When the final month of 2021 began, NEA Baptist reported a positivity rate of 10.9 percent out of 1,545 tests. But by the end of the month, the rate had jumped to 36.6 percent from 2,802 tests. The sharp increase in positive cases reflects the introduction of the Omicron variant [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) is bringing back its popular 5-Buck Bundle starting Jan. 1. When players purchase a $3 Powerball® ticket with Power Play® and a $2 Mega Millions® ticket, they will receive a free $1 Natural State Jackpot (NSJ) ticket. The promotion will run [read more…]
JONESBORO — Arkansas State University’s annual Agribusiness Conference, now in its 28th year, continues to provide timely information and agricultural policy education to farmers, agribusiness professionals, students and educators across the Mid-South. This year’s conference, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, will focus on climate issues and agricultural policy, the politics [read more…]
Six weekly round-trip flights to Nashville International Airport will be added to Jonesboro’s Air Choice One service beginning next March, Mayor Harold Copenhaver announced Tuesday. The service will complement 12 weekly round trips to St.Louis for the next four years, thanks in part to a federal Department of Transportation subsidy of [read more…]
The Jonesboro Police Department announced the arrest of a suspect on Tuesday from the previous week. He is being charged with one count of sexual indecency with a child. On September 29th, a detective with the Fayetteville Police Department contacted JPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Division asking for assistance with [read more…]
JONESBORO — Graduates, family members, friends, faculty and many others watched the 2021 Arkansas State University fall commencement ceremony Saturday afternoon in First National Bank Arena. Originally scheduled to be held in Centennial Bank, rainy conditions forced the event indoors. “Commencement is always a time for excitement here at Arkansas [read more…]
Two suspects are dead and an Arkansas State Police trooper recovering after an incident Thursday afternoon in the Memphis area. Arkansas State Trooper Spencer Morris was struck by gunfire earlier this afternoon in the Memphis area while assisting other law enforcement agencies attempting to take an individual into custody, a [read more…]
Defendant Imported Live Chinese Giant Salamanders and Various Reptiles LITTLE ROCK—A Conway man has pleaded guilty to importing and possessing illegally taken wildlife. Jackson Roe, 27, entered his guilty plea Wednesday afternoonbefore Chief United States District Judge D. Price Marshall, Junior. In August 2015, the United States Fish and Wildlife [read more…]
JONESBORO, AR – College students who are interested in attending medical school are invited to participate in a free Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) prep course New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University is offering this spring. The “PrepAR” program will begin on Saturday, Jan. [read more…]
JONESBORO, AR – New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University made a special donation to the Jonesboro Police Department last week in honor of Student Doctor Jarrett Nunez, who passed away in September. Nunez worked as an emergency department nurse before attending medical school [read more…]
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