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Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Logan Whaley
Nearly 30 superintendents will be replaced statewide, but over half of all new superintendents in the state will be in Region 8. Here's why:
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Imani Williams
The Everlasting Knowledge Academy, also known as EKA, is hosting its first intergenerational summer camp. This means people of different ages are all at one camp.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2021 at 10:58 PM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
The first recipient of the Chloe Elizabeth Vaught Memorial Scholarship at Arkansas State University is named.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2021 at 7:51 PM CDT
|By Bradley Brewer
Last month, ASU-Newport announced three new scholarships that help students coming out of prison, among others with difficult pasts.
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Updated: Jun. 23, 2021 at 5:11 PM CDT
|By Brooke Buckner
In just a couple of months, students will walk through the school doors again for another school year at The Christian Academy thanks to help from the community.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2021 at 7:08 PM CDT
|By Bradley Brewer
UACCB is upgrading and expanding its trucking instruction program, thanks to a $525,000 grant.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2021 at 2:03 PM CDT
|By KY3 Staff
A total of 277 Missouri school districts earned the Patrol’s Total Fleet Excellence award in 2021.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2021 at 3:38 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The University of Arkansas system on Monday named an acting chancellor for its flagship campus in Fayetteville after the school’s leader abruptly resigned last week.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2021 at 11:02 PM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
Goodwill wants to help create a charter school in Jonesboro to help people without high school diplomas continue their education.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2021 at 11:07 PM CDT
|By Hannah Campbell
ASUN at Marked Tree says this will make much-needed medical education programs more accessible.
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Updated: Jun. 17, 2021 at 6:12 PM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
University of Arkansas Chancellor Joseph E. Steinmetz will step down, effective Friday.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2021 at 2:20 PM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
Class of 2021 valedictorians from around Region 8
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 6:23 PM CDT
|By Mark Bullion
One person’s mean comment drew a strong reaction with hundreds speaking out in the teacher’s defense, which he didn’t expect.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 11:59 AM CDT
|By CNN staff
With the pandemic easing up and more businesses opening, workers are starting to return to offices, but a shortage in childcare workers is having a domino effect on parents who can’t leave their kids home alone.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2021 at 9:47 PM CDT
|By Toni Chritton Johnson
100-year-old school for blacks gets a facelift
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 11:48 PM CDT
|By Kenley Hargett
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed HB 2497 to create the Texas 1836 Project.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 6:10 PM CDT
|By Bradley Brewer
Standardized testing has been under scrutiny for some time now, and now Arkansas State is removing it as a requirement for prospective students.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 11:26 AM CDT
|By Shyra Sherfield
Rhodes College has plans to make unvaccinated students cough up a little more money each semester for a health and safety fee.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 10:42 AM CDT
|By Jessica Ladd
Students in the Kennett area are getting a chance at free help to complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) this summer.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2021 at 10:02 PM CDT
|By Hannah Campbell
The state board of finance met on Tuesday to discuss options on what they can do to keep public school employee’s insurance available.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2021 at 1:38 PM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
A Batesville college hopes a half-million-dollar grant will shift a future trucking program into overdrive.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2021 at 9:46 PM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
ASU Newport is lifting its mask mandates at its three campus locations.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2021 at 6:24 PM CDT
|By Isabelle Hanson
The teachers said they learned new ways to use technology that they'll bring to the classroom this coming school year.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2021 at 10:58 PM CDT
|By Monae Stevens
The student says she ran off the bus in tears with blood running down her face.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2021 at 8:14 PM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
Thanks to funding from the CARES Act, the Beck Center for Veterans at Arkansas State University will receive over $50,000 to help with their program.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2021 at 6:46 PM CDT
|By Brooke Buckner
Each of the students left their mark on the car.
Updated: May. 19, 2021 at 11:41 PM CDT
|By Hannah Campbell
Trumann sixth-grader Ava Henley won the Zaner-Bloser Handwriting competition in the state. She’s competing on the national level.
Updated: May. 19, 2021 at 8:30 PM CDT
|By Logan Whaley
With BRTC, a school of around 1,200 students, being one of the few colleges in rural Arkansas, they’ve seen their enrollment numbers trend up and down over the past few years.
Updated: May. 19, 2021 at 5:24 PM CDT
|By Bradley Brewer
Third and fourth grade students at the University Heights Intermediate School in Jonesboro have started selling lemonade with all proceeds going to charity.
Updated: May. 18, 2021 at 5:48 PM CDT
|By Logan Whaley
As kids at Cave City Middle School finish the year, each of the near-300 students will return in August to a new type of school, a charter school that will be just the sixth of its kind in the state.
Updated: May. 13, 2021 at 11:04 PM CDT
|By Monae Stevens
Some school districts chose to use some of their COVID-19 funds to give additional pay to their employees.
Updated: May. 13, 2021 at 11:00 PM CDT
|By Hannah Campbell
A day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to kids as young as 12 in the United States, parents lined up with their children to get vaccinated.
Updated: May. 13, 2021 at 5:19 PM CDT
|By Logan Whaley
Teachers with the Brookland School District wanted to step in to give the athletes an event of their own. As they started planning, the community started to help out.
Updated: May. 10, 2021 at 7:00 PM CDT
|By Imani Williams
D.A.R.E students across Jonesboro participated in another year of essay writing contests.
Updated: May. 8, 2021 at 9:57 AM CDT
|By Monae Stevens
Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library will expand their children's library to better serve the community.
Updated: May. 7, 2021 at 6:16 PM CDT
|By Imani Williams
In just one week, Jonesboro’s Pre-K Center raised over $15,000 for St. Jude with their annual Trike-A-Thon. They finished off the week with a day of celebration with snow cones and a tricycle ride.
Updated: May. 6, 2021 at 9:58 AM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
Help us celebrate National Teachers Week by sharing a photo of your favorite educator.
Updated: May. 5, 2021 at 3:01 PM CDT
|By Jeremy J. Ford
Students at Three Rivers College participated in an earthquake-simulated mass casualty training session.
Updated: May. 4, 2021 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Jessica Ladd
Three Rivers College will hold its biannual mass casualty training event on Wednesday, May 5, in the Bess Activity Center on the Poplar Bluff Campus of Three Rivers College.
Updated: May. 3, 2021 at 11:10 PM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
After nearly 5 hours and an hour in executive session, the board made a decision.
Updated: May. 2, 2021 at 5:37 PM CDT
|By Logan Whaley
Two high school students, one at Walnut Ridge and the other at Hoxie, thought they were in trouble, but they were surprised with new vehicles.
Updated: May. 1, 2021 at 1:04 PM CDT
|By Hannah Campbell
Paragould Junior High Counselor Samantha Tilley received a huge award on the state level and is to compete for a national award.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2021 at 4:56 PM CDT
|By Isabelle Hanson
According to Missouri's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, issues with recruiting and retaining educators existed before the pandemic.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2021 at 3:02 PM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
A bill that would allow school districts to tell students about the availability of free feminine hygiene products on campus was signed into law Thursday.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2021 at 11:14 PM CDT
|By Hannah Campbell
More cash is coming to students to fight food insecurity this summer. The Biden Administration is set to launch the largest summer food program in U.S. history.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2021 at 11:11 PM CDT
|By Monae Stevens
Blytheville School Board ordered administration to investigate the girls’ high school basketball program after accusations of inequities.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2021 at 6:57 PM CDT
|By Imani Williams
Soon students will walk out of many high schools across the state knowing a little more about computer science.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2021 at 6:10 PM CDT
|By Adam Jones
Jonesboro High School senior Bethany Pursifull has had one of the hardest school years a student can take.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2021 at 2:12 PM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
The days of Arkansas students lining up at the water fountain after recess will soon become history.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2021 at 11:08 PM CDT
|By Monae Stevens
The Blytheville High School plans to hold its prom at Haley Field on April 24.