The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is celebrating Arbor Day by launching its sixth annual “Free Tree Fridays” campaign, a statewide effort to encourage tree planting.

The Public Safety Committee discussed two possible lease options for a second police station in Jonesboro during its Tuesday meeting.

A line of severe thunderstorms hit Craighead County and greater Northeast Arkansas Sunday night, causing damage across the region.

The Jonesboro city council voted 8-4 Tuesday night to approve a resolution that would resolve litigation involving a lien on the property where the former Citizens Bank building once stood.

Project H.E.A.R.T. (Health Education, Advocacy, Reflection, and Training) is a residential camp aimed at educating students about future careers in health care and about higher education opportunities and community health. The program is aimed at students who would benefit from an opportunity to excel.

“It is a Children’s Day Festival, there will be something that pretty much everybody can enjoy either there at the event or Craighead Forest [Park] itself.”

The marker will be placed at the V.C. Kays House, located at 2506 Aggie Road on the campus of Arkansas State University. 

The distributions are set for April 1 in Jonesboro and Caraway.