Craighead County
State police report several fatal crashes over weekend
Arkansas State Police worked a number of fatal wrecks in the past several days which affected lives close to or in Northeast Arkansas. [read more…]
Regional
Health
$150K grant to help “Stop the Bleeding”
This grant money will be used in the Northeast Arkansas Trauma Zone to train 600 Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters in life-saving medical techniques. [read more…]
Regional
Phone service in NEA affected by outage Monday
A representative for Ritter Communications confirmed their services experienced an interruption on Monday morning. The rep, speaking to NEA Report, said at about 11 a.m. the problems were believed to have been addressed or at least, were in the process of being fixed. [read more…]
Regional
Rural Fire Program Provides Nearly $100K in Equipment to Firefighters
The Arkansas Forestry Commission Rural Fire Program (RFP) provided $94,566 in equipment to firefighters at the annual Rural Fire Show event on October 27. [read more…]
Regional
Wanted Wednesday – 11/8 – Sebastian County
Each week, NEA Report helps out our friends at Triple R Bail Bonds to locate a suspect who has skipped bail. We call it Wanted Wednesday. [read more…]
Regional
ASP: Halloween twice as dangerous for children to be hit by cars
On average, children are more than twice as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than on any other day of the year, said Arkansas State Police on Facebook. [read more…]
Regional
Feedback needed on raising Arkansas speed limits
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) wants your opinion if speed limits should be raised. [read more…]
Health
Sun Editor: Ban rice field burning
I say the farmers need to be forced to stop burning their rice fields and compromising everyone’s health. – Chris Wessel, Jonesboro Sun [read more…]
Regional
Settlement reached for buyers of battery devices in 2000s
For those who bought even a few electronic devices in the 2000s, you could be able to claim settlement money due to a recent class action lawsuit agreement. [read more…]
Regional
Wanted Wednesday – 10/18
Each week, NEA Report brings you Wanted Wednesday as we team up with Triple R Bail Bonds to report their most wanted bail skippers. [read more…]
