Craighead County

Prowler arrested with cocaine, report says

JONESBORO, Ark. – At 6 a.m. Friday morning, most people don’t expect to see a man on drugs in their backyard. It happened this weekend in Jonesboro. At approximately 6 a.m. Friday, March 18, Jonesboro police was sent to the 1700-block of Kathleen, the incident report says. Dispatch informed there was a white [read more…]

Mississippi County

Blytheville JCPenney 1 of 138 closing

BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. – JCPenney will be leaving the Chickasaw Plaza in Blytheville. The Penney’s location at 301 North Service Road in Blytheville is one of 138 stores announced to be closing. A press release says most of the stores will be closing in June, affecting approximately 5,000 jobs nationwide. “JCPenney [read more…]