by - October 31, 2017 4:48 pm
Farmer Jacob Hartz had a problem many farmers in Arkansas faced in the 1920s. Rice had been introduced in the state, and it depleted nutrients in the soil. Extension agents…
by - October 30, 2017 4:57 pm
It’s the moment John Grisham became America’s story teller. Grisham was working in Mississippi as an attorney when he wrote the book “A Time to Kill.” His second book, “The…
by - October 29, 2017 12:32 pm
Arkansas will send eight community leaders from across the state to the Delta Regional Authority’s (DRA) Delta Leadership Institute (DLI). They will join fellows from seven other states and participate…
by - October 26, 2017 4:23 pm
Sales and use tax collections in Jonesboro rebounded in October after a 5.4% drop in September when compared to the same month in 2016. The city collected $1.501 million in…
by - October 25, 2017 8:03 pm
Mississippi County in Arkansas’ first congressional district is one of the top steel producing counties in the country and its representative in Congress is about to take a key role…
by - October 25, 2017 3:06 pm
Hefei Risever Machinery Co. (Risever) announced Wednesday (Oct. 25) it will invest $20 million to build a facility inside the Craighead Technology Park in Jonesboro. The plant will employ 130…
by - October 24, 2017 7:22 pm
Arkansas became a peanut growing state once again six years ago, and this year was one of the largest crops planted. Peanut farmers planted about 30,000 acres this year in…
by - October 23, 2017 7:52 pm
The city of Jonesboro has received a grant for almost $500,000 in Transportation Alternatives Program funding from the Arkansas Department of Transportation for a pedestrian/bicycle path between downtown and Arkansas…
by - October 23, 2017 5:04 pm
Long, barren row crop fields surround the tiny house that sits down a gravel road more than two miles long. A few tractors milled in the fields, as the sun…
by - October 19, 2017 8:04 pm
For more than 30 years, the Arkansas State University Convocation Center has been a center for athletic competitions, concerts and business exhibitions in Northeast Arkansas. It became an arena on…
by - October 19, 2017 10:59 am
One of the premiere celebrations in Arkansas is set to begin Thursday (Oct. 19) in rural Mississippi County. The Johnny Cash Heritage Festival, honoring hall of fame musician and Arkansan…
by - October 18, 2017 8:14 pm
One of the marquee tourist attractions in Jonesboro is a series of baseball tournaments held throughout the spring and summer. A major problem has been rain-bogged fields. A solution would…
by - October 18, 2017 8:07 pm
Arkansas will receive $302,776 from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)Specialty Crop Block Grant program to fund eight specialty crop projects this year. A list of the eight Arkansas…
by - October 17, 2017 8:57 pm
Jonesboro elected officials will not receive their first pay hike since 2015 after the City Council voted Tuesday night 10-1 to reject a 6% pay increase. Before the final vote…
by - October 16, 2017 8:28 pm
About half the state’s cotton acres have been harvested and the rest could be out of the ground by Nov. 1. Arkansas cotton acreage leaped when compared to 2016 as…
by - October 16, 2017 8:27 pm
By this stage in the growing season, the Arkansas’ Soybean Association’s contest “Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge,” would be settled, but the state’s soybean farmers continue to over…
by - October 12, 2017 8:03 pm
Efforts to build the Spring River Innovation Hub (SRIH) got a boost this week when the Delta Regional Authority gave $20,000 towards the project. SRIH Director of Placemaking Graycen Colbert…
by - October 12, 2017 12:51 pm
Arkansas State University interim dean of the College of Business Dr. Kathy White Loyd has been named “Woman of the Year” by the Jonesboro Business and Professional Women. Loyd, a…
by - October 11, 2017 7:23 pm
The Pocahontas City Hall sits on historic ground. A century ago, Wear Kibler Schoonover’s boyhood home was located on that spot. Schoonover would become the first football player in the…
by - October 10, 2017 8:01 pm
To address the rising incidence of heroin and opioid addiction and fatal overdoses in Arkansas, the Association of Arkansas Counties (AAC) has formed a five-member Opioid Task Force. It includes…
