JONESBORO, Ark. — Last week, a school director and three of her employees appeared in court on allegations they allowed a ‘makeshift fight club’ to take place in Craighead County involving young children. Most details weren’t released, apart from Prosecuting Attorney Sonia F. Hagood describing the incident in open court [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. — An anonymous gift has endowed a professorship in honor of a former Williams Baptist University president. The $250,000 gift establishes the Thomas O. Jones Professorship at WBU. Jones, the sixth president of WBU, led the school from 2012 to 2017. “This gift is both a fantastic [read more…]
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JONESBORO, Ark. — A man is accused of stabbing a woman six times, sending her to the hospital in Jonesboro. On April 26, Jonesboro officers responded to NEA Baptist about a female victim with multiple stab wounds, according to the probable cause affidavit. Officers arrived and spoke with the alleged [read more…]
JONESBORO – During the month of May, Arkansas State University will light the clock tower of Dean B. Ellis Library in special recognition of graduating students, as it has in recent years. The tower will be scarlet Saturday evening, May 10, to salute new A-State graduates following Spring Commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. [read more…]
LONOKE, Ark. — On Saturday, April 26, 2025, at approximately 11:45 a.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) Troopers responded to a road rage incident involving gunfire on Interstate 40 westbound near the 175-mile marker in Lonoke County. The victim reported that a black Cadillac sedan with Texas license plates pulled alongside [read more…]
Grit to Growth—Unlocking the Talent Already Here We all know the stories—how Apple began in a garage, how Starbucks started as just one coffee shop. What’s easy to forget is that these world-changing companies didn’t begin with advantages. What made the difference wasn’t just luck—it was a moment when someone [read more…]
SEARCY, Ark. — A fentanyl overdose at the Super Bowl Bowling Alley in Searcy led to the arrest of two individuals following an investigation by the Searcy Police Department and the Central Arkansas Drug Task Force (CADTF), a press release posted to Facebook on Monday said. On April 17, 2025, [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A Craighead County jury found Russell Dewayne Malone guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Nicholas Childs. Malone, who had four prior felony convictions, was sentenced to 50 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections as a large habitual offender. The shooting occurred on March [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. — A Paragould woman is facing a felony after police said she left her three young children home alone to go to a nightclub early Saturday morning. Around 12:52 a.m. on April 26, Paragould officers were informed that a mother, identified as Irene Anderson, 32, had left her [read more…]
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