Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 27th of August.
Good morning, Little Rock.
Little Rock Social Club is offering adult recreational sports where community members play kickball and plan to add games like flag football, volleyball, and cornhole to build community connections.
Registration for kickball closes Friday (further sports are planned) and flag football sign-ups have just opened (updates to follow).
Baja Grill remains open while remodeling its back area and adding Latin-Asian dishes at its Little Rock location.
The restaurant will rebrand as Lime & Lotus Latin-Asian Grill & Sidebar with new items like bulgogi tacos and birria ramen planned for October (target).
The four children of Walmart founder Sam Walton will be inducted into the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame on Feb.
5 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. The ceremony will honor their contributions to business, entrepreneurship and philanthropy in our community.
501 Bar & Grill is set to open in the former Bar Louie space at McCain Mall near Dillard's with a charity event for youth football planned this weekend and a target opening on Sept.
21. The restaurant will serve soul food, including its signature Flavor Bomb Burger.
A new soul food dining spot will debut at McCain Mall as 501 Bar & Grill with a youth football charity event this weekend and a target opening Sept.
21, while Baja Grill rebrands to Lime & Lotus Latin-Asian Grill & Sidebar with new dishes expected in October.
Today at 7 p.m., a jazz quartet will play at the Seersucker Soiree fundraiser at the AR Symphony Music Center (East Village), and the annual stone-skipping championships will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Murray Park’s boat launch, offering free admission and cash prizes for competitors.
Representatives from Riceland Foods, Producers Rice Mill, and Rep. Rick Crawford met in Stuttgart last week to review rising production costs, workforce shortages, and the growing impact of imported rice on Arkansas farmers.
They stressed the need for policy changes to support local agriculture.
The Little Rock School Board will vote today on six proposed new high school attendance zone maps to accommodate West High School (opening fall next to Pinnacle View Middle) after weeks of debate, with changes aimed at addressing declining enrollment and community needs.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced a historic $17.1 billion child safety settlement with Meta — the deal requires the company to add daily time limits and nighttime blocks on Facebook and Instagram and gives Arkansas about $172 million.
Odaefe Oruru (6-foot-6, 310 pounds), a 4-star offensive lineman rated No. 22 in his class, flipped his commitment from Arkansas to join Oklahoma State after initially pledging in April.
He announced his decision on social media and said he wanted to represent his home state.
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