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In Region 8, there’s a possibility for two medical marijuana cultivation facilities to be located in Jackson County. → Read More
Five Rivers, which is located in Pocahontas, is one of 11 Stroke Ready Hospitals across the state of Arkansas according to the Department of Health. → Read More
A Region 8 school district is reexamining their active shooter training and procedures following Wednesday's deadly shooting in Florida. → Read More
Crooks aren't always caught red-handed. Oftentimes, police rely on witness statements, tips, and leads to bring a criminal to justice. But sometimes there's an even better witness to a crime: a sec... → Read More
A convicted child rapist faces a new charge after a 9-year-old girl told authorities the man raped her when she was 6 or 7 years old. Karess D. Jones, 41, of Lexa, AR, was arrested Feb. 12, 2018, o... → Read More
Pocahontas Mayor Kary Story told Region 8 News that Domino's Pizza is slated to open soon in the Randolph County town. → Read More
One of the few remaining residential properties on Red Wolf Boulevard is slated to be torn down and a shopping center built in its place. → Read More
Now, roughly 550 churches worldwide celebrate A Night to Shine. In Jonesboro Friday, Fellowship Baptist Church hosted their first-ever event. → Read More
A popular southern restaurant centered around all things chicken salad might soon be coming to Jonesboro. Tuesday, the Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission will consider a site plan appr... → Read More
On Thursday, Jonesboro Unlimited announced the addition of more than 1,200 new full-time jobs in 2017. Those jobs came from five target industries Jonesboro Unlimited identified through their campa... → Read More
The city of Jonesboro held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday morning for the town's new Shooting Sports Complex. The complex will be built on 200 acres off Moore Road and will include several dif... → Read More
A Jonesboro man is behind bars on a half-million dollar bond after police identified him as the suspect in a series of car break-ins dating back to November 2017. → Read More
The Cherry Valley Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying the person behind multiple copper thefts in town. → Read More
Two sales tax issues will be on the ballot in March in Walnut Ridge. At a city council meeting Monday night, aldermen approved two measures. → Read More
A Pocahontas man, accused of shooting and killing another man in 2016, waived his right to a jury trial Tuesday and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. → Read More
An inmate awaiting transfer to the Arkansas Department of Correction now faces another charge after he allegedly tried to throw a cup of “HIV piss” on a detention officer. → Read More
Security footage from a home in the 5000-block of Rockport Drive helped land a breaking and entering suspect behind bars on multiple charges. → Read More
The city purchased more than 200 acres of land off of Moore Road for the facility. Communications Director Bill Campbell said the city purchased the land for $1.276 million. → Read More
Most who took the survey also said they'd support a new highway program to generate additional revenue. → Read More
It's been nearly six months since a Jonesboro Police Department officer suffered a "widow maker" heart attack while on the job. The officer survived the ordeal but when workers compensation denied ... → Read More