UAPB Project Teaches Pre-K Children to Grow Healthy Vegetables

Pre-K children at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s (UAPB) Child Development Center (CDC) recently had the opportunity to learn how to garden indoors, Dr. Karleah Harris, assistant professor for the UAPB Department of Human Sciences, said. The young children learned how to... Read More.
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CASA Voices For Children in need of volunteers

Leslie Dorn of United Way joined the Oldies 1013 Morning Show with a guest, Ollie Meritt from the Jefferson County CASA Voices for Children program. Merritt and her office handle foster cases of children that have been temporarily or permanently removed from their parents... Read More.

Amber alert for Malvern children canceled

UPDATE: The Malvern Police Department is reporting that the Amber Alert has been canceled after both children were found safe.   ORIGINAL STORY: Name: Emmett Scharnett Age: 7 White Male / 4'6" / 100 pds Brown Hair / Brow Eyes Name: Addison Townsend Age: 13 White Female Emmett and Addison were last seen... Read More.
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CASA Voices for Children in need for advocates

By Deseray McKinzy CASA Voices for Children for Jefferson and Lincoln County is currently in need of volunteers as advocates for the youth in their Court Appointed Special Advocate program. The mission of CASA Voices for Children is to provide a voice for the children... Read More.

Man accused of leaving children alone in vehicle

By Ray King A Mississippi man who said he had just moved to Pine Bluff was arrested Friday after he allegedly left two minor children in a vehicle for about two hours while he was inside the Saracen Casino. Michael Hamilton, 37, will have to post... Read More.
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3 children killed in 2 incidents on Arkansas roads

BENTON, Ark. (AP) — A toddler died Tuesday after apparently being dropped from a moving vehicle on a central Arkansas interstate, Arkansas State Police said. State troopers responded to a call from a driver who said a child had just been dropped from a moving... Read More.

Shooting Leaves Children Shot

On June 14, 2019 around 4: 00 p.m. Officers of the Pine Bluff Police Department were dispatched to the area of 27th Avenue and Main Street in reference gunshots. Shots were fired into a vehicle where a 4 year old male and 2 year old... Read More.