KASU News

07/29/2025

KASU News for July 29, 2025: Police search for a killer at Devil’s Den State Park, judge blocks Arkansas’s social media law, new Medicaid work rules, and more.

07/29/2025

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07/28/2025

KASU News for July 28, 2025: Judge hears challenge to Arkansas pharmacy law, education account rule delays, Paragould council, wind project ban, and more.

07/28/2025

PER JONESBORO E-911: FROM JONESBORO E911:
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A RUN-AWAY JUVENILE // 16YO BLACK MALE // LAST SEEN WEARING BLACK JERSEY SHORTS AND A GRAY T-SHIRT // IS AROUND 5'4" // BLACK DREADS // BROWN EYES // JUVENILE WAS LAST SEEN ON HIGHLAND DR // IF YOU SEE THIS JUVENILE PLEASE CALL DISPATCH AT 870-935-5552 OR THE JONESBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

07/28/2025

PER JONESBORO E-911: FROM JONESBORO E911: BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR 2 RUN-AWAY JUVENILES THAT ARE POSSIBLY TOGETHER// ONE IS A 14 YEAR OLD BLACK AND WHITE MALE LAST SEEN WEARING A GRAY HOODIE AND BLACK OR GRAY SWEATPANTS// HE IS AROUND 5'11 AND HAS BROWN EYES AND LONG BROWN CURLY HAIR// THE OTHER MALE IS A 14 YEAR OLD BLACK AND WHITE MALE // LAST SEEN WEARING A GRAYISH SHIRT AND BLACK PANTS// HE IS WROUND 6'1 WITH BROWN CURLY HAIR AND BROWN EYES// THEY WERE LAST SEEN IN JONESBORO OFF FOX MEADOW ROAD// IF YOU SEE THESE JUVENILES PLEASE CALL DISPATCH AT 870-935-5552 OR THE JONESBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

07/26/2025

The Arkansas Newswrap for July 25, 2025: Bentonville’s new med school opens, Little Rock stages 24 Hour Plays, and A-State’s Delta Symposium spotlights monsters and cryptids.

07/25/2025

KASU News for July 25, 2025: Lawsuit over Arkansas petition rules, DHS leadership change, jobs in Conway, and more local headlines.

07/24/2025

KASU News for July 24, 2025: Legal fight over Ten Commandments law, tick-related ER visits rise, Marshallese soccer debuts, and Cave City festival returns.

KASU News for July 24, 2025: Legal fight over Ten Commandments law, tick-related ER visits rise, Marshallese soccer debuts, and Cave City festival returns.

07/23/2025

KASU News for July 23, 2025: Health insurance rates, West Memphis Three hearing, Van Buren officer charged, Disney grant for Jonesboro High, and more headlines.

07/23/2025

Statement from KASU Public Radio Station Manager Mark Smith on the recission of funding from public broadcasting.

From KASU Station Manager Mark Smith
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By now, you’ve heard about the rescission of federal funding for public broadcasting. This presents KASU with both a challenge and an opportunity.
While some stations in underserved parts of the country may have to close their doors, with ongoing support from Arkansas State University, local underwriters, and you, our listeners, KASU will find a way forward.

Change is inevitable. Sometimes change is a choice. Sometimes change is forced upon you. This change in our funding model will likely affect what you hear on KASU. While we continue to assess the impact this change will have and to formulate what will likely be an evolving plan to move forward, KASU will also continue to do what we and other small, rural stations across the country have always done. We will serve our communities to the best of our ability, making the most efficient use of the resources we have.

What can you do? Let us know how you feel, how KASU impacts your life, and what you want from your public media service going forward. Tell others about KASU. Engage with us on social media. Contribute financially if you can, at kasu.org/give. Include KASU in charitable giving plans, estate planning, and in donations of vehicles, real estate, stocks, IRA distributions, and donor advised funds. There are many ways in which you can make a difference.

Thank you for your friendship, your encouragement, and your support.

07/23/2025

07/22/2025

KASU News for July 22, 2025: Federal disaster aid deadline, Fordyce shooting plea, WIC study, Billy Long sworn in as IRS commissioner, and Cardinals win.