by - November 28, 2017 3:09 pm
Jonesboro will add two new full-time officers after it received the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing (COPS) grant. The grant is worth $330,000 and it will provide 75% of…
by - November 27, 2017 1:45 pm
Jessie Misskelley Jr., released from prison in 2011 in the infamous West Memphis Three case was jailed Saturday night after he was arrested on a slew of traffic citations. Misskelley,…
by - November 21, 2017 9:26 pm
Multi-family housing units have been a hotly debated topic in Jonesboro during the last several years, and two recent controversial projects were denied by the Jonesboro City Council on Tuesday…
by - November 20, 2017 6:34 pm
The Arkansas State University Board of Trustees approved a ground lease resolution Monday to allow a $29 million renovation project to begin at Centennial Bank Stadium. The renovation will include…
by - November 20, 2017 6:43 am
The Jonesboro A&P Commission has agreed to give up to $2.5 million in hotel tax rebates for a proposed hotel/convention center to be located on the Arkansas State University campus….
by - November 16, 2017 5:21 pm
Arkansas Democrats have experienced devastating losses during the last four election cycles, but the party’s chairman believes the trend will reverse in 2018. Rep. Michael John Gray, D-Augusta, told Talk…
by - November 16, 2017 3:56 pm
Chintan Desai, a first-generation citizen of Indian immigrant parents, will seek the Democratic nomination in Arkansas’s First Congressional District. Desai, the KIPP Delta Schools regional project manager, has lived in…
by - November 16, 2017 4:52 am
Agriculture is Arkansas’ most dominant economic sector, and the harvest in the Natural State is nearly complete. Cotton and soybean crop production is up this year, while corn and rice…
by - November 14, 2017 5:54 pm
A $149,334 grant from Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Blue and You Foundation has been doled to the Stop Bleeding Foundation, a Jonesboro non-profit presided over by Dr. Spencer…
by - November 14, 2017 5:46 pm
Arkansas has the fourth most overweight and obese adult populous among all states, according to a new Wallethub survey. The Natural State is only outranked in the survey by Mississippi,…
by - November 12, 2017 8:12 pm
When Gina Gomez first arrived in the United States from her native Columbia nearly 20 years ago, she was met with a slew of cultural and language barriers. She struggled…
by - November 9, 2017 5:27 pm
Plumes of smoke fill the autumn skies in the Delta as farmers burn row crop field refuse, and many complain about the side-effects of the smoke. Arkansas rice industry leaders…
by - November 8, 2017 3:17 pm
Arkansas State Plant Board members voted Wednesday (Nov. 8) during a public hearing and board meeting to ban dicamba in Arkansas during a bulk of the 2018 growing season. Dicamba is used…
by - November 7, 2017 6:38 pm
It was pilot Harold Johnson’s time to die. The DC-9 he was co-piloting was commandeered by three domestic terrorists, Nov. 10, 1972. The FBI shot the plane’s tires on a…
by - November 6, 2017 7:16 pm
Turrell Mayor Dorothy Cooper never dreamed of serving in public office and through the first 46 years of her life she didn’t. She ran and won the mayor’s job in…
by - November 6, 2017 4:28 pm
President Donald Trump has appointed David Branscum to serve as Arkansas Rural Development Director and David Curtis as Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director. U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.,…
by - November 6, 2017 4:23 pm
A coalition of 85 agriculture-related organizations have drafted a letter warning U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross about the negative impacts of withdrawing from North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)….
by - November 2, 2017 6:39 pm
At least 26 competitors will participate in different categories during the finals of the 2017 Arkansas State University Fall Business Plan competition. Seven finalists will compete in oral presentation, 11…
by - November 1, 2017 4:14 pm
Northeast Arkansas skies are filled each fall with plumes of smoke rising from row crop fields set on fire intentionally by farmers. Motorists and residents complain about the smoke, and…
by - November 1, 2017 1:51 pm
The second largest employer in Jackson County and its top manufacturer will add 85 jobs in the coming weeks. Shearer’s Snacks is in the process of hiring new employees, and…
