Press Release – Bill Campbell, City of Jonesboro Michael Black has been named transit coordinator over of the City of Jonesboro’s JET transportation system after a lengthy search. Black, 53, has served as transportation supervisor the past four years, assisting Steve Ewart, who is retiring after eight years as JET [read more…]
JONESBORO – Five Arkansas State University students are pursuing their interest in science this summer through the Biotechnology Research Internship Program at the Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI) facility on campus. The program’s purpose is to provide basic support for A-State undergraduate science majors who want research experience in life sciences [read more…]
Press Release from Jessie Lannon, O’Reilly Hospitality Management Jonesboro Hotel Partners, LLC and its management company, O’Reilly Hospitality Management, LLC, have received full and final approval from Hilton Worldwide to move forward with the Embassy Suites Hotel & Red Wolf Convention Center & Houlihan’s Restaurant at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Ark. [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – Much of Monday night’s City Council meeting was devoted to the building at 209 Main Street in Walnut Ridge. The city-owned structure was up for sale and while the council had agreed to take 75 percent of the appraised price for the structure, approximately $34,000 Mayor [read more…]
JONESBORO — An almost-dispute between two subjects on Sunday led to the arrest of one suspect on several drug charges after he tried to drive away. Police responded to the 5000-block of Nettleton Avenue after a woman reported she thought her boyfriend was about to be in a fight with [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Craighead County Clerk Kade Holliday has a goal in mind for voters – to catch ’em all. It is a similar goal millions across the world have adopted in the mobile game called “Pokémon Go.” Holliday is capitalizing on the phenomena by organizing the “Pokéstop Voter Registration [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — A man was arrested for domestic battery and drug possession after his wife woke to him injecting an unknown substance into her arm, according to the report. Jonesboro police were called to the 400-block of Marshall Street on Sunday in reference to a domestic disturbance. The victim [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A mother reported her two daughters being the victim of a terrifying ordeal Saturday evening in Jonesboro. Officers were flagged down at about 6:00 p.m. Saturday at the 1600-block of Cedar Heights. A woman reported her two girls, 11 and 12, were held at gunpoint in a [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – Officers of the law in the Lawrence County seat will have another tool to help in their job, thanks to a new grant. A $5,000 grant from the White River Planning and Development District, through Representative James Ratliff, was designated for the Walnut Ridge Police Department, [read more…]
HOXIE, Ark. – It is almost a crime for one not to be aware of the events which took place in the Hoxie School District in 1955. The unfolding milestones would be so influential, several members of the community have made it a personal mission to see a civil rights [read more…]
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