Jonesboro Arkansas
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Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas
They are joined by Brett Morgan of Little Rock (left), a member of the Game and Fish Commission. The nature center, named in honor of the first lady's conservation efforts, will be the third of four nature centers operated by the Game and Fish Commission. Centers already are in operation at Pine Bluff and Jonesboro. The fourth center is planned for central Arkansas. The Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center is scheduled to open in May 2006. The governor said many people have been credited with helping pass Amendment 75 to the Arkansas Constitution but nobody worked harder for it than Janet Huckabee. In November 1996, Arkansas voters approved the amendment, which established a conservation sales tax of one-eighth of a cent. Proceeds from the tax go to the Game and Fish Commission, state parks, the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission. ... [Read More]
Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Win Rockefeller
June 23– Lt. Governor Win Rockefeller joined Koichi Suzuki, president of automotive operations for American Suzuki, and Don Cavenaugh, head of Cavenaugh Auto Group, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Cavenaugh Suzuki-Isuzu dealership in Jonesboro. ... [Read More]
Arkansas/Safe Jonesboro Coalition
Injuries kill or injure one CraigheadCounty, Arkansas resident every two-and one-half hours, and are the fourthleading cause of all deaths in the city of Jonesboro in Craighead County.In 1995, medical costs for injuries in Jonesboro were estimated at morethan $7 million per year, with 30 percent of these costs ($2 million) paidfor through public funds. ... The primary goal of the Safe Jonesboro Coalition, initiated in 1995, isto reduce preventable injuries. The secondary goal is to reduce the costsof preventable injuries to the community. Objectives of the Coalition'sefforts include: ... [Read More]
Archived: Safe Schools/Healthy Students: Jonesboro, Arkansas
Located in the heartland of the United States, Jonesboro, Arkansas, is an example of an "all-American" community that faces escalating social risk factors. In March 1998, two middle school students shot numerous people, killing four students and a teacher. This random violence sent the schools and surrounding areas into shock, with few options for dealing with the difficult issues presented. In addition, crime rates for juveniles (use of alcohol and other drugs, physical force, and weapons) have increased 41% since 1990. The LEA serves 20,460 young people under the age of 18 in Craighead County, which includes four school districts: Jonesboro, Westside, Nettleton, and Valley View. While the county has historically been primarily homogeneous, 21% of the young people now in the Jonesboro School District are minority students, primarily African American. Annually, approximately 5,500 families receive food stamps, and 1,750 receive assistance from AFDC. Thirty-five percent of the children ... [Read More]
Mark Pryor - U.S. Senator from Arkansas
Arkansas State University, located in Jonesboro, is considered a highly-regarded regional university and offers special services to the residents of the Arkansas Delta. ... [Read More]
Local.Arkansas.gov - County and Municipal Information & Services
Craighead County was formed February 19, 1859, from parts of Greene, Mississippi and Poinsett counties and was named from Thomas H. Craighead, who represented Mississippi and Crittenden counties in the state legislature. Craighead County has two county seats, Jonesboro and Lake City. The landscape of Craighead County is flat, fertile farmland with rolling hills with Crowley's Ridge in the center. The courthouse in Jonesboro stands on the site of a skirmish between two companies of Confederates and a detachment of a federal regiment during the Battle of Jonesboro in August 1863. The statue of a doughboy on the courthouse lawn is the first monument erected in the South to soldiers and sailors of World War I. Another marker recognizes a county resident, Hattie Caraway, who was the first woman elected to the United States Senate, the first woman to preside over the Senate, and the first woman chairman of a Senate committee. The Lake City courthouse offices have been moved to a more modern ... [Read More]
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