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2. Jonesboro, Arkansas - Wikipedia

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   Jonesboro (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ n z b ʌ r ə /) is a city located on Crowley's Ridge in the northeastern corner of the U.S. State of Arkansas. Jonesboro is one of two county seats of Craighead County. In 2023, the city had an estimated population of 80,560, [4] making it the fifth-most populous city in Arkansas.

3. Lynching of Wade Thomas - Wikipedia

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   The police initially attempted to protect Thomas; Jonesboro Police Chief Gus Craig and Mayor Gordon Frierson had barricaded the jail. [3] When the mob broke through the two surrendered Wade Thomas without a struggle because, as Mayor Frierson later recalled, "When the mob opened the door, the first half-a-dozen men standing there were leading ...

4. Westside High School (Craighead County, Arkansas) - Wikipedia

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   The school is alternatively referred to as Jonesboro Westside or Westside Consolidated. The school district, and therefore the school's attendance zone, occupies sections of Craighead and Lawrence counties. [6] [7] It principally serves Bono, Cash, and Egypt, [8] [9] and it also serves portions of Jonesboro. [6]

5. Arkansas officer fired after video shows him beating a man in ...

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   Coram is being detained at the Craighead County Jail on an escape charge and is wanted for extradition to Mississippi, a jail official said. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney ...

6. 1998 Westside Middle School shooting - Wikipedia

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   The Westside Middle School shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on March 24, 1998, at Westside Middle School in unincorporated Craighead County, Arkansas near the city of Jonesboro. [ 1 ] 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson and 11-year-old Andrew Golden opened fire on the school, shooting and killing five people [ a ] with multiple weapons, and ...

7. Egypt, Arkansas - Wikipedia

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   Egypt, Arkansas is a small town located in Craighead County near the Cache River. The town was established in 1898 by New York businessmen attracted to the area's abundant timber. The narrow gauge railway by the Sedgwick Tie and Timber Company connected the town to the major line of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad, which ...