Rebecca Robinson
Reporter / Moring Edition Co-ProducerA 2019 graduate of Sheridan High School, Robinson graduated from A-State with a degree in multimedia journalism in December 2023. In January 2021, while working toward her degree, she was named sports editor for The Herald, A-State’s student-run newspaper.
She received three first place awards from the Arkansas Collegiate Media Association for her sports reporting. A year later, she became Herald editor-in-chief. In the fall semester of 2023, Robinson interned at The Jonesboro Sun.
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The Jonesboro City Council heard updates on the millions of dollars’ worth of projects from the Connectivity Advisory Committee during Tuesday night's regular meeting.
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders visited the City of Wynne for the 10th “Capitol for a Day” before the one-year anniversary of a deadly EF-3 tornado that took four lives.
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke to the 50th Governor's Conference on Tourism saying the state's tourism “is on fire.”
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The Jonesboro City Council introduced a resolution for the purchase of a historic building that was met with some back and forth on Tuesday night.
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Craig Rickert, the Executive Director of the Jonesboro Advertising and Promotion Commission, spoke about the Sportsplex coming to Jonesboro at the University Heights Lions Club on Tuesday.
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The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission held public meetings in Pocahontas and Jonesboro to get feedback about the Dave Donaldson Black River Wildlife Management Area renovations. The AGFC is working on plans to renovate the area to address flooding, conserve the bottomland hardwood waterfowl, and the conservation of Red Oak trees. Some community members are frustrated with the agency.
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The NEA Political Animals hosted the supreme court of Arkansas’ chief justice candidates Justice Rhonda Wood, Justice Barbra Webb and Attorney Jay Martin in Jonesboro.
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Craighead County Judge Marvin Day met with the Jonesboro University Heights Lions Club to give a “State of the County” on Tuesday.
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A levee failure on Monday on the Cache River caused a flash flood warning in parts of Poinsett and Jackson County with thousands of gallons of water per minute flowing out of the levee.
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Craighead Electric bought a piece of property connected to their headquarters that contained the Thelma Holford Pet Cemetery. The news sparked outrage from those who’s pets were buried there.
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Rachel Anderson, a former Jonesboro Police Department employee, had her hearing in court on Wednesday in a lawsuit against the City of Jonesboro, the mayor, and police chief.
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The Jonesboro Sportsplex Steering Committee met Tuesday morning at First Security Bank to update the progress being made to the indoor sports complex coming to Race Street.