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Prayers Pouring In After 'Beloved' Girls Basketball Coach Dies At 51

Basketball · Jonesboro

Prayers Pouring In After 'Beloved' Girls Basketball Coach Dies At 51

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Get To Know Basketball Influencer Rachel DeMita (1:23) Prayers are pouring in after a beloved girls basketball coach died at 51 years old.A beloved girls basketball coach, who also served as a town council member, died in late May. He died suddenly, according to a report from the News & Observer.Marlon Lee, the head girls basketball coach at Clayton High School, was also a town council member, a position he served since 2013. Prayers are pouring…See the Story

Arvest Million Meals Campaign raises $18,396 for the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

Jonesboro, Arkansas · Jonesboro

Arvest Million Meals Campaign raises $18,396 for the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

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JONESBORO — The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas is gaining just over $18,000 thanks to a local campaign.See the Story

Area groups receive funding from Kiwanis

Jonesboro, Arkansas · Jonesboro

Area groups receive funding from Kiwanis

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JONESBORO — A “call from Nirvana” early one morning around 2:30 a.m., soon after storms moved into Northeast Arkansas piqued the interest of United Way of Northeast Arkansas Executive Director Heather Coats.See the Story

Council approves bonds in 9-3 vote

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JONESBORO — The city is moving forward with a bond issue to finance some capital improvements, despite objections to the procedures.Jonesboro, Arkansas · Jonesboro See the Story

Downtown truck ban approved

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JONESBORO — City council members on Tuesday unanimously approved a ban on large commercial trucks in Jonesboro’s downtown business district.Jonesboro, Arkansas · Jonesboro See the Story

First MitraClip procedure in the region performed at St. Bernards

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JONESBORO — St. Bernards Medical Center has completed the region’s first minimally invasive mitral valve repair, offering a new treatment option for high-risk heart patients who are not eligible for traditional open-heart surgery.Jonesboro, Arkansas · Jonesboro Read Article

UAMS performs groundbreaking epilepsy surgery as part of FDA-approved clinical trial

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LITTLE ROCK — Surgeons from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have performed the first transplantation in Arkansas of interneuron cell therapy, called NRTX-1001, into a patient with non-lesional epilepsy as part of an FDA-approved clinical trial under…Jonesboro, Arkansas · Jonesboro Read Article

Man, 53, Accusing of Raping Girl, 13

JONESBORO — Police have arrested a local man following a three-month investigation into reports that he raped a 13-year-old girl.Jonesboro, Arkansas · Jonesboro See the Story

Rosanne Cash, Trisha Yearwood to host songwriting circle at Arkansas State | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Rosanne Cash and Trisha Yearwood, with accompaniment by John Leventhal, will host the third annual Sunken Lands Songwriting Circle on the Arkansas State University campus in September.Jonesboro, Arkansas · Jonesboro See the Story

City of Jonesboro Moves Forward with Capital Investment Plan - NEA Report

JONESBORO, Ark. — The Jonesboro City Council last night approved a revenue bond issue to fund several large projects in the community. “This revenue bond gives us the ability to save lives without increasing taxes,” said Mayor Harold Copenhaver. “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we have [read more...] The post City of Jonesboro Moves Forward with Capital Investment Plan appeared first on NEA Report.Jonesboro, Arkansas · Jonesboro Read Article

Mayor Addresses City's Fire Protection Agreement with Jackson Township

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AUBURN — Jackson Township residents have been down this road before: needing to find a solution to provide fire protection for its residents.Jonesboro, Arkansas · Jonesboro See the Story

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