JONESBORO – The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at Arkansas State University will offer opportunities in July for small businesses to learn about funding, growing, and marketing their businesses. ASBTDC provides one-to-one confidential guidance to business owners and entrepreneurs. Primary areas of assistance include business planning, financial [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A major upgrade is coming to Allen Park, located at 3906 Race Street, thanks to a more than $189,000 grant from the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, matched by the City of Jonesboro. In partnership with Jonesboro Parks and Recreation, the project will deliver a [read more…]
TRUMANN, ARK. — On Friday, June 27, 2025, Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division arrested Taylor David Rhoades, 25, of Pocahontas, in connection with a fatal crash on Interstate 555 near Trumann that resulted in the deaths of two Paragould residents. The wreck occurred on Thursday, [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. — Williams Baptist University is launching a new scholarship, thanks to the generosity of a Hot Springs Village couple. The $10,000 gift from Richard and Deborah Gillespie will fund the Gillespie Success Scholarship. “WBU has an incredible vision and track record of equipping students,” Richard Gillespie said. [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK – Five graduates of Arkansas State University System two-year institutions have been selected as 2025 Charles L. Welch Presidential Scholars. The Presidential Scholars program was created in 2024 to honor the legacy of Welch, president emeritus of the ASU System, for his nearly 13 years of service. The [read more…]
WHITE COUNTY, Ark. — Remains of a man found in White County 36 years ago have been identified as 30-year-old Karl Brian Hooten of Vilonia. The remains had been unidentified since they were discovered on April 20, 1989, off Swinging Bridge Road in Antioch. An autopsy performed at the Arkansas [read more…]
JONESBORO – The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at Arkansas State University is advancing in its plans to welcome its first cohort of students in the fall of 2026. A comprehensive site visit by the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) Council on Education is scheduled to be conducted from Sunday [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. — A Paragould man is facing felony and misdemeanor charges after a domestic altercation recently in Craighead County. According to a probable cause affidavit from the Brookland Police Department, Officer Josh Whitley responded to a report of a domestic battery inside the Brookland city limits. He met with [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — A man is accused of aggravated residential burglary, theft, and resisting arrest after his arrest last week in Jonesboro. According to the probable cause affidavit, on June 25, 2025, JPD was dispatched to an intoxicated subject call on Turtle Creek Road. Officers arrived and found a partially [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — A man accused of fentanyl trafficking in Jonesboro is facing up to a life sentence in prison after his arrest on a Class Y felony. Kenterrian Tavonte Washington, 26, of Jonesboro, was arrested on June 27 by JPD on charges of trafficking of fentanyl, possession of a [read more…]
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