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Austin Bailey, Stephanie Smittle and Benji Hardy to lead the newsroom.

With nine members out the door, about two-thirds of the board remains.

Along with all the other destruction, the March tornado in Little Rock devastated the trees. Thousands were ripped from the ground, which left playgrounds, businesses, streets and whole neighborhoods without the tree canopy the residents knew and loved. Replanting plans are in the works now.

Phasing out pandemic-era policies is complicated, and the Biden Administration gave states a year to clean the Medicaid rolls. But thanks to state lawmakers, Arkansas is pruning Medicaid lists in six months instead, forcing tradeoffs between speed and due diligence. The result is that people who are eligible for Medicaid are losing it anyway.

Dedrick Brigance was arrested in the death of Jeremiah Broadus at the Rest Inn in North Little Rock earlier this month. Brigance has a significant history of criminal charges, according to a Memphis TV station.

Over to you.

The "Slumberland" house we rented for $750 a month in 2009 is on the market for $320,000 after a DIY renovation project.

A leak from the Sugarloaf Wastewater Treatment Plant left Bull Shoals Lake unsafe for swimming for weeks. The advisory has been lifted, so dive back in if you like.

Amber Govan, the dedicated leader of Carter’s Crew, works directly with teens in Pulaski County who have been in the justice system or live in crime-heavy neighborhoods. She has a full plate for the summer of 2023 with representing Arkansas at the federal level in conversations on youth crime, hosting kids at Carter’s Crew every week day and fulfilling two massive programs she’s organized around getting teens on the right track.

The misgendering of the subject of a Sunday news brief was just a mistake, and does not represent a shift in policy over how the newspaper handles references to transgender people, ADG Managing Editor Alyson Hoge said.

A new state law directs state officials to study the feasibility and commercial viability of recycling nuclear waste. Scientists, working in labs, have demonstrated that recycling spent nuclear rods is possible, but whether it can be done economically is unclear. Hunter Field, writing in the Arkansas Advocate, delves into the new law and its potential in Arkansas.

Located in Parthenon, an unincorporated area near Jasper, the center was founded in 2007 by Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche, a monk from the Nyingman school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Berry died in Little Rock Friday at the age of 80.

In 1964, heirs to the house deeded the property to the city of Little Rock. They specified that the house should be used for public benefit as part of the Arkansas Arts Center, now named the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. Now the house is locked and deteriorating, and a lawsuit contends conditions of the deed have not been met.

The line belongs to you.

The 17-year-old suspect graduated from high school last night and later accidentally shot his friend while riding in the back seat of a car, he told police. The 18-year-old victim was set to graduate from White Hall High School tonight.

What's going on out there?

Celebrity gossip site Radar Online said this week that DeSantis has his eye on Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders.

The saga of the Walton Arts Center’s decision to nix drag performances during Northwest Arkansas Pride continues. Up to six board members — about one-third of the whole group — announced their resignation Friday afternoon.