Nine weeks of work came to fruition as several Douglas MacArthur Junior High ninth graders showed off their business leadership skills in the Jonesboro Business Association’s first Youth Entrepreneurship Program Business Pitch Contest on Thursday.
Abby Williams, an architecture major from Jonesboro, Arkansas, is among 94 students in Mississippi State University’s College of Architecture, Art and Design who launched the fall semester with an interdisciplinary student design competition.
Due to forecasts of thunderstorms and heavy rain, the annual Veterans Parade scheduled for Saturday has been canceled.
The director of the Craighead County/Jonesboro Public Library, Vanessa Adams, issued a statement Thursday morning regarding the results of the library millage.
Early voting for the Jonesboro mayoral race begins Nov. 26. Voters can also vote in various locations on Dec. 3 across Jonesboro.