Craighead County

Although sales and use tax collections in Jonesboro and Craighead County had maintained a steady record pace in recent months, those collections had slowed when compared to earlier in the year. Collections surged by double digits in August.

Two open seats on the Jonesboro City Council will each see a three-way race in November as the filing period for people seeking a municipal office or a school board seat closed on Wednesday in Arkansas.

A burn ban is in effect for a couple of counties in Northeast Arkansas, including Craighead.

Mary Dawn Marshall is the projected winner of a Republican runoff election in Craighead County for county clerk against Nancy Robbins. Paragould Police Captain Brad Snyder is the projected winner for Greene County Sheriff and Randy Barber is the projected winner for Randolph County Judge

Over 5,900 Craighead County residents participated in early voting for the Arkansas Primary elections.

The Craighead County-Jonesboro African-American Cultural Center inside of the E. Boone Watson Center has been preserving the area's Black heritage for over 25 years. KASU's Brandon Tabor speaks to Roger McKinney, the building supervisor and curator of the museum.

A spike in coronavirus cases in Craighead County has prompted a local Walmart to shut down temporarily to clean and sanitize its store.

Governor Asa Hutchinson will be in Trumann on Thursday as Northeast Arkansas communities continue to pickup after devastating tornadoes that ripped through the area at the end of last week.