5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (184+ words) CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - First responders in Craighead County will have new equipment and training to handle weapons of mass destruction incidents Craighead County and the City of Jonesboro have secured a $311,961 grant through the Homeland Security Grant Program to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (516+ words) Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – A man who faced now dropped capital murder charges in a 2019 fatal house fire is now facing new charges following a fire at his ex-girlfriend’s Jonesboro home. District Judge David Boling found probable cause Sept....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (551+ words) Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – A Jonesboro man is being held on a $150,000 cash/surety bond after police said he attacked his pregnant girlfriend, choking her to the point of unconsciousness. Judge Barbara Halsey found probable cause Aug. 31 to charge…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (474+ words) Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – A West Memphis man faces multiple charges after police said he shot at a Jonesboro home and forced his way inside. Judge Barbara Halsey found probable cause Aug. 31 to charge 47-year-old Floydie Billups with the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (384+ words) JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A 22-year-old Jonesboro man faces a felony domestic battery charge after telling police he dropped and shook a 7-week-old child, according to a probable cause affidavit. Special Judge Barbara Halsey found probable cause Monday to charge Caleb…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (347+ words) Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – A Jonesboro sex offender is behind bars on a $250,000 cash/surety bond after police said he was found living at a local motel for a month—within 2,000 feet of three childcare facilities—without updating his…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (317+ words) Trumann, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – The Trumann man arrested in Tennessee in connection with a missing person investigation and the discovery of suspected human remains has returned to Arkansas. Rudy Ray, 56, was booked into the Poinsett County Detention Center at…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (338+ words) The city has been awarded a nearly $50,000 state grant to purchase new equipment for the Tuscaloosa Police Department’s SWAT team, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Friday. The $49,884 grant, awarded through the federal Project Safe Neighborhoods program, will fund night-vision goggles for…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (449+ words) New details were released on Tuesday after a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy accused of domestic battery was arrested. Isaiah Williams, 27, was charged with simple battery, domestic battery by strangulation, robbery by sudden snatching with a firearm, and tampering/altering evidence,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (320+ words) Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – A Jonesboro man who was previously convicted of a violent felony faces a new charge after police said they found a firearm inside his vehicle during a probation search. District Judge David Boling found probable…...