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Four Players In Double Figures Powers Lady Lions Over Arkansas State

Monday, November 30 by Staff

Tyler Pyburn scored a career-high 23 points to lead four players in double figures as the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff women's basketball won at Arkansas State 85-68 Friday at National Bank Arena.Shicoriya Orr added 19 points, Trasity Totten scored 17, and Joyce... Read More.

White Hall Police Department seeking information on suspect in fraudulent credit card use

Wednesday, November 25 by Staff

The White Hall Police Department is seeking the public’s help to identify and locate this dark color, 4 door, older model, Chevy Cavalier or Toyota Corolla with hubcaps.The suspect driving the car is a black male last seen wearing a black mask, black beanie,... Read More.

Pine Bluff Fire & Emergency Services announces 2020 “Santa Truck” schedule

Wednesday, November 25 by Staff

Pine Bluff Fire & Emergency Services Personnel and Carrington Electric Company of Pine Bluff have decorated one of our reserve fire trucks with Christmas lights and with assistance from Stereo Junction a sound system to play Christmas music as they are driving throughout the... Read More.

Community Forum: A new approach to School Consolidation

Wednesday, November 25 by Staff

The following is an opinion article submitted by Pine Bluff resident Tavante Calhoun regarding the topic of Consolidation in Jefferson county.DeltaplexNews.com is willing to accept opinion pieces on topics that involve the community. Additionally, we will accept viewpoints both for and against this and... Read More.

White Hall’s Jacobrien Eichelberger named Week 13 Kevin Bonnette State Farm Jefferson County Player of the Week

Wednesday, November 25 by Staff

White Hall senior athlete Jacobrien Eichelberger has been named Week 13 Kevin Bonnette State Farm Jefferson County Player of the Week.Eichelberger played a key role in the Bulldog's 14-10 victory over Batesville Friday night to help White Hall move into the third round of... Read More.

Dallas County officials searching for possible plane crash

Tuesday, November 24 by Staff

The Dallas County Sheriff's Office is reporting on scanner traffic that they are searching for a possible plane crash after multiple witnesses called 911 stating they saw a low flying plane and heard a loud boom.The search is targeted between State Highway 7 and... Read More.

Arkansas teenager killed in hunting accident

Tuesday, November 24 by Staff

A 14-year-old boy was killed in a hunting accident near Hartford Monday afternoon, according to 40/29 News.The report states that Newt Hodge and his 19-year-old brother were loading a deer into their truck when a gun fell and... Read More.

SEC shuffles games, pushes back Arkansas-Missouri, UT-Vandy

Tuesday, November 24 by Staff

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has shuffled its schedule, pushing back the Arkansas-Missouri and Tennessee-Vanderbilt games that had been set for Saturday. The league announced Monday that it has postponed the Arkansas-Missouri game because of a combination of positive tests, contact tracing and... Read More.

PBPD working shots fired call at Regency Arms Apartments

Monday, November 23 by Staff

The Pine Bluff Police Department is in the early stages of a shots fired call at Regency Arms Apartments located on 31st Avenue.There is damage to property, but no victim has been located.Crime scene technicians are on the scene working to processing the scene.No... Read More.

Arkansas virus hospitalizations decline from record high

Monday, November 23 by Staff

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The number of hospitalizations in Arkansas due to the coronavirus declined slightly on Saturday from a one-day record high while the number of reported cases increased by more than 1,900, according to the Arkansas Department of Health. There were 922... Read More.

Deltaplex area teams advance into the 2020 playoffs

Monday, November 23 by Staff

Several Deltaplex area teams advanced into the 2020 playoffs on Friday night, and we have the updated brackets below.In Class 2A Poyen will host Junction City and Fordyce will host Foreman.See the Class 2A bracket here: https://scorebooklive.com/football/tournaments/660In Class 3A McGehee will host Lincoln.See the... Read More.

Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor laid to rest in Arkansas

Monday, November 23 by Staff

WINTHROP, Ark. (AP) — After nearly 80 years, the remains of a Navy sailor who died in the attack on Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor have been returned and buried in his home state of Arkansas. Twenty-year-old Samuel Cyrus Steiner went missing in action Dec. 7, 1941,... Read More.