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Region 8 Road Trip: Loose Caboose in Paragould

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Friday, May 17th, 2013, 10:21am
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Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Friday, May 17th, 2013, 9:23am
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New festival location could affect downtown Paragould

Submitted by KAIT8 Web Staff on Thursday, May 16th, 7:29 pm

PARAGOULD, AR (KAIT)- The new location of the Loose Caboose might be putting a damper on businesses that used to surround the festival

"The reasons stating for us having to move was safety concerns," said Festival Chairman Kevin King.

Back in February, Union Pacific sent a letter to festival committee Kevin King, leaving them no other option but to relocate.

"It stated that we were no longer allowed to use some of their property downtown which had been a major portion of the festival grounds for twenty-three years," said King

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Yard sales this week

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 11:59am
Yard sales this week

Saturday, May 18, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

1205 Belwood Court in Jonesboro

Baby items, toys, baby girl clothes, boys' clothes and shoes, women and men's clothes, home decor, furniture, etc.

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Saturday, May 18, 7 a.m. to noon

Jonesboro Worship Center

1507 E. Matthews

All sorts of clothes, furniture, kitchenware, home decor, etc.

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Saturday, May 18, 7 a.m. to ??

214 N. Main St. in Bono

Clothes, furniture and appliances.

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Pruett Chapel hosting gospel singing

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 8:00am
Pruett Chapel hosting gospel singing

 

Pastor Danny Hathcoat and the Pruett Chapel Free Will Baptist Church invite you to a free gospel singing this Saturday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m.

Charles and Debi Ross of Gleason, Tennessee, are the special singers.

The church is located on Greene County Road 214, 2.5 miles north of Light.

 

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E911 hosting severe weather safety program

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 8:00am
E911 hosting severe weather safety program

Don’t let severe spring weather catch you unprepared.

The City of Jonesboro E911 Center will host a severe weather safety program at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Valley View Fine Arts Center, 2118 Valley View Dr.

Meteorologist Ben Schott of the National Weather Service will be the guest speaker.

The program is free and open to the public.

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The 1039th is back home in Region 8

Submitted by KAIT8 Web Staff on Wednesday, May 15th, 6:55 pm

JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – The 1039th Engineer Company of the Arkansas Army National Guard's 875th Engineer Battalion is back home in Region 8.

The group flew into Memphis Wednesday afternoon, and with a police escort, made its way through Tyronza, Marked Tree, Trumann, Bay, and into Jonesboro. 

Students from the Marked Tree and East Poinsett County school districts and supporters from Three Rivers Nursing Center cheered and waved signs and flags along U.S. Highway 63 as the buses rolled into Jonesboro.

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