LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Gov. Mike Beebe's office says he won't call a special election to fill the state Senate seat vacated by a lawmaker who is taking a job lobbying for the University of Arkansas system.

Beebe spokesman Matt DeCample said Thursday that the governor decided against a special election to replace outgoing Sen. Johnny Key, who is resigning to take a job as UA system's associate vice president for university relations. Key, a Republican, is resigning effective Thursday and his term ends at the end of the year.

DeCample said Beebe thought it would be prudent to avoid the cost of a special election, since the earliest it could be held would be in November and there are no current plans for a special session this fall.

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The Pulaski Technical College Foundation will host its 7th annual golf tournament in memory of P.G. Bradford on Aug. 25 at the Country Club of Arkansas in Maumelle.

The format is a four-person scramble with 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. shotgun starts. Team entry is $400, or $100 per person. Prizes will be offered at individual holes, including a 2014 Volkswagen, $10,000, and other prizes. 

Proceeds benefit PTC students enrolled in in Arts and Humanities programs.The Division of Fine Arts and Humanities is the college's largest academic division,and all students must complete at least one course in the division.Pulaski Tech will open The Center for Humanities and Arts, complete wih a 500-seat theater,on its Main Campus in North Little Rock, in Fall 2015.

The tournament also features a helicopter ball. Ball can be purchased for $10, and the person whose ball lands closest to the hole wins $1,000.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- Southern Living magazine reports the "Next Great Neighborhood" in Little Rock is the developing South Main area.

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outhern Living reports the constant growing of the area is why it made it on their list. They also site different businesses and establishments that people can enjoy like Community Bakery, Boulevard Bread Company, and the Esse Purse Museum.