A third grader in Little Rock needs help finding her Forever Family. Kaitlyn tells Channel 7, she wants a Christian family that will adopt her so she can finally stay in one place. Read more: https://katv.com/news/local/11-year-old-kaitlyn-is-looking-for-a-forever-family #abc #arkansas #channel7news #7onyourside #community #katvchannel7 #news #localnews #adopt #children #heartfelt ----------------------------------------- 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

A payroll crisis in Jefferson County continues this week, with pay for county employees now set to be late the second time this month after public servants received nothing on payday Tuesday. Full story: https://katv.com/news/local/jefferson-county-in-crisis-officials-condemn-county-judge-for-2nd-april-payroll-delay-gerald-robinson-frank-lloyd-jr-quorum-court-justice-of-the-peace-clerk-shawndra-taggart-sheriff-lafayette-woods-luther-sutter-lawsuit-gloria-tillman-assessor-pine-bluff #7onyourside #abc #ared #arkansas #arpx #channel7news #trending #localnews #money #jobs #jobsearch ----------------------------------------- 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

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Wednesday that she would force a vote next week to oust Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. "I think every member of Congress needs to take that vote and let the chips fall where they may. And so next week, I am going to be calling this motion to vacate,” Greene said Wednesday during a news conference outside the Capitol. Her decision comes one day after House Democrat leaders announced their support for Johnson. Get the full story and more at https://www.katv.com/news/nation-world/gop-republican-marjorie-taylor-greene-to-demand-vote-on-ousting-mike-johnson-as-house-speaker-motion-to-vacate-capitol-congress-house-democrat-leaders-spending-bill-omnibus-bill# ----------------------------------------- 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 Arkansas Secretary of Education and local educators sat down today at the Little Rock Rotary to discuss the LEARNS Act and questions circulating its implementation. FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3QpEHrK

Violence broke out at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) overnight between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters prompting university officials to ask for assistance from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Police wearing face shields formed a line but did not immediately intervene. LAPD wrote on X that they were requested due to "multiple acts of violence within the large encampment on campus" and were to "assist in restoring order." Get the full story and more at https://www.katv.com/news/nation-world/violence-erupts-between-protestors-at-ucla-university-of-california-los-angeles-prompting-lapd-los-angeles-police-department-response-pro-palestinian-israeli-encampment-restore-order-mayor-karen-bass# ----------------------------------------- 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

After five years, Walmart is closing all its Walmart Health centers, as they feel it is not a sustainable business model for them to continue being successful. Beginning in 2019, Walmart created Walmart Health as a more convenient and close source of health services, as you could get a check up and go a couple of aisles over to pick up something the doctor may have told you that you needed. These health centers offered services like primary care, dental, behavioral health, and labs/x-ray. Get the full story and more at https://www.katv.com/news/local/walmart-health-to-close-its-doors-soon-business-shopping-dentists-pharmacies-vision-center-money# ----------------------------------------- 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 Arkansas Secretary of Education and local educators sat down today at the Little Rock Rotary to discuss the LEARNS Act and questions circulating its implementation. Among many topics, the panel discussed volunteer hour requirements, teacher pay increases, literacy requirements, and answering the criticism that taxpayer dollars are being taken from public schools. In the law, it states that high school students starting with 9th graders in the 2023-24 school year have to have 75 community service hours to graduate. Get the full story and more at https://www.katv.com/news/education/arkansas-educators-address-learns-act-concerns-at-little-rock-rotary-discussion-arkansas-secretary-education-literacy-requirements-answering-criticism-taxpayer-money-third-grade-public-schools-jacksonville-north-pulaski-county-district-superintendent# ----------------------------------------- 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

A California man walking across the United States made his way through central Arkansas Tuesday afternoon. Ranger Kielak began his cross-country walk on March 10th in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. His goal is to reach Pismo Beach, California, which is about 1,800 miles from Arkansas. "The mission for the walk is to highlight, learn from, and work with people in the US that are making a difference in their community," said Kielak, owner and holistic success coach of Whole Range Coaching. "And just really see the drive that people have to make a difference in their community and kind of show everyone that big or small, you can make a difference, and there's opportunity everywhere to do something good." Get the full story and more at https://www.katv.com/news/local/california-man-on-cross-country-walk-for-community-good-reaches-arkansas-united-states-little-rock-future-farmers-of-america-bigger-than-the-trail-the-hospice-promise# ----------------------------------------- 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 $14.2 billion program was put in place for low-income households through a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed by Congress back in 2021. Now that the funding is running out, many Arkansans are having to find other options to stay connected. FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3WoTCWT

Sports betting was officially legalized in Arkansas in 2018, when Arkansans voted for casino gaming. Despite the 2018 legalization, the first sports wager was not placed until July 2019. FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3Ul3w9l

The hearing Friday certainly appeared to go in favor of Arkansas County, which has been on the backfoot for a while in its months-long legal struggle with Jones Digital. FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3xXcpyw

Since the middle of March, Pulaski County Sheriff Higgins and Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde have been on opposing sides, battling over the legality behind the agreement. FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/3WfEXNC

Storms moving into Arkansas. Meteorologist James Bryant has the latest.

It was a decade ago that a deadly EF-4 tornado ravaged central Arkansas. The storm took the lives of 16 Arkansans, and left dozens of homes and businesses levied in its wake. Lives were changed forever on that fateful day. Today, we are rewinding time, looking back on that event and revisiting the people affected in Pulaski, Faulkner, and White counties. We're telling the story of that night, and the decade-long rebuilding process that has followed. Get the full story and more at https://www.katv.com/news/local/10-year-later-reflecting-on-devastating-tornado-in-mayflower-and-vilonia-national-weather-service-ef4-storm-severe-weather-arkansas-barry-brandt-james-bryant-ned-perme-destruction-devastation-fema-rebuild# ----------------------------------------- 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

It was a decade ago that a deadly EF-4 tornado ravaged central Arkansas. The storm took the lives of 16 Arkansans, and left dozens of homes and businesses levied in its wake. Lives were changed forever on that fateful day. Today, we are rewinding time, looking back on that event and revisiting the people affected in Pulaski, Faulkner, and White counties. We're telling the story of that night, and the decade-long rebuilding process that has followed. 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

It was a decade ago that a deadly EF-4 tornado ravaged central Arkansas. The storm took the lives of 16 Arkansans, and left dozens of homes and businesses levied in its wake. Lives were changed forever on that fateful day. Today, we are rewinding time, looking back on that event and revisiting the people affected in Pulaski, Faulkner, and White counties. We're telling the story of that night, and the decade-long rebuilding process that has followed. Get the full story and more at https://www.katv.com/news/local/10-year-later-reflecting-on-devastating-tornado-in-mayflower-and-vilonia-national-weather-service-ef4-storm-severe-weather-arkansas-barry-brandt-james-bryant-ned-perme-destruction-devastation-fema-rebuild ----------------------------------------- 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

It was a decade ago that a deadly EF-4 tornado ravaged central Arkansas. The storm took the lives of 16 Arkansans, and left dozens of homes and businesses levied in its wake. Lives were changed forever on that fateful day. Today, we are rewinding time, looking back on that event and revisiting the people affected in Pulaski, Faulkner, and White counties. We're telling the story of that night, and the decade-long rebuilding process that has followed. Get the full story and more at https://www.katv.com/news/local/10-year-later-reflecting-on-devastating-tornado-in-mayflower-and-vilonia-national-weather-service-ef4-storm-severe-weather-arkansas-barry-brandt-james-bryant-ned-perme-destruction-devastation-fema-rebuild ----------------------------------------- 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

At least two people have died in Oklahoma after nighttime tornadoes ripped through the state Saturday. Get the full story and more at https://www.katv.com/news/nation-world/2-dead-including-infant-after-nighttime-tornadoes-rip-through-oklahoma-severe-weather-wx-storms-gov-kevin-stitt-state-of-emergency-national-weather-service-damage-destruction-downed-trees-power-lines# ----------------------------------------- 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

A local senior has pulled double duty throughout her high school career to make her dreams a reality and with graduation on the horizon, they are more real than ever. Malia Anderson, a senior at Pulaski Academy found her passion for fashion in 3rd grade. "My third grade art teacher at that time, Mrs. Embry introduced me to something called curbside couture," said Anderson. "It is at the Clinton Presidential Center and you make clothes out of trash and recycled material. I did that for 8 years after my third grade year." Get the full story and more at https://www.katv.com/news/local/pulaski-academy-senior-turns-passion-for-fashion-into-path-for-success-malia-anderson-jamileh-kamran-arkansas-school-little-rock-curbside-couture-presidential-center-third-grade-recycled-material-embry-university-travel-graduation-show-october-thirteenth# ----------------------------------------- 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