JONESBORO, Ark. – On March 20, 2024, several of JPD’s Delta Squad officers responded to reports of gunfire at an apartment in Garden Manor. According to the complainant, sounds resembling a dice game were heard followed by a single gunshot, leading to silence. Upon arrival, officers secured the scene and [read more…]
CORNING, Ark. – On the morning of March 18, 2024, a routine traffic stop by an officer with the Corning Police Department escalated into a high-speed pursuit, leading to a dramatic conclusion in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The incident unfolded around 4:30 am when an officer attempted to pull over a [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A man faces numerous charges, including felonies, after an incident that began with alleged threats to kill his girlfriend. Police responded around 9 PM on March 18 to Anchor Packaging, 4708 Krueger Drive, to a report of an armed person. Officers arrived and made contact with Derek [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Jonesboro will be awarded another seven-figure appropriation for safety and industrial infrastructure improvements, Mayor Harold Copenhaver announced Thursday. The most recent grant award is a $1 million allotment from the 2024 Transportation-HUD appropriations bill and was championed by U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford to provide $500,000 in utility [read more…]
by Antoinette Grajeda, Arkansas Advocate The state broadband office launched a process Wednesday for Arkansans to challenge the accuracy of a federal broadband map in advance of awarding broadband infrastructure grants. The Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Map provides information about internet service available at locations across the country, as reported by [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. – A man is being charged with a felony in the brutal killing of a dog in Greene County. Adam McClung, 32, of Paragould faces two felony charges including aggravated cruelty to a dog, cat, or equine, a Class D felony, and terroristic threatening, also a Class D [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. – A man faces a felony charge after his recent arrest for an alleged domestic violence incident. Brandon Lamar, 28, of Paragould, faces a third degree domestic battering charge, a Class D felony in this instance, according to his probable cause affidavit. On March 10, police responded to [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – The woman fired for speaking at a public meeting against the mayor’s bond issue will be the Editor-in-Chief of a new news platform launching in April. Rachel Anderson, the former digital media specialist for the Jonesboro Police Department who is suing the city for unlawful termination, has [read more…]
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. – A city council meeting this week in Blytheville saw the appointment of a new interim police chief. John Frazier was announced as the interim police chief at Tuesday, March 19’s Blytheville City Council meeting. Captain Vanessa Stewart was named the interim assistant police chief, as well. Blytheville [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Several burglaries were reported over the weekend in Jonesboro but at least two of them involved armed subjects. One of the incident reports from the Jonesboro Police Department detailing the armed burglaries began at 2:30 PM on March 17 at the 500-block of Meadowbrook Street. The report [read more…]
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