Craighead County
Changes in Jonesboro government due to COVID
The city is taking steps they hope will help prevent the spread of COVID-19. [read more…]
Year: 2020
Craighead County
Former Craighead County Clerk Federally Indicted
A federal grand jury has indicted former Craighead County Clerk Jacob Kade Holliday for allegedly taking more than $1.4 million in county money for his personal use. [read more…]
Craighead County
Woman attacked, tires slashed downtown; Attempted ATM theft; More weekend police reports from JPD
Reports released Monday, November 30, 2020 by the Jonesboro Police Department. [read more…]
Craighead County
Craighead Electric communications coordinator earns national recognition
Craighead Electric Cooperative is pleased to announce that Jon David Carmack, Communications Coordinator for the cooperative, has earned recognition as a professional communicator in a national certification program offered by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). [read more…]
Email
Trumann police chief resigning at end of the year
Trumann’s top cop will leave his position as 2020 ends [read more…]
Craighead County
Early December City meetings will be virtual
No in-person participation will be available at the City of Jonesboro’s Dec. 1 and 8 City Council and committee meetings, as part of the City’s effort to diminish a post-Thanksgiving spike in COVID-19 cases. [read more…]
Craighead County
E.C. Barton & Company Partners with Junior Auxiliary To Host Toy Drive for Local Children In-Need
Home Outlet and Barton’s in Jonesboro, AR have partnered with the Junior Auxiliary of Jonesboro to host a Holiday Toy Drive benefiting children in need at the Jonesboro Kindergarten Center. [read more…]
Regional
Man arrested for capital murder in I-530 homicide
Anthony Madison, 20, of Pine Bluff has been arrested and charged in connection with the September 3, 2020 homicide and attempted murder of three others individuals that occurred along Interstate 530 south of Little Rock. Devonta Miller, 19, died after he was struck by gunfire that came from inside a [read more…]
Craighead County
Golden Grotto’s skeleton stolen; $10,000 in meth found in safe; Reports released Thursday and Friday by JPD
Reports released Thursday and Friday, November 19 and 20, by the Jonesboro Police Department. [read more…]
Craighead County
St. Bernards opens COVID clinic in Jonesboro
St. Bernards Medical Center announced the opening of its new St. Bernards COVID Clinic Friday—serving as both a COVID-19 follow-up clinic and COVID-19 treatment infusion center—as well as its upcoming participation in distributing the COVID-19 vaccine. [read more…]
