The $500 million Los Angeles Dodgers' thrilling World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays attracted record international attention for Major League Baseball, affirmed LA's status as the sport's best team and drew more attention to baseball's payroll disparity heading into what is likely to be contentious labor negotiations.

3 days ago in Entertainment, Trending

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: Which stars are joining this year’s lineup?

Ciara, Foreigner, Lil Jon, Kool & the Gang, Busta Rhymes, Mickey Guyton and Teyana Taylor will feature in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which will also cement "KPop Demon Hunters" as a pop culture phenomenon with appearances by the movie's singers on the ground and cute characters in balloons overhead.

Lifestyle

3 days ago in Lifestyle, News

Pets of the Week Nov. 3

JRN has partnered with area animal shelters to present “Pets of the Week.” We will feature a handful of animals each week.

4 days ago in Arts & Culture, Business, Entertainment, Fall Guide, Government & Politics, Lifestyle, News

Christmas at the Park light display returns

Christmas at the Park light attraction returns for 2025 at Joe Mack Campbell Park Jonesboro, Arkansas

The drive-through and walk-through light experience that has brought joy to thousands of families — will shine bright again in 2025 through a new partnership between Ground Crew and the City of Jonesboro.

4 days ago in Lifestyle, News, Opinion & Editorial, Wellness

OPINION: Diet, Activity, Sleep, and Mental Wellness – Let’s start with diet

This is the first of a four-part series written by Dr. Shane Speights, Dean of the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University.

6 days ago in Fall Guide, Lifestyle, News

City of Jonesboro provides safety tips ahead of trick-or-treating

With many kids set to trick-or-treat tonight, the City of Jonesboro provided some safety tips for both parents/guardians and children.

6 days ago in Lifestyle

Ramen instead of Reese’s? Looming SNAP cuts change what’s on offer for Halloween trick-or-treaters

Many people across the U.S. are preparing to give out shelf-stable foods to trick-or-treaters this year to help fill the void left by looming cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries.

7 days ago in Lifestyle

Community fights pickleball replacing basketball courts at South Florida beachside park

In this aerial view basketball courts are seen at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, the site of proposed pickleball courts as part of a new luxury development, Oct. 8, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)

The city of Fort Lauderdale is planning to replace the decades-old, beachside basketball courts with pickleball courts, part of a deal with developers for a massive condo and hotel project.

7 days ago in Lifestyle, Trending

How Americans feel about changing the clocks, according to a new AP-NORC poll

FILE - Custodian Ray Keen inspects a clock face before changing the time on the 100-year-old clock atop the Clay County Courthouse March 8, 2014, in Clay Center, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Only 12% of U.S. adults favor the current system of daylight saving time, which has people in most states changing the clocks twice a year, according to a new AP-NORC poll, while 47% are opposed and 40% are neutral.

1 week ago in Lifestyle, News

Daylight Saving Time to end soon

It’s almost time to fall back with Daylight Saving Time (DST) coming to an end.

Entertainment

14 hours ago in Entertainment

Motion Picture Association tells Meta to stop using PG-13 to refer to Instagram teen account content

The Motion Picture Association is asking Meta to stop referring to content shown to teen accounts on Instagram as "guided by PG-13 ratings," saying it is misleading and could erode trust in its movie ratings system.

20 hours ago in Entertainment

Helen Mirren will receive the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille award

Helen Mirren has portrayed multiple queens, a prime minister, a detective, "Barbie" narrator and many other roles in more than a half-century of acting. Her latest: Golden Globe lifetime achievement honoree.

21 hours ago in Entertainment

‘Predator: Badlands’ sticks its 2 stars together to take the franchise to new places

"Predator: Badlands" belongs to a long-established cinema subgenre: two opposed people reluctantly stuck together with a common purpose. The film, the seventh in the franchise (not counting the "Alien vs. Predator" offshoots), has the buddy comedy energy that comes with that dynamic.

Sports

14 hours ago in Sports

Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler to undergo shoulder surgery and miss rest of season

Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler will miss the rest of the season with a left shoulder injury that will require surgery, the team announced Wednesday. Kessler will have a procedure to repair a labral tear on Thursday in Los Angeles.

15 hours ago in News, Opinion & Editorial, Sports & Outdoors

OPINION | The benefits of deer hunting and how it helps in conservation

With a little planning, deer days can be a great time to be in the woods.

21 hours ago in Sports

Tennis great Venus Williams plans to start 33rd straight pro season in Auckland in January

Tennis great Venus Williams plans to play for a 33rd straight season on the WTA Tour, starting in Auckland in January. Organizers of the ASB Classic in New Zealand said Wednesday that the 45-year-old Williams would feature at their Jan. 5-11 event.

2 days ago in Sports

College Football Playoff opens with 1 game Dec. 19 and 3 more on Dec. 20; TV and kickoff times set

The College Football Playoff will open with one first-round game on Dec. 19 and three more on Dec. 20, CFP administrators announced Tuesday.

2 days ago in Sports

Jets trade star cornerback Sauce Gardner to Colts in stunning deadline deal

The New York Jets pulled off a stunner by saying so long to Sauce Gardner. The star cornerback, one of the team's most popular and accomplished players, was traded to the Indianapolis Colts on Tuesday for a first-round draft pick in 2026 and another in 2027, along with wide receiver Adonai Mitchell, pending physicals.

2 days ago in Sports

Brissett fills in for Murray again as Cardinals end 5-game skid with 27-17 victory over Cowboys

Jacoby Brissett had a stock answer ready for the question of whether the Arizona quarterback has done enough to be the replacement, not just the fill-in, for Kyler Murray.

2 days ago in News, Sports & Outdoors

A-State women fall in season opener to Ball State

A-State Women's Basketball: Red Wolves Fall in Season Opener to Ball State, 68-66

Arkansas State women’s basketball faced an early deficit and used a 20-0 run to take the lead, but the Red Wolves came up just short in a 68-66 opening-night setback to Ball State at First National Bank Arena.

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