A Stuttgart police officer is dead and an Arkansas State Trooper has been wounded as law enforcement authorities attempted to arrest a Stone County man south of Stuttgart. A vehicle pursuit by Stuttgart police officers that began about 11 PM Wednesday ended south of the city near Rieger Road when the suspect, [read more…]
The festivities of Christmas and New Year holidays is often mixed with good cheer leading to tragedies on Arkansas roadways. This year the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) is partnering with law enforcement agencies across the state to share the message about the dangers of drunk [read more…]
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Copenhaver announced today that he is allocating an additional 1,000 hours in police shifts to patrol populated shopping areas during the remainder of the holiday season. The purpose is to provide an increased safety presence for holiday shoppers. The decision is a pre-emptive measure to address the [read more…]
Jonesboro, Ark. – Authorities in Jonesboro responded to a shooting Sunday just down the road from the police station. The Jonesboro Police Department said in a release they were working a shooting around 3 PM at the Exxon Station, 1325 Caraway Road (at the Nettleton intersection). A male victim was [read more…]
It’s legal in every state bordering Arkansas. Here, it got him a ten year prison sentence. Now, he’s dead. [read more…]
JONESBORO – Arkansas State University will conduct its 2022 Fall Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 10 a.m. at First National Bank Arena. Chancellor Todd Shields will confer degrees upon graduates from eight colleges, including Agriculture, Neil Griffin College of Business, Education and Behavioral Science, Engineering and Computer Science, Liberal [read more…]
JONESBORO – Thanks to a grant from the Department of Public Safety Equipment Grant Program, Arkansas State University Police Department (UPD) will be able to provide the necessary officer training they would otherwise not have access to. UPD is one of 113 police agencies across the state that will be [read more…]
Jonesboro, Ark. – An older man was attacked this week in Jonesboro during an attempted robbery. It happened sometime around 4 PM on December 7 (Wednesday) at the 1700-block of East Johnson Avenue. The report made with police said male victim, 82, of Jonesboro, was attempting to get gas on [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The lottery player who won Lucky for Life® on Nov. 30 claimed her prize today at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center. Shirley Washington of Little Rock matched five numbers (5, 6, 11, 15 and 30) without the Lucky Ball number which was 9. The 61-year-old [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – The Williams Teacher Education Program (WTEP) at Williams Baptist University has been granted national accreditation for its educator preparation programs, making it one of 55 providers from 28 states and the United Arab Emirates to receive accreditation this fall. All WTEP programs of study achieved national [read more…]
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