Dumas to host 2020 Tri-State Soybean Forum January 3

Soybean growers who faced weather-ravaged crops in the 2019 season will hear guidance for production and marketing decisions, during the 2020 Tri-State Soybean Forum, at Dumas Friday, Jan. 3. The free session will begin with registration at 8 a.m. at the Dumas Community Center, according... Read More.

Gillett Coon Supper set for January 11

The 77th Gillett Coon Supper and the Berry Pre-Coon Supper Reception will be held Saturday, Jan. 11, at Gillett. The 9th annual reception will be held at the Berry Farm Shop at 3:30 p.m. followed by the Gillett Coon Supper at the Gillett School Gymnasium... Read More.
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Potential City Council resolution could violate state law

The Pine Bluff City Council will consider a resolution sponsored by Alderman Steven Mays today at 5:30 p.m. which will attempt to declare Pine Bluff as a “Secure and and Friendly Environs (Safe) City” The resolution states “all residents of the community should be free... Read More.

PBPD investigating “Suspicious Circumstance”

Officers of the Pine Bluff Police Department are in the early stages of investigating what appears to be a suspicious circumstance. Officers were dispatched to the area of Hazel Street and Monticello Court, where they found a white male laying on the side of the... Read More.
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ASP investigating after body found near Mayflower

A property owner walking along a fence line this afternoon, a short distance off Interstate 40 near Mayflower at the 137 mile marker (eastbound), discovered a deceased white male, lying in the grass.  Mayflower police officers were called to the scene about 1:30 PM. ... Read More.
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Court says Arkansas must count eye law referendum signatures

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state must count thousands of signatures that were submitted in favor of holding a referendum on a new law expanding the procedures optometrists can perform. In a 4-3 ruling, justices said election... Read More.
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Suspects identified in liquor store theft

Jefferson County, Arkansas - December 11, 2019 – Two suspects involved in liquor store theft have been identified. Previously, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office received information concerning a theft at the Woodlands Fine Wine & Spirits located at 6715 Sheridan Road, Suite A in Pine... Read More.
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Entergy Electric bills going up January 1, 2020

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Your Entergy Arkansas bill is going up beginning in January 2020. You may recall that in December of 2017 the United States Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new law lowered the federal tax rate of 35% to... Read More.

Arkansas judge denies students’ appeal to vaccination policy

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A judge has denied two University of Arkansas students’ request to block a public health decree that has barred them from attending classes during a mumps outbreak because they don’t have the proper vaccinations. The Arkansas Department of Health issued the... Read More.