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A REMARKABLE JOURNEY Visual voyage through black history an eye-opener

Updated: May 18, 2013 7:10pm

There have been several excellent history books compiled on Pine Bluff and Jefferson County, but they’ve primarily outlined the lives and experiences of whites, chiefly those who actually aided...

PBHS Graduation

Updated: May 17, 2013 8:33pm

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Bond issue passes with 81 percent of vote

Updated: May 16, 2013 3:27pm

Voting in a special election, White Hall residents overwhelming approved a bond issue Tuesday that will help finance a community center and aquatics park.

The bond issue passed with 81...

<p>Ethel Davis</p>

Davis remembered for devotion to others, gracious demeanor

Updated: May 14, 2013 9:55pm

Family and friends of Ethel Davis remember a woman who lived her life in service to others, whether it was teaching the wonders of mathematics to high school students or anonymously dispensing aid...

<p>Dr. Nick Willis speaks to Rotary Club members Tuesday at the Pine Bluff Country Club. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Doctor discusses good, bad, ugly about stents

Updated: May 14, 2013 4:48pm

The newest interventional cardiologist at Jefferson Regional Medical Center said Tuesday that there are good things about the use of medical stents, as well as bad things.

Speaking to the...

Sharp Ride

Updated: May 14, 2013 2:25pm

Scott Pinckard checks out the interior of Tony Stewart’s stock car Monday outside Harbor Oaks, where a Customer Appreciation Reception was being held for the Knox Nelson Oil Company to celebrate...

Watson Chapel School Board to continue with school choice

Updated: May 13, 2013 10:17pm

The Watson Chapel School District Board of Directors agreed to maintain its participation in the Arkansas school choice law for another year before making any decisions on whether or not to opt...

<p>Richard Grimmett speaks on behalf of a group of motorcycle riders that attended Monday’s town hall meeting at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

CHOOSING SIDES Brumett draws a line on council factions

Updated: May 13, 2013 9:44pm

Third Ward Alderman Bill Brumett said at Pine Bluff Mayor Debe Hollingsworth’s monthly town hall meeting Monday night that if some of his city council counterparts “don’t want to get on board and...

State wants unpaid retirement benefits money from county

Updated: May 13, 2013 8:39pm

An apparent failure to pay retirement benefits for an employee of Jefferson County in the 1980s has come back to haunt the county to the tune of $146,000.

Following the regular meeting of...

<p>Stephanie Johnson recieves her master’s degree in secondary education during the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s Spring Commencement Exercises on Saturday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center . (Special to the Commercial/ William Harvey)</p>

UAPB graduates urged to persevere in tough times

Updated: May 11, 2013 6:37pm

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff held its 148th commencement ceremony Saturday afternoon at the Pine Bluff

Convention Center Saturday afternoon.

As friends and family of...

Fire chief to disuss new ISO rating at town hall meeting

Updated: May 11, 2013 5:27pm

A discussion on the Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services Department’s recent upgrade to a Class 2 ISO rating and what it means for residents will be led by Fire Chief Shauwn Howell at Mayor Debe...

<p>Mac Bellingrath gives the commencement address during Southeast Arkansas College’s Spring 2013 Commencement Program on Friday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

SEARK College graduates held to high ideals

Updated: May 13, 2013 2:19pm

The powerful ideals forever enshrined in the United States Declaration of Independence served as the inspiration for words of encouragement as well as admonitions of personal responsibility during...

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