No injuries reported in Jonesboro house fire Crews arriving at the scene reported seeing flames coming through the roof. (Source: KAIT-TV) By Region 8 Newsdesk | February 1, 2021 at 8:04 AM CST - Updated February 1 at 10:24 AM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Crews responding to a Jonesboro house fire said no one was injured. Crews arriving at the scene reported seeing flames coming through the roof. (Source: KAIT-TV)
Jeff Presley, E-911 director, reported the fire shortly before 8 a.m. Monday in the 4000-block of Cornerstone Drive, which is located south of Aggie Road. Jeff Presley, E-911 director, reported the fire shortly before 8 a.m. Monday in the 4000-block of Cornerstone Drive, which is located south of Aggie Road. (Source: Google Maps)
Motorists urged to âslow downâ following morning crashes With police and rescue crews responding to two serious crashes with injuries, the head of Craighead Countyâs E911 center is urging motorists to slow down. By Region 8 Newsdesk | January 26, 2021 at 6:47 AM CST - Updated January 26 at 7:59 AM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - With police and rescue crews responding Tuesday morning to multiple crashes with injuries, the head of Craighead Countyâs E911 center urged motorists to slow down.
Jeff Presley reported the first crash with possible entrapment at 6:15 a.m. on Highway 463 in Bay.
Fifteen minutes later, police and rescue crews responded to another serious crash with injuries in Lake City.
Power outages reported with storms Early-morning storms knocked out power to nearly 200 people. (Source: AP) By Region 8 Newsdesk | January 25, 2021 at 6:11 AM CST - Updated January 25 at 8:12 AM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Early-morning storms knocked out power to nearly 200 people.
At 6 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25, Craighead Electric Cooperative Corp. reported 186 customers without electricity.
Many of those affected were located in the Sedgwick area. Early-morning storms knocked out power to nearly 200 people. (Source: Craighead Electric Cooperative)
The outages were reported at 5:29 a.m. as a storm system moved across the area bringing heavy rain and cloud-to-ground lightning.
The storms also knocked out several traffic signals in Jonesboro, according to E-911 Director Jeff Presley. The outages were reported on Caraway Road between Highland Drive and Parker Road.
Lunch-hour crash slows traffic on Red Wolf A crash with injuries shut down one of Jonesboroâs busiest roads during the equally busy lunch hour. (Source: WALB) By Region 8 Newsdesk | January 25, 2021 at 12:32 PM CST - Updated January 25 at 1:51 PM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A crash with injuries shut down one of Jonesboroâs busiest roads during the equally busy lunch hour.
Jeff Presley, E911 director, reported the crash shortly before 12:30 p.m. Monday.
The three-vehicle crash with injuries happened at the intersection of Aggie Road and Red Wolf Boulevard.
Presley said the roadway was blocked as police and emergency crews cleared the scene.