JONESBORO, Ark- President Biden declared January National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Hope Found of Northeast Arkansas, a nonprofit combating human trafficking through education and services, is sharing awareness of the billion-dollar industry during this prevention month. “A lot of times human trafficking is the unseen crime, because it happens within family dynamics, or with a boyfriend. It’s not typically what you see in the movies where someone is chained up,” sai

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ark- Residents can let their voices be heard on the future of Interstate-57- which would stretch from Walnut Ridge to the Missouri state line. “It really is important that we hear anything from anybody that has a concern, a positive or negative or anything else they may have. It’s very critical we hear those details so we can look at them,” says ARDOT District Ten engineer Brad Smithee. The $545 million dollar proposed future I-57 project would begin in Walnu