Road improvement project to benefit city, county
Road improvement project to benefit city, county By Miranda Reynolds | January 28, 2021 at 6:09 PM CST - Updated January 28 at 7:33 PM
PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) - The city of Paragould and Greene County are working together to work on a road improvement that could help with school traffic issues.
Greene County Road 920 begins in the Paragould city limits and goes into the county.
The road project would improve an alternate route to Greene County Tech High School and the Carriage Hill community.
“Overall, let’s raise the road up, especially at the intersection there with Jones Road, get the water off of the roadway, make sure the ditches are established, and install the culverts where they need to be,” Judge Rusty McMillon said. “It’s going to be a great improvement for this location.”
As much of the nation watched the presidential and vice-presidential inauguration, many students watched the historical event either virtually, or in the classroom. But, unlike in years past, COVID and controversy prevented some schools from showing it.
Caroline Lester of Westside High School in Jonesboro received the honor from the Arkansas Farm Bureau.
Lester earned the top new ag instructor award for her work at Westside, where she has 208 students involved. Eighty students are also members of the schoolâs FFA program.
âHere at Westside weâre really fortunate to have a lot of community support.â Lester said when receiving the award from Arkansas Farm Bureauâs Senior Education Coordinator Matt Jackson. âI appreciate the support my peers have given me,â she said.
Lester, originally from Vilonia, graduated from SAU in May 2017 with a bachelor of science in agriculture education. She received a master s degree in agriculture in 2020. While at SAU, she was involved in the Agri Club, Collegiate FFA and Sigma Alpha.