Daily editionWednesday, October 28th, 2026
Good morning, Little Rock.
The 5AM Little Rock Team
Here’s your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 28th of October.
Education
Pulaski Heights Middle School dedicated its gym to Ramona McGee, the district's winningest coach, making her the first female Little Rock School District coach to have a gym named for her.
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Government
Sen. John Boozman recently met with rice farmers in Stuttgart to hear how plunging prices and lost acres have strained Arkansas agriculture, and he plans to push Farm Bill 2.0 and seek $11 billion in emergency aid when Congress reconvenes after the midterms.
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Health
Baptist Health announced it is launching a centralized OB Hub with PeriGen to monitor mothers and babies across seven delivery hospitals, using AI PeriWatch Vigilance to track vitals, contractions, and fetal heart rate and alert bedside teams.
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