Jonesboro (Arkansas)

Jonesboro shooter gets more prison time in Ark.

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Jonesboro school shooter Mitchell Johnson was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison and could remain behind bars well into his 30s. Johnson, 24, had faced a...

5 Jonesboro Students in Hospital After Taking Drug

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) -- Officials say five students from Nettleton Junior High School in Jonesboro were taken to the hospital Thursday morning after taking an unidentified prescription drug. School officials said teachers...

Jonesboro deposition remains sealed for now

JONESBORO, Ark. — A videotaped deposition of Andrew Golden, one of the two boys who killed four students and a teacher at a Jonesboro middle school in 1998, will be released only after a civil lawsuit has been tried, a judge...

Police Arrest Teen in 2007 Jonesboro Murder

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) -- Police arrested a teenager already accused of another murder in the 2007 shooting death of a Jonesboro man. Circuit Judge Lee Fergus found probable cause to charge 19 year-old Jason Jamar White with...

8 Arrested in Impromptu Obama Celebration in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Jonesboro police arrested eight Arkansas State University students after a melee at an impromptu Barack Obama victory celebration near the campus. Three police officers suffered minor injuries. Police...

ST. LOUIS: Wayne Cashion, retired Pattonville principal

Wayne Cashion, a sharecropper's son who was decorated for bravery in combat in World War II and became a principal for the Pattonville School District, died Saturday (Oct. 25, 2008) of lung cancer at his home in Alpharetta, Ga....

Area should keep looking ahead for opportunities

Not all the economic news lately has been bad, especially if you live in the Jonesboro area. It was announced last week a new $100 million plant to be built there will provide 700 jobs and tap the alternative energy field to boot.

Arkansas pols discover enthusiasm for Obama (Politico)

Jonathan Martin Jonathan Martin – Mon Oct 27, 12:00 am ET AP – Former President Bill Clinton campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., … Bill Clinton, above in Jonesboro, Ark., returned to his...