Two Jonesboro High School students will have their pictures featured in New York. Katie Neilson and Alyssa Blakeney each entered the Mid-South Scholastic Art competition in Memphis and won a gold key. They went to the National Scholastic competition in New York and won gold medals for their work. They will be awarded in June. KASU's Marty Scarbrough interviews Neilson and Blakeney in this Spotlight On the Arts feature.
After last year's historic river flooding, Pocahontas brings back the Founders Day Festival Saturday, May 5th. KASU's Johnathan Reaves tells more in this report.
The Farm Bill, closures of post offices and new rules from the National Labor Relations Board are all topics KASU's Mark Smith discussed with US Senator John Boozman during this month's congressional interviews.
Jonesboro Public School's Health, Wellness and Environmental Studies magnet school has an outdoor vegetable garden where science lessons are "hands on". KASU's Johnathan Reaves explains in this report.
The Hemingway-Pfieffer Museum and Educational Center has numerous events year round that bring a lot of people to Northeast Arkansas. New Assistant Director Adam Long tells KASU's Johnathan Reaves about what is going on and what is coming up at the museum.
After 48 years of service to Williams Baptist College, 17 of those years as President, Dr. Jerol Swaim is retiring. KASU's Johnathan Reaves features Swaim in this report.
The Second Annual Paint the Town Green week takes place starting Saturday, April 14th. The highlight of the event will be on April 18th when Robert F. Kennedy Junior speaks in Jonesboro. KASU's Johnathan Reaves tells more.
As part of April's Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Northeast Arkansas Children's Advocacy Center will have an open house at the Jonesboro location. KASU's Johnathan Reaves tells what the center does in this report.
KASU-FM, the non-profit radio service of Arkansas State University, will present “Highway 49 Revisited,” a five-part radio series examining business growth along Highway 49 from the Hilltop area of Jonesboro through Brookland to Paragould. These half-hour programs will be broadcast on 91.9 FM and streamed live at www.kasu.org<http://www.kasu.org> Monday through Friday, April 9 through April 13, at 8:20 a.m. each day.
