The officers at Jonesboro Animal Control recovered a pig this week and are looking for its owners. The pig was found on Valentine’s Day: Monday, February 14. Animal control said in a Facebook post the pig was “very vocal but bored to tears here.” The comments on the post left [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark.—NEA Baptist Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of the NEA Baptist Health System, today received a donation of $1.6 million from Kim and Chris Fowler. This gift will fund a comprehensive mobile health unit in Jonesboro that will deliver care to underinsured and uninsured individuals in underserved communities in [read more…]
JONESBORO – Dr. Will McLean has accepted the position as associate vice chancellor for faculty relations at Arkansas State University, Provost Alan Utter announced this week. An associate professor in political science at A-State, McLean begins his new position in charge of oversight of faculty development, curricular processes, and serving [read more…]
A Baxter County deputy is recovering from a laceration injury while a suspect faces multiple charges including felonies after an incident last week. Below is the full press release: A Gamaliel area man, 32 year old JOSHUA J. MANNELLA, was booked into the Baxter County Detention Center on Friday, February [read more…]
Since its launch in 2019, the innovative Williams Works program has literally saved more than 70 students a fortune in college loans (the average four-year student debt in Arkansas is $33,525; the national average is even higher). Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge pioneered the program, the only of its [read more…]
A huge load of drugs were stopped in White County [read more…]
JONESBORO – The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at Arkansas State University is offering 30-minute small business consulting sessions this month. The ASBTDC provides one-to-one confidential guidance to business owners and entrepreneurs. Primary areas of assistance include business planning, financial analysis, market research, loan packaging, growth and expansion, [read more…]
JONESBORO – Arkansas State University Department of Theatre will continue its 2021-2022 season with “Stop Kiss” by Diana Son. Performances are Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18-19, and Feb. 25-26, at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee performance on Sunday, Feb. 20, at 2 p.m. Performances will take place in the Simpson [read more…]
A release from Arkansas State Police gave more details on a shooting exchange late Wednesday between a Jonesboro police officer and a suspect, whom we now know to have died. Jonesboro authorities requested the Arkansas State Police to investigate an officer involved shooting incident that occurred last night [February 9th] [read more…]
JONESBORO – Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) at Arkansas State University announces the 26th year of the Delta National Small Prints Exhibition (DNSPE), with the opening reception set for 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17. The exhibition continues through March 30 at BAM, located in Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Dr. Founded in 1996 by Evan [read more…]
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