The Downtown Jonesboro BBQ & Music Festival announces plans The Jonesboro Advertising and Promotion Commission’s Downtown Jonesboro BBQ and Music festival announced plans for their 9th annual event Saturday, September 30th.
JONESBORO – The Arkansas State University Office of Research & Technology Transfer and the Student Research Council are hosting an Aug. 21 student trip to Fulton, Mo., to view the upcoming solar eclipse. Read More from an earlier report The group will travel from A-State to Fulton, where they will [read more…]
UPDATE – JPD confirms he has been found. JONESBORO, Ark. – We need your help finding a missing Jonesboro man. The Jonesboro Police Department has asked Arkansas State Police to activate the silver alert system for James A. Whiteside, 80, of Jonesboro. He was last seen in Jonesboro and may [read more…]
NEWPORT, Ark. – Henry Boyce, Third Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney, filed charges in the June 12, 2017 murder of Newport Police Department Lt. Patrick Weatherford today. A 16 year-old juvenile from Newport was charged as an adult with Capital Murder, Attempted Capital Murder, Breaking or Entering, Theft of Property, and [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Soon, it’ll be a little easier to catch a ride in Craighead County. Uber Spokesperson Travis Considine confirmed to NEA Report on Wednesday the company would be entering the Jonesboro market beginning in August. “We’re excited to announce that as of 12pm on Tuesday, August 1, Uber [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – A local man skipped bail on several charges in Lawrence County, according to Triple R Bail Bonds – and unfortunately for him, they’re our crime sponsor. Each Wednesday, NEA Report helps out Triple R Bail Bonds to locate someone who has not met their obligations to [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A scammer hit the jackpot when he found a 60-year-old man online who wired the scammer $35,000 to buy “diamonds.” The scam went down in June but the report was made with JPD Officer Brad Rossman on Monday, July 24 at the front desk of the department [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Why would a Texas woman end up in Jonesboro at a school, asleep, while having a gun lying next to her? The bizarre incident report from JPD provides some clues to the strange question. At 7:37 a.m. Tuesday, July 25, 2017, Officer Stephen Eaton was sent to [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A package of pot almost made it to the desired recipient before police intercepted it, thanks to the front desk clerk of a hotel reporting it. At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, Officer Dustin Smith with JPD arrived at Hilton Garden Inn, 2840 South Caraway Road in [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A vehicle swerving around was selected by a JPD officer for a traffic stop but instead, the man fled early Tuesday. At about 1:21 a.m., Officer Zachary McQuay with JPD noticed a silver Chevy Traverse headed south on Southwest Drive. As it approached the intersection of Alexander, [read more…]
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