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Jonesboro could see a special election in May

The Jonesboro City Council will consider a proposal to hold a special election to fill the vacancy for former alderman Tim McCall’s seat.  McCall resigned last month because he moved out of his ward, which is Ward 6 Position 1.  During last week’s Nominating and Rules Committee meeting, members suggested a special election be held May 10th.   If it is approved tonight, those who want to run for the seat can file by March 11th and candidate draws will take place March 15th.  The cost for a special election would be 20-thousand dollars.  The unexpired term will end December 31st, 2018.  

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.