WATCH: State lawmakers to question Pulaski County sheriff about Netflix documentary https://katv.com/news/local/state-lawmakers-to-question-pulaski-county-sheriff-about-netflix-documentary

As they await notice of a special session, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansans are questioning their ability to continue operation for the vital state agency if this bill does not pass. FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3Uy0oqQ

As they await notice of a special session, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansans are questioning their ability to continue operation for the vital state agency if this bill does not pass. FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3Uy0oqQ

“Essentially, we’re asking for a penny for the first 10 years, which will take us from 8.625% to 9.625%," said Mayor Scott. "And then after the first 10 years, ⅝ of that penny will fall off.” FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3UWUaSS

WATCH: Arkansas Heritage announces 2024 finalists for Arkansas Food Hall of Fame

The sweeping Trump-era tax cuts in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire next year, setting up the tax debate as a potentially key political issue this election year. While illegal immigration and inflation top Americans’ list of concerns, both parties are increasingly talking about the Trump-era tax cuts, which President Joe Biden has said he will allow to expire next year. Get the full story and more at https://katv.com/news/nation-world/trump-tax-cuts-becoming-important-election-year-issue-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-debate-joe-biden-donald-trump-economics-finances-farmers-estate-tax-child-tax-credit-small-businesses-ways-and-means-budget-congress ----------------------------------------- Stay up to date with our social media: KATV Channel 7 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KATVChannel7 KATV Channel 7 on X: https://twitter.com/KATVNews KATV Channel 7 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katvnews/ Subscribe to KATV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDwapMWqoitI9Wv6nA7AYw Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: newsroom@katv.com Call the Newsroom: 501.324.7760 For more information, visit https://katv.com/ KATV Channel 7 is the local #ABC affiliate serving the central #Arkansas area. From our studios in #LittleRock, Ark. KATV covers national and local news, sports, and weather. This video and all #Sinclair Broadcast Group content archives of local news and sports coverage are available for your use. For more information, contact us at contentsales@sbgtv.com. #KATV #KATVChannel7 #Channel7News #ARnews #breakingnews #breaking #news #ARpx #politics #ARleg #legislature #ARed #education #ARwx #weather #7OnYourSide #7OYS #HogCentral #sports #community #advocacy #crime #violence #living

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The aurora borealis made an appearance in Arkansas this weekend due to unusual solar activity. KATV has collected the best photos from across the state, sent in by our viewers, and have compiled them for you to view here. Get the full story and more at https://katv.com/ ----------------------------------------- Stay up to date with our social media: KATV Channel 7 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KATVChannel7 KATV Channel 7 on X: https://twitter.com/KATVNews KATV Channel 7 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katvnews/ Subscribe to KATV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDwapMWqoitI9Wv6nA7AYw Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: newsroom@katv.com Call the Newsroom: 501.324.7760 For more information, visit https://katv.com/ KATV Channel 7 is the local #ABC affiliate serving the central #Arkansas area. From our studios in #LittleRock, Ark. KATV covers national and local news, sports, and weather. This video and all #Sinclair Broadcast Group content archives of local news and sports coverage are available for your use. For more information, contact us at contentsales@sbgtv.com. #KATV #KATVChannel7 #Channel7News #ARnews #breakingnews #breaking #news #ARpx #politics #ARleg #legislature #ARed #education #ARwx #weather #7OnYourSide #7OYS #HogCentral #sports #community #advocacy #crime #violence #living

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Well. if you're still looking for ideas for Mother's Day gifts, professionals are suggesting things geared toward tackling mental health in women. Licensed marriage and family therapist, Charlie Simpson with the Arkansas Relationship Counseling Center shared some of the daily stressors mothers can face. "There's an abundance of triggers that can put a mother in a place where she can be overwhelmed, and anxiety and depression can start to increase" Simpson said. “Life just comes with so much. You know, being parents, you know, being a mother, just trying to just really do live and often times we're doing life comes those extra stressors such as financial stress, you know, maybe even some self-esteem stressors," Simpson added. Get the full story and more at https://katv.com/ ----------------------------------------- Stay up to date with our social media: KATV Channel 7 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KATVChannel7 KATV Channel 7 on X: https://twitter.com/KATVNews KATV Channel 7 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katvnews/ Subscribe to KATV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDwapMWqoitI9Wv6nA7AYw Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: newsroom@katv.com Call the Newsroom: 501.324.7760 For more information, visit https://katv.com/ KATV Channel 7 is the local #ABC affiliate serving the central #Arkansas area. From our studios in #LittleRock, Ark. KATV covers national and local news, sports, and weather. This video and all #Sinclair Broadcast Group content archives of local news and sports coverage are available for your use. For more information, contact us at contentsales@sbgtv.com. #KATV #KATVChannel7 #Channel7News #ARnews #breakingnews #breaking #news #ARpx #politics #ARleg #legislature #ARed #education #ARwx #weather #7OnYourSide #7OYS #HogCentral #sports #community #advocacy #crime #violence #living

"This is uncharted territory, it really is. Since I've been at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and anybody that I know who's been here, we've never gone into a fiscal year without an approved budget," said Randy Zellers, assistant chief of communications for AGFC. FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3UWnyZx

Many homes along Long Island Drive were damaged including Long Island Pointe neighborhood, where homes and boat docks were destroyed. FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3WEHkK6

“We took a day to kind of gather information from some of the people that were calling in, do some ride arounds, see where the damages were," said Jim Powell, Damage Assessor for American Red Cross. FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3Wxp8lG

Clean up continues in Hot Springs as more residents assess the damage that an EF-2 tornado left in its path. Many homes along Long Island Drive were damaged including Long Island Pointe neighborhood, where homes and boat docks were destroyed. FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/44E5Pcr

A Little Rock barista went viral on TikTok. Now, she's searching for the stranger who helped make it happen by lending her a helping hand. FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3UWq80r

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The Little Rock School District held a special board meeting Thursday to consider joining multi-district litigation against major social media companies Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snapchat. The consolidated lawsuits aim to hold those companies liable for creating a youth mental health crisis. Cases on behalf of school districts are being brought under a 'theory of public nuisance,' in the same vein as cases against e-cigarette company Juul and makers of controversial opioids. Get the full story and more at https://katv.com/news/local/little-rock-school-district-debates-joining-nationwide-lawsuit-against-social-media-giants-superintendent-jermall-wright-vicki-hatter-norma-johnson-motley-rice-eric-buchanan-firm-marlon-kimpson-tiktok-meta-facebook-litigation-google-snapchat-bytedance# ----------------------------------------- Stay up to date with our social media: KATV Channel 7 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KATVChannel7 KATV Channel 7 on X: https://twitter.com/KATVNews KATV Channel 7 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katvnews/ Subscribe to KATV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDwapMWqoitI9Wv6nA7AYw Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: newsroom@katv.com Call the Newsroom: 501.324.7760 For more information, visit https://katv.com/ KATV Channel 7 is the local #ABC affiliate serving the central #Arkansas area. From our studios in #LittleRock, Ark. KATV covers national and local news, sports, and weather. This video and all #Sinclair Broadcast Group content archives of local news and sports coverage are available for your use. For more information, contact us at contentsales@sbgtv.com. #KATV #KATVChannel7 #Channel7News #ARnews #breakingnews #breaking #news #ARpx #politics #ARleg #legislature #ARed #education #ARwx #weather #7OnYourSide #7OYS #HogCentral #sports #community #advocacy #crime #violence #living

The federal government is looking to expand eligibility for its supplemental security income program by redefining what it considers a 'public assistance household.' The new definition will include households that receive snap payments or at least one member receiving public assistance. Get the full story and more at https://katv.com/news/local/social-security-administration-revises-public-assistance-household-rule-katv-news-arkansas-ssi-snap# ----------------------------------------- Stay up to date with our social media: KATV Channel 7 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KATVChannel7 KATV Channel 7 on X: https://twitter.com/KATVNews KATV Channel 7 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katvnews/ Subscribe to KATV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDwapMWqoitI9Wv6nA7AYw Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: newsroom@katv.com Call the Newsroom: 501.324.7760 For more information, visit https://katv.com/ KATV Channel 7 is the local #ABC affiliate serving the central #Arkansas area. From our studios in #LittleRock, Ark. KATV covers national and local news, sports, and weather. This video and all #Sinclair Broadcast Group content archives of local news and sports coverage are available for your use. For more information, contact us at contentsales@sbgtv.com. #KATV #KATVChannel7 #Channel7News #ARnews #breakingnews #breaking #news #ARpx #politics #ARleg #legislature #ARed #education #ARwx #weather #7OnYourSide #7OYS #HogCentral #sports #community #advocacy #crime #violence #living

The book "The Anxious Generation" was a significant point of reference in Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders's letter issued to governors and legislatures today. In response to a nationwide issue that has young people gripped to their cellular devices, emerging data has been revealed as to how students are being impacted by content that officials say is causing suicide rates, self-harm, and depression in teenagers on the rise. Get the full story and more at https://katv.com/news/local/governer-sanders-sends-out-letter-to-public-officials-about-youth-social-media-plan-katv-news-arkansas-anxiety-mental-health-crisis-depression-among-teens-insecurities-public-health-matter# ----------------------------------------- Stay up to date with our social media: KATV Channel 7 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KATVChannel7 KATV Channel 7 on X: https://twitter.com/KATVNews KATV Channel 7 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katvnews/ Subscribe to KATV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDwapMWqoitI9Wv6nA7AYw Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: newsroom@katv.com Call the Newsroom: 501.324.7760 For more information, visit https://katv.com/ KATV Channel 7 is the local #ABC affiliate serving the central #Arkansas area. From our studios in #LittleRock, Ark. KATV covers national and local news, sports, and weather. This video and all #Sinclair Broadcast Group content archives of local news and sports coverage are available for your use. For more information, contact us at contentsales@sbgtv.com. #KATV #KATVChannel7 #Channel7News #ARnews #breakingnews #breaking #news #ARpx #politics #ARleg #legislature #ARed #education #ARwx #weather #7OnYourSide #7OYS #HogCentral #sports #community #advocacy #crime #violence #living

In Pam Pilgram-Smith's kindergarten class at Crawford Elementary, daily lessons go beyond the basics. That's because she has a special student this year...a very smart and outgoing 6-year-old named Towns Fuentez. Towns was born with microphthalmia and microcornea, which just means his eyes didn't develop all the way. He is legally blind but still goes full force with everything...including recess. Towns says, "I swing, and I do the monkey bars." Mrs. Pilgram-Smith says, "As he's coming down, he said is this what the other kids look like when they do this? I said that's exactly what they look like." Towns is also developing a love of reading. That's thanks, in part, to his teacher. Towns says, "When it's raining outside, sometimes we come inside in here and we just read books." Get the full story and more at https://katv.com/news/education/kindergarten-teacher-learns-braille-to-help-visually-impaired-student-excel-in-class# ----------------------------------------- Stay up to date with our social media: KATV Channel 7 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KATVChannel7 KATV Channel 7 on X: https://twitter.com/KATVNews KATV Channel 7 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katvnews/ Subscribe to KATV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDwapMWqoitI9Wv6nA7AYw Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: newsroom@katv.com Call the Newsroom: 501.324.7760 For more information, visit https://katv.com/ KATV Channel 7 is the local #ABC affiliate serving the central #Arkansas area. From our studios in #LittleRock, Ark. KATV covers national and local news, sports, and weather. This video and all #Sinclair Broadcast Group content archives of local news and sports coverage are available for your use. For more information, contact us at contentsales@sbgtv.com. #KATV #KATVChannel7 #Channel7News #ARnews #breakingnews #breaking #news #ARpx #politics #ARleg #legislature #ARed #education #ARwx #weather #7OnYourSide #7OYS #HogCentral #sports #community #advocacy #crime #violence #living