Poinsett County

The Arkansas State Highway Commission has come to a consent settlement with I&C Rentals Inc. and Island Ready Mix LLC. The businesses will have 30 days to remove or screen any junked vehicles and scrap materials that can be easily seen from the highway.

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

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.

Jonesboro, AR – Arkansas residents are still processing the destruction caused by multiple tornadoes hitting the northeastern section of the state. Relief groups on the ground expect recovery to take weeks.

Runoffs in Craighead County include the race for Jonesboro City Clerk between Linda Allison and April Leggett. Unofficial totals from the Secretary of State's office showed that Allison received 48.31% (11,894) of the vote, while Leggett earned 37.01% (9,111).

Maranda Davidson, 15, escaped on Monday from the Rite of Passage youth detention center in Harrisburg.

Craighead County has had 4,432 confirmed cases with 40 deaths, the ADH reported. In addition to surges in new cases, school districts throughout Northeast Arkansas have been identified as in the “red zone” for new cases, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement.

Christopher Wayne Sparks AKA "Flip", 34, is wanted for rape and child pornography out of Poinsett County. Authorities say he should be considered armed and dangerous.

Bridge work along a two-mile stretch of I-555 in Poinsett County will continue for quite a while. Starting mid-March, 16 bridges along a two-mile span of…

TRUMANN, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge has found probable cause to hold a Tennessee man on $1 million bail pending formal charges in what authorities say…