HARRISBURG, Ark. — Families in the Harrisburg School District will not have to purchase school supplies for their children ahead of the upcoming school year. The district will provide all necessary school supplies for every student, Superintendent Julie Isbell announced in a letter to families. Parents and guardians are only [read more…]
HARRISBURG, Ark. — A Poinsett County lottery player claimed a $50,000 Powerball prize this week after purchasing a winning ticket in Harrisburg, according to the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. Stephen C. of Poinsett County won the prize in the July 4 Powerball drawing. He claimed the prize July 7 at the [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Whether they prefer draw games or scratch-off tickets, Arkansas lottery players continue to win big this summer. A winning Powerball® ticket worth $50,000 was sold at Jordan’s Kwik Stop 9, 900 E. Jackson in Harrisburg for the July 4 drawing. The winning numbers were 17, 38, [read more…]
HARRISBURG, Ark. — A 4-year-old child was injured after an accidental firearm discharge inside a Harrisburg home Saturday, according to Harrisburg Police Chief Michael Turner. Authorities believe the child was struck by a fragment of a bullet after the round ricocheted off a concrete surface inside the residence. Turner said [read more…]
HARRISBURG, Ark. — A suspect accused in a long-term sexual abuse investigation involving multiple victims is being held on a $1.25 million cash-only bond, according to the Harrisburg Police Department. Francisco Luna was arrested following an extensive investigation into allegations of sexual abuse involving multiple victims over several years, Chief [read more…]
HARRISBURG, Ark. — Twelve people were arrested during a countywide sex offender compliance operation in Poinsett County, Sheriff Kevin Molder said in a release. The Poinsett County Sheriff’s Office conducted “Operation Protect Our Children” with Arkansas Probation and Parole. The sheriff’s office said the arrests were tied to alleged sex [read more…]
Harrisburg, Arkansas. Sonia F. Hagood, Prosecuting Attorney for the Second Judicial District, announced that Taylor Rhoades pled guilty to two counts of Negligent Homicide and received a sentence of twelve (12) years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections, followed by fifteen (15) years of Suspended Imposition of Sentence. This case [read more…]
HARRISBURG, Ark. — Authorities have identified and charged a suspect in connection with a shooting that left a Harrisburg man critically injured and a dog dead, according to an update from the Harrisburg Police Department. The incident began at approximately 10:03 a.m. on March 13, 2026, when the Poinsett County [read more…]
HARRISBURG, Ark. — Adam Hartness, the band director at Harrisburg High School, stepped straight out of a college classroom at Arkansas State University into a challenge as the post-COVID band director in the rural community of Harrisburg. “People knew of the band. It was of good quality and did great [read more…]
HARRISBURG — Authorities say a suspect connected to an abduction in Missouri has been arrested after his vehicle was found abandoned earlier Tuesday in Harrisburg. Law enforcement told NEA Report that Black Patrick, of Hayti, Missouri, was taken into custody around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Lepanto. Earlier in the day, [read more…]
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