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Cast Your Vote in the Kwanzaa CommUNITY Awards
updated 10/2/23 Voting is now open for the first ever KLEK Kwanzaa CommUNITY Awards! Click on the link below to choose who you feel best exemplifies one of the principles of Kwanzaa! Voting won't last long, so hurry! Sorry, voting has closed! We can't wait to see you...
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Westside vs Brookland
Brookland’s Sinquan Spratt (6) runs the ball against Westside during Friday night’s game. Spratt scored two touchdowns in the Bearcats’ 39-0 victory over the Warriors. Big plays send Bearcats to 39-0 rout of Warriors Delta Digital News Service Friday, August 25, 2023...
Paddlers place in National Senior Games
Table tennis competitors bring home new friends, medals Delta Digital News Service August 13, 2023 By Jacob Wicinski | Contributor JONESBORO, Ark. – After nearly a week of competing, four local Jonesboro residents get to say they competed in a national competition,...
National Loving Day
Interracial couples celebrate freedom on national holiday June 12, 2021 By Rangsiya Faihin Delta Digital News Service JONESBORO, Ark. – Every June 12th is the anniversary of national ‘Loving Day’. The day recognizes the interracial relationship of Mildred, a woman of...
Red Wolves defeat Rangers, 4-0 during exhibition match
A-State Women’s Soccer vs Northwest Mississippi Community College Delta Digital News Service August 11, 2023 By Atsuki Ohbuchi 純暉 | Staff Photographer JONESBORO, Ark. – Head Coach Brian Dooley and the Red Wolves defeated Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangers...
Arkansas Paws In Prison provides furry friends to inmates
Arkansas Dept. of Corrections program delivers experience for prisoners to develop behavioral change and personal growth Delta Digital News Service August 8, 2023 By Avery Jones | Editor JONESBORO, Ark. – Michelle Hill of Michelle Hill Dog Training Academy is a local...
Author Monica Potts Book holds book signing for first novel
Memoir explores challenges of rural life Delta Digital News Service By Avery Jones | Editor July 1, 2023 JONESBORO, Ark. – Monica Potts was recently hosted at The Parsonage restaurant in downtown Jonesboro for a discussion and signing of her new book, “The Forgotten...
Bikers show up for 3rd annual Ride Against Trafficking
Bikers show up to show support Delta Digital News Service June 3, 2023 By Avery Jones | Editor JONESBORO, Ark. – On Saturday, June 3, Hope Found NEA, a nonprofit organization located in Jonesboro fighting human trafficking, hosted the 3rd annual Ride Against...
The Voice Of Arkansas Minority Advocacy Council Capital Campaign to Purchase the KLEK Studio Building
We are trying to raise $50,000 towards a down payment to purchase the KLEK Studio Building at 1411 Franklin Street in Jonesboro. Your purchase of a Brick will help us meet that goal while etching your name, or the name of someone you want to memorialize in history for...
JPD Chief Rick Elliott requests salary increase for officers
Once ranked high, officer salaries trail behind many other police departments in the state By Caroline Cherry Averitt | Contributor Delta Digital News Service June 21, 2023 JONESBORO, Ark. – Jonesboro Police Department Chief Rick Elliott requested the city increase...