JONESBORO, Ark. — A Jonesboro man faces four felony charges after drug task force agents said a $20 marijuana purchase helped lead them to an apartment where they seized 2.1 pounds of marijuana, two loaded firearms, scales and packaging materials. Kentavious Robinson is charged with simultaneous possession of drugs and [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — A driver faces a felony DWI charge after police said a Highway 49 traffic stop revealed she was driving without a required ignition interlock device and had two vodka bottles inside her SUV. Officer Dustin Simons stopped the blue Kia at about 6:06 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — The man charged with first-degree murder after four pedestrians were struck at two Jonesboro locations now faces a separate felony drug case stemming from a July encounter at another Walmart. Michael Coleman, 43, is charged in the new case with possession of between 10 and 200 grams [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — An Econo Lodge employee faces a felony charge after police said he used a guest’s debit card number to order food from Papa Johns and Uber Eats. Roshan Acharya is charged with theft of property involving a credit or debit card, a Class D felony. He also [read more…]
JONESBORO – The Career Readiness Education and Skills Training (CREST) Center, currently under construction at Arkansas State University, is poised to serve the Northeast Arkansas community once completed. “CREST was never intended to be something A-State could build alone,” said interim Chancellor Calvin White Jr. “Its success depends upon bringing education and industry together [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. (August 18, 2026) – SANY Nutrition Group has established a new food manufacturing facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The company is investing more than $30 million with plans to create over 150 new jobs in three years. “SANY Nutrition Group is an innovative protein snack manufacturing company that combines the [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University have established a pathway allowing qualified students to earn undergraduate and medical degrees in seven years. The Pre-Med/Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Pathway Program will allow [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — The suspect accused of striking four pedestrians with a vehicle at two Jonesboro locations is now charged with first-degree murder after one of the victims died Monday. Michael Vincent Coleman, 43, remains held on a $5 million bond. First-appearance paperwork lists charges of first-degree murder, three counts [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. — A defendant whose rape and incest charges were dismissed Friday after prosecutors said they could no longer locate the juvenile victims was booked later that same day in Greene County on a separate rape warrant. Lee Arthur Banis was booked into the Greene County Detention Center at [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — One of four pedestrians struck by a vehicle at two Jonesboro locations Thursday, Aug. 13, has died, according to the victim’s family. The victim was identified as Belinda Adams, an employee at Walmart Neighborhood Market on Harrisburg Road, JPD confirmed. Her daughter, Heather Veteto, said doctors determined [read more…]
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