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Severe weather possible in SE Arkansas
Local Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 8:41pmThere is a slight risk of severe weather Tuesday in Southeast Arkansas as a storm system that has rocked Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas continues to grow and move to the east and northeast.
The...
New charter school remains on track despite obstacles
Local Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 8:01pmQuest Middle School of Pine Bluff remains on schedule to welcome several hundred fifth- through eighth-graders through its doors as an open enrollment charter school this August thanks to the...
White Hall native receives award from OBU
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 11:31pmStacy Beck of Sheridan recently earned Ouachita Baptist University’s highest academic honor as the university’s Overall Academic Achiever.
Beck — a political science, history and French...
UAPB alumnus receives Alcorn award
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 7:09pmJimmy Hammock, international president of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., was given the President’s Honorarii Alcornite Societatis during Alcorn State University’s commencement in recognition of...
UAPB alumna receives Cleveland award
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 6:58pmRuth Jones, a 1984 University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff graduate, received the Cleveland Federal Executive Board’s Wings of Excellence Award at the 27th Annual Awards Program for serving as an...
Doctor to present arthritis program
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 6:45pmThe Barraque Street Missionary Baptist Church Health Ministry will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the fellowship hall.
The topic will be “Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid...
WCHS students graduate Tuesday
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 6:20pmWatson Chapel High School graduation will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center.
Rhett Hunt is the valedictorian. Chapel Jones is the salutatorian.
Housing Authority to meet Wednesday
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 6:12pmThe Pine Bluff Housing Authority Board of Directors will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Colonial Steakhouse, 111 W. Eighth Ave.
McGehee student awarded scholarship
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 5:50pmMatthew Blissitt of McGehee has been awarded a $1,000 college scholarship by the Alex Foundation.
Matthew has been accepted to the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture.
WCJH students donate to CASA
Area Digest Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 7:46pmWatson Chapel Junior High School students in Jason Scoggins’s economics class and Mrs. Debill’s and Mrs. Golden’s art classes recently presented CASA Women’s Shelter Director Karen Palmer with a...