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Tornado warnings for Hoxie/Walnut Ridge and Jonesboro/Paragould

The National Weather Service has issued tornado warnings expiring at 1:45 a.m. Sunday/ April 30, for NEA. One warning is tracking from Hoxie/Walnut Ridge, headed northeast, into from Lawrence County into Greene County. An additional warning is tracking in Craighead County northeast into Greene County, from Jonesboro tracking northeast to [read more…]

Greene County

PAWS of the week (4/28)

PARAGOULD, Ark. – The Paragould Animal Welfare Society, PAWS, has teamed up with NEA Report to provide you with weekly featured animals up for adoption. They are our PAWS of the week!

Craighead County

Jared Gowen Wins 2017 Wilson Award

JONESBORO – Jared Gowen, a senior from Garner who will graduate from Arkansas State University in May with a degree in biological sciences, received the prestigious R.E. Lee Wilson Award for 2017 at the 84th student honors awards ceremony Thursday evening at Cooper Alumni Center. Gowen was selected from a [read more…]

Craighead County

Lewellen Park latest to receive improvements

JONESBORO, Ark. – The City of Jonesboro has completed new additions to the Rev. Lewellen Park on North Main Street. After obtaining Community Development Block Grant funding in excess of $70,000, the city purchased and installed significant playground equipment upgrades that will serve ages 10 and up, as well as [read more…]

Craighead County

Walgreens robbery suspect turned himself in

JONESBORO, Ark. – A man police say robbed a Jonesboro Walgreens location late Wednesday is behind bars after turning himself in, a report says, and he faces at least one serious felony. Andre Thomas Brown, 20, of Jonesboro, was arrested overnight on suspicion of committing the aggravated robbery. Officers were [read more…]

Craighead County

Guitar and gun stolen in burglary

LAKE CITY, Ark. – A Craighead County man’s gun, guitar, and other items were stolen after he was hit by burglars while on vacation. On Wednesday, April 26, Craighead County Sheriff’s Office took the report. Deputy Bobby Swan was dispatched at about 3:30 p.m. to Highway 158, the 5200-block to [read more…]