JONESBORO, Ark. – Bellator Heavyweight Mike Wessel is set to fight Frank Tate on Oct. 21 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. The fight will be on Spike TV and for Wessel, as we detailed in an earlier story, it is his return to the world of MMA in a [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – The first female county judge in Lawrence County’s history presided over her first Quorum Court meeting Monday night. Shooting Range Quroum Court members heard a progress update on the shooting range and very little remains before the public can enjoy the range. The Arkansas Game and [read more…]
CARAWAY, Ark. – A teacher accused of sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old has been charged with rape. Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington announced Tuesday his office is formally charging Latasha Kay Schoolfield, 31, of Caraway with rape. “Rape is a Class Y felony with the range of punishment [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – It was the only item of business on the agenda for the October meeting of the Craighead County Quroum Court and it failed to pass by two votes. With a vote of five in favor, seven opposed and one abstention, the vote of no confidence in Tax [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Sometime in the past week, crooks broke into a man’s shop in the county and stole thousands of dollars of goods. It happened on County Road 778 at a Jonesboro address, according to the Craighead County Sheriff’s Department incident report. Thieves broke into a man’s shop building, [read more…]
The City of Jonesboro has received a grant worth $13,860 to use for the purchase of 35 bulletproof vests for its police officers over the next year, the U.S. Department of Justice has informed the city. Each of the city’s 159 officers, plus 25 reserves, is equipped with bullet-proof vests, [read more…]
POCAHONTAS, Ark. – The food can get spicy at El Acapulco but the heat was coming from parking lot and not the kitchen Monday night. A vehicle, a Ford Expedition, burst into flames about 8:30 p.m. Monday, quickly becoming fully involved in the parking lot of El Acapulco on U.S. [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A busted tail-light led to the arrest of a man on suspicions of having drugs with a gun. At midnight Sunday, Jonesboro Police Department’s Trey Chism noticed a blue passenger car headed south down Marshall Street. The left brake light was out and the vehicle didn’t have [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – It looks like the deviously minded in Jonesboro has caught onto the clown craze sweeping the country. The report was taken Friday evening on Craighead County Road 418 by Craighead County Sheriff’s Department. A man at his residence was brought a note by his neighbor – mistakenly [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – While a Bono woman was going to make a purchase, she found an October surprise on her credit. Someone had opened a Verizon Wireless account in her name, according to her report Friday with Craighead County Sheriff’s Department. The account was in collections and appeared on her [read more…]
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