Entergy Arkansas, Inc. is doing its part to help a Monette factory keep rolling toward a cooler, greener future.

On Monday, Colson Caster received a $28,021 incentive check from the Entergy Arkansas, Inc. Commercial and Industrial Custom Program for installing insulating blankets on their injection molding machines.

This year’s Festival on the Ridge should be smoking hot.

For the first time ever, the festival will hold a bar-be-cue contest Friday, May 31, through Saturday, June 1, in downtown Harrisburg.

The contest is open to amateur cooks only.

Entry fees are $100 for one category, $150 for two categories.  Cash prizes will be awarded for each category:  $300 for 1st place, $200 for 2nd place and $100 for 3rd place.

Jonesboro police are looking for the man who robbed a local convenience store early Sunday morning.

Just after 12:15 a.m. officers were dispatched to the Flash Market located at 2920 E. Highland Dr.

According to the initial police report, store surveillance video showed a black man wearing a black hoodie and khaki pants enter the store.

The man allowed two female customers to go in front of him line, Officer Francisco Matos reported.

Once the women left the store, the man approached the counter.