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Police & city employee salary wages, property maintenance code, flooding prevention, dueling convention center projects, congested roads.... This year's Jonesboro Mayoral race has a lot riding on it. KASU wants to connect you to this year's candidates in a fair and balanced forum. Beginning Thursday, September 22 during NPR's Morning Edition, KASU's Jonathan Reaves will interview all 6 of the candidates one at a time. You get to clearly hear each of these candidates present proposed solutions and answer some of your biggest questions live on 91.9 FM and streaming here on KASU.org & the NPR app.Plus, if you have missed an interview, you can catch up to all of the interviews by subscribing to the special podcast. These interviews will also be available on the NPR One app.All interviews will be at 8:20 am. Here's a schedule of interviews:Thursday, September 22: Incumbent Jonesboro Mayor Harold PerrinFriday, September 23: Thomas ElwoodTuesday, September 27: Nathan ColemanWednesday, September 28: John StreetThursday, September 29: Harold CopenhaverFriday, September 30: Amanda Dunavant

Jonesboro Mayoral Candidates Talk About Flooding

Brandon Tabor, KASU News

In this story, you can hear each candidate for Jonesboro Mayor talk about how they would each address future flooding. Each candidate also reveals their plans for preventing the kind of flooding that hit Jonesboro in May. Click on the Listen button to hear the story.

A Northeast Arkansas native from Wynne, I’ve been involved with radio for about 15 years. I got my Bachelor of Arts degree from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, where I also served as an award-winning News Director for 2 years at KSWH-LP.