Governor orders National Guard to help with COVID testing

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ governor on Tuesday deployed National Guard members to help with hospitals’ COVID-19 testing sites as the state’s coronavirus cases continued to spike. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he’s authorized 50 Guard members to assist at hospitals around the state, in... Read More.
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Pine Bluff man killed in accident on I-530

A Pine Bluff man was killed in a Tuesday automobile accident in Pulaski County on I-530 according to the Arkansas State Police. A report from the ASP says that 42-year-old Joshua Eli Waschalk was traveling south on I-530 in a 2018 Mazda near the Saline... Read More.

White Hall Police Department accepting police officer applications

The White Hall Police Department (WHPD) is seeking a qualified person for the position of police officer. Non-Certified Officers The annual salary is $35,000.00. Non-certified candidates must complete the academy within 12 months of employment. ALETA Graduate Certified Officers The officer must have graduated from a... Read More.
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Cleveland County woman killed in Sunday accident

A Sunday morning automobile accident in rural Cleveland County claimed the life of a Rison woman. The Arkansas State Police reports that a 2019 Jeep driven by 60-year-old Stephen Vonne Clark of Rison was traveling north on Highway 63 at 9:44 a.m. when the Jeep... Read More.
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Council approves temporary spending guidelines

By Ray King The Pine Bluff City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution extending the spending guidelines at the same level as was approved in the 2021 budget. The resolution sponsored by Mayor Shirley Washington notes that the city has not currently approved a 2022 budget... Read More.
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Franklin Sr. talks about Pine Bluff homicides

By Ray King Pine Bluff Police Chief Lloyd Franklin Sr., on Tuesday, talked about the two Christmas morning homicides in Pine Bluff when he appeared on the Oldies 101.3 morning show. In one of the two cases, the body of Deondrick Clark, 24, was found in... Read More.