Craighead County News

Arkansas rice producers who sell their crops to a local Anheuser-Busch Co. mill for use in producing beer won't suffer financially if the St.

Over 100 new jobs are coming to Region 8 and all of them can be done from the privacy of your own home.

When W.J. "Jeter" Hall planted a few acres back in the 1940s in the Needham Community, he couldn't have imagined that his son and grandson would one day be farming over 4,500 acres from the same homestead.

The Arkansas Supreme Court denied without prejudice Thursday petitions from Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley to have their cases re-examined by their respective trial courts.

The Arkansas Court of Appeals says a claim against the owner of a 2005 plane that crashed in Louisiana, killing him and four others on board, can proceed.

Efforts to stop illegal dumping got even stronger tonight in Craighead County. Craighead County Quorum Court members passed an ordinance giving county officials the authority to clean up unsightly illegal ...

Jessica Gray, 15, of Monette has fallen in love with her new flock of chickens. Gray joined the Craighead County 4-H Poultry Chain for the first time this year and purchased 25 Cinnamon Queen chickens to raise ...

An attorney general's opinion released this week saying that justices of the peace can't charge for weddings is a no-brainer to many across the state who say they've never set a price for officiating over a ...

Eight years have passed since the still unsolved slaying of Amanda Tusing. The 20-year-old vanished June 14, 2000, as she drove home to Dell from her boyfriend's home in Jonesboro.

Farmers across the area are thankful for the small amount of rain that fell on Monday in parts of Region 8. This spring has been very difficult for farmers.

A Jonesboro businessman who attends Walnut Street Baptist Church said he's "not going to start preaching" that people don't need to drink alcohol.

General Election Showdown: President McCain or President Obama? WASHINGTON - John McCain and Barack Obama both say change is coming as they dive into the five-month campaign for the White House.

Posted By: Lindsey Clark 1 hr ago Arkansas' tuberculosis-control officer says screening for the lung disease among 700 Craighead County jail inmates and sheriff's office employees has begun, after a former ...

Asian soybean rust, a fungal disease that can ruin a crop, dies in the winter temperatures, though its spores survive.

The Women's Crisis Center of NEA offers services to women and children who are victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault.

More than 1,250 people who worked at or served time in the Craighead County jail in April and May may have been exposed to tuberculosis as an inmate has tested positive for the disease, the sheriff says.

State highway officials want to give away a pair of historic bridges in Craighead County to make room for replacements.

A former inmate at the Craighead County Detention Center has tested positive for tuberculosis, according to Sheriff Jack McCann.

Attorneys for one of the West Memphis 3 filed a petition in court Thursday claiming Jason Baldwin did not get a fair trial because his attorney did not represent him effectively.

Students, faculty, and residents in Craighead County watched this morning as forty years of memories came tumbling down.