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Local church to hold Community Day Saturday

Updated: May 22, 2013 2:23pm

Unity Christian Fellowship Church, 2712 S. Bay St., will hold a Community Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. There will be free games, food, a health fair and a clothes giveaway. Several social...

TOPPS accepting applications for summer program

Updated: May 22, 2013 2:21pm

TOPPS, Inc. (Targeting Our People’s Priorities with Service) is accepting applications for its summer program for children entering second through 10th grade. The program will start Monday, June...

Dollarway Booster Club to meet Tuesday

Updated: May 22, 2013 2:13pm

The Dollarway Booster Club will hold its end-of-the-year meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at McDonald’s, 107 S. Blake St. The club plans to select new officers for the 2013-2014 school year. Details:...

PB native receives counseling degree

Updated: May 22, 2013 2:12pm

Tynisa Lashawn Adams, a Pine Bluff native, graduated with a master of arts degree in counseling from Dallas Baptist University during spring commencement.

Former Commercial editor/reporter receives honor

Updated: May 22, 2013 1:30pm

Lana Henderson Sloan, a former editor and reporter for the Pine Bluff Commercial, has been selected as a Living Legend of North Texas Journalism by the Press Club of Dallas. She was honored for...

Enrollment under way for early learning program

Updated: May 22, 2013 1:12pm

JCCSI ChildCare Aware, 1203 W. Pullen St., is enrolling 3- and 4-year-olds for its 2013-2014 ABC for School Success program.

The program is designed to help parents enhance their child’s...

Pine Bluff School Board honors district teachers

Updated: May 22, 2013 1:08pm

The Pine Bluff School District Board of Directors joined with district superintendent Linda Watson on Tuesday night to honor the instructors chosen by their peers as teachers of the year.

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Arkansas Tech announces spring 2013 Dean’s List

Updated: May 22, 2013 9:21am

RUSSELLVILLE — Arkansas Tech University has announced its Dean’s List for undergraduate students on the main campus in Russellville for the spring 2013 semester.

A student must achieve a 3.5...

Tornado victims need our help

Updated: May 21, 2013 9:00pm

“Scouring” is a word weather watchers use to describe what happens to the earth when the strongest tornadoes pass over it: Even the grass is pulled up from the ground, leaving nothing but dirt...

<p>Rev. Michael Williams, (left), leads the crowd in the National Anthem during the City-Wide Ministers’ Prayer Luncheon at the Pine Bluff Convention Center Tuesday. (Special to The Commercial/William Harvey)</p>

Ministers’ luncheon features good news

Updated: May 21, 2013 7:45pm

Unemployment, poverty, crime and education challenges here were among topics mentioned at a National Day of Prayer ministers’ luncheon Tuesday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center, but Mayor Debe...