Good morning, Little Rock.

On Saturday, July 25, the fifth annual Dorothy’s Hats and High Tea honored Dorothy Rice’s legacy by featuring hats and high tea while raising funds for the Tommy and Dorothy Rice Scholarship to aid students.

Families can beat the heat on Aug.

22 when Firehouse Museum of Arkansas hosts Summertime Sirens featuring rides on antique fire trucks, free lemonade, crafts, and fire safety information (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) at Old Fire Station Number Two on Commerce St.

Rock It! Lab at the Main Library celebrated its 5th anniversary and 14 graduates of its 12-week program Saturday.

Program speakers emphasized the incubator’s role in helping local entrepreneurs, and small business owners set up pop-up booths at 120 River Market Ave.

Art Porter Music Education Inc. will host its 16th annual A Work of Art benefit from Monday to Saturday to honor Art Porter Sr. and Jr. Jazz performances and educational programs will be staged at local venues including Little Rock City Hall.

A chef at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts restaurant serves his signature North Carolina rainbow trout dish featuring Dijon fingerling potatoes, fig roasted carrots and a pistachio persillade sauce, topped with locally grown micro radishes.

The popular dish is offered for lunch and dinner on the museum’s east side.

In the 2025-26 school year, 10 top private schools received over $60 million from the Educational Freedom Accounts program; Shiloh Christian School (over $10.6 million) and Little Rock Christian Academy (about $10.4 million) led the list in cities over 50,000, with nearly 44,100 students benefiting.

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced over $3.3 million in USDA funding to help elementary schools serve fresh fruits and vegetables free of charge.

Over 160 schools must apply by Aug. 28 to join the program that will start offering healthy snacks in October.

Starting Jan. 1, Arkansas will enforce a new work requirement for its Medicaid expansion program as the Human Services Department estimates enrollment may drop by 20% and average monthly costs could rise by 10% to $1,023.

The policy, mandated under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, may also push up marketplace premiums.

Tori Appleton of Baptist Health received the 2026 Mamie's Health Care Hero award at Dinner Date for a Plate held July 12 at The Sanctuary at Argenta in North Little Rock, where guests dined and raised funds to provide keepsake plates for 250 families.

UAMS runs a produce prescription program that delivers a weekly bag of fruits and vegetables to oncology patients at risk of food insecurity through the UAMS Cancer Institute.

Funded by the USDA, the program also includes recipes and guidelines to help patients plan healthy meals statewide.

Dr. James Caldwell at Arkansas Surgical Hospital says PRP therapy uses a patient’s own blood to deliver concentrated healing agents to joints and tendons.

The procedure takes about 10-15 minutes to prepare and under a minute for injection (without extended downtime) and is not covered by insurance.

A building permit for a UAMS PET/CT space at 10901 N.

Rodney Parham Road was approved today for a $700,000 project by Clark Contractors + additional permits for projects valued at $75,000 or more have been issued in the metro area.

Henry Norwood, a local baseball fan, pulled a rare 2026 Topps Chrome card at Game Day Sports Cards (West Little Rock) today.

The card is an Aaron Judge patch and is one of only four in existence, showing his passion for sports cards.

Floss The Mack Comedy Show

8-11 p.m. — Awareness Center, Inc. — Limited tickets available — Experience a night of nonstop laughter with Floss The Mack and a stellar lineup of comedians.