Craighead County

Schedule for Jonesboro town hall-style ward meetings

Press Release from Bill Campbell, City of Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin has announced this year’s schedule of ward meetings, which serve as opportunities for town hall-style interaction between residents and their ward representatives.

Lawrence County

WBC PBL Continues Winning Streak

Press Release from Williams Baptist College (Walnut Ridge, Ark.) – Williams Baptist College’s chapter of Phi Beta Lambda has, once again, walked away from the national competition with several new awards in tow.  While at the National Leadership Conference, which was held in Atlanta on June 24-27, 18 WBC business [read more…]

Craighead County

Jonesboro parks director in hot water over Tweet

JONESBORO, Ark. – The Jonesboro Parks and Recreation Director is in hot water after making a racially insensitive Tweet on his personal Twitter account in recent days. Several NEA Report readers reached out Tuesday, indicating an inappropriate message was sent out by Jonesboro Parks and Recreation Director Wixson Huffstetler. One reader [read more…]

Craighead County

Burglars break into heating and air business

JONESBORO, Ark. – While heating and air companies are staying busy keeping NEA cool, one became a target of crime Sunday. Service Heating and Air, 111 Walnut Street in Jonesboro, reported a commercial burglary Monday to Jonesboro police. The business owner believed the break in took place after 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon, [read more…]

Craighead County

Pokémon fever spreading across NEA

JONESBORO, Ark. – Michael Flores walked down Loberg Lane on Monday in Jonesboro with his eyes intently glued to his phone. His friend, Kyle Ford, walked by his side, also staring at the screen on his phone. Both were hunting Pokémon. Every once in awhile, a new video game will [read more…]