UAPB Football: Evans Named Phil Steele FCS Offensive Lineman Of The Year; First Team All-American
UAPB offensive lineman Mark Evans II was named to his fourth First Team All-SWAC a little over a week ago and has now been honored for his outstanding performance this season as... Read More.
Voters in the East End community have approved a tax increase that will be used to increase funding fo the volunteer fire department.
A similar tax increase four months ago was turned down.
According to the Sheridan Headlight newspaper, Chief Darrell Feagan said his department faced... Read More.
An incentive agreement between the Economic Development Corp. of Jefferson County and Ready One Industries, Inc., has been extended.
In 2020 Ready One Industries received $486,000 from the Economic Development Corp., to offset some of the costs of their new manufacturing project located at the... Read More.
The Economic Development Corp. of Jefferson County announced Thursday that Western Foods has satisfied the terms of their agreement and the loan they received in 2017 has been forgiven.
Nancy McNew, vice-president of the Economic Development Alliance for Jefferson County told Deltaplex News that the... Read More.
UAPB Football: Four Golden Lions Tabbed as Phil Steele FCS All-Conference Teams
PINE BLUFF, AR.- The Phil Steele FCS All-Conference Teams were announced, and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff landed four student-athletes on the All-Conference team.
UAPB offensive lineman Mark Evans II was named First... Read More.
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) Office of Computer Science is pleased to announce a new program, “Read, Code, Create” for middle school students and teachers across the state. This program was developed collaboratively with CSforAR, R.I.S.E. Arkansas, AR STEM, and G.U.I.D.E for... Read More.
FAYETTEVILLE – A Sheridan, Arkansas man was sentenced Wednesday to 96 months in prison without the possibility of parole on one count of Distribution of Child Pornography. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.
According... Read More.
EARLE, Ark. (AP) — An 18-year-old college student has been elected to serve as mayor of a small east Arkansas city, becoming one of the youngest people to serve as a city’s top leader in the U.S.
Jaylen Smith, who is Black, was elected mayor... Read More.
UAPB Football to Compete in the Southern Heritage Classic for 2023-24
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's football team will head to Memphis Tennessee for the next two Southern Heritage Classics after Jackson State pulled out of the annual match-up.
This marks a new era... Read More.
The Cleveland County School District will utilize AMI days for school assignments on Thursday, December 8 and Friday December 9 due to a flu outbreak according to a letter from Superintendent Craig Dupuy.
The letter states that over the past few days the district has... Read More.
A two-vehicle accident in Calhoun County Tuesday resulted in the death of an El Dorado man.
According to a preliminary report, Charles E. Sellers, 41, was southbound on U.S. 167 and attempted to pass a Kenworth tractor-trailer that was in the northbound lane. The 2007... Read More.