KASU's Morning Edition

Jonesboro-based Hytrol Conveyor Co. said Thursday (Sept. 2) it plans to hire another 100 workers at its Fort Smith manufacturing plant to operate a new product line. The expansion would bring employment in Fort Smith to around 350.

Three of the four Democratic candidates for Arkansas governor - Dr. Anthony Bland, Dr. Chris Jones and James 'Rus' Russell - discussed a broad range of education topics in this KATV-TB&P town hall.

The Sanders campaign has announced a 15-stop "Freedom Tour" across Arkansas, which will include a boat parade at Lake Ouachita's Mountain Harbor on Sunday and a Labor Day Rally featuring country-music singer John Rich on Monday.

Several inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail said they weren't told a medication they were given to treat COVID-19 was actually an anti-parasite drug that federal health officials have warned should not be used to treat the coronavirus.

The report from the Pulaski County coroner in Little Rock says that Hunter Brittain, 17, was killed during a predawn June 23 traffic stop when he stepped from his truck and approached the deputy with something in his hand, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.

Arkansas’ top law enforcement official has announced new funding to help police departments buy new equipment and provide training.

Little Rock, AR - Arkansas's Board of Apportionment will redraw state House and Senate district lines, and organizers want residents' concerns to be considered in the mapmaking process. Comments from Loriee Evans, lead organizer at Indivisible Little Rock and Central Arkansas; and Kwami Abdul-Bey, founder of the Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team.

Little Rock, AR – Consumer Reports is asking Americans to upload their internet bills so researchers can figure out why the cost, reliability and speed varies greatly between rural and urban areas. Comments from Amira Dhalla, associate director of community engagement and operations, Consumer Reports; and Whitney Kimball Coe, director of national programs and rural assembly, Center for Rural Strategies.

Arkansas is sending more than 500 National Guard members to Louisiana to help with hurricane relief efforts.

St. Bernards Behavioral Health will begin a partnership with Craighead County on Oct. 1 to operate the county’s 16-bed regional Crisis Stabilization Unit.