Jonesboro News

The Jonesboro varsity girls' basketball team, fresh off of a title at the Walnut Springs tournament, continued the hot start to their season, topping Mullin, 62-31, to open District 30-A play with a convincing win.

HAMILTON a 'The historic Texan Theatre in downtown Hamilton was destroyed Friday night by a raging fire that also damaged adjacent buildings.

Thanks to 14 fourth quarter points, Cranfills Gap squeaked by Jonesboro Friday, 46-36. The Eagles led going into the fourth quarter, 36-32, in large part because of a 24-point second quarter.

A Hamilton man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a man and threatening a woman during an incident in July at a ranch near Jonesboro.

When former Jonesboro head football coach Chris Ashby stepped down after last season to spend more time with his family, then assistant Eduardo Gallegos knew he'd be in consideration to fill the position.

When former Jonesboro head football coach Chris Ashby stepped down after last season to spend more time with his family, then assistant Eduardo Gallegos knew he'd be in consideration to fill the position.

When former Jonesboro head football coach Chris Ashby stepped down after last season to spend more time with his family, then assistant Eduardo Gallegos knew he'd be in consideration to fill the position.

Jonesboro graduate Nic Whisenhunt played with the best-of-the-best in Texas six-man football over the weekend, competing in the Texas Six-Man Coaches Association all-game in Lubbock.

An Evant man arrested in Hamilton County on Wednesday on a charge of beating a man with the butt of a shotgun and pointing the same weapon at his former girlfriend has been transferred to the Coryell County Jial.

The Coryell County Sheriff's Office is asking for help in finding a man suspected of beating another man with the end of a shotgun.

The search for a suspect continued Thursday after a violent attack Wednesday afternoon on a Jonesboro man who was airlifted to Scott & White Hospital, in Temple with multiple blunt force injuries.

Monday morning house fires in Jonesboro and in Oglesby were evidently both started by lightning strikes.