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Special election in Jonesboro could be held in May

Jonesboro City Council's Nominating and Rules Committee votes to forward to the full city council a request for a special election for Ward 6, Position 1.  If approved, it will be held May 10th.  Those who want to run should file by March 11th and candidate draws would take place March 15th.  This is to replace Alderman Tim McCall's seat.  He resigned his position because he moved out of his ward.  The unexpired term will end at December 31, 2018. The cost of a special election would be $20,000.   The city council will vote on this Tuesday night.

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.