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Mays proposes 3 percent ‘privilege fee’ for non-resident city employees
Local Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 7:20pmAlderman Steven Mays, who is sponsoring proposed legislation calling for the “grandfathering “ of current Pine Bluff department heads on a new requirement that they reside within 12 miles of the...
Rep. Bragg
Local Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 10:34pmState Rep. Ken Bragg, whose district includes part of Jefferson County, was the featured speaker at the Jefferson County Republican Committee meeting Thursday.
Bragg spoke about the current...
Jail drops postcard-only mail policy
Local Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 8:11pmA policy that allowed detainees at the W.C. “Dub” Brassell Adult Detention Center to mail out or receive only postcards has been rescinded.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Greg Bolin, the jail...
Statistics show success of SAFE team effort
Local Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 8:00pmAfter several months of work in a 30-block neighborhood, police and city officials are moving on, and pointing to the success of the effort.
“Crime numbers are down over 60 percent and what...
WH Graduation
Local Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 2:28pmJason Alexander shakes hands with White Hall School Board President Scott Pittillo during the commencement exercises at the Pine Bluff Convention Center on Thursday. (Special to The Commercial/...
HONORING VIPS Luncheon celebrates school volunteers
Local Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 8:23pmPine Bluff School District Superintendent Linda Watson thanked the district’s school volunteers Thursday at the Volunteers in Public Schools’ annual meeting and luncheon at First United Methodist...
Committee recommends approval of residency ordinance
Local Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 7:58pmTempers flared in a Tuesday afternoon Pine Bluff City Council Administration Committee discussion of a proposed ordinance outlining residency requirements for the city’s department heads.
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Police identify parties in altercation at Walmart
Local Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 8:59pmPine Bluff police have identified the people involved in an altercation at the Walmart Supercenter on Wednesday night.
Police spokeswoman Regina VonTungeln said Herbert Harris, 31, of Pine...
Westside Neighborhood Watch preparing for halfway house inmates
Local Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 9:16pmIn the short time it has been in existence, the Westside Neighborhood Watch group has helped police recover a stolen car, arranged for a building covered with graffiti to be torn down, and now it’...
PB board votes to continue with school choice
Local Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 8:56pmThe Pine Bluff School Board voted unanimously in a special called meeting Tuesday night for the district to continue participating in the Arkansas school choice program for the remainder of the...