Jonesboro’s Parks and Recreation Department is making some changes to its new traffic flow patterns during Saturday youth sports games Joe Mack Campbell Park after visitor feedback.
A $5 million loan from the Governor’s Quick Action Closing Fund will be used to facilitate Delta Peanut’s purchase of this year’s peanut harvest.
Coffee lovers, rejoice! You can sip for a good cause in November at Hope Found of Northeast Arkansas’s fourth annual Brewing Hope Coffee Festival.
“We’re just really happy to have them,” Stephen Oakes, GOJO transit options supervisor, said. “We’re very happy that we can expand our service a little bit, serve more of Jonesboro (as) safely as possible.”
Multiple road closures will be in effect in downtown Jonesboro beginning Thursday night for the upcoming Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest.
TrinityRail’s heavy railcar maintenance operations at its Jonesboro facility will be discontinued, the company confirmed to JRN Wednesday.
“What it basically does for the district is give us a little more control on how we spend our federal dollars,” said Grace Petersen, assistant superintendent of finance and federal programs at NPS.
“We have various downtown restaurants and chefs participating in this to bring us a really excellent meal. I think it’s gonna be a really special evening for everybody,” said DJA executive director Sarah Doss.
The Jonesboro Advertising and Promotion (A&P) Commission heard some updates on upcoming projects, tax collections and cash positions, and more during its meeting Thursday.
“Things are really taking shape,” said A&P Commission executive director Craig Rickert.