Good morning, Little Rock.

Rogers-based America's Car-Mart says its lenders extended relaxed loan terms until Wednesday as the struggling used-car dealer seeks more financing after a $5 million incremental loan last month (it borrowed $300 million in Oct. 2025).

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Hampson Archeological Museum State Park is expanding its display of Nodena Culture pottery, arrowheads, and a prized headpot and offers free admission at 33 Park Ave. in Wilson; open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

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The harvest is wrapping up with dry weather speeding fieldwork; soybeans are 94% harvested and cotton 92%.

Large export sales — about 560 million bushels of soybeans to China and 68 million bushels of corn to Mexico — and $323.86 million in USDA Bridge payments have bolstered farm income.

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The state's Division of Higher Education is asking dozens of programs at Arkansas public universities to justify keeping their degrees after annual viability reports, and universities must submit justifications by Friday, Nov. 6, or those programs will have two years to meet minimum graduation thresholds or be removed from the approved inventory.

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Jacksonville High students run Simply Delicious, a public restaurant open Tuesdays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., with a new menu each week.

Students work as cooks and servers (all hold Food Handler certifications), alumni Chef Xavier Greene helps in the kitchen, and the program also offers catering.

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Historic Arkansas Museum director Stephanie Wade was forced out after she objected to a plan to turn the 1827 Hinderliter Grog Shop into a working tavern, museum commissioners say.

The tavern plan was later put on hold, and commissioners say a 2025 law removed their independent oversight.

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Coach Ryan Silverfield said Monday he's open to making in-season staff changes to improve Arkansas' offense after the Razorbacks fell 34-10 to Missouri in Fayetteville, noting he trusts play-caller Tim Cramsey (who will handle most in-game calls) while injured receivers Chris Marshall and RB Braylen Russell are being evaluated this week.

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Tameron Ferguson hit a go-ahead free throw with four seconds left to lift Arkansas State to a 71-70 season-opening win over Toledo Monday at First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, and he finished with a game-high 20 points.

ASU will travel to play Alabama on Friday.

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Ahead of Arkansas' season opener against UAPB, guard Jeremiah Wilkinson said the Razorbacks will focus on defense and building chemistry when they open the season.

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