Local News
Girls of Promise conference in Arkansas

Little Rock, Arkansas – On Friday, astronaut and former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center Eighth-grade, spoke to girls in Arkansas, to learn more about STEAM.
Girls of Promise had an opportunity to get a hands-on experience with science, technology, engineering, and math through activities such as coding and robotics.
Dr. Ellen Ochoa who was the first Latina in space was the keynote speaker.
According to her, anything is possible.
“The mission is to empower girls to know that they have opportunities,” Katie Story-Hogue Girls of Promise Conference Chair says. “Especially girls from rural areas and persistent poverty counties around Arkansas to know that there is an opportunity, and they can do whatever they want to do.”
Girls of Promise is a mission of the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas – to create equality for women through economics and philanthropic investment.
-
Local News1 week ago
Thursday storm leave streets and homes across Arkansas flooded
-
Local News2 weeks ago
The Little Rock Police Department make arrest in Monday homicide
-
Arkansas1 week ago
Rogers man accused of rape and possessing child pornography
-
Crime & Safety2 weeks ago
Victim in Friday homicide on South Schiller Street identified
-
Arkansas19 hours ago
Massive power outages in central Arkansas
-
Local News2 weeks ago
Lockdown at College Station Elementary lifted
-
Local News1 week ago
1 dead and 2 injured in deadly Pine Bluff shooting
-
Arkansas2 weeks ago
Active COVID-19 cases see small uptick in Arkansas