Good morning. It’s Monday, August 31st. I’m Lucas Dixon, and here are your local news headlines from The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. It’ll be humid today, with times of clouds and sun, an afternoon thunderstorm, and a high of 90. Tonight will be mostly cloudy and humid, with a strong thunderstorm and a low of 74. Storms can bring flooding and damaging winds. Our top story is: The Arkansas Department of Health logged 478 new covid-19 cases yesterday.

Good morning, I'm Lucas Dixon and these are the top headlines from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Expect showers this morning across central Arkansas, but it’ll be dry and partly cloudy this afternoon, with a high of 91. Tonight, it’ll be cloudy, with a low of 74.

Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 27th. I'm Lucas Dixon, and these are the top headlines from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Expect wind and rain in the afternoon with a high of 84. There could be flooding rain, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes. Expect more wind and rain tonight with a low of 71. Our top story is: Arkansas recorded 21 additional deaths from covid-19 yesterday, Governor Asa Hutchinson said, one shy of the daily record of 22.

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 26th. I'm Kristie McIntyre, and these are the top headlines from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Today will be mostly cloudy and humid with a high of 88. Expect a thunderstorm in spots. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 74. Our top story is: Arkansas' count of coronavirus cases rose yesterday by 480 (four hundred eighty) amid a slowdown in testing that state officials said was due to a lack of demand.

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 25th. I'm Kristie McIntyre, and these are the top headlines from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Expect intervals of clouds and sunshine today with a high of 93 and a low of 74. Tonight will be mostly cloudy and humid. Our top story is: The Arkansas Department of Health yesterday reported 320 (three hundred twenty) new cases from covid-19 and 9 more deaths from the virus.

Good morning. It’s Monday, August 24th. I'm Lucas Dixon, and these are the top headlines from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Today will be mostly sunny with a high of 95 and a low of 70. Tonight will be mainly clear. Our top story is: The state Health Department reported 375 (three hundred seventy-five) new covid-19 cases yesterday, according to the department's case report posted online. Of those cases, 24 (twenty-four) were in correctional facilities.

Good morning. It’s Friday, August 21st. I’m Lucas Dixon, and here are your local news headlines from The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. It’ll be mostly sunny and pleasant today, with a high of 89. Tonight, expect mainly clear skies, and a low of 68. Our top story is: Arkansas recorded 549 new cases of covid-19 yesterday, according to Governor Asa Hutchinson. The state also recorded 10 more deaths, raising the toll from the virus to 641.

Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 20th. I’m Lucas Dixon, and here are your local news headlines from The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. It’ll be mostly sunny and pleasant today, with a high of 87. Tonight, expect clear skies, and a low of 67. Our top story is: Arkansas recorded 729 new cases of covid-19 yesterday, said Governor Asa Hutchinson, a jump compared to the previous 2 days when new cases hovered near 410. 12 more people also died of the virus, bringing the toll to 631.

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 19th. I’m Kristie McIntyre, and here are your local news headlines from The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. It’ll be pleasant today, with times of sun and clouds, and a high of 88. Tonight, expect clear skies, and a low of 64. Our top story is: Arkansas officials reported 410 cases of covid-19 yesterday, almost matching Monday’s total of 412 new cases, and marking the second day in a row in which new case numbers fell below 500.

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 18th. I’m Kristie McIntyre, and here are your local news headlines from The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Expect times of sun and clouds today, and a high of 89. Tonight, skies will be clear, with a low of 67. Our top story is: Arkansas recorded 412 new cases of the coronavirus yesterday, as active infections from the virus fell to their lowest levels in over a month.