Jonesboro News

Mayor Harold Perrin told the Jonesboro City Council Tuesday night that his administration has been working on the 2010 budget and expects to have a working document complete before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Jonesboro Police have dispatched a missing person alert for Hugh O. Heath. He is an alzeheimers patient and was last seen by his family at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

The Jonesboro Fire Department is on the scene of an apartment fire around the intersection of Johnson and Caraway.

It's the one night of the year when ghosts, goblins and everything in between haunt the town.

A Nettleton school bus was involved in an accident early Friday morning, and thankfully no one was injured.

Two Region 8 females are in the hospital after a single car accident on the East Poinsett High School campus Friday afternoon.

There are approximately 2,200 registered sex offenders in Region 8, according to Missouri and Arkansas sex offender registries.

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Are the teachers and administrators at your child's school performing like they should? One Region 8 school volunteered to be put to the test and graded.

Halloween retailers across Region 8 said the sluggish economy isn't hurting sales.

"My 5 year old asks every time it rains, is it going to flood again," said Jennifer Jones.

The "to do" lists were made and the newly hired Best Buy employees were checking them twice just hours before the store's grand opening in Jonesboro Thursday afternoon.

Welcomed upgrades are on the way to the 911 center in Jonesboro. "It will help us get EMS, fire department, any kind of emergency personnel to the public a lot faster than what it is now with the new GPS, said dispatcher, Ana Martin.

Police in Jonesboro have arrested four Tennessee residents for counterfeiting. Police say 30-year-old Justin Lake of Memphis, 19-year-old Jordan Wright of Burlison, 19-year-old Ashia Holliday of Burlison and Mindy Butterfield of Brighton were arrested Saturday.

One Region 8 man is behind bars charged with commercial burglary and theft of property in the state's first theft of lottery tickets.

A new business development center at Arkansas State University will enhance the school's efforts at helping small businesses in northeast Arkansas.

A Lot of changes out there today as the highway department scrambled to open off ramps and entrances and get the signs uncovered and just let people know in general the road was open.

A former university system chancellor who resigned after a clash with North Dakota State University President Joseph Chapman says he wishes Chapman well.

U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representative Marion Berry announced last week the Arkansas Department of Transportation was awarded two grants totaling $2,388,699 for Crowley's Ridge Parkway Trail.

The Craighead County Veterans Monument Foundation has moved it's normal Veterans observance to November 6 and 7. The vigil at the doughboy statue at the county courthouse will start at 11 am on November 6th.