school year as the latest available around 4:45 p.m., suggesting some glitches are possibly glitching, and may frustrate your search.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/arkansas-education-department-releases-district-letter-grades-sort-of/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/arkansas-education-department-releases-district-letter-grades-sort-of/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/little-rock-zoo-nets-12m-donation-hires-new-higher-ups/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/little-rock-zoo-nets-12m-donation-hires-new-higher-ups/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/unconventional-spending-fuels-the-grappes-unusual-on-the-ground-campaign/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/unconventional-spending-fuels-the-grappes-unusual-on-the-ground-campaign/ As local news broke Wednesday that Entergy was dropping legal action in its attempt to keep the secret details of its deal to power a West Memphis Google data center under wraps, federal lawmakers were also wrangling with how to power data centers and who should pay.The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday that aims to hav]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/us-house-takes-up-familiar-debate-over-who-pays-for-data-centers-electric-infrastructure/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/us-house-takes-up-familiar-debate-over-who-pays-for-data-centers-electric-infrastructure/ SUNDAY 9/27-SUNDAY 10/4. Downtown Little Rock. Free.Except for a final hoorah fundraiser event featuring Ariel Lawhon, a historical fiction writer who’s sold nearly 2 million copies of her 2023 book “The Frozen River,” the Six Bridges Book Festival is entirely free. That’s remarkable, given the resources — both financial and logistical — required to rally five dozen authors from across the state and country into one place. Notable gu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/six-bridges-book-festival-returns-sept-27-oct-4/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/six-bridges-book-festival-returns-sept-27-oct-4/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/metallica-announces-u-of-a-show-razorbacks-post-strange-ai-slop-video-to-celebrate/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/metallica-announces-u-of-a-show-razorbacks-post-strange-ai-slop-video-to-celebrate/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/entergy-dismisses-case-against-publications-citizen-over-trade-secrets-beef/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/entergy-dismisses-case-against-publications-citizen-over-trade-secrets-beef/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/climate-change-is-making-arkansas-summers-hotter-especially-at-night/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/climate-change-is-making-arkansas-summers-hotter-especially-at-night/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/arkansas-summers-are-getting-hotter-especially-at-night/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/arkansas-summers-are-getting-hotter-especially-at-night/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/arkansas-diamonds-bring-arena-football-back-to-little-rock-invests-15m-in-barton-coliseum-renovation/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/arkansas-diamonds-bring-arena-football-back-to-little-rock-invests-15m-in-barton-coliseum-renovation/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/arkansas-diamonds-bring-arena-football-back-to-little-rock-invest-15m-in-barton-coliseum-renovation/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/arkansas-diamonds-bring-arena-football-back-to-little-rock-invest-15m-in-barton-coliseum-renovation/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/state-lawmakers-grill-entergy-praise-google-in-joint-committee-on-energy-meeting/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/state-lawmakers-grill-entergy-praise-google-in-joint-committee-on-energy-meeting/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/more-support-coming-for-ces-waitlist-families/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/more-support-coming-for-ces-waitlist-families/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/central-high-historic-site-hosts-event-series-featuring-little-rock-nine-scholars-and-historians/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/arkansas/central-high-historic-site-hosts-event-series-featuring-little-rock-nine-scholars-and-historians/