JONESBORO – The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at Arkansas State University will offer opportunities in October for current and future small business owners 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 [read more…]
JONESBORO – The bachelor’s degree programs in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering at Arkansas State University have been reaccredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, the global accreditor of college and university programs. The reaccreditation process included preparation of a self-study document for each program, a campus visit from [read more…]
CHEROKEE VILLAGE, Ark. — The Arkansas Pie Festival has been officially inducted into the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame, a program of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. The honor recognizes the festival’s unique role in celebrating Arkansas’s culinary culture, supporting small businesses, and creating community connections across [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A Clay County man who was arrested for possession of child sexual abuse material has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after a negotiated plea. John Glass, 41, faced 53 counts of possession of CSAM, according to court records. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 26, 2025, [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — Two men are accused of threatening a co-worker with a gun after confronting him late at night on Bernard Street in Jonesboro, according to a probable cause affidavit. The incident happened around 11:07 p.m. on Sept. 19, when the victim reported that Jamari Louis Blankenship, 21, pulled [read more…]
POCAHONTAS, Ark. — A defendant is accused of several serious sex crimes, including rape and first-degree sexual assault, in a probable cause affidavit filed last week in Randolph County. Jackie Ray Allred, 54, of Pocahontas, was arrested on Sept. 25, 2025, and booked into the Randolph County Detention Center on [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. — A male is accused of failing to comply with sex offender registration and reporting requirements, according to a probable cause affidavit from the Paragould Police Department. Jaron J. McDonald, 40, listed as homeless in Paragould, was found guilty in 2008 of fourth-degree sexual assault in Greene County. [read more…]
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. —The Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man caught on camera during a burglary earlier this summer. Sheriff Chris Brown said in an update that the suspect was recorded on August 3, 2025, taking items from a residence on Walker [read more…]
Griffin: ‘Whether criminals are operating as part of a large crime syndicate or a small-time coordinated ring, we will find them and bring them to justice’ LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the arrest of four women for theft of property: “My organized retail [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. — A Paragould woman is accused of fabricating a robbery while working as a pizza delivery driver, according to a probable cause affidavit released on Friday. According to the affidavit, on Sept. 19, 2025, Kimberly Cole, 32, filed a police report with the Paragould Police Department, alleging that [read more…]
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