Jonesboro, AR

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• Children's Shelter receives donation

  January 16th, 2012
  KAIT JONESBORO, AR (KAIT)-The Children's Shelter in Walnut Ridge got a much needed donation on Monday. Representatives from Wal-Mart came out to give them a check for twenty-five thousand dollars. President of the Board of Directors, Judy Turnbull, ...

• Coalition to confront city council on under representation of African Americans

  January 17th, 2012
  KAIT By Amanda Hanson, Video Journalist - bio | email JONESBORO, AR (KAIT)- The Jonesboro City Council meeting took place Tuesday night and the Diversity Coalition of Jonesboro was in attendance to present a concern. While the coalition says the city hasn't ...

• Wynne High School students are making a difference

  January 17th, 2012
  KAIT JONESBORO, AR (KAIT)-A group of Region 8 high school students are putting down their pencils and books to combat teen homelessness. Wynne High School East Lab students Shelbi Hinkle and Sammie Smith are holding a jean drive in collaboration with ...

• Lady Eagles slip past Lady Raiders

  January 18th, 2012

• Local site goes dark in anti-piracy bill protest

  January 18th, 2012
  KAIT By Will DuPree, Video Journalist - bio | email JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – Customers logging onto the Millenium 3 site in Jonesboro found a black screen with the headline, "Stop SOPA!" Millenium 3 decided to go dark online Wednesday in protest of the US ...

• Town hall meeting commemorates major earthquakes

  January 19th, 2012
  KAIT JONESBORO, AR (KAIT)- A commemoration for a powerful series of earthquakes dating 200 years took place on the campus of Arkansas State University Thursday evening. The town hall meeting discussed the 1811 and 1812 New Madrid Seismic Zone Earthquakes. ...

• Jonesboro E-911 adds new positions, changes protocol

  January 19th, 2012
  KAIT By Will DuPree, Video Journalist - bio | email JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – The City of Jonesboro changed up the way calls are answered through its Emergency 911 police dispatch. Two new operators will soon handle most of the calls, cutting down the time ...

• Do all college degrees bring the big bucks?

  January 18th, 2012
  KAIT By Keith Boles, Video Journalist - email JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - A recent report from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce suggests that "all majors are not created equal." The report says that some degrees will do well right from the ...

• Is Craighead County prepared for natural disaster?

  January 13th, 2012
  KAIT By Amanda Hanson, Video Journalist - bio | email JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - Over the past couple of years, making sure you're prepare for a natural disaster has become even more relevant. From the 2009 ice storm to flooding this past spring. ...

• Statistics show women are safer drivers than men

  January 14th, 2012
  KAIT By Will DuPree, Video Journalist - bio | email JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – Men and women have long debated who is better behind the wheel, but new numbers may indicate the winner of this battles of the sexes. Men may have to swallow their pride because ...

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