The Jonesboro mayor is hoping to find more internet service providers for the city as complaints about Suddenlink (by Altice) continue to be made. Mayor Harold Copenhaver announced that he is now asking interested parties to officially submit qualifications and visions to join the City in an Internet Service Provider [read more…]
A woman was arrested for suspected mail theft from hundreds of victims in Jonesboro, a release on social media said Monday. In early February, police say a victim noticed that his credit card was used fraudulently at multiple locations in Jonesboro. The victim called his card company and learned that [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – The Felix Goodson Library on the WIlliams Baptist University campus will host its annual “Used Book Sale” March 14-18. This year’s lot includes hundreds of books encompassing several different areas of study. This year’s selection includes over 1,000 titles ranging from fiction, non-fiction, biography and much [read more…]
JONESBORO – Opera Theatre at Arkansas State University is preparing for two performances at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdayand Friday, March 8 and 11, in Riceland Hall of Fowler Center. The March 8 performance will be a preview for the entire one-act opera, “Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario),” written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This session caters to students, giving [read more…]
JONESBORO – Today Circuit Judge Cindy Thyer filed as a candidate for District 1, Position 2 of the Arkansas Court of Appeals. Voters in Craighead, Clay, Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett, Greene, Woodruff, White, Monroe, Lonoke, Cross, and Prairie Counties will vote in the non-partisan election, which will be held May 24, [read more…]
Jonesboro, AR. —Following the winter weather that entered Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation’s service territory on Feb. 23, 2022, the organization reported approximately 1,200 members without power. The outages are attributed to an accumulation of ice on power lines and poles. The bulk of Craighead Electric’s damage was primarily in Crittenden [read more…]
A man is in custody on a $5 million bond facing charges that strangled to death his fiancé during an argument. On November 21, 2021, the Jonesboro Police Department responded to an unresponsive person in the 2200 block of Clover Drive. Officers found Sabrina Benson lying on the floor of [read more…]
80 Arkansas National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 87th Troop Command, 142nd Field Artillery Brigade, and 189th Airlift Wing will patrol state highways and interstates to assist motorists during the current winter weather storm, a release to the media said. One winter storm support [read more…]
Downtown Playhouse in Pocahontas will stage the classic “Our Town” in March. [read more…]
Jonesboro, AR – Craighead County Sheriff Marty Boyd filed for re-election today as soon as the filing period opened at noon. But today, for the first time, Boyd filed as a Republican. “The move to the Republican party was not done hastily,” Boyd said in a release. “Those people I [read more…]
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