PB community center gets efficiency makeover
Several dozen volunteers spent their Saturday in a collective effort to increase the energy efficiency of the Family Community Development Center in Pine Bluff by completing a series of weatherization tasks.Organized...
WH native makes West Virginia State Dean’s List
Karl Johnson Jr. of White Hall was named to the West Virginia State University College Dean’s List for the spring 2013 semester.Johnson is a member of the West Virginia State football team, where he is a starting wide...
WH native selected to receive U of A fellowship
Kathryn Theriot of White Hall has been selected from more than 500 applicants to receive a University of Arkansas Honors College Fellowship.The daughter of Walt and Sharon Theriot and a graduate of White Hall High...
Sheridan’s Stipes behind All-Star plate today
SHERIDAN — One of the best catchers in the state will be behind the plate Tuesday as Sheridan senior Allison Stipes is scheduled to start in the Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star softball games.The...
Minority Research Center names director
Valandra German, former interim chairwoman and assistant professor of the School of Public Health at Dillard University in New Orleans, La., has been named director of the Minority Research Center on Tobacco and...
Wilkins considering run for county judge
State Rep. Henry “Hank” Wilkins IV, D-Pine Bluff, the longest serving legislator in Arkansas, is considering a run for Jefferson County judge.The pastor of St. James United Methodist Church is serving his final term...
Freshman achieves the improbable
MONTICELLO — The thought of pitching a state semifinal game as a freshman didn’t faze Fordyce’s Ross Rogers at all.“The year before, we won state in some other stuff (like travel ball), so I’d been there before,” he...
Pitcher makes bigger impact at plate
Tyler Zuber’s pitching ability was no secret. It earned him a scholarship with Arkansas State.All the extra hours of practice paid off for him — extra hours pitching and batting, that is.“I really wanted to focus on...
Author, recording artist to speak at PB Christian Women’s luncheon
Pine Bluff Christian Women’s Connection will host its monthly luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Pine Bluff Country Club.The featured speaker will be Patty Curl of Ponca City, Okla. Curl is a national...
Mallory Murphy and Samuel Blue exchange wedding vows
BlueLITTLE ROCK — Wedding vows were exchanged by Mallory Ann Murphy and Samuel Adam Blue at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 15, on the terrace at Pleasant Valley Country Club. Mike High officiated the ceremony.Parents of the...