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<p>The Pine Bluff City Council meets Monday night at the civic complex. (Special to The Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Amended public nuisance measure passes

Updated: May 20, 2013 10:42pm

A proposed ordinance providing a penalty for failure to abate a property declared by the city as a public nuisance was approved in a split vote Monday night after being amended by the Pine Bluff...

Council OKs revamped parks commission

Updated: May 20, 2013 10:43pm

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Conference to target minority tobacco use

Updated: May 10, 2013 6:12pm

An annual gathering for advocates fighting minority tobacco use will celebrate its 10th anniversary in Pine Bluff on May 16 when the Clearing the Air in Communities of Color conference opens its...

Sheriff’s Department preparing for recycling program

Updated: May 10, 2013 5:14pm

A resolution approving a working agreement between the county’s recycling department and the sheriff’s Clean Team is expected to be approved by the Jefferson County Quorum Court on Monday, and the...

<p>Laurell and Willie Hall, whose daughter Cleashindra Hall has been missing since May 9, 1994, watch a video about Cleashindra’s disappearance during a service Thursday at St. Peter’s Rock Baptist Church in Pine Bluff. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

FAITH SUSTAINS HOPE Cleashindra Hall is celebrated in church service

Updated: May 09, 2013 10:29pm

Although her whereabouts have been unknown for nearly two decades, a Thursday night “service of hope” at St Peter’s Rock Baptist Church here provided ample evidence that Cleashindra Hall is alive...

<p>Madelyn Funderburg receives her necklace and certificate from Lynda Pickler during the Junior Leadership ceremony for the class of 2013 on Thursday. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Junior Leadership Pine Bluff Class offers hope for future

Updated: May 09, 2013 8:29pm

For all of those who say nothing good is coming out of Pine Bluff and Jefferson County, a fierce rebuttal to that assertion came from a group of highly motivated teenagers Thursday evening.

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<p>Nicole Simmons uses a computer to look at the new resume builder and job finder websites that are now available at the Pine/Bluff Jefferson County Public Library. Thursday May 9, 2013. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Library offers help for job seekers

Updated: May 09, 2013 6:38pm

Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Library System Director Michael Sawyer is proud that libraries have long been recognized as a leading source of information. But he also wants the library to be a...

Jefferson County Road Department and Recycling Report

Updated: May 09, 2013 6:41pm

Weekly Jefferson County Road Department and Recycling Report

April 26

• Bridge Crew: Checked bridge on Cornerstone Road, Swan Lake Recreational Road, and cut trees and debris from...

<p>Anessa Haney (left) with her son Cameron Haney. (Special to The Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

PBHS senior named Gates Scholar

Updated: May 08, 2013 4:40pm

Cameron Haney is a soft-spoken young man whose intellect, determination and self-discipline have propelled him to the upper echelons of high school academic achievement.

Haney, a senior at...

SEARK Board shoots down on-campus concealed carry

Updated: May 08, 2013 8:29pm

The Southeast Arkansas College Board of Trustees voted to opt out of a new state law Wednesday that would allow faculty and staff members with concealed-handgun permits to carry the firearms on...

‘Giddy up-and-whoa’ spring grows question marks in tomato country

Updated: May 08, 2013 9:18pm

WARREN — Cool days, cold nights and smatterings of warm sunshine have raised a few question marks in the tomato fields of southern Arkansas.

“The tomatoes are looking pretty good for...

<p>Jessie Walker (and, from left), Cynthia Anderson, Richard Redus are pictured with UAPB Interim Chancellor Calvin Johnson during the Chancellor’s Awards. Not pictured: Alf Haukenes. (Special to The Commercial/Brian Williams)</p>

UAPB honors its own

Updated: May 08, 2013 8:20pm

An awards ceremony — Honoring Excellence: Performance Beyond the Ordinary — to honor University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff faculty and staff who best exemplify the school’s commitment to teaching,...

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