Jerimy Antuan Fisher
Booking #: 100514
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Race: African American
Address: Pine Bluff, AR
Booking Date: 02-04-2025 - 3:31 pm
Charges:
Sentenced to DOC
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Jefferson County Budget Stalemate Leaves Employees Unpaid and Court Operations Halted
By Ray King
Another meeting of the Jefferson County Quorum Court and another day with no progress on getting employees paid.
By a vote of 7 to 5, the Quorum Court rejected a bid by County Judge Gerald Robinson to get a just over $37-million 2025... Read More.
MECA’s Karen Blevins discusses 911 and budget stress on staff
As Jefferson County employees enter their second month without a paycheck, the stress is getting to those employees, including dispatchers who work for MECA (Metropolitan Emergency Communications Association).
Karen Blevins, who heads the county Office of Emergency Management which includes MECA was able to reach... Read More.
New Leadership Takes Charge at Pine Bluff Civic Auditorium
On January 28, 2025, the newly appointed Pine Bluff Civic Auditorium Complex Commissioners were officially sworn in at the banquet hall of the Pine Bluff Convention Center. The ceremony was conducted by Judge Earnest Brown, the Circuit Judge for the sixth division of the... Read More.
Saline County sued over firing of library director
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of an Arkansas librarian who was fired after she spoke out against efforts to restrict the public’s access to certain books.
The ACLU of Arkansas filed the lawsuit on... Read More.
Pine Bluff City Council Advances Transit Funding and Reviews New Ordinances
By Ray King
During a brief meeting on Monday, the Pine Bluff City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the filing of an application with the Federal Transit Authority to help cover costs associated with the Pine Bluff Transit Department.
Council member Lanette Frazier, who cosponsored the... Read More.
Grant county man sentenced to 15 years on battery charge as habitual offender
On January 31, 2025, a Grant County jury convicted 30-year-old Kevin White of Battery in the Second Degree, a Class D felony. Officers and detectives with the Sheridan Police Department investigated the attack at the Sheridan Detention Center and submitted the file for prosecution.
The... Read More.
Governor Sanders predicts swift passage of Jefferson County Employee Pay Legislation
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is predicting that legislation to get Jefferson County employees paid could be adopted as early as next week.
Appearing at a press conference on Monday, Sanders said this.
Sanders was talking about legislation introduced Monday that provides that if a county cannot... Read More.
Governor says legislation to be filed to end county budget impass
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday said legislation will be filed to end the drama between the Jefferson County Judge and members of the Quorum Court.
She said the legislation will be sponsored by State Senator Ben Gilmore (R-Crossett) and Representative Glen Barnes (D-Pine... Read More.
PB Knights of Columbus donate to Hope of the Delta
The Knights of Columbus Pine Bluff Council 1153 presented a check for $500 to Stephanie Howard at the Hope of the Delta for their continued work in their pregnancy medical clinic.
Sharon Luther
Booking #: 104347
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Race: African American
Address: White Hall, AR
Booking Date: 02-02-2025 - 8:38 pm
Charges:
3rd degree assault a family or household member
Dewayne Whitfield
Booking #: 103245
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Race: African American
Address: PINE BLUFF, AR
Booking Date: 01-31-2025 - 12:32 pm
Charges:
Contempt-CRIMINAL CONTEMPT
