by - October 24, 2018 6:08 pm
Earlier this year, city officials in Jonesboro were concerned about the city’s declining sales and use tax numbers. Those concerns may have been premature. Jonesboro and Craighead County continued a…
by - October 23, 2018 7:40 pm
Stress can impact the quality of chicken meat before the animal is processed, and scientists are now studying physiological stressors. Avian neuroscientists at the University of Arkansas System Division of…
by - October 22, 2018 2:38 pm
Lindsey Wingo had a big decision to make. She grew up in the small town of Rector in Northeast Arkansas, and when it came time to choose a college, she…
by - October 21, 2018 4:45 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson thinks the trade war with China should end and he sent a message to President Donald Trump through Vice President Mike Pence recently. The tariffs imposed by…
by - October 18, 2018 5:51 pm
At least 67% of the state’s cotton crop has been harvested, well above the 42% average during the last five years through mid-October. But, a significant problem is looming. Perpetual…
by - October 18, 2018 4:32 pm
Efforts to attract higher paying jobs to the Northeast Arkansas metro, and to better educate the workforce, are starting to bear fruit. The 2017 median income for the Jonesboro metro…
by - October 17, 2018 3:28 pm
Jonesboro is poised to set its all-time building permits record in 2018 fueled by expansions by St. Bernards Healthcare and the hotel/convention center project on the Arkansas State University campus….
by - October 17, 2018 3:20 pm
Donald Guinn is president and CEO of Paragould-based First National Bank. The Northeast Arkansas bank was founded in 1889 as the Bank of Paragould and has expanded in recent years…
by - October 16, 2018 4:39 pm
A bad soybean harvest in Arkansas has turned much worse in the last week. The number of acres that are projected to be harvested has dropped by 320,000 acres to…
by - October 15, 2018 7:05 pm
The Man in Black was on the verge of losing it all. He was recently divorced, and drugs and alcohol continued to ravage Johnny Cash’s body and mind. He needed…
by - October 15, 2018 6:45 pm
Harvest is always a special time in Arkansas and across the Mid-South, with the gathering of crops signifying the conclusion of the growing season. But for Craighead County brothers and…
by - October 14, 2018 5:31 pm
Interim Director Andrea Allen has been promoted to executive director of the Delta Center for Economic Development located at Arkansas State University. Allen told Talk Business & Politics she is…
by - October 11, 2018 7:56 pm
Infrastructure in parts of northern Jonesboro is crumbling and city officials need to be proactive in fixing these problems, Alderman candidate Tom Elwood recently told members of the Jonesboro Kiwanis…
by - October 10, 2018 5:14 pm
The city of Jonesboro has doled four Community Development Block grants to nonprofits organizations in the city. The funding totals $77,142 and provides $25,209 to Mid-South Health Systems, $20,000 to…
by - October 9, 2018 8:23 pm
Arkansas soybean farmers are bracing for their worst crop in 10 years. Mold, mildew, and fungus have plagued soybeans that are still in the field, soybean agronomist Jeremy Ross told…
by - October 9, 2018 6:34 am
Italian restaurant chain Fazoli’s signed agreements this week with a Northeast Arkansas partnership to expand the chain’s presence in Central Arkansas. The Lexington, Ky.-based restaurant operator said its three-store deal…
by - October 8, 2018 6:39 pm
The city of Jonesboro has received five grants totaling almost $1.4 million during the past month. The federal and state grants will provide bulletproof vests, body-worn cameras, technology upgrades and…
by - October 8, 2018 6:05 pm
In a debate among 1st Congressional District candidates, Democrat Chintan Desai Monday (Oct. 8) criticized Rep. Rick Crawford, a Republican, for being a “full-throated” supporter of President Trump’s tariffs he…
by - October 8, 2018 2:29 pm
Delta Cultural Center Director Kyle Miller was on a tour of the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C., when a tour guide began talking about African slaves who…
by - October 7, 2018 4:32 pm
Arkansas rice farmers have fought unusual weather this year and the assumption was that yields and quality would suffer, but at this point in the harvest that hasn’t been the…
