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Jonesboro City Council works through light agenda

The green light has been given for construction to start on a new walking trail at Craighead Forest Park.  Jonesboro City Council members approved the bid from Gillis Incorporated to complete the first phase of a trail project at the park.  The 758-thousand dollar bid will go toward the first of several phases to revamp the park, including placing outdoor workout equipment and other stations along the new trail.  The council also approved the first reading of an ordinance that would allow for rezoning the 2400 block of Dan Avenue for a new firing range in Jonesboro.   The property would be rezoned from R-1 Single Family Residential to I-1 Industrial.  The second reading will take place November third.  Council members also approved a position within the Jonesboro Police Department that would be used for community outreach.  One officer is being promoted to Sergeant and will be in charge of community outreach and the Citizens Police Academy that is held in the fall and in the spring.  Also, the city of Jonesboro will pay Ritter Communications almost 15-thousand-dollars a month to renew services and provide fiber connectivity for the city government.  The five year contract with Ritter starts immediately.  

Johnathan Reaves is the News Director for KASU Public Radio. As part of an Air Force Family, he moved to Arkansas from Minot, North Dakota in 1986. He was first bitten by the radio bug after he graduated from Gosnell High School in 1992. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked at KOSE, a small 1,000 watt AM commercial station in Osceola, Arkansas. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University in 1996 with a degree in Radio-Television Broadcast News, he decided that he wanted to stay in radio news. He moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas and worked for East Arkansas Broadcasters as news director and was there for 16 years.