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Jonesboro, Arkansas. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Craighead. Associated ZIP codes: 72401, 72402, 72403, 72404, 72405.
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JONESBORO -- A 33-yard field goal from Clune Van Andel with 8:19 left in fourth quarter proved to be the difference as Arkansas State outlasted Kennesaw Stat...
JONESBORO, Ark. — Turnovers and penalties were the Achilles heel for the UWG football team on Saturday night in Arkansas as the Wolves dropped a 52-7 road...
JONESBORO -- A former federal prison guard testified Thursday that he had never used a laptop that was found to contain child sexual abuse material and that...
Local veteran and Licensed Professional Counselor Doug Strickland is continuing to expand access to comprehensive mental health and wellness services across...
The Arkansas State football team in Jonesboro has placed a league-high seven selections on the 2026 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference First Team, the league...
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at Stage Too on Main Street in Downtown Jonesboro for a new mural painted by a northeast Arkansas local. Jonesboro celebra...
A 20-year-old Manila man died Thursday in a three-vehicle crash on Highland Drive in east Jonesboro, according to Arkansas State Police.
The administration of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders knew the machine parts maker in Jonesboro likely complied with Arkansas law. In 2023, the governor attacked...
GOJO, the transportation arm of the city of Jonesboro, is expanding upon its existing service to Arkansas State University through a partnership with the uni...
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Arkansas State women’s basketball tipped off summer workouts this week.
A judge sentenced a Jonesboro man to 15 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections after he pleaded guilty to shooting his wife three times.
Jonesboro Media Group and K8 announced the relocation from the Southside Softball Complex to the campus of Arkansas State University for the America 250 Free...
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Arkansas State University-Mountain Home has received a $720,298 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand access to education, student support...
Arkansas candidates make final campaign push in Benton County ahead of Election Day
Jacksonville High School has one of the most unique coaching staffs of any high school football team in Arkansas, as their head coach has a decorated resume in
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Jonesboro is in Craighead County, Arkansas.
Region: Arkansas
72401, 72402, 72403, 72404, 72405
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Arkansas State University-Mountain Home has received a $720,298 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand access to education, student support...
Arkansas candidates make final campaign push in Benton County ahead of Election Day
Jacksonville High School has one of the most unique coaching staffs of any high school football team in Arkansas, as their head coach has a decorated resume in
Indigenous peoples lived in the Jonesboro area for thousands of years, and at the time of European contact the historic tribes there included the Osage, Caddo and Quapaw. The name of the state of Arkansas comes from the Quapaw language. French and Spanish traders and trappers dealt with these peoples, and after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 American settlers came to explore, hunt, trap and trade in the area.
In 1859 land was taken from Greene, Mississippi and Poinsett counties to form Craighead County, and Jonesboro was designated its county seat, with Lake City later named a second seat as population grew in the west of the county. The town, with 150 residents in 1859, was named for State Senator William A. Jones in recognition of his support for creating the county. It was first spelled Jonesborough, later shortened to its present form. In March 1881, after the murder of a young woman on a farm near town, four Black men were arrested and bound over to a grand jury, and on the night of March 12 a masked mob of 200 to 300 men broke into the church where they were held under guard about 8 miles north of Jonesboro and hanged them. A newspaper of the time called the event one of the blackest pages in the annals of the region. Sources Wikipedia: Jonesboro, Arkansas
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