by - September 29, 2025 11:21 am
Recent rains have helped stop the Mississippi River from dropping to historically low levels and it may help Arkansas farmers in terms of basis, the difference between the cash price…
by - September 25, 2025 3:24 pm
The Arkansas State University Alumni Association will recognize six outstanding graduates as Distinguished Alumni during the 2025 Homecoming celebration. The distinction, considered the association’s highest honor, has been awarded for…
by - September 23, 2025 11:28 am
The harvest is underway in Arkansas and several crops including rice, corn and soybeans are well ahead of crop collection averages through mid-September. Last week the rice crop went from…
by - September 21, 2025 1:00 pm
William “Willard” Langston stepped off the train in Newport on Jan. 19, 1946, after he served a stint as a U.S. Marine in World War II. He’d grown up in…
by - September 17, 2025 4:55 pm
Rice producers have faced myriad issues this year including low commodity prices, a lack of foreign markets, a surge in imports and erratic weather. Now, as the rice harvest comes…
by - September 16, 2025 11:40 am
Lyon College fall student enrollment swelled this year, growing by more than 17% when compared to last fall, according to the school. The school has 781 students this semester up…
by - September 15, 2025 12:26 pm
The immortal music group, The Beatles, only stopped in Arkansas once very briefly and the town where they stopped is going to party like its 1964 this weekend. The annual…
by - September 15, 2025 12:24 pm
The first phase in creating the Career Readiness Education & Skills Training (CREST) Center at Arkansas State University has been approved by the board of trustees. This phase will cost…
by - September 11, 2025 12:45 pm
A faculty member at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University recently received a $472,592 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in…
by - September 10, 2025 3:51 pm
Arkansas State University’s fall of 2025 class is the largest ever in the history of the school. A record-breaking 17,926 students are taking classes at the Jonesboro campus, according to…
by - September 9, 2025 1:39 pm
One of the largest manufacturers in Northeast Arkansas has a new owner. Georgia-Pacific has acquired Anchor Packaging, according to a release on Monday (Sept. 8). Anchor Packaging has been a…
by - September 9, 2025 1:34 pm
A powerful tornado ripped through the heart of Jonesboro on March 28, 2020, and all but leveled The Mall at Turtle Creek. The mall is gone, and now the land…
by - September 8, 2025 3:57 pm
The soybean harvest in Arkansas typically begins in August and wraps up in middle to late November. This year, Santa Claus might still be delivering presents and flying over unharvested…
by - September 8, 2025 3:52 pm
A journalism program alumna who has enjoyed success in the corporate world, Rose Stuckey Kirk of Austin, Texas, will present the fall 2025 Corinne Sternheimer Greenfield Lecture at Arkansas State…
by - September 4, 2025 9:05 pm
Soybean farmers are being decimated by low commodity prices, a lack of a new farm bill, trade wars created by President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and surging input costs with no relief…
by - September 4, 2025 9:59 am
The city of Jonesboro Communications Department has launched several new online tools and resources designed to make it easier for residents, businesses, and media to connect with city services and…
by - September 2, 2025 12:10 pm
Even as the agricultural industry faces turmoil with low commodity prices and ever rising input costs, one ag company in Northeast Arkansas is expanding its operations. Jonesboro-based Apex Ag Solutions…
by - August 28, 2025 7:04 pm
A grassroots advocacy group, Coalition for Change in NEA (CCNEA), plans to stage a peaceful protest on Labor Day in Jonesboro. Organizers want to protect the rights of workers and…
by - August 28, 2025 3:17 pm
St. Bernards Healthcare has opened its Longevity Center focusing on preventive, team-based medicine. There was minimal startup cost for the center that is housed in a previously unoccupied space within…
by - August 27, 2025 9:50 pm
One in three or more farms in Arkansas could be shuttered by next spring if the federal government doesn’t provide some type of supplemental assistance to farmers this fall, Agriculture…
