By Ray King
With three members of the Pine Bluff City Council absent Wednesday, Mayor Shirley Washington cast the deciding vote to send a proposed five-eights cent sales tax, commonly called the Go Forward Sales Tax, to the voters in a special election in November.
An... Read More.
Ivan Whitfield, a former Pine Bluff City Council member and president of the local branch of the NAACP on Wednesday defended a text message he sent to the mayor and several members of the city council concerning the death of Maurice Taggart.
Taggart, the former... Read More.
Jefferson County Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr., has taken his complaint about a lack of funding for the jails public, saying Tuesday that he has been forced to buy feminine hygiene products for detainees out of his own pocket.
Woods appeared on the Oldies 1013 morning... Read More.
By Ray King
A $20,000 bond was set Wednesday for a White Hall man who allegedly beat his girlfriend during an altercation Monday.
Pine Bluff District Judge John Kearney set the bond after ruling prosecutors have probable cause to charge Travis Peyton, 43, with second offense... Read More.
On August 30, 2023, just after 2:00 AM Officers of the Pine Bluff Police Department responded to #1 Hillcroft St. for a reported shooting. On arrival Officers found that two males had been shot, 43-year-old Maurice Taggart and his son, 26-year-old Justice Taggart. Both... Read More.
Deltaplex News has confirmed from law enforcement officials and multiple city council members that former city council member and current NAACP local leader Ivan Whitfield sent the following text message to members of the Pine Bluff city council this morning in the wake of... Read More.
The Pine Bluff School Districts Limited Authority Board met Monday night and one of the things on the agenda was finances.
District Superintendent Jennifer Barbaree talked about that when she appeared on the Oldies 1013 morning show Tuesday.
Morning show host Greg Horne asked Barbaree why... Read More.
Booking #: 123228
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Race: African American
Address: Pine Bluff, AR
Booking Date: 08-29-2023 - 11:51 pm
Charges:
State's Petition to Revoke