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Bond issue passes with 81 percent of vote
Local Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 3:27pmVoting 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...
Davis remembered for devotion to others, gracious demeanor
Local Comments Updated: May 14, 2013 9:55pmFamily 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...
Doctor discusses good, bad, ugly about stents
Local Comments Updated: May 14, 2013 4:48pmThe 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
Local Comments Updated: May 14, 2013 2:25pmScott 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
Local Comments Updated: May 13, 2013 10:17pmThe 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...
CHOOSING SIDES Brumett draws a line on council factions
Local Comments Updated: May 13, 2013 9:44pmThird 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
Local Comments Updated: May 13, 2013 8:39pmAn 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...
UAPB graduates urged to persevere in tough times
Local Comments Updated: May 11, 2013 6:37pmThe 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
Local Comments Updated: May 11, 2013 5:27pmA 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...
SEARK College graduates held to high ideals
Local Comments Updated: May 13, 2013 2:19pmThe 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...