VIDEO: A tornado touched down in Jonesboro, Arkansas, this evening. Severe damage has been reported. A traffic camera captured this video. We will have much more information on our 10 p.m. newscast. (Courtesy: The Arkansas Department of Transportation via the National Weather Service - Arkansas.) | WDRB News

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

An F4 tornado strikes Jonesboro, Arkansas, on May 18, 1968, killing 34 people. An additional eight were killed in Oil Trough and three more in Baxter County. This clip comes from our KATV collection, which was recently published on our website. New clips are being added weekly, so check back for more here: http://ow.ly/A71350wCc8O | Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History