JONESBORO — Police are searching for a suspect accused of robbing a truck stop at knifepoint Wednesday night. The incident happened around 8:21 p.m. at the Love’s Travel Stop in Jonesboro, according to Public Information Specialist Sally Smith with the Jonesboro Police Department. A man entered the store, brandished a [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — Each week, the City of Jonesboro releases a document detailing the weekly progress updates to the demolition of the aging former Citizen’s Bank building in downtown Jonesboro. The list shows progress the city has made each week toward the complete removal of the structure. May 5 – [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A teen was robbed at gunpoint and then shot at Saturday night in Jonesboro, according to an incident report. Officers were dispatched to the 3500 block of Race Street at approximately 8:51 p.m. May 3, where they located the teenager suffering from a gunshot wound, an update [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — A woman who was charged with death by delivery last year was arrested on drug charges again over the weekend in Jonesboro, according to police. The probable cause affidavit says that at 7:05 p.m. on May 4, 2025, officers were at the intersection of Nettleton and Stevens [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas State Police announced the arrest of a Jonesboro man on charges related to indecency with a child in a press release on Friday. On Thursday, May 1, 2025, Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) arrested Jeffery Scott Ladyman, 42, of [read more…]
JONESBORO – When Jonesboro leaders were making their case in 1909 that the First District State Agriculture School, just authorized by the Arkansas General Assembly, should be located here, they emphasized the economic impact the institution could have on a wide region. More than a century later, the evidence of [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — Last week, a school director and three of her employees appeared in court on allegations they allowed a ‘makeshift fight club’ to take place in Craighead County involving young children. Most details weren’t released, apart from Prosecuting Attorney Sonia F. Hagood describing the incident in open court [read more…]
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JONESBORO, Ark. — A man is accused of stabbing a woman six times, sending her to the hospital in Jonesboro. On April 26, Jonesboro officers responded to NEA Baptist about a female victim with multiple stab wounds, according to the probable cause affidavit. Officers arrived and spoke with the alleged [read more…]
JONESBORO – During the month of May, Arkansas State University will light the clock tower of Dean B. Ellis Library in special recognition of graduating students, as it has in recent years. The tower will be scarlet Saturday evening, May 10, to salute new A-State graduates following Spring Commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. [read more…]
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