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Roadwork to cause lane closures in Star City
Area Digest Comments Updated: Jun 14, 2013 3:25pmImprovements to Arkansas 11B and Arkansas 114 (East Arkansas Avenue) in Star City will require lane closures next week, according to Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department officials...
Rob Roy Road to close for repairs
Area Digest Comments Updated: Jun 14, 2013 3:22pmJefferson County Judge Dutch King has announced that Rob Roy Road will be closed during daylight hours beginning Monday.
King said D&D Paving will be paving the road from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m...
Dallas County Quorum Court meets Tuesday
Area Digest Comments Updated: Jun 14, 2013 3:20pmThe Dallas County Quorum Court will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Dallas County Courthouse at Fordyce.
County Judge Jimmy J.J. Jones said agenda items will include a hospital report and the...
Crime, Victims Support meeting to be held Wednesday
Area Digest Comments Updated: Jun 13, 2013 4:39pmHealing Place Ministries’ Crime and Victims Support meeting will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Area Agency on Aging, 709 E. 8th Ave.
The speaker will be Virginia Barnes from the American...
UAPB student named Hercules Scholar
Area Digest Comments Updated: Jun 13, 2013 3:30pmAntonio Webster, a freshman criminal justice major at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, has been named a Hercules Scholar by the Tom Joyner Foundation.
A native of Memphis, Tenn.,...
PB School District to begin summer food program Monday
Area Digest Comments Updated: Jun 13, 2013 3:17pmThe Pine Bluff School District Food Service Department will hold a Seamless Summer Feeding Program (an extension of the National School Lunch Program) Monday through Friday, July 26, for children...
Healing Place Ministries’ summer camp to begin Monday
Area Digest Comments Updated: Jun 13, 2013 2:39pmHealing Place Ministries’ four-week Summer Youth Community Camp will be held Monday through Friday, July 12, at Morgan Farms, 8309 Old Warren Road. For details or to assist, contact the Rev. Edna...
Turner to be recognized by National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice
Area Digest Comments Updated: Jun 13, 2013 2:37pmThe National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice will recognize the Rev. Jesse Turner, executive director of Interested Citizens for Voter Registration Inc., for activism and positive change...
UAPB student named Hercules Scholar
Area Digest Comments Updated: Jun 13, 2013 2:19pmMarquise Ealy, an industrial technology major at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, has been named a Hercules Scholar by the Tom Joyner Foundation.
A native of Milwaukee, Wisc.,...
SE Arkansas Workforce Investment Board to meet Wednesday
Area Digest Comments Updated: Jun 13, 2013 1:40pmThe Southeast Arkansas Workforce Investment Board will meet Wednesday at the Star City Civic Center.
Committees will meet at 9:30 a.m. The full board will meet at 11 a.m. Lunch will be...
