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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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Sheriff’s Mother’s Day operation targets child support offenders

Updated: May 08, 2013 7:44pm

Day one of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office’s Operation Mother’s Day resulted in 11 arrests Wednesday for nonpayment of child support totaling $135,654.

This is the seventh year for the...

<p>Applause breaks out as Scott Green (left), general manager of The Pines mall, stands with Mike Denney as they announce the reopening of Garfield’s restaurant at the mall during the Rotary Club meeting Tuesday at the Pine Bluff Country Club. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Garfield’s to reopen at Pines Mall in August

Updated: May 07, 2013 5:37pm

A long-time tenant of The Pines mall that shut down a few years ago will reopen in August, according to Scott Green, manager of the mall.

Speaking Tuesday to the Pine Bluff Rotary Club,...

<p>Calvin Johnson, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff interim chancellor, speaks at the Coffee with the Chiefs meeting Tuesday at First Trinity Church of God in Christ. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

UAPB interim chancellor links education to reduced crime, economic development

Updated: May 07, 2013 5:38pm

Improving education is the key to reducing crime and stimulating economic development, the interim chancellor at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff said at a community meeting Tuesday.

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Committee endorses city budget cuts; no furloughs included

Updated: May 07, 2013 9:03pm

Drawing kudos from Mayor Debe Hollingsworth and city council members, Finance Director Steve Miller and Pine Bluff’s other department leaders have combined their skills to trimming municipal...

Council rejects Mays’ community outreach ordinance

Updated: May 07, 2013 8:42pm

A resolution calling for the encouragement of “city department heads and key employees to participate in and engage with community outreach and neighborhood watch groups” was rejected Monday night...

Early voting begins for Watson Chapel, White Hall ballot measures

Updated: May 07, 2013 8:30pm

The first day of early voting on the issuing of bonds for the city of White Hall and a millage increase for the Watson Chapel School District saw 25 residents of the two municipalities cast their...

Agreement between County Recycling, Clean Team recommended for approval

Updated: May 07, 2013 8:14pm

With no discussion, a committee of the Jefferson County Quorum Court recommended approval Tuesday of a proposed agreement to use members of the sheriff’s office Clean Team as labor at the county...

<p>Pine Bluff SWAT Team members serving as pallbearers load the casket of Lt. JoAnn Bates into a hearse after her funeral Monday at the First Assembly of God Church in Pine Bluff. (Special to the Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Police, friends remember Bates at funeral service

Updated: May 06, 2013 6:43pm

Police officers from Pine Bluff and across the state came together Monday to say goodbye to one of their own, Lt. JoAnn Bates, six days after she took her own life.

Bates, a 21-year veteran...

Controversial ordinances each get a single read

Updated: May 06, 2013 10:45pm

Any hopes that a new residency requirement ordinance might be acted upon at Monday night’s Pine Bluff City Council meeting were quickly dashed, and an effort to acquire a decision on Mayor Debe...

Council approves funds for Townsend Park renovations, Merrill Center study

Updated: May 06, 2013 10:02pm

Funding to initiate a renovation project in Townsend Park and a study for proposed improvements to the Merrill Community Center was approved in a Pine Bluff City Council votes Monday night, with...

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