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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...
Father arrested in infant son’s death
Local Comments Updated: May 10, 2013 5:02pmThe death of an infant early Thursday morning is being called a homicide and Pine Bluff police have arrested the child’s father in connection with the incident.
Ivory Jones, 23, was taken...
Final graduation is bittersweet for St. Joseph
Local Comments Updated: May 10, 2013 9:52pmOrgan music filled the cathedral as St. Joseph Catholic High School’s graduating class of 2013 walked down the aisle toward their future on Friday night.
The five seniors who received their...
Review committee fires PB officer
Local Comments Updated: May 10, 2013 6:11pmA city appeals panel on Friday fired a Pine Bluff police officer accused of sexually harassing a female officer.
Officer Chris Powell originally was suspended for 20 days by Interim Police...
Upgraded fire protection could mean lower insurance bills for property owners
Local Comments Updated: May 10, 2013 7:46pmA lot of hard work from the Pine Bluff Fire and Emergency Services Department, and the passage of a sales tax increase to fund new equipment, has paid off with an upgrade of the city’s Fire...
White Hall, Watson Chapel voters head to polls Tuesday
Local Comments Updated: May 14, 2013 2:18pmTuesday is election day for the city of White Hall. with voters asked to approve a bond issue to finance a proposed community center and aquatics park, and for the Watson Chapel School District,...
Conference to target minority tobacco use
Local Comments Updated: May 10, 2013 6:12pmAn 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
Local Comments Updated: May 10, 2013 5:14pmA 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...
FAITH SUSTAINS HOPE Cleashindra Hall is celebrated in church service
Local Comments Updated: May 09, 2013 10:29pmAlthough 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...