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<p>Pine Bluff Interim Police Chief Jeff Hubanks speaks to the Pine Bluff Rotary Club at the Pine Bluff Country Club on Tuesday. (Special to The Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Hubanks raps former chief, says crime statistics were wrong

Updated: May 21, 2013 8:40pm

Without ever mentioning her name, Interim Police Chief Jeff Hubanks rapped his predecessor and praised the department’s command staff Tuesday while speaking to a local civic club.

Hubanks...

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White Hall graduate earns UALR scholarship

Updated: May 21, 2013 7:21pm

Abigail Rogne, a 2013 White Hall High School graduate, has been awarded the Academic Achievement Scholarship from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

The scholarship awards $16,000...

Family Community Development Corp. to meet Thursday

Updated: May 21, 2013 4:40pm

Family Community Development Corp., 1001 N. Palm St., will have its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Mayor Debe Hollingsworth will be the guest. The meeting is open to the public...

S.O.S.S. to hold graduation picnic Monday

Updated: May 21, 2013 4:37pm

Save Our Students and Society will hold a graduation picnic from noon to 7 p.m. Monday at Esau Pickett Park in Dumas.

There will be food and games. Details: (870) 377-0301, (870) 377-2550 or...

White Hall native makes Harding dean’s list

Updated: May 21, 2013 4:17pm

Christopher Jackson, a junior youth and family ministry major from White Hall, was among more than 1,000 Harding University students on the dean’s list for the spring semester.

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<p>Radar image from the National Weather Service at 4 p.m. Tuesday. (Special to The Commercial)</p>

Bradley, Desha, Drew counties under tornado watch through 10 p.m.

Updated: May 21, 2013 6:29pm

Bradley, Desha and Drew counties remain under a tornado watch through 10 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

The watch has expired for other counties in Southeast Arkansas.

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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

The Pine Bluff Parks and Recreation Commission was expanded from five to nine members in a unanimous decision by the city council Monday night.

The realignment ordinance was introduced at...

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Formal charges filed in March shooting death

Updated: May 20, 2013 8:39pm

Formal charges have been filed against a teenager in the March shooting death of a 21-year-old man.

Prosecuting Attorney S. Kyle Hunter charged Curtis Ladd Jr., 16, as an adult with first-...

Oklahoma City suburb devastated by tornado

Updated: May 20, 2013 10:00pm

Rescue workers clawed through mountains of rubble in a frantic search for survivors — including dozens of missing children — as the death toll mounted after a mile-wide tornado flattened an...

Calls for Shoffner’s resignation mount

Updated: May 20, 2013 9:32pm

LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe led a chorus of officials from both sides of the political aisle Monday in calling for embattled state Treasurer Martha Shoffner to resign in the face of federal...

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