Poinsett County

Saturday wreck in Poinsett Co. claims life of Turrell man

LEPANTO, Ark. – A Turrell man died from injuries sustained in a wreck at Lepanto Saturday evening, an Arkansas State Police crash report said. Shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday night, August 26, Samuel B. Marshall, 59, of Turrell, Ark. was driving a 2005 Pontiac south on State Highway 135, the [read more…]

Craighead County

Weather Service Designates A-State ‘StormReady Community’

JONESBORO – Arkansas State University received the National Weather Service’s StormReady Community designation in recognition of the staff’s work on emergency readiness and procedures. “Arkansas State has demonstrated a commitment to hazardous weather preparedness,” Jim Belles, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service’s Memphis Forecast Office.  “This commitment will [read more…]