JRN spoke with Jonesboro Police officer Mehki Williams about why he became a cop and his hopes for the community.
A nonprofit is looking to celebrate high school seniors who have enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces and are soon to ship off to basic training in Jonesboro.
The project gets kids outside and teaches them about nature, graphic design, public speaking, problem-solving, and more.
“In our small way, we’re trying to bring things to our town,” said Tami Hamilton Williams, co-chair of Bay Community Events.
According to the proposed lease agreement the city would lease the First United Methodist Church’s Jonesboro youth building.
A helicopter was called to the scene of a crash in rural Craighead County Friday afternoon.
Early voting has begun, and the voting numbers are in for Craighead County.
“Storm spotters are the ‘eyes on the ground’ that provide us ground-truth,” said NWS Memphis warning coordination meteorologist Todd Beal.
Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, who protested against racial injustice throughout his life and all over the country, including in Jonesboro, died Tuesday at age 84.
Several clubs are scheduled to meet at the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library during February.