Workers remove the left-turn lane from Stallings Lane onto Caraway Road on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Jonesboro, Ark.. A company contracted by the city of Jonesboro is eliminating the lane because of the high number of accidents at the intersection, said Craig Light, Jonesboro's city engineer. He said the left-turn lane caused vision to be obscured, creating accidents. (Joe Schratz/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Juliana Miller, 6, of Jonesboro, Ark., goes down a water slide Thursday at the Jonesboro Pool and Recreation Center on West Nettleton Avenue. Juliana was at the pool with her grandmother, Cheryl Gnagey. Excessive temperatures with no relief in sight have local residents finding any way they can to beat the heat. (Joe Schratz/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Jonesboro Math & Science Magnet School first-graders join their planetarium navigator for a journey through the planets of the solar system starting with Earth on Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, 2023, inside the SkyDome Planetarium at MicroSociety Elementary School's gym in Jonesboro, Ark. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Arkansas State University Newport-Jonesboro freshmen Jayden Damron and Abigil Sanchez make their way to class on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, outside of Aviation Hall at the Arkansas State University Newport-Jonesboro campus in Jonesboro, Ark. The two, who are both natural science majors, said they are loving their classes so far during their second semester. Friday is the last day to enroll for the spring semester. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

American Red Cross Phlebotomist Alysa Kennedy collects blood from Westside High School senior Blake Goforth Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, at the WHS American Red Cross blood drive at the school library in Jonesboro, Ark. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Nine-year-old Carter Pirani hits the ramps on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 16, 2022, at the Bike Pump track at Craighead Forest Park in Jonesboro, Ark. His mother, Candace Parani said that she drives about 45 minutes from their hometown of Crawfordsville to bring Carter and his little sister to the park because they don't have a good bike trail near them. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Nine-year-old Carter Pirani hits the ramps on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 16, 2022, at the Bike Pump track at Craighead Forest Park in Jonesboro, Ark. His mother, Candace Parani said that she drives about 45 minutes from their hometown of Crawfordsville to bring Carter and his little sister to the park because they don't have a good bike trail near them. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Sherita Washington, program coordinator for DEITY, enjoys working in the kitchen at the Salvation Army in Jonesboro, Ark., as she prepares food for the first DEITY Mentor Program meal held on Nov. 15, 2022. According to Washington, DEITY is a mentorship program for girls 12 to 18 years of age through the Butterfly Counseling Outreach, which was founded by LaSonya Ford. She said the meal was a great opportunity for the girls to serve the community as it was for not only the homeless, but for anyone who needed a warm meal near the Thanksgiving holiday. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Sherita Washington, program coordinator for DEITY, enjoys working in the kitchen at the Salvation Army in Jonesboro, Ark., as she prepares food for the first DEITY Mentor Program meal held on Nov. 15, 2022. According to Washington, DEITY is a mentorship program for girls 12 to 18 years of age through the Butterfly Counseling Outreach, which was founded by LaSonya Ford. She said the meal was a great opportunity for the girls to serve the community as it was for not only the homeless, but for anyone who needed a warm meal near the Thanksgiving holiday. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Bernice Mensah, a freshman at the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at A-State, watches intently as Adam Shelton, the lead phlebotomist at the Red Cross Blood Drive event prepares to take her blood pressure before he takes her blood on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 1, 2022, at the Frederick C. Turner Jr. Military Science Building on the Arkansas State University campus in Jonesboro, Ark. Being a first-year medical student, Mensah said that she thought giving blood would be a good learning experience for her. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Fall is in the air as Regina Fleming, D.O., chair of the NYITCOM at A-State Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, enjoys the colors of the leaves as she walks across campus after work on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 20, 2022, on the Arkansas State University campus in Jonesboro, Ark. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Nettleton High School sophomore Lannie Oliver and NHS junior Kate Golden paint polka dots as part of Nettleton's Raider Serve Day on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, next to the murals in the alley behind the Foundation of Arts Theater, across from the Forum Theater in downtown Jonesboro, Ark. Other Raider Serve Day activities included: the Old Craighead County Jail documentary, the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas, the Northeast Arkansas Humane Society, the Helping Neighbors Food Pantry, on set at the NHS Drama Department, the Pine Hill Cemetery, the Craighead Forest Park and the Second Home Shoppe. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Members of the Westside High School band perform during their halftime show, which has a theme based on Edgar Allen Poe's "Masque of the Red Death," on Friday night, Sept. 23, 2022 at Warrior Stadium in Jonesboro, Ark. Friday was homecoming for WHS. (Kevin Turbeville/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Antwane Blair, with Jonesboro Parks & Recreation, takes down lights on Thursday morning, Sept. 22, 2022, in preparation for stage setup for the 2022 Downtown Jonesboro, Ark. BBQ and Music Fest. The festival starts Friday evening and continues Saturday from 11 a.m. until about 11 p.m. in Jonesboro, Ark. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Members of the Jonesboro High School dance team perform during halftime of the JHS game, Friday night, Sept. 16, 2022, at Cooksey-Johns Field in Jonesboro, Ark. The cheerleaders and band also performed during the halftime show. The Hurricane recorded a 31-17 victory over Center Hill, Miss. (Kevin Turbeville/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Bill Brown, who is paramedic for Emerson Ambulance Service, grabs a beverage to go with his complimentary breakfast on Friday morning at the NEA Baptist Conference Center in Jonesboro, Ark. NEA Baptist provided complimentary breakfast for all first responders on Friday morning, Sept. 9, 2022. Brown said that he appreciated the hospital for providing the meal for him and his co-workers, noting that he has been a paramedic for 54 years and was also a nurse at NEA Baptist for the first 36 of those years. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Members of the Nettleton High School marching band perform during halftime on Friday night, Sept. 9, 2022, at Raider Field in Jonesboro, Ark. The Raiders held off Blytheville for a 30-25 victory in their home opener. (Kevin Turbeville/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Greene County 4-H Club member Olivia Reeves shows a hog for collegiate judges during the last round of the Top Notch Collegiate Swine Judging Contest, which was hosted by the Greene County 4-H program on Thursday morning, Sept. 8, 2022, at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Paragould, Ark. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Three-year-old Slayton Peters, foreground, excitedly points to the giant timber rattlesnake on exhibit as his seven-year-old cousin, Silas Elrod, left, takes a closer look and his two-year-old brother, Wyatt Peters, listens curiously on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 7, 2022, at the AGFC Forrest L. Wood Crowley's Ridge Nature Center in Jonesboro, Ark. Silas's mother, Alyssa Elrod of Trumann, said she and her husband, Joseph Elrod, had brought the boys to enjoy a day at the nature center. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)

Six-year-old Blaine Klim has a big smile as he peeks out of the igloo-style jungle gym, Aug. 29, 2022, near the Miracle League Park playground in Jonesboro, Ark. His mother, Rebecca Petters, said that they are from Fayetteville, but she has home schooled him and his older sister, Taylor Petters, since COVID began, which has allowed them to travel with their father, who will be working in Jonesboro over the next few months. (Nena Zimmer/The Jonesboro Sun via AP)