UAPB Volleyball Akamine Named To SWAC Preseason TeamPINE BLUFF, AR - Nikole Akamine was named preseason second-team setter, which is her second consecutive year being named to the All-SWAC Team. Akamine played a significant role in helping UAPB rank in the top four in 10... Read More.
Arkansas continues to have low unemployment...but a new report shows that the state is actually seeing more hiring challenges.Rick Walker has this report
Oklahoma and Arkansas may be rivals in some areas, but they are getting together to grow the aerospace industry in the region.Yesterday, Governor Asa Hutchinson and Oklahoma's Governor Kevin Stitt met in Tulsa to announce the partnership. The two Governors hope it will put... Read More.
By Ray King
A $50,000 bond was set Thursday for two Pine Bluff men accused of a carjacking Tuesday night.
Pine Bluff District Judge John Kearney set the bond after ruling prosecutors have probable cause to charge Cameron Harris, 21, and Jaylon Williams, 22, with aggravated... Read More.
Voters in Sheridan will be picking a new mayor in the November general election, something that they have not done since 1988.According to the Sheridan Headlight newspaper, current Mayor Joe Wise will be retiring at the end of the year. Wise began work at... Read More.
Lincoln County Judge Buddy Lyn Earnest on Thursday said he was canceling the burn ban that had been in effect for the county.
Appearing on the Oldies 1013 morning show, Earnest said this.
By Ray King
A Pine Bluff man was arrested Tuesday following a traffic stop after a gun that had been reported stolen was found in his vehicle.
Marcus Johnson Richardson, 27, was taken into custody after Tri-County Drug Task Force Investigator Joseph O’Neal stopped a white... Read More.
By Ray King
A $5,000 cash-only bond was set Thursday for a Pine Bluff man accused of threatening another man during an altercation Tuesday.
Pine Bluff District Judge John Kearney set the bond after ruling prosecutors have probable cause to charge Quentin Douglas, 46, with terroristic... Read More.
By Ray King
A Pine Bluff man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly attempted to take contraband into a prison unit.
Daniel Davis, 26, was taken into custody by Department of Corrections personnel after he was found in a store at Tucker.
Reading from a probable cause... Read More.
The Advanced-Monticellonian Newpapaer announced that recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced investments of approximately $60 million. That investment is to grow the health workforce and increase access to quality health care... Read More.
Last week, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team was called out to assist the Pine Bluff Police Department SWAT team in their search for a capital murder suspect.
Appearing on the Oldies 1013 morning show Wednesday, they talked about that request and about SWAT... Read More.