Inside an abortion clinic abruptly shut without notice by the state: A sobbing woman with no place to turn,

A Saturday news roundup and open line.

70 of 75 counties now have cases

She's everywhere, from Facebook to YouTube to every TV channel in Arkansas.

Tom Cotton's key role in a coronavirus conspiracy theory.

Counties face a major blow from coronavirus.

A $245.7 million blow to Central Arkansas's leisure, hospitality, recreation and personal services businesses.

Ciao Baci, one of our great locally-owned restaurants, is offering their take-out “Easter Box”, a braised lamb pot roast Shepard’s Pie that feeds four for $55.

On this week's podcast, Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the latest coronavirus-related news, including the state's bid to force Arkansas's only surgical abortion provider to stop providing services, Governor Hutchinson declining Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr.'s request to impose a shelter-in-place order in Little Rock and more.

Richard Richardson worked with residents at the Central Arkansas Community Correction Center, a 150 bed unit in Little Rock for non-violent male offenders.

Thirty-six percent will lose their jobs temporarily, but not their health insurance or retirement contributions.

Ma's debut novel is a prescient look at life during a pandemic, but it's also an uncanny meditation on work.

"Points South," a podcast from the Oxford American, is the recipient of a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

We want to see your homemade masks. Send a photo to calendar@arktimes.com. Need a pattern? Try the CDC's fabric pattern or one of its two no-sew options. 

SXSW is turning the film festival selections it had slated for its now-canceled 2020 lineup into an online festival. 

"I kind of lean towards beauty — to me, beauty carries more weight," Adewumi said. "Women have some kind of energy. … To me, they speak volumes more."

CALS launches curbside pickup at the Main and Terry Library branches.

We talk with Matt White, co-owner of the storied White Water Tavern, about the bar's hiatus.

Check out the (mostly) Little Rock outfit The Romany Rye on the new season of Netflix's "Ozark."

Arkansas musicians and venue owners talk about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry.

We talk with Little Rock restaurant scene staple Georges Launet about pizza, the pandemic and what it was like to close Hill Station 10 weeks after its much-anticipated opening.

Add Art Is In Cakes to the list of non-big box grocery options in Little Rock.

How small farmers and producers are managing amid the pandemic.

Arkansas Cinema Society is buying up gift certificates from local restaurants to turn into prizes for a trivia series that celebrates ACS' third year.

Arlton Lowry of Few.io, Shannon and Brooks Tipton of Electric Ghost/Phantom Palm and the Downtown Little Rock Partnership are linking up to help out-of-work or underemployed service industry workers.

My favorite thing to eat in Little Rock right now is the baleada con todo from El Sur, Luis Vasquez’s Honduran food truck often found (in normal times) in the South Main neighborhood.

Six days ago, Sanford put out a call on his social media platforms offering to do five free shots of plated food for Central Arkansas restaurants in need of some enticing promotional material.

Capi Peck — city director for West Little Rock’s Ward 4 and the “self-taught good cook” behind Trio’s Restaurant — has launched a “meal train” to feed medical and support staff at Briarwood Nursing Center, a senior care facility on Rodney Parham Road that’s currently beset by an outbreak of COVID-19.

Add The Root Cafe to a growing list of restaurants modifying their operations for increased curbside and delivery service.

Downtown Little Rock's Copper Grill, for one, is channeling donations from a GoFundMe campaign to help make meals for first responders during the coronavirus crisis.