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Internal email reveals details about shooting at Little Rock Children’s Library

An internal email to Central Arkansas Library System employees reveals new details about a Wednesday morning shooting in a library parking lot.

Arkansas seasonal flu deaths top 100, health department reports

After several weeks of high flu spread in Arkansas, the intensity levels have mellowed, according to the state health department.

Thursday open line

The door's open.

Arkansas AG nips at Biden's heels again, will sue to block student loan aid

Tim Griffin says he's joining forces with Missouri on a lawsuit like the one Kansas filed today, with the aim of preventing government contributions toward student loans. 

Lead pastor of Immanuel Baptist announces resignation in wake of sexual abuse scandal

Smith's resignation follows much controversy over his handling of child sex abuse allegations.
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LEARNS lawsuit over ‘indoctrination’ reassigned to Judge Rudofsky

A judge in a federal lawsuit challenging a section of the Arkansas LEARNS Act that prohibits  “indoctrination” in the classroom has recused herself from the case and asked for it to be reassigned. 

Don’t Miss Recycling Unplugged: A Free E-Waste Recycling Event

Medicaid payments suspended for Little Rock physician, clinic during fraud investigation

The state has suspended all Medicaid payments to Dr. Alonzo Williams until an investigation is complete.

Pulaski County weighing options for handling sheriff's seemingly illegal contract with TV producers

Sheriff Eric Higgins contends that his agreement with a TV production company was not a contract. It's pretty clear that he's wrong, which leaves the county with multiple questions to answer about the entire arrangement.

Plan to create state-run insurance company for school buildings in works for fiscal session

State lawmakers will wait until the upcoming fiscal session to decide whether or not to follow a consulting firm’s recommendation that Arkansas start its own insurance company for school properties, legislators said Wednesday. 
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From Rock Candy

Turning the eclipse into fiction: A Q&A with writer Eli Cranor

“The Gloam” — Eli Cranor’s new story about a bound-for-breakup couple hawking bootleg MAGA merch in London, Arkansas, during the ellipse — debuts in the April issue of the Arkansas Times. We chatted with Cranor about his writing process, the versatility of crime fiction and how he's planning to spend the celestial holiday.

Wild Pink and Sun June at Stickyz on Tuesday

New York-based indie rock outfit Wild Pink is the quiet, sensitive kid in the corner, except they also slap.

Decked out in totality: an eclipse merch roundup

Look, there are throngs of visitors coming to our state for the solar eclipse on April 8 and somehow the weather prognostications have eclipsed the "what are we wearing" question. Embarrassing! Here are a few sartorial accompaniments we've spotted around town and online as the moon rolls out its shadow over The Natural State.

Queer passion in Puritan New England: A Q&A with writer Garrard Conley

“All the World Beside,” the new novel by Arkansas native and “Boy Erased” author Garrard Conley, depicts a romantic affair between two men — a reverend and a doctor — in 18th century Puritan New England. As they oscillate between resisting and embracing their love for each other, their wives and children bear the burden of their confusion and become a target of the town’s gossip mill.

First Pentecostal's 'I AM' Easter show is both over the top and riveting

Both avid churchgoers and errant heathens can get hyped about the "I AM" Easter extravaganza. With camels and sheep, a Roman soldier on horseback, smoke, a hologram, live music and a cast of hundreds, you'll not find this much entertainment packed into a $10 ticket anywhere else.
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April movie screenings at Ron Robinson Theater

Picks for April include "Citizen Kane," "The Big Lebowski," "Mad Max: Fury Road," "Twister" and more.

Two chances to see Jimbo Mathus at White Water this weekend

Mathus is an enthralling live performer, and this two-show stand at the White Water Tavern — to be recorded for a live album from Single Lock Records — is bound to straddle Saturday and the Sabbath aptly, with doses of both the sacred and the profane.

Kasten Searles’ tornado memoir captures Little Rock, ravaged

Searles — an illustrator, the head of the art department at Arkansas Tech University and the artist behind our cover illustration this month — is creating a graphic memoir about the experience, including depictions of the devastation as she saw it on March 31, 2023.

Mass eclipse wedding ceremony to bring hundreds of couples to Russellville

289 pairs of lovebirds are currently registered to get married simultaneously at Elope at the Eclipse, a mass wedding ceremony in Russellville that will take place just moments before the total solar eclipse on April 8.

On the eve of their comeback album, Gossip scores a New York Times profile

“Real Power,” Gossip’s first album in 12 years, comes out on Friday. Earlier this week, The New York Times profiled the Portland-based band about how they got started, the intervening years since their breakup and what motivated them to get back together.
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Korean fried chicken franchise bb.q Chicken opening in West Little Rock in April

Korean fried chicken franchise bb.q Chicken will be opening its first Arkansas location in April in the former David’s Burgers space at 101 S. Bowman Road.

Give blood, eat lunch at the Pulaski County admin building today

Several food trucks and the Bloodmobile donation center will be on site today at the Pulaski County Government’s first Food Truck Thursday of 2024.

The wait is over: Moody Brews now open in Pettaway

After a long and well-documented odyssey, Moody Brews, the new brewery helmed by longtime Little Rock brewer Josiah Moody, is opening tonight in downtown's Pettaway neighborhood.

Little Rock Starbucks workers vote to unionize

Starbucks employees at the Rodney Parham and Market Street store (11121 N. Rodney Parham Road) voted 12-2 to join the Starbucks Workers United, a union of more than 10,000 employees "coming together to create a better workplace for all." 

Conway’s PattiCakes Bakery to close permanently following January fire

PattiCakes Bakery made an announcement on Facebook today that the bakery will not reopen following the fire in January that destroyed the company’s downtown Conway patisserie/production facility at 1137 Front St.
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Viva Ube: A new Filipino pastry shop in Park Hill is plum delicious

The Sweet Spot features wonderful ensaymada pastries, slices of cassava cake and several cookie varieties. Maybe most vibrant, though, is the use of ube, a purple yam native to the Philippines.

Purple Cow moving forward with rebuild on tornado-damaged Cantrell store

The effort to revive Purple Cow’s original location at 8026 Cantrell Road after it was heavily damaged by the EF-3 tornado in March of last year has encountered delays, but is “moving forward with full force,” Ken Vaughan, president of Purple Cow restaurants, said.

Camp David Restaurant launching new soul food-inspired lunch menu

Camp David, the longtime downtown restaurant in Little Rock’s Holiday Inn Presidential hotel, is launching a new soul food-inspired lunch menu next week.

WLR Beef-a-Roo reopening soon

The Little Rock store has been closed following a small fire in January that destroyed its griddle and a fryer.

Trio's closing for two weeks to repair ductwork damaged by 2023 tornado

Trio's is temporarily closing for repairs for the second time to address damage caused by the EF-3 tornado that hit Little Rock on March 31, 2023.
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