Jonesboro News

Cheryl Hines helps Martha prepare a holiday meal of ham and buttermilk biscuits; crafter Kirsten Earl sews a quilted silk-tie pillow; gardener David Haskell gives a lesson in trimming trees and shrubs.

Two men have been arrested for allegedly robbing Razorback Pizza in Little Rock on Nov.

President Obama has nominated Judge Denzil Marshall Jr. for the position of U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the state's two senators announced Friday.

A woman sues her ex-roommates for unreturned property, and the defendants claim that she is a prostitute and a drug addict.

The vehicles used to travel the highways of old, centuries ago, will be the focus of an archeologists' meeting at Jonesboro.

Tuesday is World AIDS Day, and the date will be marked in different ways at a couple of sites in Arkansas.

Jonesboro Police and Fire Dispatch confirm to Region 8 News that a fire at Delta Consolidated Industries, Inc.

Jonesboro firefighters responded to a fully engulfed fire off of County Road 780 Saturday afternoon.

HARRISBURG/PARAGOULD, AR Prosecutor's offices throughout the Region 8 viewing area have expressed interest in obtaining additional funding for 2010.

Comedian Robin Williams currently stars in the film, "Old Dogs." But, it was a young boy from Jonesboro who showed him some new tricks.

For many, Thanksgiving is a time to gather with family and share a special meal.

The Arkansas Environmental Education Association is pleased to announce that Kristi Trotter Hattenhauer of the Jonesboro Math and Science Magnet School has been awarded AEEAs first annual environmental education mini-grant for $300. The grant will help fund an indoor butterfly and moth garden which will allow the students in grades 1-6 to study the ...

City officials in Jonesboro are considering cutting the city's public transit system by more than 50 percent beginning in early January.

"My vehicle's been down so I probably catch it every other day," said JETS Rider, Dexter Thompson.

JONESBORO, AR A Jonesboro man accused of 1st degree murder appeared in a Craighead County courtroom Tuesday afternoon.

Nails and hammering were the sights and sounds in North Jonesboro Saturday, as Habitat for Humanity and Region 8 volunteers worked to put a family in a home before the holidays.

Residents of Brentwood near Craighead Forest used their Saturday to decorate their neighborhood with Christmas lights like no others in the area.

Harding University senior guard Matt Garner scored 18 points and sophomore Kirk Porter added 16 to lead the Bisons to a 68-63 victory over Northeastern State in Harding's home opener at the Rhodes Field House.

Here is a preview of some of the stories we're tracking at Region 8 News: A fatal wreck we first reported as breaking news on kait8.com happened around 11 a.m. today when a Ford Mustang was broadsided by a van after it crossed into oncoming traffic, according to Jonesboro Police.

Alan falls for Jake's teacher , whose intelligence is a refreshing change from Kandi's flakiness.