JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas SNAP recipients will soon face new restrictions on what they can buy with their benefits after the state announced changes aimed at encouraging healthier eating. Under a new SNAP nutrition waiver approved for Arkansas, certain items including soda, candy and some sweetened beverages will no longer [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A quick trip to the gas station on Mother’s Day led a Jonesboro couple to an instant lottery win. Matthew O. and his wife won $50,000 playing $50,000 Stacked, a $20 instant game. They claimed their prize at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) Claim Center on [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. — A Paragould suspect was arrested Tuesday after police said he tried to hit a 13-year-old girl with a hammer during a domestic disturbance. Robert Calhoun, 37, of Paragould, was arrested May 12 on suspicion of aggravated assault on a family or household member, a Class D felony, [read more…]
CORNING, Ark. — A Corning woman was arrested after Clay County deputies reported finding suspected drugs and paraphernalia during a narcotics investigation. The Clay County Sheriff’s Department said deputies were investigating information about illegal narcotic activity at about 12:22 p.m. May 9 when they observed a vehicle and a female [read more…]
JONESBORO – One Arkansas State University student will spend her summer abroad after being awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. Adoria Roberts, a first-year sport management major from Hot Springs, will take part in a two-month summer intensive studying Chinese language at Chung Yuan Christian University in Taoyuan City, [read more…]
SEARCY, Ark. — At the request of the Searcy Police Department (SPD), the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is investigating an officer-involved fatal shooting at a service station on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. At about 2:15 p.m., SPD officers responded to a disturbance call at the business, [read more…]
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