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Stuff the Bus
School is about to be back in session!!! We invite you to help Stuff the Bus on Saturday August 3rd from 9 – 3. Look for the BIG yellow school bus in front of your local Walmart. The Stuff the Bus event will happen in 7 counties: Craighead, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, and Randolph. It will help provide school supplies for 20+ school districts.
Mom visiting son in juvenile detention cited for candy theft
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A woman visiting her son in the Craighead County Juvenile Detention Center ended up facing misdemeanor charges herself after sheriff’s deputies said she broke the glass out of a cancer fundraising candy machine and stole several handfuls. Deputies cited 37-year-old Jessica Lynn Williams of Hayti,...
Pine Bluff Man Faces Charges for GameStop Thefts in Jonesboro, Paragould
JONESBORO, Ark. — Authorities have connected two different thefts from area GameStop stores to a Pine Bluff man, and he’s now facing charges in both Greene and Craighead counties. On May 25, 2024, the Jonesboro Police Department responded to GameStop, 1810 E. Highland Drive, following a report of...
Man accused of threatening victim with knife
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Police arrested a Jonesboro man after they said he threatened to kill someone with a knife. Craighead County District Judge Tommy Fowler found probable cause to charge 18-year-old Nortoris Davis with felony first-degree terroristic threatening serious physical injury or death. According to the affidavit, on Monday,...
Jonesboro man arrested following domestic disturbance
JONESBORO — A Craighead County man is set to be arraigned Aug. 23 after he grabbed a knife and threatened a woman, according to Jonesboro police. Lavell James Walker, 18, of Jonesboro was arrested Saturday after officers went to the 4300 block of Race Street due to a domestic disturbance. Walker was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault on a family or household member and terroristic threatening, 1st degree.
Man sentenced to prison in drug, firearms case
JONESBORO — A Crittenden County man received a 10-year prison sentence Monday after pleading guilty to a pair of drug and firearms charges in Craighead County Circuit Court, according to court records. Gary D. Wilson, 38, of West Memphis pleaded guilty to simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms and...
Mother and son arrested, charged with incest
BONO, Ark. (KAIT) - Police arrested a Bono mother and son they said committed incest. On Friday, July 5, Craighead County Judicial Judge Tommy Fowler found probable cause to charge 27-year-old Austin Dennis Lee Casey and 45-year-old Crystal Lynn Fallis with incest. According to the affidavit, on Thursday, July 4,...
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