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Agriculture
1 month ago
$5M Bridge Loan Announced to Facilitate Purchase of Arkansas Peanut Harvest

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.

Food
1 month ago
Hope Found of NEA’s 4th Annual Brewing Hope Coffee Festival Set for November in Downtown Jonesboro

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.

Crime & Safety
1 month ago
Appeals Court Upholds 86-Year Sentence for Jonesboro Man Convicted of Raping Minor

The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the 86-year prison sentence of a Jonesboro man convicted of raping a minor.

News
1 month ago
Jonesboro’s Public Transportation Service Adds New Paratransit Vehicles to its Fleet

“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.”

Crime & Safety
1 month ago
Jonesboro Man Facing 44 Counts of Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material

A Jonesboro man faces multiple counts of possession or use of child sexual abuse material after police said they traced an online account containing illicit videos to his home network.

Traffic
1 month ago
Downtown Jonesboro Roads to Close Beginning Thursday Night for BBQ Fest

Multiple road closures will be in effect in downtown Jonesboro beginning Thursday night for the upcoming Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest.

Local Experts
1 month ago
THE EXPERT | Men: Don’t Let a Test and the Unknown Cost You Years of Life

In the United States, a man receives a prostate cancer diagnosis every 90 seconds. That’s one in eight men throughout their lives, and the risk jumps to one in six for African American men.

Crime & Safety
1 month ago
Fight at Jonesboro High School Sends Staff Member to Hospital, Leads to Felony Arrest

Police said a fight at Jonesboro High School Tuesday morning sent a staff member to the hospital and led to one person being arrested on a felony charge.

Business
1 month ago
TrinityRail to Discontinue Heavy Railcar Maintenance Operations at Jonesboro Facility

TrinityRail’s heavy railcar maintenance operations at its Jonesboro facility will be discontinued, the company confirmed to JRN Wednesday.

Crime & Safety
1 month ago
UPDATE | Arkansas State Police Identify Greene County Inmate Who Died in Custody

Arkansas State Police (ASP) are investigating an inmate death that occurred at the Greene County Detention Center.

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