Craighead County News

The most notable and noticeable feature of the gown is, of course, the slit in the left side of the skirt, if the lower part of the dress could be termed a skirt.

CRAIGHEAD COUNTY Shirley Harrell is a crime victim. Her break in was discovered on Saturday.

JONESBORO, AR Your dollar isn't going as far as it used to, and because of that neither are some of the trucks that fix rural county roads.

The soybean crop was planted late this year as a result of the floods, said Jeremy Ross, soybean specialist for the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.

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.