Jonesboro, Ark. – A Jonesboro woman finds herself charged with first degree battery after an altercation this week. It happened between 6:05 PM and 6:20 PM Wednesday at a unit at 94 N. Rogers in Jonesboro. The incident report says the alleged victim was waiting for the suspect to get [read more…]
The Powerball jackpot for tomorrow night’s drawing has been raised to $1.6 billion – the largest national lottery jackpot in history. The cash value of the jackpot is an estimated $782.4 million. The drawing will be at 9:59 p.m. Saturday. Sales cut off at 8:59 p.m. Tickets can be purchased [read more…]
JONESBORO – Arkansas State University’s Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Brian Lasey was sworn in recently as president of the Central Association of Physical Plant Administrators (CAPPA) at the organization’s annual conference in Lincoln, Neb. Lasey took over from Sheila Awalt of the University of Texas at El Paso during [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK – The Powerball® jackpot now mirrors the amount of money the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) has raised for scholarships at $1.2 billion. It is still the game’s second largest prize ever behind the world-record $1.586 billion jackpot in 2016 and is now the fourth largest lottery jackpot ever. [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – For the first time in the storied history of Williams Baptist University, a sitting president of the Southern Baptist Convention visited campus Wednesday as Northeast Arkansas native Dr. Bart Barber delivered the university’s weekly chapel sermon. Barber, who grew up in Lake City, Ark., was elected [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK—The final defendant in a 17-person indictment charging a central Arkansas narcotics distribution ring has been sentenced to more than 18 years in prison, concluding the case of a large-scale drug conspiracy that involved multiple kilograms of fentanyl. On Tuesday, Darrell Walls, a/k/a/ “Shawn”, 35, of Little Rock, was [read more…]
Eugene Elliot Reed, 69, was shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire with Arkansas State Troopers early today. No state troopers were injured during the prolonged armed stand-off at Reed’s home located at 4690 Hollyridge Cove in Sherwood. The stand-off around the home began at 9:42 AM Monday (October [read more…]
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