Craighead County News

During a traffic stop Thursday afternoon on North Allis, Jonesboro police reportedly discovered one of the passengers, 23-year-old Jonathan Currie of Jonesboro, was wanted on a Craighead County felony warrant.

JONESBORO, AR - Murder victim, Marc Despain's parents never doubted his wife Michelle's involvement in his murder.

Beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, the foundation will sponsor a Memorial Day ceremony at the Craighead County Courthouse, next to the Doughboy statue.

GREENE COUNTY, AR Emergency crews are working to find the location of an airplane collision in Greene County.

A Grumman G164 and an Air Tractor crashed into each other around 11:35 a.m., about 16 miles southwest of Paragould, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford said.

Tuesday afternoon officers stopped a car driven by 44-year-old Phillip Tillman. According to the police report, Tillman was driving on a suspended license and had numerous warrants for his arrest.

Craighead County sheriff's deputies arrested Rayford Pryor, 35, early Sunday morning at a safety checkpoint on Highway 1 at CR 428.

A search of a Jonesboro home ended with two people and more than 13 grams of meth in police custody.

At 1:30 Wednesday afternoon, nearly 24 hours after a warrant was issued for his arrest, Lonny Wesley Lockley, 28, of Jonesboro turned himself in to the Craighead County Sheriff's Office.

According to the Jonesboro police report, 29-year-old Matthew Eric Andrews was stopped at 11 a.m. Monday near the intersection of Huntington and Union Avenue for having illegal tint on his Chevy pickup truck.

A fight involving as many as 10 people Monday night ended with two suspects in the Craighead County Detention Center facing a laundry list of charges.

On May 5th 1993, the bodies of Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers were found in a creek bed in Craighead county.

NEWPORT, AR Police and emergency crews are on the scene of a semi-accident on Highway 69 near Jacksonport.

LAKE CITY, AR - At Riverside High School in Lake City, the Clothing II class has students helping families during devastating times.