JONESBORO, Ark. – Residents of The Natural State will have a chance to vote on legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes this November. The group Arkansans For Compassionate Care sent out a tweet on Thursday saying they had officially obtained enough signatures to place the measure on the November ballot. 77,516 were reported [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A man is facing a litany of misdemeanor and felony charges for not listening to police commands and instead, attempting to get away. Officers responded to 405 Garden Manor apartments at about 1:20 a.m. Thursday morning. Officer Trey Chism was the first on the scene, the incident [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. – Officers responding to a 911 call Wednesday in Greene County were greeted by chaos, blood and meth. Deputies arrived at Greene County 223 in response to a 911 call Wednesday, according to the incident report. Officers arrived to find a woman with “blood smeared on her chest, [read more…]
Press Release from the City of Jonesboro – Bill Campbell Jonesboro Chief Operations Officer L.M. Duncan has received the Marvin Vinson Commitment to Excellence Award, bestowed by the Arkansas Municipal League. The award is presented to municipal officials who have served with distinction and dedication to their cities or have [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – Two police agencies are at odds over who should take responsibility for inmates’ medical care and the tension is palpable. The disagreement at hand is between Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department and Walnut Ridge Police Department. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Tony Waldrupe told NEA [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Thieves got into a storage unit sometime over the Independence Day weekend and they didn’t use a door. It happened between 10 p.m. July 1 and Tuesday afternoon, July 5, when the manager of Main Storage and Warehouse, 213 North Main Street in Jonesboro, reported several storage [read more…]
HARRISBURG, Ark. – An area woman was killed in a crash over the Independence Day weekend in Poinsett County. Venisa Lynn Jones, 52, of Harrisburg, was killed Saturday at about 3 p.m. on Arkansas 69 at Shady Grove. According to the Arkansas State Police crash report, Jones’ 2008 Nissan was [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Police in Jonesboro responded to a shots fired call on the morning of July 4. It happened at the 3100-block of Parkwood Street. Jonesboro Officer Jacob Daffron responded and spoke with a resident who said his home had been shot. When the officer investigated, he found two [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – For the second day in a row, a line of freight trailers were reported broken into in Jonesboro. This time, the incident was reported at Southeast Freight, 3218 Industrial Drive in Jonesboro. According to the incident report, the manager said between July 2 and July 4, someone [read more…]
A community prayer service will be at the Living Word Church (5601 Southwest Dr.) from 3pm to 12am this Friday, the 15th. Police officers, on or off duty, along with other members of the community are invited.
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