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The Arkansas State University Board of Trustees approved operating budgets for the 2013-14 academic year and voted to maintain its policy of not allowing concealed guns on system campuses at its meeting today on the Jonesboro campus of ASU-Newport. System President Charles L. Welch told members of the board that the campus administrators emphasized ... (more)

JONESBORO, AR - If the first phase of terror is living through a natural disaster, the second phase is having to rebuild after a home and everything in it has been destroyed.

JONESBORO, AR A woman woke up Wednesday morning and noticed her car had been broken into.

JONESBORO, AR - Several groups around Jonesboro are coming together to collect items for Oklahoma tornado victims.

Shanrika Coleman A one-car crash Wednesday night ended with a Jonesboro woman and a six-month-old baby in custody.

Photo provided by Jonesboro Police Dept. Do you recognize the man featured in these photos? If so, the Jonesboro Police Department wants to hear from you.

Update : JONESBORO, AR - Arkansas State University's board has voted this morning to opt out of a measure that would have allowed concealed guns on campus.

Makenzie take the pulse oximetry test daily to check her oxygen levels Makenzie after her second open heart surgery, the Glenn Left untreated, most children with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome don't live beyond two weeks.

JONESBORO, AR - A Wednesday night house fire is under investigation by the Jonesboro Fire Department.

While Mary Jane Hart didn't win the $600 million jackpot, she did manage to collect a cool $1 million.

The Conway Christian senior said she expected one of two other classmates to garner the title, and the moment she realized she would be valedictorian was an unexpected one.

Davy Carter, speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, today was named executive vice president at Home BancShares Inc.

In the heart of Memphis In May barbecue season, we're bold to suggest you travel beyond the bounds of the greater Memphis area to get elbow-deep in a plate of ribs.

JONESBORO, Ark. - Arkansas' cotton, rice and corn growers are making a late-inning rally after a spring-long rain-and-cold delay that kept them from planting their crops.

He also expanded to 200 the acreage of his Newport, Arkansas, farm devoted to the fruits and vegetables, though that's where the growth will end.

Dr. Shane Speights Dr. Spencer Guinn S.W.A.T. Doc training JONESBORO, AR - Saying "I want to give back to the community". You've heard it, and probably even said it.

JONESBORO, AR - The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas received a grant on Monday that will help feed the children of Region 8. The Arkansas Community Foundation awarded the food bank $1,000. This was made possible through the St.

Scholarships totaling more than $21,0000 were recently awarded to local health care students by the Conway Regional Health Foundation.

The move is set for Wednesday, when City Hall will be closed. Offices are to reopen Thursday at their new home at 300 S. Church Street.