- Jonesboro police are searching for a man suspected of robbing an Arvest Bank on Hilltop yesterday afternoon. Officials describe him has a tall African-American male in his 20’s, wearing a Razorbacks hoodie.
- Despite finding that LRPD Officer Charles Starks violated an LRPD de-escalation policy when he shot and killed Bradley Blackshire during a traffic stop last February, Circuit Court Judge Timothy Fox ordered LRPD to reinstate Starks with backpay.
- In what officials have described as a “decisive defensive action,” U.S. Forces assassinated Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike this morning. This continues a pattern of violent escalation between the two countries, prompting fears of another war in the Middle East.
- After tax industry services like TurboTax and H&R Block were found guilty of deliberately hiding their free services from Google searches, the IRS is considering offering its own free tax-return software.
- “Final Jeopardy,” a tournament of Jeopardy champions airs this Tuesday. It will be longtime-host Alex Trebek’s last appearance on the show, months after revealing his diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
- The A-State Red Wolves basketball team (10-4) faces Texas State Bobcats (7-7) tomorrow afternoon at Jonesboro’s First National Bank Arena.
- January 3, 1925: Benito Mussolini formally dissolves the Italian Parliament, proclaiming himself absolute dictator of a newly-fascist Italy.
- January 3, 1977: Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs incorporate Apple Computer, Inc.
