UPDATED with more images! A benefit concert in Johnny Cash's native state of Arkansas brought together many of the late iconic performer's family and friends to raise funds for the 'Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Project'.
Monday, May 21 2012 8:25 PM EDT2012-05-22 00:25:11 GMT
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – Two armed robberies have happened in Jonesboro overnight. According to Lt. Steve McDaniel, two black men robbed a customer and clerk at gunpoint at the Kum & Go on Southwest Dr.
According to Lieutenant Steve McDaniel, two men robbed a customer and clerk at gunpoint at the Kum & Go on Southwest Dr. and Culberhouse Rd. around 2:30 Monday morning. Not too far away, the Country Mart on Southwest Dr. was also hit around 11 p.m. Sunday. And, on Saturday, two men also robbed Firehouse Subs on Southwest Dr. at 10 p.m. Saturday.
Saturday, May 19 2012 11:52 PM EDT2012-05-20 03:52:16 GMT
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FULTON, Ark. (AP) - Wildlife officers in Miller County have cited a man for killing an endangered alligator snapping turtle in an illegal hoop net on the Red River. Authorities say 34-year-old Jason Oller
Authorities say 34-year-old Jason Oller of Miller County has a June 11 court date to answer citations for killing the turtle, an 8-foot alligator and an alligator gar. He could be fined nearly $2,500.
Monday, May 21 2012 6:49 AM EDT2012-05-21 10:49:18 GMT
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) - Investigative files on the 2010 shooting deaths of two West Memphis police officers show the officers did not know about the Ohio man they had stopped for a traffic violation
Investigative files on the 2010 shooting deaths of two West Memphis police officers show the officers did not know about the Ohio man they had stopped for a traffic violation or his son who opened fire on them.
Monday, May 21 2012 6:48 AM EDT2012-05-21 10:48:45 GMT
MOUNTAIN HOME, AR (KAIT) – A Baxter County man accused of threatening people with a gun surrendered to the sheriff's office. According to Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery, Vernon Henson came to the
A Baxter County man accused of threatening people with a gun surrendered to the sheriff's office.
Monday, May 21 2012 10:10 AM EDT2012-05-21 14:10:07 GMT
(WMC-TV) – Facebook is apologizing to the mother who was temporarily banned from posting photos to the popular social networking site. Heather Walker spoke with Action News 5 after she was temporarily
Facebook is apologizing to the mother who was temporarily banned from posting photos to the popular social networking site.
Monday, May 21 2012 6:50 AM EDT2012-05-21 10:50:19 GMT
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - A Mississippi County man is facing several charges in Jonesboro stemming from a series of incidents that happened over the weekend, one of which is stealing police cruiser. Jonesboro
A Mississippi County man is facing several charges in Jonesboro stemming from a series of incidents that happened over the weekend, one of which is stealing police cruiser.
Friday, May 18 2012 8:16 PM EDT2012-05-19 00:16:32 GMT
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - The Jonesboro Police Department is investigating an incident involving a Jonesboro High School student who overdosed on an over-the-counter cold medicine. According to police, a
According to police, a 15-year-old student told the school resource officer she ingested "15 triple C's," a slang term for Coricidin Cough & Cold pills.
Monday, May 21 2012 6:48 AM EDT2012-05-21 10:48:15 GMT
CASH, AR (KAIT) – Cash residents awoke Saturday to find red flyers strung up and down Main Street. A local mother placed them everywhere hoping to scare off a "Peeping Tom" from striking again. Tammy
Tammy King has taken extra precautions to not only alert her hometown but also protect the house she's lived in the past 18 years. On Thursday night, neighbors spotted a man trying to peek into her 14-year-old daughter's bedroom and bathroom windows.
Friday, May 18 2012 6:32 AM EDT2012-05-18 10:32:24 GMT
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY - (KAIT) A Bono man is dead after a one vehicle accident on Highway 63 Thursday night. According to Arkansas State Police, 50-year old Edward Moddy Junior was driving north on Highway
A Bono man dies after an accident on Highway 63 Thursday night.
Gov. Bill Haslam says it's "not easy" to strike a balance between efficiency and transparency in state government. Several times this year the Republican governor has favored closing information.
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – There are thousands of places across northeastern Arkansas that help tell the stories that make up our history. Preserving those sites is the focus of the heritage studies program at Arkansas State University.
"We have a lot of very poor communities, but we have a very rich heritage and sometimes we don't even appreciate that heritage. I think it's real important to save that heritage," said Dr. Ruth Hawkins.
There are three projects those with the Arkansas Heritage Sites Program have focused on for the last ten to fifteen years.
"People are always shocked when they come to these sites and say I didn't know this was in Arkansas," said Hawkins.
Now Hawkins and her team are focusing on their newest acquisition, the administration building and the boyhood home of Johnny Cash.
"We're projecting that the Johnny Cash boyhood home, when it's restored, will bring in about $7,000,000 a year," said Hawkins.
Their first project started 14 years ago in Clay County.
"We have the Hemingway-Pfeiffer museum in Piggott where Ernest Hemingway wrote portions of ‘A Farewell to Arms' in the barn," said Hawkins.
Since then they've been busy.
"It was based on the success of that project that we began having people come to us telling us about other properties and other sites that we ought to take a look at," said Hawkins.
Those different places have their own chapter in the history of Arkansas.
"The Southern Tenet Farmers Museum in Tyronza, which is the site of where the first union was formed of agricultural workers, was the first integrated union," said Hawkins.
They also have a site down in Lake Village, right on the Louisiana line that tells a story of the agricultural evolution of the area.
"Particularly the African American experience from in-slave labor before the Civil War, up through tenet farming and the mechanization of agriculture," said Hawkins.
She said we often take our heritage for granted and in some cases are unaware of what happened right under our noses.
"I think it's really interesting because all the sites that we have, that Arkansas State University has are all sites that have some national significance," said Hawkins.
The Johnny Cash Music Festival is being held to raise money to help with the restoration project in Dyess, AR.
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Monday, May 21 2012 8:25 PM EDT2012-05-22 00:25:11 GMT
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – Two armed robberies have happened in Jonesboro overnight. According to Lt. Steve McDaniel, two black men robbed a customer and clerk at gunpoint at the Kum & Go on Southwest Dr.
According to Lieutenant Steve McDaniel, two men robbed a customer and clerk at gunpoint at the Kum & Go on Southwest Dr. and Culberhouse Rd. around 2:30 Monday morning. Not too far away, the Country Mart on Southwest Dr. was also hit around 11 p.m. Sunday. And, on Saturday, two men also robbed Firehouse Subs on Southwest Dr. at 10 p.m. Saturday.
Monday, May 21 2012 7:34 PM EDT2012-05-21 23:34:30 GMT
LAWRENCE COUNTY, AR (KAIT) - From the overpass to west of Hoxie, you can see construction equipment on Hwy 67 as the roadbed moves closer to linking up with the highway from Little Rock. On Hwy 226 from
Mild winters and hot dry Springs and Summers are not great for farmers; but for road construction it's quite the opposite.
From the 63 overpass at Hoxie you can see the construction on 67 North, coming closer every day.
Monday, May 21 2012 7:23 PM EDT2012-05-21 23:23:37 GMT
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - Beginning this coming June, all major cell phone providers will broadcast severe weather alerts via the National Weather Service. The Wireless Emergency Alerts will be sent automatically,
Beginning this coming June, all major cell phone providers will broadcast severe weather alerts via the National Weather Service.
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