Marcus Suell

Booking #: 102670 Age: 40 Gender: Male Race: African American Address: Mountain Home, AR Booking Date: 05-18-2021 - 6:18 pm Release Date: 05-18-2021 - 7:49 pm Charges: State's Petition to Revoke Failure to appear-FAILURE TO APPEAR Failure to appear-FAILURE TO APPEAR Failure to appear-FAILURE TO APPEAR

Dewayne Johnson

Booking #: 176692 Age: 60 Gender: Male Race: African American Address: Pine Bluff, AR Booking Date: 05-19-2021 - 5:26 am Charges: MURDER - 2ND DEGREE / PURPOSE TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY, CAUSES DEATH
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Overnight murder on Olive St in Pine Bluff

The Pine Bluff Police Department is in the early stages of a homicide investigation.  Shortly before 12.00 A.M. on May 18, 2021, officers responded to a shooting at the ALON gas station at 2800 S. Olive.  The officers located a male with apparent gunshot... Read More.

Cleveland County School millage vote fails 613-501

Voters rejected a bid by the Cleveland County Schools to add a 5 mills tax to refinance the district’s existing bond debt and combine it with the additional revenue generated by the five new mills to finance $9.25 million in construction bonds. Those bonds... Read More.
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Lincoln County Judge talks roads

By Ray King Lincoln County Judge Buddy Lynn Earnest talked about keeping up county roads, particularly since the county has several hundred miles of gravel, and recent rains have made it difficult to get that gravel. Speaking to Deltaplex News, Earnest said Lincoln County has a... Read More.
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Sheridan City Council assumes role of picking fire chief

The Sheridan City Council will now decide who serves as Chief of the Sheridan Fire Department. According to the Sheridan Headlight newspaper, the council approved legislation that makes the change and gives the council the sole authority to select and hire the chief. Previously, members of... Read More.
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Woods talks about jail lawsuit

By Ray King Jefferson County Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr., said Tuesday that getting served with a copy of the lawsuit the City of Pine Bluff filed against Jefferson County over jail fees was “a total surprise,” because of the relationship his department has had with... Read More.
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State fires bridge inspector

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An inspector who failed to discover a crack in the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee that prompted the span’s closure has been fired, Arkansas transportation officials said Monday. Arkansas Department of Transportation Director Lorie Tudor said the inspector... Read More.