JONESBORO – Tickets are on sale for the upcoming Sunken Lands Songwriting Circle, which will take place in Riceland Hall at Fowler Center, located at 201 Olympic Dr., Saturday, Aug. 12, at 5 p.m. The event, a benefit for the Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, will feature performances from Rosanne [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. – Slim Chickens is coming to Paragould, AR! Haag Brown is excited to announce that the fast-growing national QSR will be making its way to the epicenter of Paragould’s retail district. The fast, casual restaurant will be strategically located just off one of the most prominent intersections in [read more…]
Several individuals were arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) in Jonesboro over the weekend, according to police reports. On June 16, at approximately 9:30 PM, a suspect identified as Michael Lee Primm, 61, was arrested at the intersection of East Parker and Harrisburg roads. Primm was charged with DWI and [read more…]
A suspect, who was searched during a parole search, was found to be in possession of narcotics near children, according to a police report in Jonesboro. The incident took place at approximately 5:10 PM on June 16, as stated in the report by JPD. Jerome Sullivan, a 44-year-old resident of [read more…]
Two packages were reported stolen in a police report, indicating a potential string of thefts in the area. The incident was reported on June 16. According to the police report, two packages were stolen from the mailbox of a Jonesboro resident located in the 3900-block of Saddlecrest Drive. A security [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK—Two men who ended the life of a Pine Bluff pawn shop owner will spend the rest of their lives in a federal prison. On Tuesday, United States District Judge James. M. Moody, Jr., sentenced Daryl Strickland, Jr., 26, of Camden, and Rodney Henry, 25, also of Camden, each [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – Williams Baptist University has announced that it has been selected for a $4 million gift from the Mabee Foundation, marking the largest donation ever bestowed upon the university. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation, and as part [read more…]
JONESBORO – The College of Agriculture at Arkansas State University has received a gift of nearly $103,000 from Lynn native and A-State alumnus Dr. J.B. Penn. The funds will be used to support a trading program in a partnership between the College of Agriculture and the Neil Griffin College of [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – An improper turn during a traffic stop led to the arrest of two individuals on a felony warrant and the seizure of a substance believed to be fentanyl Friday in Jonesboro. At approximately 2:30 PM on June 16, Officer Corey Obregon of the Jonesboro Police Department observed [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK—A Paragould man who admitted to shooting at police officers was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison today by United States District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky, the maximum sentenced allowed by law. On February 7, 2021, Paragould police officers observed Taj Harris, 23, walking near the area of [read more…]
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