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Cabot takes down Pulaski Academy 35-28 in seesaw affair

CABOT, Ark. (KATV) — The Cabot Panthers and the Pulaski Academy Bruins met in a seesaw affair that saw both teams taking turn gaining momentum. The Panthers ended up grasping that momentum and using it to take home a 35-28 win over the Bruins.

Cabot, AR · 20d

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State Capitol Week in Review from Senator Terry Rice

Arkansas is expanding its efforts to reward and retain high‑performing educators, unveiling a major increase in merit‑based bonuses from the 2025–26 school year. In June, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) announced that nearly $20 million will be distributed through the LEARNS Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Program, marking one of the largest statewide investments in performance‑based teacher pay to date. Nearly 4,900 educators received awards this year. This is an increase of almost 2,000 since the program’s launch in 2024.

Arkansas · 21d

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Cabot Pee-wee football fight goes viral

Cabot, AR · 22d

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North Little Rock School District sues Springdale teen who received more than $12,000 in a payroll mix-up

The North Little Rock School District has sued a Springdale teenager for allegedly mispaying her $12,755.62 during a payroll error.

North Little Rock, AR · 24d

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Bauxite announces 2026 Homecoming Court and Oct 16 game schedule

Bauxite High School will celebrate its 2026 Homecoming on Friday, Oct. 16, featuring a pep rally, coronation ceremony, and varsity football matchup against the Bald Knob Bulldogs. Queen Mya Patrick leads this year’s royal court ahead of the evening festivities at “The Pit.” Read more below. Homecoming...

Bauxite, AR · 22d

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Carlisle Elementary School placed on lockdown after nearby incident

Carlisle Elementary School was briefly placed on lockdown on Thursday due to an incident that occurred outside the school district but within the city limits.

Carlisle, AR · 22d

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Windgate Foundation gives $1.5 million to University of Arkansas

Little Rock-based Windgate Foundation recently gave $1.5 million to the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas to establish the Windgate Endowed Chair in STEAM Education. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. According to a Thursday (Oct. 15) news release, the new Windgate...

Fayetteville, AR · 22d

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Nemo Vista FCCLA receives Red Ribbon grant

Nemo Vista High School FCCLA has been selected to receive a 2026 Red Ribbon Grant from the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Association. Conway County Sheriff-Elect Jeremy Kissire presented the grant to Family and Consumer Sciences teacher Christina Loyd. School Resource Officer Alex Martinez and Superintendent Logan Williams also attended the presentation…

Conway County, AR · 22d

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Arkansas High School Football Top 25 State Rankings (Oct. 14, 2026)

Top 10 showdowns are on tap this week in 6A with undefeated Searcy against Sheridan, and 5A with Farmington at Greenwood

Arkansas · 23d

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Carlisle Elementary School placed on lockdown after nearby incident

CARLISLE, Ark. – Carlisle Elementary School was placed on lockdown for a brief period Thursday because of an incident that occurred outside the Carlisle School District but within the city limits, according to officials. According to the Carlisle School District, Police Chief Jerrell Smith immediately notified the school’s resource...

Carlisle, AR · 22d

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Report: 1 in 4 Arkansas EFA students left public schools

A new report from the University of Arkansas shows that only about one in four students who participated in Education Freedom Accounts in Arkansas last year switched from a public school. The data only factors grades one through 12. More than 44,000 students participated in the voucher program last school...

Arkansas · 25d

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Backpack Program Drives Teacher to Become Mrs. Arkansas-America

Many girls grow up competing in pageants and dream of one day representing their state on a national stage, but the story was different for Ashton Haywood, Mrs. Arkansas-America 2026. Her journey started when she became an art teacher at Nettleton STEAM Elementary School in Jonesboro. “My first year of...

Arkansas · 24d

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Arkansas school choice vouchers mostly fund existing private, home school students

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The latest report on Arkansas’ Education Freedom Account, or school choice voucher program, is out. The report covers last school year, the first in which the vouchers were made universally available to K-12 students in Arkansas. According to the report, the number of...

Arkansas · 24d

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Stuttgart remains No. 2 in ASN Class 4A rankings

STUTTGART — The Stuttgart Ricebirds remained No. 2 in Class 4A in this week’s Arkansas Sports Network’s rankings. The Ricebirds beat DeWitt 42-6 Friday to improve to 6-0 overall, 3-0 in 4A-8 conference play. Stuttgart is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s poll....

Stuttgart, AR · 24d

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Lakewood Elementary's Shae Escovedo named KATV Teacher of the Month

North Little Rock, AR (KATV) — Shae Escovedo, instructional aide at Lakewood Elementary School in North Little Rock, is KATV’s Teacher of the Month for October. In a reimagined teacher’s lounge, Escovedo works throughout the day with small groups of students, helping teachers fill learning gaps and helping students get caught up.

North Little Rock, AR · 22d

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Perryville High School announces Homecoming Court

Perryville High School has announced the members of its 2026 Homecoming Court. The Homecoming Queen is Esmerelda Sanchez. The senior maids are Rylee Raper ad Mylee Dillinger. The junior maids are Mylee Rychtarik and Chloe Wise. The sophomore maids are Aly Garcia and Anna Young. The freshman maid is Kamdyn Cates. The 8th grade maid is Sadie Holbrook. The 7th grade maid is Brilynn Holland. The Homecoming Court will be celebrated the week of October 20th through 23rd leading into the Homecoming ceremony on October 23rd and the football game that night against Two Rivers…

Perryville, AR · 24d

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Study ranks the best colleges in Arkansas and the U.S.

A national study by WalletHub ranked Hendrix College as the top institution in Arkansas while identifying Princeton University as the highest-ranked university nationwide.

Arkansas · 25d

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Plans move forward for new private school in Saline County

Plans for a new private school are moving forward in Saline County, months after a similar proposal was rejected by the city of Benton.

Saline County, AR · 24d

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Heartland Forward aims to bring rural college advising to 100 schools

Earlier this month at the 2026 Heartland Summit, the Arkansas Department of Education and Heartland Forward announced a goal to expand a college and career advising program into 100 schools across the state. Angie Cooper is the president of Heartland Forward. She says that the national nonprofit rootEd Alliance started as a way to support rural high school students, first in Missouri.

Arkansas · 23d