Fox News (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Mitchell Johnson, who as a teen helped shoot and kill five people in a schoolyard ambush in Jonesboro, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison on an unrelated federal weapons charge.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
A federal judge in Fayetteville sentenced Mitchell Johnson, a gunman in the 1998 shootings at a Jonesboro middle school, to four years in prison on unrelated weapons charges.
Aggie Sports (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) -- The return of six offensive starters and five defensive regulars from a team that went 5-7 last season indicates Arkansas Stat ...
Blogs for Borders (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
ARRA News Service : Jonesboro, Arkansas Police Chief Michael Yates spoke to a public meeting called Thursday to discuss the problem of drugs. Jonesborro is home to Arkansas State University, the flag ship of the ASU Educational System with many colleges in Eastern Arkansas. Like many large university communities, Joneboro faces the issues and problems created by illegal drug use. But of special interest...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Federal Signal Corporation's Safety and Security Systems Group, a leader in advancing security and well-being, announced today that St. Bernard Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas,...
BPOTiger (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
N.E.W. Customer Service Companies Inc. has announced building 2nd call center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It will create 120 jobs. The center will deliver customer service and troubleshooting to the customers of DirecTV Group Inc. The agents would earn $9 per hour. Meaning an eight-hour shift will fetch an agent around $72 or approximately $1450 in a month. Compared to Philippines or India, the salary...
South Dakota Politics (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
As I drove north from the Jonesboro Arkansas Public Library, where I filed my last post, along swollen rivers under a canopy of boiling clouds, another storm brewed in the local blogosphere. As Professor Schaff notes, we got a lot...
Arkansas Watch (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Posting by permission an email by Arkansas Family Coalition, Bob Hester Director Common citizen prevails over government bureaucracy/apology made Ladies back on the post office sidewalk collecting signatures this morning Jonesboro Sun had a story on their front page today with colored picture with this headline: "Woman receives apology after postal officials made her leave sidewalk." The
Arkansas Watch (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Post below was sent out across Arkansas by Arkansas Family Coalition, Bob Hester, Director. Headline and excerpts from Jonesboro Sun story below were on the on front page, May 28, 08, about a lady who was collecting signatures for illegal alien ballot initiative. The lady is a supporter of our organization, Arkansas Family Coalition, and we know her well. Isn't it strange that illegal aliens
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
A Snickers bar did in one Arkansas burglar. Police in Jonesboro said Brian D. Bass, 39, left the half-eaten candy bar on a counter at the Cato Animal Hospital during a Jan. 24 robbery.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
A Snickers bar did in one Arkansas burglar. Police in Jonesboro said Brian D. Bass, 39, left the half-eaten candy bar on a counter at the Cato Animal Hospital during a Jan. 24 robbery.
Springfield MO Soccer (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
Sikeston - 2 Valley View -v1 Sikeston scored first, by Murray State signee Jordi Ferrell in the 18th minute. The visitors from Jonesboro, AR tied it only 4 minutes later by Madison Maddox. The game-winner came from Abbi Keefer in the 72nd minute. Moberly - 2 (OT) Parkview Vikings - 1 Moberly broke the deadlock when Leslie [...]
The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
StarTek Inc. will open a call center in Jonesboro, Ark., in the third quarter, the Denver company said Monday. (SRT)
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--StarTek, Inc. (NYSE:SRT), a leading provider of high value business process outsourcing services to the communications industry, announced today that it has signed a
