JONESBORO, Ark. – Before the Thanksgiving holiday had arrived, a woman found herself losing consciousness while a man she lived with was pressing his foot into her throat, a police report detailed It happened Wednesday evening at an apartment at the 4600-block of Nettleton Avenue in Jonesboro. The suspect, 51, [read more…]
PORTIA, Ark. – A call regarding a possible bomb in an apartment has authorities in Lawrence County converging in Portia on Black Friday. Lawrence County Dispatch received the call before 11 a.m. A resident at an apartment complex at 102 Church Street in Portia said a voicemail from someone saying [read more…]
JONESBORO – An exhibition of artwork by local students opens at the Bradbury Art Museum on Tuesday, Nov. 29, with a public reception, 5-6:30 p.m. Featured in two galleries will be paintings, drawings, prints and mixed media objects by Jonesboro High School art students. The exhibition continues through Dec. 7. [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Someone decided to break into a church in Jonesboro this week. Between Tuesday and Wednesday at the True Church of Christ, The Devine #4 at 214 N. Bridge Street in Jonesboro, a suspect or suspects kicked a side door open. While a church member was picking up [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – After a lengthy and complex investigation, two suspects are now in custody in connection with the September 2016 Dollar Tree robbery and kidnapping of assistant store manager Loretta “Lori” Pixler. Jonesboro Police Department Lead investigator Detective Morshaydrick Racy reports that while working in conjunction with the 2nd [read more…]
PIGGOTT, Ark. – Don’t fall for it – that’s the message from Clay County Sheriff Terry Miller. Clay County Dispatch has been receiving numerous calls reporting new scam calls in the area, according to a Facebook post. The caller is saying they are from a local utility company and they will [read more…]
HOXIE, Ark. – While Hoxie Mayor Lanny Tinker was at his home Tuesday morning, a startling incident took place. A man walked into their home without permission. And the incident only gets crazier. Tinker’s wife, Lida, encountered the stranger who entered the home. She questioned the intruder, according to Tinker, [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Jonesboro’s Street Department is wrapping up its most ambitious restriping project in the city’s history, having restriped more than 316 miles of streets in 2016. The figure represents almost 100 percent of the thoroughfares and high-traffic roadways in a city with more than 520 miles of [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A suspected shoplifter who was caught in the act roughed up a pregnant woman standing in his way, according to the report. It happened around 9:30 p.m. Monday night at the Dollar General on 101 E. Johnson Avenue in Jonesboro. The victim, a 29-year-old cashier, noticed a [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – If you park your vehicle outside at night in Craighead County, you really should not be leaving valuables inside. Especially guns. A man’s Winchester 12 guage was stolen out of his truck sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning on County Road 745, according to the Craighead [read more…]
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