Arkansas State University is negotiating with O’Reilly Hospitality Management LLC for a land lease agreement that would develop an Embassy Suites hotel, a conference center and Houlihan's restaurant on campus. read more >
The police chief of a northeastern Arkansas city has temporarily hired the mayor's son to work in the department. read more >
The city of Jonesboro is using a $1.1 million federal grant to build an approximately 2,000-SF bus transfer station. The project will house buses for the Jonesboro Economic Transit System, a lobby for customers and administrative offices, said Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin. read more >
The Jonesboro City Council has approved buying tasers and body cameras for some of its police officers. read more >
If Jonesboro wants to be perceived as a player in economic development — and an effort by Arkansas State University to create an osteopathic medical school and hundreds of millions of dollars in commercial construction in the last few years indicate it does — then it should consider reining in its “Dukes of Hazzard”-quality police chief, Michael Yates. read more >
The publisher of the Jonesboro Sun newspaper wants the city police chief to quit, saying the chief bullied a reporter into quitting by making a series of derogatory statements about her on Facebook. read more >
Leaders in Jonesboro are discussing whether the city's half-cent sales tax funding public safety should be renewed after it expires at the end of the year. read more >
Jonesboro officials are working on ways to make the city's downtown more vibrant and one of the suggestions includes getting rid of a scrapyard that's been operating there for about 100 years. read more >
Arkansas State University is exploring public-private partnerships to establish an osteopathic medical school in Jonesboro. City leaders said such a school would be a new economic engine for the Delta, attracting medical professionals and increasing the availability of primary care. read more >
City officials in Jonesboro are considering a plan to buy a 38-acre property to build a new convention center and hotel. read more >
Nestle USA officials told Jonesboro employees Friday that operations will be curtailed, and 70 full-time positions will be eliminated. The facility's work schedule will be reduced from six days per week to four days per week beginning Feb. 11, factory manager Dan Braswell said. read more >
New hires, promotions and awards for the week of July 16, 2012. read more >
