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JONESBORO, Ark. — A man accused of pretending he had a gun while trying to enter a Jonesboro home later broke into the residence and stole an Xbox, police said. Michael J. Trotter is charged with criminal attempt to commit aggravated residential burglary and residential burglary, both Class B felonies. [read more...] The post Police: Man Posed as Armed Before Stealing Xbox From Jonesboro Home…
JONESBORO, Ark. — A woman faces a felony charge after police said traffic-camera footage showed her intentionally striking a man she was dating with a car before pursuing him in the vehicle and on foot. Anteunna Smith is charged with aggravated assault on a family or household member, a Class [read more...] The post Woman Accused of Striking Dating Partner With Car, Chasing Him on Foot in…
JONESBORO, Ark. — A Jonesboro man faces four felony charges after drug task force agents said a $20 marijuana purchase helped lead them to an apartment where they seized 2.1 pounds of marijuana, two loaded firearms, scales and packaging materials. Kentavious Robinson is charged with simultaneous possession of drugs and [read more...] The post Jonesboro Man Faces Class Y Felony After 2.1 Pounds of…
JONESBORO, Ark. — A driver faces a felony DWI charge after police said a Highway 49 traffic stop revealed she was driving without a required ignition interlock device and had two vodka bottles inside her SUV. Officer Dustin Simons stopped the blue Kia at about 6:06 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, [read more...] The post Driver Faces Felony Fourth-Offense DWI Charge After Highway 49 Stop appeared first on…
LITTLE ROCK—George Elliot Gibson, III, will spend the next 48 months in federal prison for assault with the intent to rob two United States Postal employees. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down today by United States District [read more...] The post Tennessee Man Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for…
JONESBORO, Ark. — The man charged with first-degree murder after four pedestrians were struck at two Jonesboro locations now faces a separate felony drug case stemming from a July encounter at another Walmart. Michael Coleman, 43, is charged in the new case with possession of between 10 and 200 grams [read more...] The post Man Charged in Jonesboro Pedestrian Death Faces Separate Meth Case…
JONESBORO, Ark. — An Econo Lodge employee faces a felony charge after police said he used a guest’s debit card number to order food from Papa Johns and Uber Eats. Roshan Acharya is charged with theft of property involving a credit or debit card, a Class D felony. He also [read more...] The post Hotel Employee Accused of Using Guest’s Debit Card Number for Food Orders appeared first on NEA Report .
Arkansas officials confident people on Medicaid expansion will retain health coverage by Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Advocate Arkansas Secretary of Human Services Janet Mann said Monday that she expects the more than 215,000 people on the state’s Medicaid expansion to retain some form of health coverage, despite the Trump administration’s moves [read more...] The post Arkansas Officials Confident People…
by Ainsley Platt, Arkansas Advocate August 18, 2026 The Arkansas Department of Education launched a universal application system Tuesday for colleges and universities in the state. The portal launched a little over a year after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the Arkansas ACCESS Act, which directed the department to create [read more...] The post Arkansas Launches Universal Application Portal…
RURAL LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ark. — A 20-year-old Pocahontas man was killed and an Ash Flat woman was injured Monday morning in a head-on collision on U.S. 63. The crash occurred at about 7:59 a.m. near Lawrence Road 106, according to an Arkansas State Police preliminary fatal crash report. Police said [read more...] The post Pocahontas Man Killed, Ash Flat Woman Injured in Lawrence County Crash…
