JONESBORO, Ark. – St. Bernards Healthcare announced Thursday it will require all its employees have a fully-vaccinated status against COVID-19 by November 1, 2021 with all members of its leadership team fully vaccinated one month prior by October 1. The not-for-profit healthcare system made the announcement after offering the vaccine [read more…]
JONESBORO – Following the passage of an authorizing resolution by the ASU System Board of Trustees, Arkansas State University Chancellor Kelly Damphousse established an on-campus mask policy effective immediately. Arkansas State will require the use of face coverings for indoor events where social distancing is not practical. This includes any [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees today authorized its institution chancellors to require face coverings on campuses to help limit the spread of COVID-19. System President Chuck Welch told trustees during a teleconference meeting that all the chancellors, pending today’s action by the board, would [read more…]
QUERETARO, MEXICO — Four years after Arkansas State University Campus Queretaro opened its doors and began operations, the first class of graduates walked the stage to receive their diplomas in recognition of their academic achievements, during a ceremony Saturday in Mexico. Family and friends packed the Grand Salon at Campus [read more…]
The Jonesboro Advertising and Promotion Commission’s Downtown Jonesboro BBQ and Music festival has been canceled again this year because of Covid-19 Concerns. Festival organizers said while it is disappointing, this the responsible thing to do with the current exponential growth of new Covid-19 cases throughout Northeast Arkansas. This year’s event would [read more…]
One person was fatally shot around midnight late Monday/early Tuesday in Jonesboro, a release said. Jonesboro police were investigating the shooting that occurred at the corner of Glenn PL and Caraway RD, the release posted to Facebook early Tuesday said. Officers responded around midnight, after dispatch received a call that [read more…]
Craighead County’s 10 volunteer fire departments have received a federal grant of $858,522.73 to purchase radios and other communication equipment, Craighead County Judge Marvin Day announced. The award is from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Fiscal Year 2020 Assistance to Firefighters Grant. As a condition of the grant, the fire departmentswill contribute 10 [read more…]
A St. Francis County man is dead and another wounded, following a gunfight that played out along West Mulberry Street in Wynne (Cross County) late Thursday afternoon. Wynne police officers found Daniel Smith, 31, of Forrest City about 5:45 PM lying next to a sport utility truck outside 321 Mulberry [read more…]
JONESBORO — Two new degree programs and five new certificate programs at Arkansas State University were approved by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board during its quarterly meeting. One of the new degree programs is a Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics (MSND). Currently, a bachelor’s degree and 1,200 [read more…]
JONESBORO — To address the decline in the Arkansas college-going rate and prepare students for successful postsecondary transitions, Arkansas State University has received funding for the AmeriCorps-sponsored Neighborhood Red Wolves Community Engagement (NRWCEP) program. The second-year federal funding includes $131,885 to place 16 reduced half-time math prep AmeriCorps members and [read more…]
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