 | 30 Charged in 64-Count Meth Indictment in NE Ark.
Federal prosecutors say 30 people have been indicted in a wide-ranging methamphetamine investigation in the Jonesboro area.
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 | Jonesboro Police Expect Lawsuit after Squad Car Shooting
Attorneys for the family of a young man who was fatally shot while his hands were cuffed behind him in an Arkansas patrol car have asked police to preserve evidence about his death, and police say they are preparing for a likely lawsuit.
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 | Jesse Jackson Casts Further Doubt in Chavis Carter Investigation
Rev. Jackson wants the FBI and the Department of Justice to get involved in this case. Jackson says a 1983 Civil Rights Act applies to the Chavis Carter case. The law calls for a special prosecutor to hold the Jonesboro Police Department accountable for Carter’s murder.  Watch Video
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| Jonesboro Officer to be Reprimanded after Chavis Carter Shooting
An Arkansas police officer who was placed on paid administrative leave after a man was fatally shot while handcuffed in a patrol car will be required to undergo more training and will face an official reprimand.
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 | Activists March in Jonesboro, Demand Justice in Carter Case |
 | Crime Lab Didn't Perform Residue Test on Chavis Carter
Arkansas' state crime lab says it didn't perform gunshot residue testing on a man fatally shot in the head while handcuffed in a patrol car because it doesn't do that kind of analysis on victims of homicides or suicides.
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| Jonesboro PD: Suspect's Alleged Suicide "Remains Unexplained"
The Jonesboro Police Department is working with the FBI as they investigate how a handcuffed suspect could have fatally shot himself while in the back of a squad car.
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 | Family of Chavis Carter Not Convinced by Re-Enactment Video
The mother of a Southaven man found suffering from a gunshot wound in the back of a Jonesboro Police Department patrol car says she doesn't buy a newly released re-enactment video the department says shows it is possible for a handcuffed person to shoot themselves. Watch Video
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| Vigil Held as Mysterious "Suicide" Investigation Continues
More than 200 people packed a candlelight vigil, as a city continues to search for answers more than a week after a Southaven man was found dead in the back of a Jonesboro Police patrol car. The man, Chavis Carter, 21, had a gunshot wound to the head. Watch Video
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| Handcuffed Southaven Man Shot, Killed in Squad Car
A Southaven man is shot while handcuffed in the back of a police car. Chavis Carter was killed in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Officers say Carter committed suicide. Carter's family doesn't believe it and they want answers. Watch Video
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| 3 Killed in Single-Car Crash in Jonesboro
Arkansas State Police say three people were killed in a single-car crash in Jonesboro.
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| Autopsy Rules Death of Chavis Carter a Suicide |
| New Video, New Questions in Chavis Carter Investigation
The Jonesboro Police Department is releasing new video as part of its investigation into how a hand-cuffed Southaven man died in the back of one of its patrol cars. Watch Video
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| Jonesboro Police Release Key Evidence in Chavis Carter Investigation
The Jonesboro Police Department is releasing key evidence in the investigation into how a handcuffed Southaven man died from a gunshot wound in the back of a police car. Watch Video
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 | Jonesborough Driver Pleads Guilty in Crash Death
A Jonesborough woman has pleaded guilty in the death of a man killed when a pickup truck crashed into his bedroom.
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 | Craighead County Inmates Still on the Run
Three inmates who escaped from the Craighead County Jail on November 23, 2011, remain at large.
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| Ex-Pastor Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Tax Charges
A former Jonesboro pastor has pleaded guilty to defrauding an Oklahoma bank and failing to pay payroll taxes.
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