Arkansas State University finds itself in lockdown mode. According to University officials, a man drove onto the campus with a weapon. University Police reportedly have the man surrounded on the back side of the student union near Heritage Lawn. He reportedly is in protest mode. No shots have been fired at this time and no one is injured. Officials are urging those on the campus to stay inside. We will have more details soon.
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.