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Multiple services are announcing closures or reduced hours in response to severe winter weather moving through the area.
As temperatures plunge this week, warming shelters will be open across Jonesboro.
Jim Stearns was named director of the department on Jan. 14, a few weeks after former director Danny Kapales resigned from the position.
Officials provided updates on the construction of the upcoming Ridge Athletics Center during Tuesday’s city council meeting.
A company spokesperson told JRN that they could confirm that Best Buy has plans to open later this year at 2010 Caraway Road.
Monroe Crossing will perform a concert of bluegrass music at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 26, at the Collins Theatre, 120 West Emerson St. in Paragould.
Around 200 people braved the cold air Monday morning to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Sanitation routes for the City of Jonesboro will be on adjusted schedules for the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Celebrations to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held at Arkansas State University and throughout the Jonesboro community in the days surrounding the holiday.