A very timely Throwback Thursday! We’re celebrating the crowning of the newest Miss Arkansas with this clip of Miss Jonesboro, Paula Roach, being crowned Miss Arkansas in 1975. (Digitized by the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History) Did you watch the crowning this year? Read more: https://katv.com/community/good-afternoon-ark/road-to-miss-arkansas/miss-arkansas-whitney-williams-has-two-historic-firsts | KATV Channel 7

Tornado Rips Through Arkansas Neighborhood Jonesboro, Arkansas — March 28, 2024 A terrifying scene unfolded in Jonesboro, Arkansas, this afternoon as a powerful tornado tore through a residential street, narrowly missing motorists and causing significant damage to local homes. The storm, which developed rapidly, caught many residents off guard as the massive funnel cloud descended directly onto a populated roadway. The heart-pounding footage, captured from a dashboard camera, shows the tornado c