Even though JET is closing early, this will not affect those needing transportation to the daytime and overnight warming shelters. The Jonesboro Police Department will be providing rides to the warming shelters.
With snow blanketing Jonesboro, several local entities have announced closures and are rescheduling events.
Governmental offices for both the City of Jonesboro and Craighead County are closed today due to the wintry weather, and JETS will be operating under limited hours.
In preparation for the forecasted snowstorm, the City of Jonesboro has implemented inclement weather procedures, with involvement from the Streets Department, Police and Fire Departments, Salvation Army and more.
The Jonesboro Street Department has been preparing all week for the upcoming wintery weather. “We’ll work on them until the snowstorm stops,” said Jonesboro Street Director Steve Tippitt.
The $84 million operating budget for the City of Jonesboro passed the City Council on Tuesday.
“Healthy moms means healthy babies,” Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.
Former Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Doug Brimhall was sworn in as Second Judicial Circuit Judge, Division 4, on Wednesday, despite some concern about his ability to serve after his long legal battle in 2024.
The 2025 operating budget for the City of Jonesboro will go before the full City Council for consideration after it passed the Finance and Administration Council Committee on Tuesday.
The Craighead County Quorum sent out contracts for the leftover $4.3 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds on Friday, after discussion about what to do with the money during the court’s Dec. 16 meeting.