2+ hour, 17+ min ago  (299+ words) JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) -A six-year journey finally came full circle this week as Japanese students arrived in Jonesboro to study American healthcare after COVID-19 put the program on hold. Six students and two faculty members traveled from Teikyo Heisei University…...

1+ day, 6+ min ago  (129+ words) Child maltreatment investigation underway in Mississippi County'K8 News | Jonesboro, Arkansas OSCEOLA, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - The Osceola Police Department and Crimes Against Children Division are investigating allegations of child maltreatment at the Mississippi County Child Development Center in Osceola,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (244+ words) NEWPORT, Ark. (KAIT) - The Newport City Council has approved a resolution to borrow money to build a new softball field in partnership with the Advertising and Promotion Commission and the Newport School District. The new field will be located at…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (300+ words) POCAHONTAS, Ark. (KAIT) - Black River Technical College and Pocahontas High School students received a unique history lesson Tuesday'not just names and dates in a book, but a personal story of survival and hope that brought Black History Month to life....

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (92+ words) PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) - Greene County Tech High School is changing its bus schedule because of a shortage of drivers. Greene County Tech said on Facebook that the school combined several bus routes in response to the shortage. The new routes…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (276+ words) JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Amanda Trammel cares for some of the smallest patients at St. Bernards Healthcare. The neonatal intensive care unit nurse works with premature babies, low birth weight infants, babies born with health conditions, and multiples like twins. But…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (323+ words) Williams Baptist University softball great Karisa Hendrix has been elected to the American Midwest Conference Hall of Fame, the league announced Tuesday morning. Hendrix played for the WBU softball team from 2009 to 2013, leading the Lady Eagles to a 160-43 record and…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (484+ words) RECTOR, Ark. (KAIT) - Sister receives new kidney while brother continues dialysis and remains on transplant list. Brother and sister Michael and Jodi Horton both battle polycystic kidney disease, the same hereditary condition that killed their mother at age 38. When their…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (384+ words) JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Medical students from the Northeast Arkansas Career and Technical Center visited kindergartners for a teddy bear clinic to give them hands-on experience in the medical field. The event at the Jonesboro Kindergarten Center allowed medical students to…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (661+ words) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week highlights how parents, caregivers, and communities can lower children's exposure to lead and avoid its serious health effects. To raise awareness of childhood lead poisoning prevention, the Arkansas…...