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Jonesboro library to host National Voter Registration Day event Sept. 15
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library will host a National Voter Registration Day event from 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, for residents not yet registered to vote in the upcoming November general election. The event will take place at the library, 315 W....
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Jonesboro D.A.R.E to Host Second Annual Golf Scramble in Late September
Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – Golfers can prepare to take to the green for a good cause later this month, as Jonesboro D.A.R.E. prepares to host its second annual Tee Up for D.A.R.E Scramble. Four-person teams will compete in the scramble, which includes mulligans. The first...
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Fall Family Day In Batesville
The Old Independence Regional Museum is hosting its annual Fall Family Day in Batesville on Saturday, September 12, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This year’s event will explore the history of agriculture and homesteading in Arkansas. Bring the whole family for a day of hands-on activities, historic...
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From Nettleton to Nashville: Jim “Moose” Brown Headed to Arkansas Country Music Hall of Fame
Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – There are plenty of places Jim “Moose” Brown could call home after more than four decades in the country music business. Nashville, perhaps. Or the stages of some of country music’s biggest stars. But when Brown learned this...
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What was happening in Memphis history on Sept. 5? A look back through the years
25 years ago — 2001 DeSoto County Board of Supervisors launched the first round of cuts Tuesday on an $81.2 million budget proposal, slicing almost $640,000 from the DeSoto County Sheriff Department's budget and cutting $125,000 that had been allocated to operate a proposed horse arena. . .Despite cuts in the sheriff's budget, county residents might face a slight tax increase if the budget is adopted in its current form. 50 years ago — 1976 Dick Thornton, who has spent the last two months as athletic director and football coach at Southwestern, has added another line to his biography. Some of Thornton's past handles have been poet and author, travel consultant, television personality, sports writer and professional football player in the Canadian Football League and defunct World Football League with the Memphis Grizzlies. A booster club, season tickets, soccer and yoga are all part of Thornton's plan to integrate the athletic department with the rest of the Southwestern community. 75 years ago — 1951 W.E. (Billy) Buxton is Memphis' new skeet champion. His unerring gun broke 98 targets out of 100 tries for a five-way tie, then 75 straight without a miss in a shoot-off for the big honor. Buxton
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This Memphis Barbecue Joint Has Been Slow-Smoking Its Meats Since 1974 and Locals Still Swear By It
Some of the best barbecue in Tennessee is not found on the crowded strip everyone talks about. Just south of the city, past the tourist crowds and the downtown parking headaches, sits a wood-paneled spot that has been smoking meats low and slow since 1974. Regulars have been coming back...
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Delta Fair and Music Festival returns to the Agricenter
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Are you looking for something fun to do this weekend? A popular Mid-South tradition is back. The 2026 Delta Fair and Music Festival is finally here. Since 2007, Delta Fair organizers have been putting on these family-friendly events, inviting the entire Mid-South and beyond to come enjoy some fun. Gates open Friday […]
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Jonesboro Public Library Rolls Out New Restrictions Under Act 372
Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – Visitors of the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library and its other branches will see some new restrictions on checking out materials and accessing certain areas of the facility. The library system announced that patrons under the age of 18 are now...
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The ultimate guide to Memphis’ Labor Day weekend fun
Memphis leans into its music roots this Labor Day weekend, pairing live performances, a family festival and a Divine Nine gathering for a weekend that covers nearly every kind of holiday mood. Laser Live at the Museum. Degenerate Breakfast takes the stage at the Memphis Museum of Science and History’s...
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Brookland schools address AI-generated post tied to nationwide TikTok trend
Brookland Public Schools is addressing an online post connected to a TikTok trend that officials say is affecting schools nationwide. The district says the post includes an AI-generated version of Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat shown on Brookland School District grounds, along with a message directed at the district.
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🎶 Get ready to moonwalk into an unforgettable day in downtown Newport! 🕺✨
🎶 Get ready to moonwalk into an unforgettable day in downtown Newport! 🕺✨. The FREE MJ Live Michael Jackson Tribute Concert & Downtown Festival is bringing nonstop fun with:. 🏀 3-on-3 basketball. 🚘 All-vehicle show. 🔥 BBQ cooking contest. 🍻 Beer garden. 🍴 Great...
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3 Arkansas Women Artists Featured In Lyon College ‘Words Become Matter’ Exhibit
Artwork from 3 Arkansas women artists is being featured in a new exhibition at Lyon College’s Kresge Gallery in Batesville. “Words Become Matter” is on display through October 3 as part of the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts’ Women to Watch program.
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Austin Cook Junior Championship brings top young golfers to Jonesboro
Some of Arkansas’ top junior golfers will compete this weekend in Jonesboro at the second annual Austin Cook Junior Championship. The Arkansas State Golf Association and PGA Tour winner and University of Arkansas alum Austin Cook will host the championship September 5th and 6th at RidgePointe Country Club. The...
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Nettleton native among 2027 Arkansas Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
CONWAY, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - The Arkansas Country Music Awards announced a Nettleton native and three other Arkansas natives as inductees for the Arkansas Country Music Hall of Fame in 2027. A news release said Jim “Moose” Brown would join Tracy Lawrence, Dave Gibson and Eck Robertson as inductees...
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Memphis Labor Day weekend events? 13 things to do in the Bluff City
On Labor Day, people generally avoid labor. After all, it's a federal holiday, and has been since 1894, when President Grover Cleveland — who preceded Donald Trump as the first president to serve nonconsecutive terms in office — signed a bill to that effect. Even so, many people make themselves busy over the long Labor Day weekend. They want something to do . Memphis offers plenty of options, for the weekend if not for Labor Day itself, which this year is unusually late — Sept. 7. Here are some of them — a Lucky 13, to augment such always available options as the movies, the parks, the zoo and so on. MUSIC IN MEMPHIS: Best Memphis concerts in September? Patti LaBelle, Weird Al and more 'Speak, Salvation, Speak' at Hattiloo Theatre: Sept. 3-6 No stranger to Memphis, the distinguished, Chicago-born actor Harry Lennix — whose credits include "The Five Heartbeats," Spike Lee's "Get on the Bus," "Matrix" sequels and the Zack Snyder Superman/Batman/Justice League films — returns to the Bluff City to star in "Speak, Salvation, Speak," an original play by Ekundayo Bandele, the founder of Hattlioo , the theater at 37 S. Cooper near Overton Square that is "dedicated
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WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart and The Gentrys back with new release
Memphis garage rock legends The Gentrys are back with a new release. Back in the mid-‘60s, The Gentrys helped ignite the Bluff City’s garage rock explosion. The group — led by singer Larry Raspberry and future pro wrestling legend Jimmy “The Mouth of the South" Hart, and featuring a collection of Treadwell High School alumni — scored with 1965’s Top 5 hit “Keep on Dancing,” a record that also helped put Chips Moman's American Sound Studios on the national map. The Gentrys would follow with a series of other classic tracks, including “Everyday I Have to Cry” and “Brown Paper Sack," as well as a cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl,” as the group continued on in various incarnations into the early 1970s, recording for MGM, Sun and Capitol Records. In 2024, The Gentrys were inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame . And in September, the band returns with a new (old) album of rare material from the late '60s and early '70s. MUSIC IN MEMPHIS: Best Memphis concerts in September? Patti LaBelle, Weird Al and more Jimmy Hart-led Gentrys record for revived Sun label finally gets release After leaving MGM in 1969, a newly reconstituted version of