Bono News

Rivers and streams were flooded all across the Region 8 viewing area Friday. In Craighead County, residents in Bono reported several homes flooded on Deborah Street.

All they needed was a campfire. The Folk Reunion concert Thursday at the Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Arkansas took many of us back to another era of music - one that has been buried by modern technology but still manages to tug at tender memories.

October 13, 2009 Janet Jackson Janet Jackson will release a new best-of collection, titled Number Ones , on November 17.

State Representative Ray Kidd, a long time resident of Jonesboro, announced his campaign for Craighead County Judge ahead of the opening of the District Fair next week.

Arlen and Jackie Vaden were a popular Gospel singing team whose radio program could be heard on stations all across the United States in the 1950s.

Virtually everywhere you look in Jonesboro you see signs of growth. The city planning committee is studying just how the city will grow in the next 25-years. Now they want your input.

Jonesboro recently installed dozens of new tornado sirens, but the old ones, many of which still work are not going to waste.

Trials and Tragedy can strike anywhere and anytime, but it's never easy. This Saturday night as I'm working at the races the news comes pouring in and just kept coming.

There is the potential for flash flooding across much of Region 8 Tuesday afternoon.

Bono Police and Craighead County Sheriff's Department are on the scene of a working meth lab bust near downtown Bono.

A second former Bono law officer has been convicted of having sex with the same underage girl.

Tom Jones's musical career spans almost 50 years with 32 studio albums and collaborations with a diverse set of artists including Wyclef Jean, Bono and The Edge, Pavarotti, Van Morrison, and avant-garde techno group Art of Noise.

A lake that has been eagerly anticipated and partially funded by the public is supposed to be built in Bono.

DMN Newswire--2009-5-21--Renowned rapper/producer will.i.am booked Bernie Grundman Mastering for sessions with mastering engineer Chris Bellman to finalize the new Black Eyed Peas album for manufacturing and distribution.

An overturned tanker shut down traffic on Highway 63 for nearly two hours on Tuesday.

Correcting Bonoa s never-ending drainage problems is a high priority, said Billy Stephens, who was elected mayor of the Craighead County town in a special election Tuesday.

Craighead County police and fire officials are on the scene of a tanker truck that has overturned on U-S 63 at the bottom of Bono hill.

A Gainesville man remains in the Craighead County, Ark., Detention Center after allegedly stealing a truck at gunpoint from the West Plains Walmart, attempting to rob an auto sales lot in Bono, Ark., and leading Arkansas officers on a high-speed chase.

HOXIE It all started when a man tried to rob a car lot in Bono. Police say the suspect took off down highway 63--with **dozens** of officers chasing him! It all came to an end just outside Hoxie at the Lawrence County Seed Co-Op. With the intersection of 91 and 63 blocked the suspect had nowhere to go.

Craighead County deputies said they arrested a Gainesville, Mo., man Thursday after he tried to rob a Bono car sales business, then led police on a 20-mile chase.