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Reported county crime down slightly in May compared to 2012
Local Comments Updated: Jun 14, 2013 5:33pmReported crime in the unincorporated areas of Jefferson County dropped slightly in May compared to a year ago, according to the monthly report from the sheriff’s department.
There were 167...
Local pediatrician lauded for expertise, compassion
Local Comments Updated: Jun 08, 2013 7:26pmTom Ed Townsend M.D. of Pine Bluff was said to be a gifted medical professional who also cared deeply for the children that he treated in his pediatric practice at the Children’s Clinic located...
Prison inmate loses appeal on classification status
Local Comments Updated: Jun 08, 2013 4:37pmThe Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of an Arkansas prison inmate who had contended that prison officials refused to restore his inmate classification and he was denied entrance into...
UAPB conference addresses student achievement gap
Local Comments Updated: Jun 07, 2013 9:21pmThe struggle by many of the state’s low income, rural school districts to maintain a quality education for their students was the topic of discussion at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff...
City animal shelter’s future looking brighter
Local Comments Updated: Jun 07, 2013 9:36pmAngie Rutherford is excited about a number of developing changes within the Pine Bluff Animal Control Department.
The supervising animal control officer said Friday that as the agency moves...
Mayor wants party for PB’s 175th anniversary
Local Comments Updated: Jun 07, 2013 6:37pmPine Bluff is nearing the 175th anniversary of its Jan. 8, 1839, incorporation as a city, and Mayor Debe Hollingsworth would like to mark the occasion with a big party — well, actually a citywide...
Clarification
Local Comments Updated: Jun 07, 2013 10:41pmGeorge Makris, chairman of the Economic Development Corp. of Jefferson County, which oversees appropriations of revenues generated by a three-eighths cent sales tax approved by voters in 2011 and...
Animal shelter in need of donations; dogs and cats available for adoption
Local Comments Updated: Jun 07, 2013 10:16pmPine Bluff’s Animal Control shelter at 901 N. Haverty St., adjacent to Martin Luther King Jr. Park, could use a helping hand, and for more than just petting a cat or dog awaiting adoption. The...
A Bee Surprise
Local Comments Updated: Jun 07, 2013 8:11pmThe Baxter family got a surprise when a fallen tree limb revealed a bee hive on Wednesday at the their home on U.S. 79 South. Jennifer Baxter said Kirk Howard, who came to remove the bees,...
Appeals Court rejects Martin appeal on robbery, burglary conviction
Local Comments Updated: Jun 07, 2013 5:06pmA Pine Bluff man convicted on multiple charges after a home invasion robbery in White Hall in 2010 failed to convince the Arkansas Court of Appeals that his conviction should be thrown out.
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