Murder Suicide Sunday night in Pine Bluff

On September 17, 2023, at approximately 7:01 P.M., Officers were dispatched to 1404 Avondale Drive, in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, Officers noticed a black female slumped over in the driver’s side seat of a grey passenger vehicle at 1402 Avondale Drive. The... Read More.

PB to host State Education Board this Friday

The Pine Bluff School District will host the Arkansas Department of Education State Board this Friday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. Dr. Sedrick Rice, a member of the District’s limited authority school board says one of the main goals of that meeting….is to convince The... Read More.
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Quorum Court finally gets something done after 8 months

By Ray King It took more than eight months, but the Jefferson County Quorum Court on Monday was able to put aside some of their differences and approve eight separate pieces of legislation, including one of two appropriation ordinances that County Judge Gerald Robinson has... Read More.
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Bond set for forgery suspect

By Ray King A $1,500 bond was set Friday for a Pine Bluff woman accused of trying to cash a fraudulent check. Lincoln County Judge Phillip Green set the bond after ruling prosecutors have probable cause to charge Kindlell Womack, 19, with second-degree forgery. Green was... Read More.
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Sales taxes to be on November ballot in Pine Bluff

By Ray King With three members of the Pine Bluff City Council absent Wednesday, Mayor Shirley Washington cast the deciding vote to send a proposed five-eights cent sales tax, commonly called the Go Forward Sales Tax, to the voters in a special election in November. An... Read More.

Maurice Taggart shot and killed by son

On August 30, 2023, just after 2:00 AM Officers of the Pine Bluff Police Department responded to #1 Hillcroft St. for a reported shooting. On arrival Officers found that two males had been shot, 43-year-old Maurice Taggart and his son, 26-year-old Justice Taggart. Both... Read More.
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Whitfield blames GFPB for Taggart shooting

Deltaplex News has confirmed from law enforcement officials and multiple city council members that former city council member and current NAACP local leader Ivan Whitfield sent the following text message to members of the Pine Bluff city council this morning in the wake of... Read More.