Craighead County

Small town, BIG event! Bay hosting Harvest Festival

BAY, Ark. — The City of Bay is gearing up for the 2017 Harvest Festival, with festivities beginning Saturday, September 9. With a newly formed festival committee, a new date, and loads of new vendors, the goal is to ignite record attendance with a jam-packed, non-stop action event for the whole [read more…]

Craighead County

Steak ‘n Shake coming to Jonesboro

JONESBORO, Ark. – At a special announcement Thursday on the 4th floor of the 2400 Building in Jonesboro, the dining scene for the area was shaken up. A press event by Haag Brown Commercial confirmed one of the most talked about and highly requested restaurants across social media is making [read more…]

Lawrence County

Zach Williams Surprises WBC Chapel Crowd

WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Zach Williams made a surprise appearance at Williams Baptist College on Wednesday, thrilling the crowd at WBC’s weekly chapel service with several songs, as well as his testimony. WBC students, faculty and staff had been told only that a “special guest” would present [read more…]

Craighead County

CFO of Jonesboro to leave city for private sector

JONESBORO, Ark. – Suzanne Allen, the City of Jonesboro’s Chief Financial Officer, has announced her resignation effective Sept. 22 to enter employment in the private sector. Allen, who has been with the city two years, oversees an eight-member finance department that has received clean legislative audits the past two years while [read more…]