Crime
1 year ago
Multiple people found with drugs, guns in their apartments

Multiple people, including a man convicted of murder, were found with drugs and firearms in their apartments in Jonesboro. One of them was given a $250,000 cash-only bond.

Wellness
1 year ago
DHS partners with St. Bernards Medical Center to launch First Maternal Life360 HOME

St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro will open the first Maternal Life360 HOME in Arkansas this month and will begin providing services to women with high-risk pregnancies.

Education
1 year ago
Ole Miss student from Jonesboro wins Stamps Impact Prize

Abigail Johnson, of Jonesboro, a junior forensic chemistry major at UM, was named one of the Stamps Impact Prize winners.

Food
1 year ago
Jonesboro Radio Group co-sponsoring Fill the Food Bank drive

The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas is hosting the Fill the Food Bank drive, co-sponsored by the Jonesboro Radio Group and KAIT8. 

Sports & Outdoors
1 year ago
Red Wolves top Monarchs 3-1 behind balanced attack

Four players recorded double-digit kills on Thursday night for the Arkansas State volleyball team, which defeated Old Dominion 3-1 (25-17, 26-28, 25-16, 25-23) inside the ODU Volleyball Center.

Sports & Outdoors
1 year ago
A-State demolishes Mississippi Valley State in record-breaking night, 114-54

Arkansas State women’s basketball (2-1, 0-0 SBC) drained a school record 20 three-pointers to secure a 114-54 victory over Mississippi Valley State (0-3, 0-0 SWAC) on Wednesday night at First National Bank Arena.

Business
1 year ago
Gov. Sanders, Department of Commerce award ASU System institutions $10.5 Million in workforce training grants

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that Arkansas State University System campuses in Jonesboro, Newport and Malvern will receive a combined $10.5 million for three training grants to support workforce development efforts.

Education
1 year ago
ASU Trustees approve $30.6 million bond issue to finance new A-State veterinary school facility

The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees today in a special meeting approved a $30.6 million bond issue to finance construction for the new College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at the A-State campus in Jonesboro.

Wellness
1 year ago
Methodist Family Health purchases hospital, plans to open acute facility for children

Methodist Family Health recently purchased the facility in which the Arkansas Continued Care Hospital in Jonesboro (ACCHJ) is currently located.

Business
1 year ago
ASBTDC adds business consultant Destiny Adams to its team

The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at Arkansas State University (ASBTDC) has appointed Destiny Adams as its newest business consultant.