Jefferson County records 11th Coronavirus death

Jefferson County now has its 11th Coronavirus death after a nursing home patient has succumbed to the virus. Jefferson County Coroner Chad Kelley confirmed one death to DeltaplexNews.com Sunday afternoon, and the second early Monday morning. Kelley confirmed the first victim was an African American... Read More.
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PBPD makes arrests in Friday murder

UPDATE: April 24, 10:35 p.m. 33-year-old Deric Smith and 23-year-old Lemiesha Toney have been booked into the Jefferson County jail for Capital Murder and Battery 1st Degree. ORIGINAL STORY: A shooting Friday in the 1600 block of West 16th Avenue has left a Pine Bluff man dead. According to Pine... Read More.

Pine Bluff records ninth Coronavirus death

Pine Bluff now has its ninth Coronavirus death after a nursing home patient has succumbed to the virus. Jefferson County Coroner Chad Kelley confirmed the death to DeltaplexNews.com Friday afternoon. Kelley confirmed the victim was a white male in his 70’s. Pine Bluff recorded eight Coronavirus... Read More.
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Anthony Rouse, 54, White Hall

Booking #: 110855 Age: 54 Gender: Male Race: African American Address: White Hall, AR Booking Date: 04-24-2020 - 1:41 pm Charges: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT KIDNAPPING RAPE POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY CERTAIN PERSONS Possession of controlled substances POSS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

Little Rock official alleges retaliation over testimony

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Little Rock police official filed a lawsuit claiming that his police chief has been retaliating against him in response to his testimony in an officer-involved shooting last year. Hayward Finks, an assistant police chief at the Little Rock Police... Read More.
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ACLU: Arkansas test mandate could still restrict abortions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A group representing Arkansas’ only surgical abortion clinic said Friday the state’s move to resume elective surgeries could still effectively ban the procedure because of a lack of widespread coronavirus testing. The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas did not... Read More.

Kathleen “Kathy” Kay Reeves 49 of Star City

Kathleen “Kathy” Kay Reeves, 49 of Star city passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. She was born December 28, 1970 in Marshall, MI. She was a homemaker. Preceding her in death were her father, James Dwayne Drumhiller; and 2 husbands,... Read More.
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Mark Smothers, 37, Sheridan

Booking #: 105266 Age: 37 Gender: Male Race: Caucasian Address: Sheridan, AR Booking Date: 04-23-2020 - 4:02 pm Charges: Absconder Warrant Parole/Probation Resisting arrest - Refusal to submit to arrest-RESISTING ARREST / THREATENS FORCE Fleeing-FLEEING

Breanna Renea Moses, 26, Pine Bluff

Booking #: 113321 Age: 26 Gender: Female Race: African American Address: Pine Bluff, AR Booking Date: 04-24-2020 - 2:42 am Charges: MURDER - 1ST DEGREE
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