Keep Jonesboro Beautiful Commission hosts clean up events A volunteer picks up trash off of Craighead Forest Road. (Source: KAIT) By Bradley Brewer | May 1, 2021 at 5:46 PM CDT - Updated May 1 at 5:46 PM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The mission to clean up Jonesboro continued Saturday morning as the Keep Jonesboro Beautiful Commission hosted several events around town.
Lisa Tedder from the commission led the charge at Craighead Forest Park.
Volunteers met at the ATV Park and picked up trash up and down Craighead Forest Road.
Tedder said the area has recently been very susceptible to littering.
“Jonesboro has got a litter problem,” Tedder said. “If you drive down just about any street, especially in areas that maybe don’t have a development, there is a lot of litter on the side of the road. And it’s really sad. We shouldn’t be trashing our city this way and we believe that Jonesboro can and should do better.”
Traffic Alert: Multiple âseriousâ crashes slow morning commute Jonesboro police responded to several serious crashes Monday morning, including this SUV rollover at Main Street and Matthews Avenue. (Source: Jonesboro Police Dept.) By Region 8 Newsdesk | April 5, 2021 at 8:17 AM CDT - Updated April 5 at 8:27 AM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Jonesboro police are responding to multiple crashes, including one involving a vehicle hitting a pedestrian.
Jeff Presley, E911 director, reported the crash shortly after 8 a.m. Monday, April, 5, at West Nettleton and Madison Avenue. The first crash involved a vehicle hitting a pedestrian at West Nettleton and Madison Avenue. (Source: Google Maps)
The roadway is blocked, and an ambulance has been called to the scene.
Man arrested in attack
JONESBORO â A man faces decades in prison after he was arrested on charges of attacking a woman and fleeing from police.
The victim, 53, told police Friday that
Robert Mapson, 50, of Jonesboro, visited her home in the 1200 block of North Patrick Street, records show. When the woman kicked him out of the house, which heâs criminally banned from, he forced himself back in and beat her.
The woman was treated at St. Bernards Medical Center for a âlarge knot forming on her head.â When officers responded, Mapson was fleeing the scene on foot.
After a foot chase with police, Mapson was arrested and two Ecstasy pills were found in his pocket, the probable cause affidavit read.