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Friday Closings across the Deltaplex

Thursday, January 18 by Alex Bivens

Friday, January 19, 2024 Closings Pine Bluff Transit Closed Jefferson County Courthouse opens at 10 am Pine Bluff School District Closed White Hall School District Closed Watson Chapel School District Closed Sheridan School District Closed Woodlawn School District Closed Rison/Cleveland County School District Closed Star City School District Closed Poyen School District Closed Stuttgart School... Read More.

Zebra football banquet to go on despite the death of Kendall Burton

Thursday, January 18 by Rick Walker

Pine Bluff Zebras football coach Micheal Williams took to social media to announce that the end of the season football banquet will be held this Sunday as scheduled. He said "I pray that even with heavy hearts we can still get together and celebrate... Read More.

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SeArk College to launch 100 Families program

Thursday, January 18 by Alex Bivens

By: Luke Matheson SeArk College will soon be launching a new initiative called 100 Families, which is a community-led initiative to help families move from crisis to career using existing community resources by engaging community partners in an alliance, training agencies on a collaborative case... Read More.

White Hall Superintendent Gary Williams spoke on the missed snow days and makeup days

Thursday, January 18 by Alex Bivens

School districts in the Deltaplex have spent the last four days shut down because of ice and snow that rolled in Sunday night and into Monday. Included in those districts that were closed was the White Hall School District and on Thursday, White Hall Schools... Read More.

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White House issues apology to former Governor Hutchinson after DNC statement

Thursday, January 18 by Ray King

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Wednesday apologized to former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson for a Democratic National Committee statement a day earlier that mocked the end of his long-shot 2024 bid for the Republican presidential nomination. White House chief of staff Jeff Zients called Hutchinson... Read More.

Senators oppose proposed lower duty fees for foreign catfish

Thursday, January 18 by Ray King

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) in warning the Biden administration of the disastrous economic outlook for U.S. catfish farmers and processers if it adopts a preliminary decision to significantly reduce anti-dumping duties on imported catfish... Read More.

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Citizens can voice their flooding concerns this Saturday

Thursday, January 18 by Rick Walker

A public meeting will be held this Saturday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center to allow citizen input on an upcoming watershed project. Kevin Harris from the County Extension Service was a guest on Sunrise Deltaplex to explain why the input from the public... Read More.

Former Grant County Deputy has died

Thursday, January 18 by Rick Walker

Chris Palmer, the Assistant Police Chief in Stuttgart, died peacefully in his sleep on Monday. Palmer served for many years in the Grant County Sheriff's Department before making the move to Stuttgart. His obituary says that Chris cared about his community and worked hard... Read More.

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Waste Management to Pause Operations in Jefferson County Due to Inclement Weather

Thursday, January 18 by Alex Bivens

The effects of the winter weather event have caused Waste Management to pause residential services in Jefferson County this week. The safety of our employees is paramount to Waste Management, said Jamie Vernon, public sector manager for Waste Management. We are sorry for the inconvenience... Read More.

Pfluger named interim President at SEARK

Wednesday, January 17 by Greg

By: Luke Matheson SeArk College President Dr. Stephen Bloomberg is scheduled to leave his post in mid-February to become the Chancellor of Kern Community College District in California. Due to his resignation, the SeArk College board met Wednesday to appoint an interim President to serve... Read More.

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Thursday Closings across the Deltaplex

Wednesday, January 17 by Alex Bivens

Thursday January 18, 2024 closings Pine Bluff School District Closed White Hall School District Closed Watson Chapel School District Closed Sheridan School District Closed Cleveland County School District Closed Star City School District Closed Dumas School District Closed Stuttgart School District Closed Dewitt School District Closed McGehee School District Closed Woodlawn School District Closed Monticello School... Read More.

Warming Center Open Thursday

Wednesday, January 17 by Alex Bivens

The warming center at the Kevin Collins Center at the old Pine Blulff Childrens Library will continue to stay open through tommorrow Thursday January 18, 2024.

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