Preparations underway for 42nd annual World Championship BBQ Cooking Competition

Tents are taking over Tom Lee Park for the 42nd annual World Championship Barbecue Cooking Competition.

Amazon to employees: We’ll pay you to quit and haul packages

Amazon says it will cover up to $10,000 in startup costs for employees who are accepted into the program and leave their jobs.
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  ‘This gives me so much hope’: Utah man donates liver to save mom’s life

After 27 years of watching his mom struggle with an autoimmune disease, a Utah man volunteered to donate part of his liver to save her life.

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Craighead Co. mug shots, May 12-18

TRAFFIC ALERT: Jonesboro police respond to crash near Butterball

Police: Three arrested in West Memphis murder case

  Mother’s Day 5K helps families who have lost a loved one

  Memphis Army sergeant laid to rest

Saturday, family and friends of U.S. Army Sergeant Christopher Pugh said their final goodbyes.
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Family friend forced 12-year-old girl to get birth control implant, Pa. mother says

The mother says instead of taking her daughter to school one day in April, the family friend instead took her to get an implantable birth control device.

Video, help from public leads to arrests in car break-in cases

  Overflowing rivers push 9-foot alligator into Northeast Arkansas

One dead in West Memphis shooting

  Axe-throwing craze makes its way to Region 8

Jonesboro woman killed, one injured in crash on Highway 141, ASP says

Report: 401k plan for communities discussed by legislative committee

  Paragould police investigate shooting that injured one person

Sign theft case has city, officials looking for possible remedy

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Man gunned down outside Trump resort in Miami; woman hospitalized

According to witnesses, the shooting began when two groups of rival rappers started arguing outside the Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles Beach.

SPORTS

  Arkansas State women claim Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field championship

  2A State Tournament: EPC, Melbourne softball & McCrory baseball seasons come to an end

Three Region 8 baseball and softball teams fall in state semifinals Saturday

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  A Better Region 8: Jonesboro Police Department and transparency

Suspect arrested in Exxon gas station robbery, police say

TRAFFIC ALERT: Traffic now flowing after train blocked crossing at U.S. 63 and Highway 412

2nd Arkansas medical marijuana dispensary cleared to open

Police: Marijuana, meth, cash, loaded AR-15, Dr. Seuss book leads to three arrests

It was not “Green Eggs and Ham,” but something else green and leafy that led to the arrests of three people Thursday, according to Jonesboro police.
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Mother’s Day spending expected to hit $25 billion this year

Consumers ages 35-44 are likely to spend the most at an average $248, which is up from $224. Also, men are likely to spend more than women at $237 compared with $158, according to the survey

Scene of fire under control

Ameren, MO customers to see changes to electric bill in May

Ex-therapist at Arkansas State Hospital gets probation

Blessing box restocked after vandalism in Malden, MO

ENTERTAINMENT

  NBC releases first look at Bluff City Law

Happening this weekend in Region 8

Large donation made to performing arts program