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Jefferson County Quorum Court sails through Tuesday night’s meeting

Tuesday, April 4 by Staff

By Ray King With just two new items on their agenda, committees of the Jefferson County Quorum Court sailed through their meeting and were out of the courthouse in less than five minutes Tuesday night. Justice of the Peace Ted Harden talked about what happened in... Read More.

County Judge Robinson discusses Qourum Court Security

Tuesday, April 4 by Deseray Mckinzy

By Ray King During a meeting of the Jefferson County Quorum Court last month, Count Judge Gerald Robinson asked a sheriff’s deputy to remove Justice of the Peace Lloyd Franklin Jr., who was causing a disturbance and refused to stop talking and arguing. The Deputy refused... Read More.

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Supreme Court ends pandemic “good cause” policy

Thursday, March 30 by Ray King

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday said policies dealing with speedy trial issues that had been instituted during the pandemic no longer apply. A court order announced a return to the pre-COVID 19 pandemic standard for the finding of “good cause” delays. Under the pre-COVID... Read More.

JP Harden discusses Quorum Court altercation

Wednesday, March 15 by Deseray Mckinzy

During Monday’s meeting of the Jefferson County Quorum Court, Jefferson County Judge Gerald Robinson asked a sheriff’s deputy to remove Justice of the Peace Lloyd Franklin Jr., after several attempts to get Franklin to stop talking so the meeting could continue. The deputy refused and... Read More.

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Disruption causes second consecutive Quorum Court meeting to be halted early

Monday, March 13 by Staff

For the second straight month, a meeting of the Jefferson County Quorum Court was halted before any business could be transacted. County Judge Gerald Robinson adjourned the meeting and immediately left the building after an argument with Justice of the Peace Lloyd Franklin Jr., which... Read More.

Jefferson County Quorum Court approves policies and procedures ordinance

Tuesday, March 7 by Staff

By Ray King After several tries over the past two months, a proposed ordinance setting out policies and procedures for the Jefferson County Quorum Court was approved by a committee Tuesday night. Among other things, the proposed ordinance sets the times and dates for regular and... Read More.

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Special Quorum Court meeting cancelled by Franklin

Monday, March 6 by Ray King

By Ray King Fifteen minutes before it was scheduled to begin, a special meeting of the Jefferson County Quorum Court was cancelled Monday. The meeting had been called by Justice of the Peace Lloyd Franklin Jr. who said in a text message to members of the... Read More.

Solar farm in Grant County discussed by Quorum Court

Friday, March 3 by Ray King

The possibility of a solar farm in Grant County was one of the topics of discussion during a meeting of the Quorum Court on Feb. 23. According to the Sheridan Headlight newspaper, a company is interested in a 1,000 acre plot of land near the... Read More.

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Jefferson County Quorum Court recommends former sheriff’s deputy be rehired

Tuesday, February 28 by Staff

By Ray King The first ever grievance hearing conducted by the Jefferson County Quorum Court Tuesday resulted in a recommendation that a former sheriff’s deputy who was fired in January get his job back. Joseph O’Neal, who was an 11-year veteran of the department and until... Read More.

Franklin calls special quorum court meeting on procedures ordinance

Monday, February 27 by Ray King

After Jefferson County Judge Gerald Robinson shut down last week’s Quorum Court meeting because of a failure to adopt a procedures ordinance, one justice of the peace is trying to remedy the situation. Lloyd Franklin Jr., who took office Jan. 1, has called a meeting... Read More.

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Jefferson County Quorum Court meeting adjourned early due to chaos at meeting

Tuesday, February 21 by Staff

By Ray King What was supposed to be the regular monthly meeting of the Jefferson County Quorum Court Tuesday descended into chaos and before any of the 15 items on the agenda could be dealt with, County Judge Gerald Robinson banged his gavel and called... Read More.

Appeals Court rejects Walls appeal of shooting incident conviction

Wednesday, February 8 by Ray King

A Pine Bluff man who contended there was not enough evidence to revoke his suspended sentence failed to convince the Arkansas Court of Appeals of that. Jimmie Lee Walls had entered a plea of no contest to one count of terroristic threatening in July 2020... Read More.

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Jefferson County Quorum Court sails through Tuesday night’s meeting

County Judge Robinson discusses Qourum Court Security

Supreme Court ends pandemic “good cause” policy

JP Harden discusses Quorum Court altercation

Disruption causes second consecutive Quorum Court meeting to be halted early

Jefferson County Quorum Court approves policies and procedures ordinance

Special Quorum Court meeting cancelled by Franklin

Solar farm in Grant County discussed by Quorum Court

Jefferson County Quorum Court recommends former sheriff’s deputy be rehired

Franklin calls special quorum court meeting on procedures ordinance

Jefferson County Quorum Court meeting adjourned early due to chaos at meeting

Appeals Court rejects Walls appeal of shooting incident conviction

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