Early travelers used a stone outcropping on the bank of the Arkansas River as a landmark. La Petite Roche (French for "the Little Rock"), named in 1722 by French explorer and trader Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe, marked the transition from the flat Mississippi Delta region to the Ouachita Mountain foothills. Travelers referred to the area as "the Little Rock" and the landmark name stuck.

Population: 189515
Local Newspapers: Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Local Sports Teams: Arkansas Travelers (Double A Baseball)
Local Colleges: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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Campaign signs and political candidates greet visitors to the Pulaski County Courthouse Annex in Little Rock, Ark., for the end of the early voting period on Monday, May 21, 2018. Arkansas' primary and judicial general election occurs Tuesday, May 22, 2018.

The body of an O'Fallon, Ill., man who disappeared in Little Rock, Ark., over the weekend was found Monday in the Arkansas River, according to police. Brennen "Bryn" Willis, 28, was in Little Rock for a wedding, family said.

The man found in the Arkansas River behind the Marriott hotel in downtown Little Rock on Monday afternoon has been identified as Brennen Willis, a 28-year-old who was visiting town for a wedding. Little Rock police spokesman Steve Moore said authorities received a call about 1:15 p.m. from someone who had seen a body floating in the river from one of the hotel's windows.

Russellville Police Sgt. Quinn Jones recently graduated from the Arkansas School of Law Enforcement Supervision in Little Rock.

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A Little Rock firefighter watches as flames dance high above the roof of 3 Office Park Dr. on Sunday evening. The fire destroyed the building, which housed three tenants.

Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock has been treating more patients in recent years even as cardiac procedures have declined nationwide.

A Little Rock woman with epilepsy who killed a baby sleeping in his crib when she crashed her pickup into the baby's bedroom was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine for misdemeanor negligent homicide. The punishment decision by a Pulaski County jury ended the two-day trial of 53-year-old Lucinda Edwards-Harris.

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 by Georgia O'Keeffe is part of "The Beyond: Georgia O'Keeffe and Contemporary Art," opening Saturday at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.

A race for an Arkansas Supreme Court seat that has drawn heavy spending from outside groups and a four-person race for the Democratic nomination to run for a Little Rock-area U.S. House seat headline the ballot in the state's primary and non-partisan judicial election this week. The Arkansas Secretary of State's office hasn't predicted how many of the state's 1.7 million registered voters will cast a ballot in Tuesday's election.

A race for an Arkansas Supreme Court seat that has drawn heavy spending from outside groups and a race for the Democratic nomination for a Little Rock-area U.S. House seat headline the ballot in the state's primary and non-partisan judicial election. In this May 7, 2018, photo, a sign is posted above the check-in station for an early voting precinct at the Roosevelt Thompson Library in Little Rock, Ark., warning voters that they will be asked to show an identification card.

National Retail Properties Limited Partnership, a firm with several Pulaski County purchases in recent years, paid $1.3 million for an E-Z Mart convenience store last month. The store at 11724 Rainwood Road in Little Rock covers 2,500 square feet and was built in 1981.

At least two people were killed in accidents on state roadways Friday and Saturday, according to preliminary reports from the Arkansas State Police. A Little Rock man died and two others were injured in a one-vehicle crash in Jefferson County on Saturday morning, authorities said.

The full-color magazine is a publication of Mayor Joe Smith's office and is put out through the city's communications office. Smith is listed as the publisher.

Officers responded around 6:25 p.m. Thursday to the shopping center at 6000 W. Markham St. in reference to unknown trouble, according to a police report. Little Rock Police Department spokesman Michael Ford said two people were stabbed or cut and suffered minor injuries.

The sister of a 26-year-old Hot Springs woman who was killed in 2016 when a car in which she was riding was struck by a speeding state trooper who had his lights and siren turned off has sued the now-retired trooper and the director of the Arkansas State Police. In the lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Little Rock, Lori Braun of Lee County, Fla., the administrator of the estate of her sister, Cassandra Braun, is seeking compensatory damages in the Oct. 10, 2016, accident at U.S. 70 and Kleinshore Road in Hot Springs.

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