Dr. Shane Speights, City of Jonesboro medical director and arguably more significantly the Dean of NYIT Medical College at Arkansas State University, and his associate director of external affairs Casey Pearce have been doing a tremendous amount of heavy lifting for not only Jonesboro but all of northeast Arkansas for more than year now in our fight against COVID. Mayor Harold Copenhaver and the City are eternally grateful for their ceaseless work – and that of all doctors, students and support staff at NYIT during this pandemic. Copenhaver, Chief Administrative Officer Brian Richardson and Communications Director Bill Campbell were humbled and honored to receive NYIT vests delivered by Pearce on Tuesday.